Fall Colors in Great Smoky Mountains

The colors are just wonderful to see. The temperatures have been great even with Katie Beth saying it is too cold.

The pictures are from Cades Cove in the southern most part of the Great Smoky Mountains.

We are heading to Abrams Falls Trail to hike to the Abrams Fall. The hike should be nice. The distance is only around 2.4 mile there. We have a backpack child carrier to speed up the hike if we need it.

Thornburg Visit

Katie Beth Allen and Jameson ThornburgJameson and Katie Beth had a great time visiting. Karen and I enjoyed our adult time with Jeff and Jessica, too.

Jameson and Katie Beth pretended the sandbox’s sand was snow and decorated the driveway with “snow” for Santa Claus.

The girls were big eaters tonight, too. It was like a competition on who would eat what and how much.

Madison Street Festival

Madison Street FestivalWe are having a great time at the festival.

Katie Beth made a bird feeder.

Grandmother, Grandfather, Aunt Faith, and Jonah met us here this morning. Faith and Jonah are in town for a week to visit.

We ran into Jameson, Jessica, and Jeff Thornburg. Katie Beth and Jameson had great time playing on the inflatables.

We even saw Steve And Clair Tanner.

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Baseball Season has Ended

We have had a great time this summer going to the Huntsville Stars.  We had never had season tickets before this season.  We had gotten these ticket from Katie Beth winning them in a bikini contest.  This summer was very hot for baseball, but we had a wonderful time with all our baseball friends.

We celebrated Katie Beth and my birthday at the ball park along with Karen’s ½ birthday.  We each got to throw out the first pitch and ride onto the field with team mascot as the “Fan of the Day” on our birthdays.

Beside going to the Huntsville Stars’ games, we got to see a Chattanooga Lookouts game while we were in Chattanooga.

We had a great time on July 3rd at Allison and Steve Tofflemire’s annual party.  Everyone enjoys the game, food, friends, and fireworks.  Katie Beth got to enjoy two sticks of cotton candy!

Cotton Candy

My sister, Hope, with her children, Hannah and Charlie, joined us for a couple of games during their summer visit.  Charlie got the run in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Race at both game and won each time.

Hope, Charlie, Hannah, and Katie Beth

Katie Beth received a Brewers dress from Godpoppa Stevie and Godmomma Allison from their trip to see the Brewers play in Milwaukee, WI.  Katie Beth looks great in it, too.

Brewer

We are looking forward to next year’s season.

First Campout Morning

First Campout MorningWe watched “The Princess and the Frog” last night. Katie Beth wanted to have a movie marathon after the first movie ended around 10 something.

She is very sleepily this morning. Normally, she would have been up by now even with staying up so late.

It is something else sleeping in 1 1/2 man tent with a wiggly child. She moved all over the tent while sleeping.

I know Karen is still sleeping, because she would have come checked on us by now.