2011 Mother's Day in Nashville

Last weekend I went with my parents to Nashville to celebrate Mother's Day. The major flooding in east Arkansas made for some pretty intense traffic. I left my clinical in Sherwood at 5pm and met my parents in Bald Knob at 6. I left my car in Bald Knob and we headed to Nashville. We arrived at Beth's apartment around 11:30. Mom made some homemade chocolate chip cookies and we snacked and napped on the way.

Saturday morning we woke up and headed to the dog groomer for Ross's haircut at 10 am. Then we ran back to Beth's apartment for me to send my resume to a potential employer. Craziness. We met our cousins Kristin and Ryan and their son Rocco for lunch at a a restaurant named Fido. The food was fantastic. I had a giant breakfast sandwich that I could not eat because it was so filling. Then we went next door to an ice cream shop called Hot Cold. The ice cream was unbelievable and all I had was a few bites. Yum.

After lunch we headed to the mall for a few hours. The mall in Nashville has more stores than a person could ever even want to visit. Saturday night we went out for Mother's Day dinner at Tin Angel. It is a really nice restaurant with a very peaceful setting.

Sunday was Mother's Day. Beth and I cooked breakfast to celebrate our sweet mom (who has no doubt cooked thousands of meals for us). We had pancakes, eggs, biscuits, a fruit salad (just like Gran taught us), and bacon. It was a very nice morning. I love my mom very much. She is a wonderful mother and she is a blessing to our lives and to the lives of so many people.

We all felt the loss of our dear Gran. Yet I realized something wonderful, Gran missed her own mother for many years and she got to celebrate Mother's Day with her for the first time in a very long time. What a beautiful day in heaven.

After breakfast we decided to take Ross on a walk around the neighborhood. Here he is on the Vanderbilt campus. His haircut was very handsome.

We left Nashville around noon and headed back to Arkansas. It was great to spend the weekend with my parents and my sister. I am so thankful for my mom.

Ross had hip surgery Thursday and my parents are back with Beth helping with Ross this weekend. Poor guy. He is doing just fine though. His rehab will begin this week! :)