Sunday, June 13, 2010

Nashville

Our first summer trip was to Nashville, TN to visit Grandpa Cook and Gigi!! It was a trip of many first. Mark and I had both never been to TN and we were super excited to go. It was such a great trip, it was so beautiful and fun. The only problem was it was a bit HOT. In the 90s, with a heat index well into the 100s. And the humidity, oh the humidity. It was a bit brutal but we were determined to see Nashville and visit the Country Music Fest.

Grandpa Cook and Carter. It was so cute he kept calling him "Cook". Towards the end of the trip it was Papa Cook. But still to this day he looks at this picture, and shouts COOK!!
Gigi and CC awaiting the Taylor Swift Concert
The lake was so beautiful. Grandpa Cook and Gigi live right on Old Hickory Lake. The same lake that Johnny Cash lived on, and Taylor Swift currently lives. We went out on the lake almost everyday. It was both the kids first time on a boat, and the first time swimming in a lake. They loved it. By the end of the trip CC was swimming by herself, and begging to stay longer.

Carter enjoying everything the lake has to offer.... haha
CC girl about to jump in at Mud Island
Old Hickory Lake 2010.... The whole Cook Gang
Mommy and CC getting ready to cruise
Daddy and Carter in their "hooks" Carter actually lost this hat overboard, but Gigi found it!! Good thing it's his favorite hat.
Camden has been obsessed with Bull Riding. She loves to watch it on TV, and pretend to ride Mark as a bull. She even insisted we buy her a cowgirl hat. So when we saw the bull downtown Nashville at the CMA Music Fest she had to ride it. She was such a champ. She lasted the whole time, and you can see the determination on her face. 90 degrees heat and a dress!!

Another really cool thing that will highlight this trip is the 13 hour Taylor Swift Meet and Greet. Although we weren't luck enough to get a bracelet to meet her we got pretty darn close. Camden brought her Taylor doll, and loved every minute of it!! We waited four hours to listen to Taylor sing!!

CC in front of Taylor's dresses she wore in her music videos.
Camden and Taylor Swift

Another one of the kids' favorite things was fishing. They both got to fish off Grandpa Cook's dock, and they both caught their very first fish. Bluegills.

All four of us on the bridge to Downtown Nashville.
It was such a fun trip!! We stayed for six days and felt like we could have stayed another six. We are already talking about going back.

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