Tattoo-ed Mama

As I mentioned in my Nashville post, 3 of us ladies got tattoos while in Nashville. This is something I've wanted to do for a long time, so it was very exciting that it came together on this trip!

The idea came about because I saw Brent's cousin's {Heather} tattoo {3 hearts down her wrist to represent her kids}, and I told her about my idea {3 stars on the inside of my wrist to represent my 3 kids}, and we decided we should make it happen in Nashville.

It came up with the broader group and both Kristi {Brent's cousin's wife} and Carla {a friend} wanted to get them too! So after we had brunch on Saturday {our last full day in Nashville}, we went to a shop next to our AirBNB apartment and they had availability to fit us in, yay!

Brent liked the idea of what I wanted to do, but said he came first so he needed a spot in my tattoo too so the idea of a 2nd tattoo was born. Heather's husband had his and Heather's anniversary on his wrist in Roman numerals, and I thought that looked really cool. 

Our tattoo artist designing my wedding date tattoo.

Getting ready!

My view of the stars tattoo

The finished product

Overall it was a pretty quick and mostly painless process. The stars took just a couple of minutes and the wedding date maybe 5-7.

Carla getting her tattoo

{dcat for her family-David, Carla, Abby, and Ty}

Kristi getting hers 

{a skeleton key in memory of her dad who was a locksmith}

A close-up on my wedding date tattoo

10.16.2004

The Nashville tattoo club!

We will see if this is the start of many more... {grin}

Nashville '24

We finished off the month of October with a super fun trip to Nashville with Brent's cousins and some friends. We left on a Thursday morning and stayed through Sunday and packed in a lot of fun.

Obligatory airport drink picture - whose is whose? {grin}

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We stayed in an apartment over a ice cream/coffee shop with Brent's cousin right off Broadway in downtown Nashville and it was so cute and right in the heart of things.

The first thing the girls did was go to Rustler's and make custom cowboy hats! The impetus for the trip was Philip's wife's {Kristi} birthday, and this was something she wanted to do and the rest of us thought it sounded fun too.

Having a drink before hats!

Kristi ~ Carla ~ Misty ~ Heather ~ Allena

The experience was so cool - there were so many hats to pick from and then a million ways you could customize. I always get overwhelmed when I have a lot of choices but ended up loving what I did with my hat!

I had my initials branded into it, it was so cool to watch the process.

All the girls with our new hats!

Carla and I were the 2 Aggies on the trip and got a maroon-ish band around our hats.

You can see some of the branding I did - this in addition to my initials.

Brent looking like Howdy Doody in my hat!

We hung out that evening in 2 bars - one on Broadway called Redneck Riviera and one in Painter's Alley. We ended the night getting Raisin' Cane's chicken and going back to the apartment!

Friday, Philip had booked a pontoon cruise on the Cumberland River {which I had to google to find out what river ran through Nashville, ha}. It was a beautiful day, and we had a blast!

Brent and David getting cozy {grin}

That night we had reservations at a restaurant but ended up just bumming around Broadway and hopping in and out of a few places.

I had to try the coffee/ice cream shop so Saturday morning Brent and I went down there. He got a root beer float and I got, of course, a chai.

Yes, we were sleeping in bunk beds ha.

Our big activity Saturday was brunch at White Limozeen, a Dolly Parton themed restaurant. Kristi asked us to wear pink, and we happily complied!

And then in a twist of events no one would have ever expected, I went and got 2 tattoos! I'm going to save the story for another post, but I'll share one pic of the 3 of us who got tattoos that day.

Gig 'em after a Fighting Texas Aggie WIN!

We stayed out pretty late on Saturday night but luckily didn't have a SUPER early flight on Sunday. We made it home in 1 piece and our babies were happy to see us! This was definitely a vacation to remember!