Hostess with the Mostess

My Aunt Mary & Uncle John are amazing hosts! They show us the best time when we are in town. We LOVE Nashville but alot of that love for the city has to do with the fact that they are there :)

Uncle John was at work during the day on Friday, but after Mary was done with her work for the day (helping the Nashville citizens prevent and treat diabetes, heart disease and depression one Spin class at a time), she took us around the trendy Hill Place area for some shopping, after we treated her to lunch. Seriously, this woman is SO awesome at motivating people when it comes to leading fit lives. It doesn't hurt that she herself was featured in Shape magazine as a success story years and years ago. Her Spin class I took last summer was the hardest workout of my life. Wow. And the best workout of my life (read: most fun and exciting) was the 3-mile trail run she took me on earlier that morning in the gorgeous Percy Warner park.

 After Mary took me on the trail run, she headed to the Y to teach her classes, so John and I went to check out Phillips Toy Mart just down the street from their house. We haven't visited them all, but we're quite certain this is the BEST toy store on Earth. Period. They had everything you could possibly imagine, including a Lionel Train selection that would leave any little boy speechless--young or old. We left with some great selections--a strung guitar and pirate sword for Lola and a new set of big boy cymbals for Johnny. We found some old friends, as well. Here's John with Brobee, Plex, Muno, Foofa and Tootie.