Some cousins... and a date

Like I said the other day, I'm trying to catch up on my posting... so here's a post that should have been done last weekend.  Jason and I headed up to Lafayette for the day, and Jason's cousins Emily and Katelyn were there.  Their dad is Uncle Robert, who lives right next to Mammer and Papa Wayne.  Jason had met them previously when I wasn't able to go up there, but this was my first time meeting them... SO more people for me to remember the names of!

Katelyn's on the left and Emily's on the right... and I think we know who the handsome man in the middle is. :)

Of course we had them take a picture of us too...
Then the girls decided to take some self-portraits... the last one was Emily's glamour shot, I guess. ;)


After being in Lafayette all day, Jason and I decided to go on a little impromptu date.  Jason's been wanting to take me to the Opryland Hotel to show me the Christmas lights, so we drove to Nashville to see the lights.  There were a lot of lights outside, but it was cold and we were walking around, so we didn't feel like taking the time to freeze while taking pictures outside.  However, inside was this gorgeous tree... GIANT tree.  
There were also several of these very large wreaths.  It's hard to see because it was so far away and obviously my flash doesn't work for things that far away, but you get the idea.  There's a big chandelier behind it.
And there were a bunch of these things... they're hot air balloons, but they were hanging from the ceiling, so obviously they weren't real, but they were cute.
This is Delta Island (I think that's what it was called).  It's an "island" inside the hotel where there are a bunch of little shops and restaurants.  There's a river inside the hotel, so the river goes around this island.  It was dark outside, so although the entire area in this part of the hotel has a glass ceiling, there wasn't much light... hence all the dark photos.
And this last picture is a picture of the station where we got on one of the riverboats and got a little tour of the hotel... learning about the history and quick little facts too.  We have a picture of us on the boat, but that's coming in our Christmas letters, so if you want one and you don't think I have your address, you better post your address so I can send you one!

So that was our impromptu date.  It was nice to spend a little bit of time with each other again without anyone else.  Our jobs don't allow us to have too much time together since I work regular hours Monday through Friday, and he works 130-10pm on random days, usually weekends included.  Luckily though, Bass Pro is going to be trying to give Jason every other weekend off, so we should get some more time together. :)