Nine Years

Grand Ole Opry

For the first time ever we left our kids overnight, and it was so great! Not living by family we've never really had an opportunity to leave our kids overnight. But my very nice friend Natalie had offered several times to watch our kids and we decided to take her up on it. Owen is not a good sleeper so I was a little nervous leaving him, but I think he did ok. We went to the
Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and stayed at the Opryland resort. The resort was so cool, it has this whole atrium inside that is just gorgeous. I of course forgot my camera at the Opry, but we saw Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Jarrod niemann and others. It was so fun to get away for a little bit, we had such a great time! Thanks Natalie!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy 6th Anniversary! We decided to go out and celebrate last night. We don't get a babysitter very often (ok like never), so Brooke didn't really get the idea when I tried to explain it to her. She kept asking if the girls mom was going to come and if she had to have a car seat to ride in the car and if she was going to be able to get the ice cream down, but she had a blast and has been talking about Lauren ever since. Reid made a list of some different Knoxville restaurants that had been recommended and we decided to try anew restarurant. So we drove by this restaurant that had been recommended and it looked cute and quaint but a little run down. Whooah it was nice! When we got inside we realized we were a little out of our league but we decided to just go for it so we had one of the fanciest dinners we have ever had and probably will ever have! Reid had Muck Fish on beet ravioli with wild mushroom salad in a safron sauce and I had pan roasted chicken stuffed with mushrooms, goat cheese and pine nuts on a bed of spinach and parmesan polenta. We really had a fun time and are quite thrilled that we don't drink wine as there were several bottles for over $500 on their wine list, now that would have made a dent in our budget!

Then tonight we had a fun dinner and had a special anniversary cake with Brooke and she took some pictures of us (notice the fingers in the pictures). We also were on a newlywed panel for the YM and YW in our ward. We totally rocked it, although to be fair the other couples had only been married a couple months and 2 years so it would have been embarassing to lose!




Anyways, I just love thinking about the past 6 years and everything that Reid and I have done together! I just love building this life with him! Reid is such an amazing husband and I am so grateful that I get to be married to him forever! Happy Anniversay!