Nashville Christmas Visit

Well Christmas has officially begun! This past Friday, we had the company party for The Neighborhood Plumber at my mom and dad's house. It was so much fun! We had it catered from Dreamland with ribs and bar-b-que ( very traditional holiday foods) and banana pudding and baked beans and potato salad and chips and everything! It was great. We sang some Christmas songs and had door prizes.
After the party, I ran home and packed up our van, loaded up both boys (who had been bathed and pajamed!) with their blankets and silkies. I picked up Hank and we headed to Nashville to spend some with with my in-laws the Boemers. We got in around 1:30 am and headed to bed. The next day we had a late breakfast, then headed to the Opry Mills mall. It was my suggestion to go since I needed to get a few stocking stuffers, but man it was a bad idea! It was soooo crowded. About 10 times worse than the Galleria at Christmas. We stayed there for a couple of hours, then came back to the Boemers were we had leftover ribs from the Christmas party and chicken tortilla soup! Then we got the boys settled and Hank and I went to a local (less crazy) mall and did a little shopping.
On Sunday we got up and had pancakes and then exchanged gifts with the Boemers over coffee. That was nice! It was so much fun. Then we packed up the van and headed over to Hank's best friends house (Danny). We spent the afternoon with them and then headed home about 4:30. It was a LONG weekend, but it was fun. Now it's back to work until Friday!