A Trip to Nashville

The end of October we went to Nashville to visit our family. My in-laws are there while my father-in-law serves as the mission president. They also brought their five youngest kids with them. (We sure have been missing our babysitters since they have been gone.) It was such a beautiful place to visit. The fall season is quickly becoming my favorite and I know it definitely would be if I lived there! We were there for a little over a week and did so many fun things. We took an evening trip to the park, went to the Opryland Hotel and walked around! It was such an amazing place! We had the opportunity to meet Elder Hymas, a general authority who came to stay overnight for a meeting. We also were able to attend parts of a Zone Leader conference for all the Zone Leaders in the Tennessee Nashville mission. I'm not sure how often they have them, but my mother-in-law serves them breakfast and lunch every time they have one, so I was able to help her a little while we were there. It was quite a bit of work. I'm not sure how she does it as often as she does. She's wonderful! 

Ethan really liked the horses with guitars so we had to get a picture.

Opryland Hotel fountain

 We walked around a lake that is really close to their house. There were several walking trails and we spent a couple of hours just walking around and enjoying the beautiful weather. It was in the high 60's most of the time we were there! We weren't very excited when we came back to cold weather and snow!

Ethan loved being outside

Family Picture-can you see the gorgeous colors on the trees?

 We were in Nashville for Halloween and went to a ward trunk-or-treat on Friday night. Thanks to the wonderfulness that is Pinterest, I made E's costume with lots of help from my sweet mom! He was Russell from the Disney movie "Up". (I tried to get J to dress up but couldn't make that happen.) I think it turned out really darling and it was even cuter that he let me put it all on and wore it both nights. I wish you could see the back! We turned a purse into a little backpack and even added straps for a blanket roll. He was pretty excited after he saw other kids dressed up too! While we were trunk-or-treating, one of the counselors in the Mission Presidency dressed up as Mi Mow as E would say (Mickey Mouse) and he was in heaven. He just wanted to stand by him all night.

E as Russell

 Ethan is so much fun to be around. He has such a cute, sweet, funny personality that I can't help but just stop and watch him. He takes a little while to warm up to people but as soon as he's comfortable, you will know it because he just starts acting like his funny self. He doesn't really like his picture taken, he just wants to see them so you have to catch him quick to get any shot at all! I will soon have another post about this fun little boy because he turns 2 in less than a week!

We hope everyone had a great Halloween and is enjoying this beautiful Fall season!