Christmas in Tennessee

Welcome!

The Christmas season is busy for almost all of us. Sometimes working around everyone's schedule for family get-togethers is somewhat of a challenge, however, like it was for us this year, but with some planning, it can be done.

This year, we started our celebration early.

First of all, we went to Nick and Lisa's on my side of the family. We had a delicious meal, and then took keepsake family photos.

Since this was sort of a progressive-meal type of thing, we then went on to Betty's, next door, where we enjoyed dessert...

Greg, at the Dessert Table

and we opened Christmas gifts.

A few days later, we met several members of Greg's side of the family at the elegant Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee where we took more keepsake photos and had a gourmet dinner. Finally, we all went to the Nashville Ballet where we enjoyed "Nashville's Nutcracker" in which our talented little niece performed.

And, we have a couple of other Christmas events planned since there is so much to see and do this time of year.

"Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."
-Margaret Thatcher

From our home to yours-

Positive thought: "May you have the spirit of Christmas which is peace, the gladness of Christmas which is hope, and the heart of Christmas which is love."-Ada V.Hendricks
Thanks for visiting! Until next time, Becky

A Pre-Christmas Celebration

Welcome!

Just yesterday, Greg and I met some of our family in Nashville for a wonderful pre-Christmas celebration.  We had lunch at the four-star Capitol Grille at The Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.

Downtown Nashville

This exquisite hotel was all dressed up in its Christmas finery.  It was, in fact, awe-inspiring.  It made me want to run home and decorate, but it would be hard to come up to the splendor of this place.

After dining on a delicious lunch and soaking up the opulent atmosphere of the hotel, we went on to another superlative experience, the annual Nashville Ballet's performance of "Nashville's Nutcracker" to see our little niece who was talented enough to be one of the dancers with this stellar dance company.  The lovely, familiar "Nutcracker" music was provided by no less than the Nashville Symphony.

The Nutcracker

Our Little Niece, After Her Performance with the Nashville Ballet

I'm about to run out of superlatives to describe this fantastic day.

I guess I'll just end this post with the words of someone else:

"Be merry all, be merry all,
With holly dress the festive hall,
Prepare the song, the feast, the ball,
To welcome merry Christmas."
-William Robert Spencer

Here are our photographs on iStock:
http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/rebecca-arnott#10f6e9a3

Positive thought:  Happy pre-Christmas preparations and celebrations!
Thanks for visiting!  Until next Sunday, Becky

A Fun-filled Weekend!

Greg and I just had a very busy week and weekend!  The week was mostly work-related, but the weekend was purely fun.

It all started out with relatives (Betty and Mike), visiting our new house.

Afterwards, we all went out to eat at a great little restaurant, Square Market & Café, in Columbia, Tennessee.

                                                           
                                                             Photo by Janie

                                                          Wonderful Food!

Our meal was accompanied by the sweet sound of music, compliments of Peter Skrabak on the acoustic guitar.  (www.peterskrabak.com).

(For more information on this café, please see my January 8, 2012 blog post.)

As if all of this weren't enough, we met Betty, Mike, and some other relatives at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville.  (www.thehermitagehotel.com)

We dined inside at The Capitol Grille.

This place is awesome!

 It's where some of the beautiful people hang out.

To top it all off, we all enjoyed our little relative's performance in the Nashville Ballet's world premiere of "Peter Pan."

                                                             Good job!

Our weekend was over, but we had enough happy memories to tide us over until our next fun-filled event!

Positive thought: Make every day a fun day!
Thanks for visiting!  Until next Monday (We have another busy weekend coming up!), Becky