Happy Birthday "early" to Raelee

We surprised Raelee Friday night by telling her to pack her bags for a night at the Marriott downtown.  Mamaw, Annie, Claire, Jordyn, Mason and Mommy all hit the town, taking her to her favorite restaurant...The Spaghetti Factory.  We swam Friday night then chilled out in the room.  The next morning we headed to The Galt House for the Kaleidoscope event.  It was awesome.  Pictures with Santa, a performance by Santa's elves and all sorts of fun filled our day before eating lunch at Cracker Barrel and heading home.  It was an eventful day and one I'm sure Raelee will remember for years to come.

Nationals in Nashville

Watching Raelee run in the national cross country race was a great reason for us to head to Nashville for the weekend before Thanksgiving (11.22.14), yet we found plenty of other things to get into while we were there too.  Raelee ran a great race and had to run against 10 year olds at the national level even though many of them would be turning eleven in 2014.  She placed 70th in her age group.  There were over 300 runners in that division.  We were so proud of her on what was a very hilly course!  Mamaw, Papaw, Annie and Claire joined us at the race.  Then we headed to Rainforest Cafe for supper, then to Opryland Hotel to see the beautiful lights, check out the ICE exhibit and go snow tubing down the hill.