Blast From The Past Girls Weekend

This past weekend the girls and I all loaded up and did a big road trip to Nashville TN for a childhood friend's wedding.  The wedding and the Bride were both GORGEOUS!  We girls had a MAH-VAH-LOUS time!!!  The four of us women trekked to our old home town to visit with all the neighbors and friends the girls grew up with...... it's been 18 years since we moved away and all the children have grown into amazing adults!  WOW!!!!

The girls and I left Friday afternoon (4:00ish) after they all got off work.  We stopped in Louisville to visit with my Mom and Grandma.  It was a really nice visit, but..... it gets harder and harder to see my sweet little Grandma's health continue to decline by the day..... but I'm grateful for each day she is with us and each time I get to see her and get a hug from her!

We finally arrived in Nashville around 9:00 our time, but.... only 8:00 Nashville time.  We deposited our luggage in the room and then hit the streets to find a bite to eat.  It was very quiet on the streets, and a very warm night, so we walked about a 1/2 mile to this beer bistro that was recommended to us by the Hotel Staff, we sat outside and had the nicest late dinner.  After dinner we walked back to the hotel and hit the bed exhausted.

Saturday morning our dear friend Liesa picked us up from the hotel and took us to lunch at another really cool bistro.  We all had DELISH salads and chatted all through lunch.... and of course we kept stopping random people to take our photo every chance we got.  After lunch we went to this AMAZING nail salon..... they had 32 pedi chairs and 16 mani stations!!!!  UNBELIEVABLE!!!  We all were able to sit with each other as we had our pedi's done.... it felt very pampering!  After our mani/pedi's we had time to squeeze in a bit of shopping.  Amber needed a pair of shoes to go with her dress for the wedding that night.  Liesa dropped us back at the hotel by 4:00.... we had another round of photo taking and long hugs goodbye!  It was such a perfect day..... and we hadn't even started with the wedding yet.

Our hotel was 3 blocks from the church, so we walked to the church in our painfully high heels.... but it was such another nice warm night.... it was quite enjoyable.  We arrived at the church moments after our dear friends and neighbors arrived and the greetings were near ear splitting!  We ducked in to see the bride quickly before being seated..... which almost made the bride ruin her makeup with tears.... but she gathered herself together and was soooo happy to see all of us..... but especially to see Amber, who is her best friend from childhood.  The wedding was wonderful.... her music selection was classically beautiful.... and Kristyn walked down the aisle with both her Dad and her Step-Father.

The reception was a blast!!!  We sat and chatted with our dear friends who we haven't seen for years and only got to see 3-4 times in all those 18 years we have been gone!  Us adults just couldn't believe our babies were soooo grown up and had turned into these amazing young adults!!  We re-told all of 'those growing up' stories.... laughed til we cried and hugged until we absolutely had to part!  They are still the sweetest, nicest people we have ever known!  We all had a fabulous time!!!

Sunday we slept in, packed up and hit the road looking for the first Waffle House we could find for a late breakfast.  Our server was this little Grandma woman.... whose name tag said "Granny"!  TOO CUTE!!!  But also heartbreaking that Granny was working at Waffle House!  We stopped again in Louisville for a visit, but this time to visit with Joe's parents.... who are both dealing with health issues and healing, but first we stopped by Kroger and picked up some dinner to take to them.  Again.... it was such a nice visit.  We finally arrived home around 7:00pm.... tired, road weary, but happy that we went and happy to be home again.  We ordered out Chinese take out.... ate together and recounted our trip to the fellas... then Amber hit the road for the last hour drive she had to make to Lexington, Lauren and Kevin snuggled up on the couch and us old folks (Joe and I) hit the bed early..... we were both snoring by 9:30!

Wonderful, wonderful weekend...... nothing like seeing old and dear friends after many years... and picking up right where you left off each time you see them..... we are all still the same... just older!