Here are pics from our latest trip to Asheville and Nashville. We have to thank Aunt Kim for some of them! We started out our trip in Asheville celebrating Papa's birthday!
I made this yummy strawberry cake. I was so proud because Chris always teases me for following recipes exactly and I used 3 different recipes to come up with this one! Finally, a little creativity!
Grandma Evelyn
Since Papa, Grandma and I all have birthdays close together we went out to celebrate them all!
Caroline loved playing with Papa's ducks.
We arrived in Nashville the next day and enjoyed a nice dinner with my dear, sweet roomie from college, Kelly, and her husband, Val. Of course Aunt Kim and Uncle Jason, I mean, Jason were there! :)
Caroline had it all over her!
Afterwards Grandma had to give her a bath in Aunt Kim's kitchen sink. She loved it!
She was fascinated with the water coming out of the faucet.
Aunt Kim's roomies found a china place setting with "Kim Parker" written on them. It's funny because her boyfriend's last name is Parker. Maybe these will come in handy one day, Kim!
Sunday, Grandma's dearest friend, Linda, came over for a visit. We love her so much!
Chillin' in the hammock...
Caroline loves Aunt Kim's phone.
She also loves playing with Aunt Kim's roomies, Betsy and Rachel.
And especially Sarah!
Aunt Kim took us to a nearby park which of course Caroline loved.
Aunt Kim bought Caroline her first popsicle. She absolutely loved it!
Later that day we went to church with Kim. Where she attends church is in an old cannery building in downtown Nashville. It definitely has a lot of character. Of course Caroline wouldn't sit through the service, so she and I spent a lot of time in the lobby. They had these beautiful big windows, and the light coming in was gorgeous. I had to wait until after church to get a few pics and the sun had already started to set. Oh well. I was afraid to walk too far away as she's quite a little dare devil. I was afraid she might jump out. Anyway, you can see some of the downtown buildings in the background. This one shows my favorite, the "batman" building as we always called it!
Afterwards we enjoyed some nice Chinese food at Pei Wei in Green Hills.
Monday, we went with Aunt Kim to school. Caroline enjoyed seeing all the children, but was a bit overwhelmed. She and I bolted for a "field trip" to the mall for part of the day!
Look at the excitement!
Already getting in trouble yanking hair!
After school Grandma tried to teach Caroline how to water Aunt Kim's flowers. This is her typical "I don't know" look!
Can I chew on this?
Ok...now I get it!
Now time to relax in the hammock!
That night we went to my favorite restaurant, Baja Burrito, and met our friend, Justin. Justin used to live in SC and he and I went to LU together. I have known him since I was about 5!
Caroline was mad because I ate all the pineapple salsa in the joint!
The next day we go to go to Lipscomb's campus and take some lovely pictures. They had lots of flowers in our school colors!
Who does she think she needs to beat up...Mommy for taking all these pics???
Later we caught up with Caroline's cousin, Stephanie, on campus.
Kim made us a nice dinner for our last night in Nashville!
We enjoyed some last minute play time in the yard!
While we were gone, Chris and Dad went to Charleston fishing. Here's Dad with his fish! :) Fun times had by all!
