uncle dusty and aunt erin

My brother Dustin, and his wife, Erin, came to visit over the weekend. The pic above was the only one I was able to take because my digital camera was malfunctioning. Erin's eye's were closed, sorry Erin. Will you guys send me any good ones from your camera? Anyways, we had a great time with them.

Highlights:
The Wood Brothers at 3rd and Lindsley: the location is a bit nasty, but the music was great.I don't know how to describe the style. Kind of southern/bluegrassy/jazzy/acoustic . . . I LOVED watching Chris Wood play the bass, AMAZING. You can hear them on their site thewoodbrothers.com After we listened for awhile, we went home and hung out with Allen West, later Zach and Brian came over. It was pretty chilly, but Ryan made a fire in our outdoor room anyways.

Cabana: A new restaurant in Nashville, across from the Sunset Grill. this place has a very cool vibe and I liked the menu as well. But definitely the best part of it will be the huge sliding garage-style doors that will open up in the summer, making the entire back part of the restaurant almost completely open air. I can't wait to go back when spring returns. We brought Graham with us to Cabana, which went alright considering he was by far the youngest person in the joint. It must have been his first experience with valet parking and when we arrived, gave the keys to the young man in the red coat and turned to walk into the restaurant he started freaking out. But, not in a naughty way, or mad way, but in a "my heart is broken" way. And it was because he was watching the valet guy drive away in his absolute favorite toy. Even after he calmed down, he was sitting between Ryan and I in the booth, he would turn toward me and in his saddest tone, say "Brr-oom?" Watching his face when the truck was safely returned was almost as precious!!

The park, the shooting range, Graham finally warming up to his big boy bed probably to impress the company . . .

But above all, the coolest part was watching Graham ADORE both Dusty and Erin. He preferred their company immediately. Actually, Dusty picked him up out of his crib the first morning, and Graham wouldn't have much to do with Ryan or I after that. It was so sweet. Watching Graham with family is so affirming to our decision to move to the north. Even if South Dakota is still experiencing severe snow storms and spring is something far far away.