{"id":52911,"date":"2023-06-10T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/?p=52911"},"modified":"2023-06-11T22:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T02:11:51","slug":"nashville-shenanigans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/10\/nashville-shenanigans\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville Shenanigans <3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell it&#8217;s summer?<\/p>\n<p>And our slow season?<\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;re FINALLY catching up on all the things?! Blogging and dare I say&#8230; Instagram-ing?!?!<\/p>\n<p>While in Tennessee for <a href=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/07\/myers-point-bluff-wedding-sewanee\/\">Kami and AJ&#8217;s wedding<\/a>, our Muppet got to spend the weekend being spoiled rotten by his aunt and uncle in Nashville. There was ice cream and horseback riding and chicken-feeding and painting and even a rodeo! He had one heck of a 48 hour adventure! My one request was they save going to the Nashville Zoo with us. I&#8217;m not kidding when I say it&#8217;s my favorite thing to do in our old hometown, and if I only have one day to play, that&#8217;s where I&#8217;m headed! &lt;3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52912\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-01.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-01-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before I get to the zoo, here&#8217;s some proof that I&#8217;m not exaggerating when I tell you Aunt LoLo had a magical packed itinerary. My favorite? She helped him create his first &#8220;art show,&#8221; and she had it on display when we got back from our wedding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52913\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-02.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-02-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She had him title each painting, which immediately made this piece my favorite: &#8220;A Fish Deep in the Water, but We Can&#8217;t See It.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52914\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-03.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-03-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ok ok, on to zoo day!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52916\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-05.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-05-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52917\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-06.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-06-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52918\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-07.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-07-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52919\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-08.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-08-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52920\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-09.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-09-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52921\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-10.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-10-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52922\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-11.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-11-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TROUBLE.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52923\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-12.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-12-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52924\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-13.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-13-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-13-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The single best thing in Nashville? The Nashville Zoo&#8217;s *CAGELESS* KANGAROO EXHIBIT.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52925\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-14.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-14-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As long as they&#8217;re on the pathway, you can pet them. Our animal-loving boy was smitten. &lt;3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52926\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-15.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-15-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52927\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-16.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-16-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52928\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-17.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-17-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52929\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-18.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-18-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-18-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52930\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-19.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-19-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If this kid doesn&#8217;t become a veterinarian, I&#8217;ll be shocked. His favorite part of the visit was snuggling LoLo and Jon&#8217;s chickens. &lt;3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52931\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-20.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-20-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52932\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-21.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-21-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52933\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-22.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-22-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nashville is too far away. :(<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52934\" src=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-23.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Nashville-Happy-Roots-23-240x160.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell it&#8217;s summer? And our slow season? And we&#8217;re FINALLY catching up on all the things?! Blogging and dare I say&#8230; Instagram-ing?!?! While in Tennessee for Kami and AJ&#8217;s wedding, our Muppet got to spend the weekend being spoiled rotten by his aunt and uncle in Nashville. There was ice cream and horseback [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[414,1355,1361],"class_list":{"0":"post-52911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-personal","7":"category-travels","8":"tag-lorie","9":"tag-lorie-and-jon","10":"tag-nashville-zoo-at-grassmere","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52911"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53135,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52911\/revisions\/53135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootweddings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}