Weekend Trip to Nashville

On Friday morning, we loaded up and left town heading to Nashville, AR. We were going to watch Hunter Wood, the son of our friends Kevin and Amy, play in the Dixie Youth State Tournament. We had a wonderful time all weekend. We stopped at Brown's on the way down to eat, then didn't stop again until we got to our hotel, Southern Belle Inn. We checked in about 2:00. The boys didn't play ball until 7:30, so we let the kids go swimming for a little while before heading to the ball park. The boys beat Ashdown Friday night, so they were scheduled to play at noon on Saturday. They had the most amazing time Friday night. After the ball game (about 10:00) we finally headed to McDonald's for supper. The weather was perfect so we sat outside and ate.
Mac and Emma outside our hotel room.

Mr. Gary at the ballpark. This is Hunter's Papaw.

Mac talking to Hunter and Kevin through the fence of the dugout. By the end of the weekend, anytime Mac saw a man leaning against the fence who had on khaki pants, he would say, "There Kevin!" It was so cute!!

Cara and Emma. This is Hunter's girlfriend.

The Searcy All-Stars before the game.

Mac, McKenna, Emma, and Braxton playing in the water.

Hunter getting his home run ball. He hit the ball over the fence his first time at bat!

Saturday morning was pretty tough on us. Mac didn't sleep well at all Friday night. I felt like I was up most of the night. Randall got up about 4:30 and headed with Mr. Gary to deer camp to look around. Mac finally fell asleep, so I moved to the other bed and caught a little shut-eye. Yes, I was in the bed with BOTH kids after Mac started fussing! The boys played Dierks at noon on Saturday. We headed to Taco Bell on the way to the ballpark and took our food with us. The weather was still pretty nice. The kids enjoyed running around and playing while Randall and I enjoyed the game. Searcy beat Dierks and were scheduled to play again at 7:30. We had plenty of time, so we headed back to the hotel planning to swim. Mac fell asleep on the way back, so he and Randall took a nap while Emma and I went swimming. We swam, cleaned up, then went across the parking lot to Western Sizzlin for dinner. We then headed back out the the ballpark where the Searcy boys won AGAIN!! At this point, they were 3-0 in the tournament. We headed back to the hotel and watch the baseball team swim for a little while before hitting the sack.

Emma asleep on Saturday morning. She had switched beds at this point, so you can see Mac's get-it in the bed with her. That is Mater by her face!!

Mac and Emma sitting on the bleachers getting ready for the game.

Randall and Mr. Gary standing at the outfield fence watching the game. Randall took Mr. Gary a coke after he ran to get a homerun ball.

We passed this house heading back to the hotel, and I made Randall back up so I could take a picture...I just loved the house with the wrap-around porch. It was very exquisite.

Mac and Randall taking a nap. The ball under Mac's arm is one Hunter won for him at a pizza restaurant where he went to eat. He won an elephant for Emma. Wasn't that sweet?!

Emma eating her blue bubble gum shaved ice. We took our own snacks, but we did buy these at the concession stand.

Mac and Daddy sharing a Watermelon shaved ice.

Emma and Mac playing on the pitcher's mound of an empty baseball field.

Mac giving Hunter "knuckles" before the game on Saturday night.

Hunter trying to pull Mac's arm through the fence. Mac just loves him some Hunter!!

Emma sitting in Momma's lap waiting for the game to start.

Mac playing with Tom-Tom on the way back to the hotel.

Hunter batting.

Hunter pitching.

Mac giving Luke Dixon some knuckles.

On Sunday, we headed to Murfreesboro to a great little restaurant Mr. Gary had told us about. It had great burgers, and the Razorback decor was very cute. They also had sharpies so you could sign your name to the wall. There was writing everywhere. It was a very quaint little place to eat.

A good little restaurant!

Razorback decor...if you look at the paneling, you can see where people have written on the walls.

This is where I wrote our names!!

More decor and writing.

Braxton, Carson, Hannah, Mac, and Emma calling balls and strikes for some boys who were just playing around on the field.

Hunter practicing at shortstop.

The boys played Dierks again on Sunday afternoon at 3:30. We stayed and watched them win again before heading home. We left about 6:00. We stopped in Prescott to eat, then headed to Searcy. When we got to Beebe, Mac said, "Almost there...faster, Daddy, faster!" The boys play for the state championship tonight against the Nashville Scrappers...Good luck boys!! Wish we could be there!!