Tuesday (Sept. 16) We're In Nashville!!

Better Back Up: We left home at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, September 15. We drove to Chip's church in the Huntsville area. We got to greet some of the staff there and after about an hour, Chip took us to a delightful cajun seafood restaurant for dinner which was delicious. From there, we returned to the church as Chip had a 6:30 meeting so Richard and I went on over to his house. We "moved in" and relaxed until Chip got home at about 8:15. They watched Monday night football and I have to confess that I went to bed.

This morning, (Tuesday, 9/16), we were all three up and ready to go to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast. Chip had a 10:00 a.m. staff meeting at church so took off for there as we took off to make our drive to Huntsville. We stopped at Wal-Mart to buy a few things and then make our 2-hour drive to Nashville arriving at 12:00 noon sharp! We drove around the Opryland Complex and then went into the mall. It is a fabulous place. We ate lunch at the Rain Forest Cafe which was both entertaining and delicious. We plan to go back for their $13.00 "sparkler" cake. Ha! We tooled around in the mall until 2:30 (we did some Christmas shopping!) and then checked into the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. It is GORGEOUS!!! We walked around here (6 acres under one roof!!) and looked around. At 6:00, we were dressed and ready to go to the registration reception of the conference of which Richard is a featured speaker tomorrow. They had lots of good stuff to eat and, of course, all of the vendors had tons of stuff to collect. Let's just say that I probably won't have to buy a thing for the grandkids' stockings!!

We are waiting for a call from our granddaughter Isabella who ran her first cross-country meet today. As an 8th grader, she made the varsity team and was very excited to run today and was very disappointed that we weren't going to be there to cheer her on.

We are chillin' in our room and look forward to a good night's rest and a fun day tomorrow ~~ a nice reward for Richard's diligent work and professional accomplishments.