CMT FEST!

I cannot believe I have not posted about the week my parents came to visit! My mother WORE me out... which is probably why I haven't posted... I had to regain my energy... that woman is a country music loving machine! I have lived in Nashville for 10 years now, and ever since I moved my mom and I have wanted to go to CMT festival week (used to be Fan Fair). This year I won an auction for CMT award show tickets, so I called my mom up and told her she had to come and go with me... so she did!

Highlights of the week:
Thursday - Concert at LP field.. we had general admission tickets so we hiked to the very top of the stadium, where we were super dizzy if you look anywhere but at the stage. Then after we see Reba sing 3 songs they stop the show and say a thunderstorm is headed toward nashville, so we all have to go to the first floor. REALLY. so we hike back down, luckily they let everyone leave the stadium, so we sat in the car.. for 3 hours. We fell sound asleep... at one point I woke up and said"OH NO, They turned off the lights!" Mom said, "The stadium is the other way." haha.. I was looking at a gas station. So at midnight I run up to the stadium and they say they are starting the show in 10 mins. I go grab mom, and they let us sit anywhere at this point... over half the people have left. So we ended up with pretty good seats! Show was pretty short, but Brad Paisley still put on a good show for everyone! So all in all it was a success and we got to bed at 3am.

Friday - up at 7:30.. because with Liam there is no sleeping in. Then around lunchtime mom and I head down to watch the concerts on the riverbank... we planned on only being gone for a few hours. Well we end up staying under the last artist sang! Out in the heat, sitting on the banks of the river, people watching, and listening to country music.. good times! To make it a true CMT fest expericence, we bought cowboy hats to keep the sun off us, and so we would fit in with the crowd! That night we had tickets to see the Nashville Sounds... so off we went! By the time we got home we were exhausted! Good full day!


Saturday - I was worn out. But not my mom! She took my dad down to the riverbank to listen to more music!


Sunday through Tuesday ended up being a lot of Liam focused time. Which he LOVED. Can you tell who dressed him? He looks like a mini golfer. haha.






Tuesday night was the big show. Mom and I had a great time!! I need to win more auctions!