My Little Snuggle Bug - Sawyer Tate!

The newest addition to the Grieder Family Sawyer Tate.  I know anyone that reads my blog follows my sister Brooke Brand Grieder but I just had to post these cute pictures. 

The first picture was on Sawyer's birthday at the hospital. 

 Yesterday I spent all day with this little guy and got to hold him pretty much all day. He slept for most of the day and then he woke up so me and Brooke did a little photo shoot. This picture was when I was holding him and he just kept staring at me and I can't believe how good it turned out! Brooke also dressed him in a onesie that says "My Auntie Rocks" so this one goes out to Taylor and Kaitlin too!

 He is a very content baby that doesn't ever fuss (which I enjoy because I never know what little ones need) and he is a little heater so I didn't mind holding him all day. I had my dog Willie at Brooke's house and he was being my little guard dog.  He kept getting closer and closer to the baby. I don't think Brooke enjoyed it too much but I thought it was super cute! I am sure I will have a lot more pictures in the future to post of this little man!!

Nashville

Matt had two engines in his shop that he was going to sell to a diesel mechanic shop outside of Nashville, TN. He has had them for a few weeks and I told him that no matter when he took them I was going to go with him so I could go to Nashville!

I have only been to Nashville once and it was for a sorority convention back before I was even 21! When I was there we really didn't get to do too much but we did manage to sneak out two nights when we were there. I have always wanted to go so I hitched a ride with Matt.

We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland which Marriott recently bought the Gaylord resorts so I got a steal on a room. Here is a map of the hotel to show you how big it was!

This is the map they give you at check-in so you can find your room. There was over 7 restaurants and bars in the hotel so we actually never left once we checked in! It was really busy and we decided since it was a quick trip we would just stay there!
On the right is a picture of the atrium with ducks, fish, and water features! There was sushi bar on the water it was so cool! I told Matt that we need to take girls trip around Christmas and come back to this hotel!!

Matt and I have an obsession with the Food Network especially Diner's, Drive-in's, and Dives. We have been talking about stopping at restaurants we see on this show for years and we finally hit up our first place. It was super yummy and had local beers to wash it down! I am not a fan of BBQ at all but I even enjoyed the food. Then the very next week Matt and Tyler went to Mississippi and hit up another DDD favorite Memphis BBQ.

This is a picture of where they smoke the pig! It smelled so good in this restaurant! 

Not the best picture but we actually took a picture together! 

On the Move!

In January I took on a new position through Corporate John Q. Hammons Hotels (aka Marriott) to work from home and travel to other properties to help with training of a new computer program. I was so excited about this opportunity because I would be working from home, traveling, and teaching again!

It was slow at the beginning trying to get on board with new concepts, get to know a million new people, and work from home and be productive! Well I hit the ground running and my first road trip was to Cedar Rapids, Iowa for two weeks (when I say weeks I mean Sunday-Thursday they let me come home on the weekend), home for a week, and then off to Dallas, Texas for two weeks.

When I was in the airport flying home from Dallas on Thursday I made a few notes on my phone on my whirlwind of my last 12 days:

In 12 days I been traveling for work for 9 days
I have flown on 6 airplanes
Went to Nashville for 2 days (trip with Matt)
 Stayed at 3 amazing Full Service Marriott's (think the Normal Marriott bigger)
Was at home for less than 24 hours
And slept in my own bed with my two boys twice (Matt and Willie oh course)

When I was in Dallas they spoiled me with amenities every night in my room! Apparently on my file says I like veggies, fruit, and beer! Pretty fitting if you ask me!

Here are a few pics from my trips! They are not as fun as they sounds because all I do is work and don't get to get outside of the hotel too much but I made sure to get a few runs and walks in when I was in Dallas since it was in the 20's here!