two weekends

alrighty, let's knock both of the past two weekends out in one post. for labor day weekend, we ...

went to nashville for a bit of a family reunion on mom's side. i worked late on friday evening and then we drove from our house to cookeville on saturday morning. it was an awesome off-interstate drive and was quicker than expected. we met a couple of lindsay's college friends for lunch at spankie's and it was still delish. we chatted long after we were done and didn't leave until jake was practically dragging us out of the restaurant out of boredom. we drove on to nashville and hung out at mom's for a bite of dinner. brooke and her "friend" came over and it was great to see her after her summer of working in upstate ny. we then proceeded to dad's to watch the ut game until it got out of hand. on sunday, we slept in like heathens and then went to the rainforest cafe that afternoon for lunch / dinner (linner?). there was still an hour wait even when going between rushes so we bopped around the mall a bit. jake loved the animals and atmosphere and the overpriced food wasn't too bad after all! on monday, we loaded up and went over to uncle danny's and met his new wife and two stepdaughters. all were very cool and welcome additions to the family. it was great to hangout with all the family and aunt jill even put on a little banjo show for us! we left around 4pm and made it home around 9pm after the time change. work the next day!

this past weekend, we went to the cabin with our small group. we had a blast relaxing, watching movies, playing pool, enjoying the quiet, making noise, grilling out, and walking the gatlinburg strip. everyone loved the cabin and the atmosphere and we hope to make the trip a regular occurrence!