Family in Waynesville, NC

Our family recently took a trip to Wanyesville, NC. It was the whole family! Joe's parents, siblings and their families and our "young" family. Our older two boys had college/school and a football game so they could not join us.

We all stayed in this large house together and we shared the cooking. The kids all loved spending time together, too. We went hiking at Cataloochee two days.

The first day we were on the Rough Fork Trail to the Woody house. The little ones enjoyed seeing and exploring around the house.

When we came back to the parking area the group saw and heard the elk! We also saw lots of turkeys.  I will share some floral, fauna and fungi pictures in a later post.

We stopped at a two-room school house (Beech Grove School) where Aunt Em gave a little class for the family. We had planned to stop at Palmer Chapel to have a little service, but there were signs asking to stay out of the fields because of the elk. Instead we went down to a little area where there was a creek the kids could play in. The second hiking trip was the Flat Creek Trail.

There were several creek crossings and it was a little longer than the first hike. Uncle Wesley got some of the boys to go hide and jump out to "shoot people" along part of the way. His oldest son was determined that he could hike all by himself and did not need to be carried.

Luckily he let us carry him so he could "fly" over creek crossings. Little C kind of started lagging behind and at one point Grandmomma and I stopped with her so she could rest.

After we finished the hike we went to Mile High Overlook to eat some food.

Then we all headed back home. It was an enjoyable trip and the kids were exhausted when we got home!

Meeting a Legend

Earlier this week I was able to attend the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony. There were lots of famous people both locally and nationally there. On a couple of the tables adjacent to us were several local news and sports anchors as well as former UT players and coaches. The guest speaker for the evening was Archie Manning the famous Ole Miss quarterback, NFL quarterback as well as the father of our favorite UT football player, Peyton Manning.

After the dinner and induction ceremony were over Joe and I walked back behind us and ask if Coach Phillip Fulmer would let me get my picture made with him! I was so excited I was a little shaky! :)

Senior Recognition

So in the fall Bubba was recognized as being a senior in the marching band. I am struggling with the fact that my baby is getting ready to be a graduate. He is talking about moving out, going to college and even possibly moving out-of-state. Yuck! I am not liking this "growing up" stuff that is happening around our house!