Christmas

It surely was the most wonderful time of year this Christmas!!!   The kids had a full week off from school before Christmas and we used every day to squeeze in extra holiday fun!  The stomach bug tried to bring us down but we bounced back just in time for Christmas Eve!  We had extra visitors join all our Christmas fun!  My Aunt Mary and Uncle Scott flew in from California because their sons were at their girlfriends for the holidays.  We absolutely loved having them and sharing all our 2021 Christmas memories with them!  They sure won over all three Miller kids and we feel so lucky to have spent the holidays with them!  

It was all sunshine and warm temps (high 70's) on Christmas Eve so we kicked off the special day with pickle ball at Chicken and Pickle!  Such a blast!

Chicken and Pickle turned their upstairs into a ski lodge themed holiday pop up bar, so festive and perfect for Christmas Eve!

The kids rarely dress "fancy" but Christmas Eve is one of those occasions that brings out the jeans, buttons and dresses.  Love this fancy crew of mine!

We celebrated Christmas Eve at our house and kicked off the night with a "special" drink!

The kids got their own special drinks as well!

A little Christmas Eve game competition always keeps the evening fun!  This was a family favorite, each round you had to draw a certain Christmas thing on a paper plate on top of your head!  We drew way better than I expected!

The weather was too perfect not to enjoy Christmas Eve dinner on the patio!  

This kids love celebrating Jesus's birthday eve with a birthday cake and candles!

Cousins in matching pjs are the cutest!

Silly pic turned ab competition!  Mase works on his six pack daily and its showing!

Let the Christmas morning shenanigans begin!  Our kids typically sleep until a decent hour but not this year!  I thought as they got older their excitement would start to dwindle but that wasn't the case!  They started strolling into our room at the 5:00 but we made them "rest" or fall back asleep until 7:00.

Santa is the best and brought Mason a gas powered dirt bike against us parents' better judgement!

After a quiet morning at home, we headed to Nana and Grandpa's for a late brunch and Nelson Christmas.

We wrapped up Christmas at Mimi and Papa's for dinner.  The next day was another beautiful day so we wanted to show off the city we love so much to Uncle Scott and Aunt Mary.  We enjoyed a morning exploring Myriad Gardens and Scissortail park, then hit up a handful of local breweries.  Best post Christmas day!

Love these faces as the Jenga game crashed down!

What a great holiday season we had celebrating with our crew!  These are the days that I will cherish forever but they sure are flying by too quickly!

Nashville with our girl

We were so excited to celebrate Harper's 10th birthday with a big weekend get away!  She was pretty indecisive choosing her destination so Tyler and I helped her land on Nashville.  She LOVES country music, sings non-stop and has a shower playlist of her favorites SO we thought Nashville was the perfect place for her!  Experiencing Nashville right before Christmas was icing on the cake! 

We rarely get Harper all to ourselves so we soaked up every minute we had alone with her!  Honestly I think this was the first time the three of us had even one night alone together.  Harper is just the sweetest!  This was HER weekend and the entire trip she was more concerned with picking restaurants, music, etc that Tyler and I would like!  We kept reminding Harper the weekend was all about her but she continued to put others first! 

We loved getting her sweet, loving and silly self to ourselves for the weekend!  We ate fried pickles at every stop, listened to country music non-stop and shared snuggles for two amazing nights!   Definitely a weekend for the memory books!  

Masked up for the flight only and ready to get to Nashville with our girl!

We landed and headed straight for Broadway Street for live music!  First stop was Blake Shelton's restaurant, Ole Reds!

That evening we boarded the General Jackson Riverboat dinner cruise for a Christmas show and sight seeing on the river!  Such a fun night!

The views from the boat were amazing!

Happy early birthday to our sweet Harps!

The Christmas show was full of amazing talent!  We left full of Christmas cheer!

The next morning we started with a great breakfast and then back to Broadway St for more rooftops and live music!  It's never too early for live music and more fried pickles in Nashville!

Harper didn't want us to pass up a kiss under the mistletoe!  Glad to have a photographer with us!

After a full morning/early afternoon of amazing music it was all hands on deck getting ready for Amy Grant and Vince Gill at the Ryman!

Loved these sweet little moments!

Seeing a concert at the Ryman was definitely on my bucket list and it didn't disappoint!  Seriously one of the coolest venues with so much country music history! 

Amy Grant and Vince Gill were absolutely amazing!  Vince Gill is such a talented guitar player!  Hearing the two of them sing Christmas classics was the best start to Christmas week!

And what better way to end the day/trip than with a Christmas milkshake from Legendairy Milkshakes!