Family visit

Dusty, Carrie, Lilly & Isaac came out for

their first visit to Tennessee. All the cousins had so much fun playing & getting reacquainted with each other. (The grownups had fun too.) We visited Nashville, the Parthenon & the battlefield.

It's hard to get all four to sit still at the same time!

On the steps of the Parthenon.

Eli with Athena.

He's a Giant.

The kids hamming it up with the horses at the Opryland Hotel.

Enjoying the sunshine & the trampoline.

Tony & Dusty trying to fix the eave of the roof on the peak of our home. This was the first attempt to climb the roof.

Tony take 2. Climbing up the other side to fix the eave with his extension cord to climb/rappel with.

Isaac watching Uncle Tony work with tools. He's already got the plumber's crack down pat.

Wait one cotton pickin' minute!

The kids hanging out by the cannon.

Isaac in the slaughter pen.

Saturday Adventures

Saturday was a busy day for the kids. We went to the river & walked on the green way & looked at all the art on display at the craft fair. The kids got to make their own necklaces & marble paintings which they enjoyed a bunch.



Here they are taking a break by the river.

Adrienne looking for fish.

Then we went to the Stones River Battlefield where we decided to do the Junior Ranger Program. They had to wander around different parts of the battlefield & answer questions about what they saw. They also got to find out how a cannon works.

Here they are being sworn in as Junior Rangers.

They got certificates & a badge. Now they're official.

This is overlooking the National Cemetery at Stones River.
The short square markers are unknown soldiers.

These are the graves of the Union soldiers that died here in Murfreesboro. There is a separate cemetery for the Confederate soldiers.