Date Night in TN

This was the first time Scott and I have left the boys over night anywhere. Granted the grandparents are the best case scenario, I still had trouble letting go. I am SO glad I took a leap of faith and let go a little. We ALL had a wonderful time.
They went and spent the day with Nanny, my mom, then Granny and Grandaddy picked them up for the night and the next day.
Scott and I drove up and got there by lunch. We were both starving so we went to the Boathouse restaurant that was recommended to us in downtown. Scott's was great and mine would have been minus the ginger dressing that was all over it. I learned something new about myself, I DO NOT like ginger when not in a cookie. We then went and checked in to our sweet and cozy Bed and Breakfast to take a nap :) That was such a much needed treat.

We then tried to decide exactly what we wanted to do for the night. There were tons of places we could have gone and things we could have done, but we wanted to do things we can't do when the kids are with us like DINNER AND A MOVIE! We went to buy our tickets for the movie first to see what time it was showing 9:45 (This is a time foreign to parents with small children) So we went for it and decided to go to the mall before supper.
On the way we saw a Krispy Kreme, yes the light was flashing. We could Not say no to the light, so we came out with an assorted dozen. Of course we were planning on taking some home to the boys the next day, but had forgotten what was waiting for us in the car. We drove Scott's car so that we could leave all the car seats in the van to make it easier. Scott's car is a little bit messy (to put it nicely) He also has an ANT PROBLEM. So when we came out of the mall, the box was covered in ants! I grabbed it and knocked them all off the box and Scott drove to the nearest grocery type store to buy ziplocks. Those things work like magic :)

Then we went to Outback for soup and salad (the doughnuts must have filled our stomachs)Then to the movies. We had a hard time choosing a movie b/c Indiana Jones was out, but we ultimately went with the date movie Maid of Honor(loved it). On a side note, are we in the dark ages b/c we were both a little bit surprised to pay $18 for 2 tickets. I had no idea it costs that much now.


The next morning, I had to drag myself out of bed at 9:15 to get dressed enough to make it to breakfast (the stop serving at 10:00) IT was so perfect and the food was Great.

We laughed about Starbucks being featured on the Rock City sign and remembered when we had gone to Rock City 10 yrs earlier. We were so young, who knew we would be were we are today. God is so Good!
At Rock City Scott had real issues with how high we were, his heart was pounding and his toes were curling. But for some strange reason he still loved it :)

Yes, that is us in the corner of Lover's leap.
After ROck city we went down to the Art District and loved looking around. Everything was around $1000 which reminded us how lucky we were to be without children in there.
They even had a tractor made of wood for $1025, I am positive one of the boys would have had to try it out. Scott found this picture and we both liked it, we looked at all of this aritist's pieces, they were fun. This one is called Sloth.

We had a steak dinner at Texas Roadhouse on the way home.
The boys had a great time and the only boo boo we had was on Davis' blanket and clothes. He had to show his Granny that he did know how to open the foundation makeup bottle she had let him play with while falling asleep for a nap. The outfit is soaking as I write this, I have washed it 2x's so far. :) Sam only said "Sam wants mommadadda to take Sam to Sam's house" one time on Sat. afternoon. So, even if I have to throw that outfit away, it was the perfect trip!

This is Sam's favorite picture, he thinks we got to meet Hi Hoe (the seven dwarfs)