nashville: part 3.

i moved to tennessee and have become the world's worst blogger. life just feels so busy and exciting and when i get home at night, i can't bring myself to stare at the computer anymore. but i miss my little space on the internet, and i'm going to work on my blogging skills. and there's a lot of room to improve from my current once a month posting!

let's see...

work is busy and work is amazing. i am still learning a million new things a day and sometimes it feels like i'll never figure the hotel out. but i am thankful for a team full of wonderful co-stars (we call our employees, stars) who are always more than willing to help me figure it all out.

my girls came to visit! the last weekend in june, britt and rach made the terrible drive from charlotte to nashville for the weekend. i was so happy to have them in nashville and show them around my new town. they also got to meet linds!

 {at east side hootenanny}

{rooftop at tootsies!}

july 4th was spent day drinking with linds + erin in east nashville. the weather was GORGEOUS in nashville the weekend of the 4th and it was actually enjoyable to be outside. the 4th is my favorite day of the year, and i was a little bit bummed not to be at the ocean like usual. but nashville did not disappoint me at all and i was so glad to celebrate my favorite day in this city. 

{proud to say i wore that headband all day/night}

{downtown listening to the {free} billy currington concert before the fireworks!}

life in nashville is so, so good and i am so very lucky. 

next up: family reunion in lake tahoe.

and then: weekend in louisville with linds!

and then: a delicious new salsa chicken recipe. 

... i've got some catching up to do!

murrells inlet, sc: the fourth of july.

i took a half day on tuesday and headed down to murrells inlet for the rest of the week! in a last minute change of plans, i stayed with ammie & her family & was so excited to spend some time with her parents!

 

tuesday night we headed to dinner on the inlet. we had yummy seafood & then spent the rest of the evening playing this super fun ipad game & drinking beer.

 

wednesday we woke up & it finally wasn't raining! we spent the whole day on the beach where i proceeded to get fried regardless of all the sunscreen i put on. redhead problems. wednesday night we went to the marsh walk and scored an awesome spot in the rocking chairs at bubba's. all sorts of our friends showed up & it was good to see everyone! that's my favorite thing about the inlet - you never plan to see anyone or know who is going to be around, but you always end up seeing exactly who you want to.

 

 

{ammie, laura & i at dinner on tuesday, meggy & i at bubbas on wednesday, the sweet bully i met at bubba's}

 

 

thursday morning we woke up & headed to the point! ammie's family is from hartsville & all of their family friends come to the inlet for the week, too. one family has a house right on the point, so we went to their house & walked out on their dock to the party. the point is where most people from the various surrounding beaches go for the 4th - everyone piles on a boat and pulls on up - it's a great time! we had an epic american ceremony before eating hamburgers & hot dogs that included about 30 of us saying the pledge of allegiance, singing the national anthem, reciting george washington's prayer for our country, and singing proud to be an american. i was in american heaven.

 

you see, the fourth of july is my favorite day of the year. i absolutely love this beautiful country that we are lucky enough to call home. i don't ever take for granted the fact that we enjoy a life & freedoms that most of the world could never dream of. we are truly blessed & i am thankful for those who fight for us and keep us free.

 

after packing up from the point, we showered & headed out to hot fish club. this is my favorite bar ever. think of 3 giant gazebo-like-tree-houses & you have hot fish club. we met up with the rest of our friends there & had a super amazing evening celebrating the us of a!

 

{dalton & i, the girls, laura & her bridesmaids, laura & i with the crocker girls}

friday morning we woke up and did a whole lot of nothing. dalton & i eventually went for a walk on the beach, but that was pretty much it. ammie's birthday was on saturday, and since we wouldn't be with her fam on her actual birthday, we did her party on friday night. we ordered the ever so famous prosser's bbq & had some friends over for dinner. after dinner we met up with our friends at causeway & watched the world's best country cover band, the austin mowery band. i was seriously drooling.

 

 

{the gang on friday}

 

saturday morning we woke up & it was ammie's birthday which i will write about in the next post since this one is already way too long. hope y'all had an amazing 4th of july & got to spend some time celebrating our beautiful country!