Tennessee

Some may say that Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, but they’ve never been to Shelbyville, Tennessee. It is truly heaven. We stayed at this little charming bed and breakfast called The Parish Patch with hundred of acres of gorgeous property. We came for the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration- for those that don’t know, Tennessee walking horses are the best horses around.

Day one we spent going through the antique shops and stores in Bell Buckle and Wartrace. They were the cutest small towns. We also got to see lots of cute little foals (baby horses). They reaffirmed Manda’s life long goal to someday have a mare.

We loved spending time with the Baucoms and Father Gordon loved having his best friend Sid around.

  

We had an awesome dinner at the Cortner Mill with the Baucom family.

We then got to go to the horse shows. It was amazing. You will not believe how these horses can move. It made us resent the fact that our dad never let us show growing up. The only downer of the night: Manda dropped her brand new video camera and it broke…right before Europe. Epic fail.

Day two we spent the morning looking at horses. It was awesome. Meet 2 new members of our family. Interpreter is the chestnut and Nad is the gray roan. Both need to be renamed, but we love them already! :)

The Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration grounds

We then took a little stroll down by the Duck River. We had a run in with snakes, frogs, and LOTS of spiders.

So much twin love

The butterflies loved people

The awesome chapel

Farmer Father Gordon. He was obsessed with how the soy beans were grown

The awesome Parish Patch

A visit to the Normandy Dam and lake

Some more horse shows

The celebration grounds are right on Evans Street! Fate.

Last day at the Parish Patch

Our favorite road in Tennessee

Nobody knows why Manda looks like the hunchback of Notre Dame

 We LOVE you Tennessee. This was just the first of our annual tradition to come back for the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration! It was a trip we’ll never forget!