The City Bus

All summer Hailey was been asking to ride the bus. Today we decided to grant her request. My mom, my brother (uncle clayton), Hailey, and myself got on the bus at Lipscomb University on Granny White. We rode the bus all the way downtown where we got off at 6th and Church St. We walked up a few blocks to the Library where Hailey returned some books and got a few more. After the library we decided to go visit Fort Nashborough on the riverfront. My brother is very interested in family history and John Donelson (one of the founding fathers of Nashville) is one of our great great (alot more greats) Uncles (He is also father to Rachel Donelson Jackson, the wife of Andrew Jackson, the president). Clayton was very excited to see the statue of John Donelson and James Robertson (the other founding father) and to see the replica of the fort. We did the self guided tour of the fort and then headed off to lunch at Sabarros. Then we hopped on the bus and headed home.

The Discovery Center at Murfree Spring

Today Hailey and I went with Diane and Laura Beth to the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring in Murfreesboro. The girls had a fabulous time! They 'drove' a fire truck, played with the wooden trains, dug in the rocks like an archaeologist, did pretend play in the play house, 'climbed' a tree, slide down a BIG slide, and much much more. It was fun to watch Hailey and Diane interacting. It is getting to be a lot of fun as they get older and are able to interact and talk to each other more and more.

After playing at the museum we went to a cute little playground.

This is a video of the girls playing at the playgroud:

Before Laura Beth and Diane got there Hailey and I went down to a little pond at the Center. These are the pictures taken at the pond.

Hailey's New Room

I have been working on repainting Hailey's room for a few days. It is finally done. We upgraded Hailey from a Toddler bed to a Big girl (full size) bed. She has done REALLY well with it and I think she is sleeping better. Here are a few pictures of her and her bed. I haven't finished decorating, but once I do, I will post more pictures.

Gmom and GPops Birthday!

Today we celebrated gmom and gpops birthdays. My parents hosted the celebration and in attendence was mom, dad, uncle clayton, Gigi, gmom, gpop, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Lad, Hailey, Mike, and ME! (I am told Grant came after we had left).

BLUE Ice Cream

Today we got to see mom's friend Jane! We hadn't seen her in a LONG time. We met at Maggie Moo's to get some ice cream. Hailey was very excited to get 'blue' ice cream. I was very nervous that she wouldn't like it because she is pretty picky about what she eats. Anyway, I made her try it and she said she liked it. So she got a small scoop of 'blue' (cotton-candy) ice cream with gummy bears (her favorite thing in the whole world). She shared her ice cream with Jane too (how sweet). After ice cream we walked over to the Green Hills Mall. We went to New York & Company and bought some clothes. Hailey tried on some clothes too (see pic below). I bought 2 pairs of pants, a skirt, and a shirt. Jane bought some pants and a shirt. Everything was 70% off!! Superb! Next, it was dinner time, so we walked back over and ate at Baja Fresh. It was a great visit and a wonderful afternoon! We had a great time seeing and catching up with Jane!!

Independence Day

Happy Fourth of July!!! This year our 4th of July was low key. Mike had to work so Hailey and I played with KK a little while. Then in the afternoon we went to Lipscomb University for their celebration. Hailey made a bracelet and a visor. She also slid down the big inflatable slide TWICE!! Once with Granddaddy and once with Mommy. Next, we went over to JJ's house for dinner. MaMac was in town visiting from Lafayette, TN so it was nice for us to be able to see her. Hailey had a good time with MaMac playing with her dollhouse.

Family Barbeque at Marks

The Tuesday before we left for the beach Cousin Mark invited us over for Burgers and best of all homemade ice cream. It was the first time we had been out to his house. Aunt Alta and Uncle John were in town too, so we had a great time. Thanks for having us out Mark!

Top Left: Hailey with GiGi (her great-grandmother)

Top Middle: Cousin MArk serving the homemade icecream

Top Right: Hailey with MiMi (her grandmother)

Bottom Left: Aunt Alta, Cousin Mark, Hailey, and Uncle Clayton

Bottom Middle: Hailey with Gpop and Granddaddy

Bottom Right: Kelley with Grandmama