Have no fear there are more pictures to come but after some technical difficulties in one of our hotel rooms I was not able to post pictures so Check back at the beginning of the week for some more pictures from the vacation…AND SOME HUGE TACKLES!
Category: daily life
Vacation installment #3
In the actual size replica of the Parthenon..Sown below was a 30-40 ft statue that was also in the Partenon. The Parthenon was originally built as a temple for Athena which later became a Christian church…It’s beautiful BUT HUGE!!! (not the statue of Athena but the replica of the Parthenon!
A full sized replica of the Parthenon was erected for the world’s fair…I just remember which one
But it has been standing there in the middle of Nashville for more than a hundred years
This is a statue of John Ryman which stands outside the entrance of the Ryman Audotorium in Down toen Nasville the last of five homes of the Grand Ole Opry. John Ryman owned 5 river boats which were known for drinking and gambling and was very mad when a preacher came through town to do some revival meeting…He (the preacher) insisted that they close down all bars and gambling locations. To this John ryman was irrate and went to cause trouble with the preacher. John ryman left that meeting with the preacher with a lot more than he bargained for…he got saved!!! He donated the money to build that preacher a church..Known today as the Ryman Audotorium!
Buildings in downtown Nashville that disappears into the clouds..At least they did today
Minnie Pearl and…I can’t remember for the life of me who the guy is.A note from Hee Haw…Grandpa Jones was twenty seven when he started playing grandpa Jones.. Minnie Pearl also confessed and lived he Life as a Christian
From the balcony at the Ryman
Note the church pews…they are originals..They cleaned them up a few years back and the scraped of the gum but they left the dings and scrathes
The front of the ryman
Me standing backstage at the ryman audotorium…I got to take a tour of the dressing rooms and got to hear some of the neatest stories of the earliest years of the Grand Ole Opry
We also visited Upper room ministries in Nashville..Thiough I must warn that we do not support the denomination to which they belong I will say they have some tremendous artifacts and beautiful pieces of Art.The most famous of which is a huge three demensional carving of the Last supper and a stained glass window that is 20 feet tall and 8 feet wide. Both of which is so amazingly beautiful
Well tomorrow is a new day and we will be visiting the Country Music Hall of fame!
Have a great day and many blessings to you!!
Big News –The surprise is exposed!
So has anyone guessed it yet??? Anyone at all….Nope Not A one!~!!
Well let me take this time to ADVERTISe for our blog posts for our family vacation I have them Numbered. The fiuirst two are right below this post!! So read them..They have lots of pictures of some really cool stuff and for the next three days we will be in Music city….
Okay now for the big news…What have we been doing for the last year and a half…Don’t know the answer….Don’t have a clue..well we have been looking for a new ministry oppertunity..Hubby is a pastor..Well after a long year and a half and a long and sometimes heart breaking road we are so pleased to announce that a church has called hubby to be their pastor…we are soooo excited……I can’t begin to express it. So this all means that we will be moving soon…VERY SOON. Like the end of February!
So please keep us in prayer..we will be incredibly busy and I will probaably not have a whole lot of time to post after vacation So again keep checking back here all week to see what we are up to and we will see you when we see you!!
Vacation installment #2
The carnton plantation In franklin Tn…The home was used as a Confederate feild hospital during the Civil War…The Floor still have the blood stains in them…a sober reminder of that the civil war killed thousands…More people were killed during the civil war that ALL other wars the United States have been involved in…Sobering..Simply sobering!
The Carter House also located in Franklin Tn…Also a amjor spot in the Battle of Franklin during the civil war
The Carnton House in Franklin Tn
The kiddos and I in front of the carosel at the Nasville Zoo! I must tell you that this has been the best zoo I have been to!
Vacation-Installment #1
The kids taken aback by a very big sheep…Tornado was even heard saying…BAA RAM EWE…Name that line from a movie
Me and hubby..the kids and great grandpa…who lives in Pittsburg
The family at the pittsburg Zoo and Aquarium..Take Note of the VERY big fish right behind us!
this is one of TWO baby elephants born at the Pittsbug Zoo…He is SOOO cute and Soo tiny standing next to his daddy!
And look at this gorgoues tiger..He was so close that if there wasn’t lass between us wqe could reach out and touch him….He sat up just in time for hubby to take this picture and then he laid right back down!!!What a great sport! And praise the LORD FOR THAT GLASS!
