Ballet Buddies

Abby and Blair before ballet class.

Fall Break Fun

For fall break we headed to east Tennessee. We had a fun filled week. The kids went to Bays Mountain and Warriors Path parks with Nana. I got in a little shopping with my mama. The pictures that follow chronicle many of our adventures. The weather was perfect! We traveled back to Clarksville on Saturday. We stopped by Aunt Becky's house on our way home and visited with her, Rodney, Taylor, Aunt Harumi and Uncle David. We roasted hot dogs and smores for lunch, yummy! Blake and Blair had a blast playing in the leaves. We were glad to be home and Scott had a steak dinner waiting for us with a set table!

Pumpkin carving was a hit. Blake and Blair didn't do a lot of the work. Although they did help a little with the "plop" as Blake called it.

The finished product!

Giving "sugar" to papaw.

Kathleen Blair and her mimie Kathleen.

Prior to leaving for east Tennessee we attended a birthday party of some good friends at the bowling alley. They were very eager to do go again. So, while in Kingsport we gave it another try. An excellent activity for a rainy, windy morning.

It's hard work keeping up with a big brother. If she could just get rid of those training wheels, which, she asks daily to take off.

Mom, Blair and I went to the pumpkin patch at Cassidy UMC. They fill their front lawn with all shapes and sizes of pumpkins and sell them for a fundraiser. It was the church where I went to pre-school and was baptized. When I went inside to pay for the pumpkin I felt like I was four again. It was all so familiar and the smell took me back in time.

Blake and Blair amused themselves with acorns. Blake would toss them up and then nail them with the badminton racket.

Pumpkin Patch

Blake had his first Kindergarten field trip to, of course, the pumpkin patch. There were several unique animals like a zedonk (that would be a combo between a zebra and a donkey), several other animals, and a bull and cow elk. We even got to hear the bull elk bugle. He had a lot of fun!

Women's 1/2 Marathon

On September 25th I did something I never thought I'd do. I ran a 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) in Nashville. I had a wonderful training buddy and encourager in Kathy. It was a great experience and I something I think I'll do again. Scott, Blake and Blair all came to cheer us on. I think they had a small part in this too!