Grandma Chrissie!

 We had a wonderful visitor last month- Grandma Chrissie!

 We did a lot of playing, but not too much picture taking- isn't that the way it goes?!
But we did take a few on one of our outtings- this one to a park where we saw a dog that Jensen fell in love with...

 As did D.

 They got to feed the ducks, always a crowd pleaser.  Check out the follow-through on Duke's throw!

 There is a cave that has been closed to the public because of white nose syndrome that is killing the bats, so we just got to play at the entrance- but that seemed to be enough...

 This was once used for band concerts...(?)

 So serious.

Jensen loves his Grandma Chrissie!

 

Alex and I got to go downtown to experience the awesome music in the little dives that make Nashville so special. It was so neat to have time together to play in such a neat city. We definitely plan to make it a regular occurrence. (Alex was this street magician's "volunteer"...it was pretty funny...)

We didn't take any pictures- but we also got to go to the Grand Old Opry with mom. We saw Kellie Pickler and Vince Gill along with a bunch of other great, and very funny artists. It was so neat! We are so excited to get to share our first time there with mom- I love sitting in between her and Alex while doing something fun- I can talk in both directions!

Before we took her to the airport we did one more downtown run.  This is mom trying to have a conversation next to Jensen... here he is hiding in her hair...

 I told Jensen to stand next to Elvis to take a picture- hehe, wasn't too sure about that...

 So I showed him how to do it... lovely....

 Mom and I took the boys into a souvenir shop. While browsing mom looked down and saw this... eeek!

 In front of Tootie's- one of the more famous of the venues.

 Jensen got a cork gun...

 and loved it...

 as did all the passersby, everyone who saw him giggled. Alex pointed out that Nashville is a great place to have a little boy popping a toy gun over and over again. Plays to the crowd.

 There we are. This is outside the original home of the Opry.

 Jence thought the musicians were really cool- though a bit too loud for his overly sensitive little ears... this one had Elvis inside!

 After seeing him a thousand times, Jensen started to get excited when he would see him, so now we got to get a picture.

 Here is a random example of play time with dad...

And mom and I took the boys through the car wash- which neither of them are huge fans of- so they have to climb up front to sit on laps. I think it's fun.

We had a wonderful visit and we can't wait to have her back! She always makes things so fun and I love getting to talk uninterrupted (or as uninterrupted as you get with two little boys!)  I got so used to being around her last year that I've been in major withdrawl.  It's frustrating to me that I can't have both- my family together and my mom nearby... doesn't really sound too much to ask to me... I love you, Mom!

Also un-pictured- Grandma Marian, Bapa, and Aunt Joan came to visit for the day- we had a great time doing the little tour and dinner. We are SO excited to be close to them! (We just got back from Austin yesterday (pictures to come) and before we were unpacked we started talking about how we'd like to run up to KY...)