Nashville Rising

On Tuesday night, Dave, me, and 16 of our dear friends here in Hendersonville went to the Nashville Rising concert.  We had SO MUCH FUN!! There were so many great performers there: Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and many many more.  Each performer played 2 songs and the whole evening was to raise money for the flood victims here in Nashville. Our friends were able to get a suite, so we had our own bathroom, bartender, snacks, etc. and could all hang out and watch the amazing singers. I have to say Carrie Underwood stole the show as far as I'm concerned. No wonder she won American Idol- that girl can SING!!! Here are some pictures from our night:

I'm so grateful to have made such super fun friends here in Hendersonville and I had such a good time getting out on an adults only night. Avery did great at home with the babysitter, but Lucy was not quite as content and refused to take her bottle. Boo! Oh well, they survived =)

Beauty and the Beast, Cleveland

We've been busy busy these last few weeks! On June 16, Mom came down and Avery, Dave, Mom, and I had a date downtown Nashville for the broadway performance of Beauty and the Beast at TPAC. Here we are before heading out:

Avery did great- though I realize she was a bit young to take to a 2.5 hour show. =) She loved the dance numbers, the music, and the costumes. She is on a major Belle/Disney Princess kick right now so the timing worked out great. She was a little scared of the Beast's super loud roar, but she was a trooper. We all had a great time! Lucy even behaved for the babysitter, her first official one. She took the bottle like we've been practicing, whoo hoo!

The next day we headed out to Cleveland/Chattanooga, TN for Dave to do the Chattanooga Mountains Stage Race on Lookout/Raccoon/Signal Mountains. Dave's Dad and StepMom live in Cleveland so we stayed there so the girls could get their Gigi and Papa fix while Dave drove in to do his races each day. Here are some pics from Dave's race- he did a great job!

the view

Papa and Avery on the lookout for Dave

Avery joining Daddy to cross the finish line

While Dave was racing, one day Carla, the girls, and I went down to the aquarium. Dave had my camera at the race, but here is a pic of them afterwards with their cute pink penguin. 

Over the weekend we let Dave stay in his own room to get a good night's sleep before each race, and Avery, Lucy, and I slept in the room together. Here is a pic one night before I moved Lucy over to the pack-n-play, I couldn't resist sneaking a picture- Allie, Avery's baby is joining them.

Here are some pics of Carla, Scott, and Avery having a golf lesson =)

The other day we were there, I found out that my roommate from all 4 years at Baylor was also in Chattanooga! Brantley Johnson and I haven't kept in touch very well, so it was SO nice to see her and catch up. Here is a picture of us!

June 13 pics

Nana Visits

Daddy Jim went on a fishing trip last week, so Nana came to get her Avery/Lucy fix. The girls had a blast with her and I got lots of errands done with an extra set of hands. Here's a picture of them before we went to the pool one day =)

Thought you might like to see how much Lucy LOVES Avery- it's like this all day, she never takes her eyes off of her. She's crazy about that sista!

Hello June

These sweet sisters missed each other last week! Here are my 2 cuties before we went out to the pool this weekend.

Pics after church

Cutest booty in town

Leaning...

and rolling over

Love this baby!

San Francisco

Dave, Lucy, and I headed out to San Francisco, CA last weekend for the annual urology conference, while Avery vacationed at "Camp Mimi" in Hickman. We both had great trips! BIG THANKS to Mom for keeping Avery for over a week, as well as for picking her up and dropping her back at home as to minimize Lucy's time spent in the car. Here are some pictures from California:


Lucy's first airplane trip. She did great, especially considering our flight to Atlanta got diverted to Huntsville, AL, adding an extra 5 hours of sitting ON the airplane before our long flight to CA even began =)

Since it was an conference of urologists all over the world, a ton of our friends from residency were there too! Here are Dave and Lucy with Rou while dining al fresco.

A walk through China Town- Lucy was not too impressed

Visiting with our friends Brad, Catherine, and Oliver Erickson. They had us over for dinner and we got to meet each other's newest babes. Brad is doing a fellowship in San Fran this year and then heading back home to Iowa this summer.

Chillin' on the play mat.

We took a cable car ride to Fisherman's Wharf

Pretty City!

Lucy taking a break from sightseeing

One night we ventured out to a Giants game and met up with Lucy's Uncle Dirk!

Lucy snoozing while we watched the game

So glad we got to meet Crystel!

Other residency peeps that we loved catching up with