Nic's First Day of Kindergarten

My little Nicholas is growing up so fast. He started kindergarten this year. He did not want to go right up until the minute his mom and dad took him to school. This is always hard on Moms everywhere. I remember when my kids went to school. It was a hard thing to do. Especially Bambi. She was my first. I didn't really know what to do. But anyhow...back to Nic. After he got in the school he was fine. He has Rebecca's kindergarten teacher so he's pretty excited about that. He got to take his Spiderman lunch box with him. Here he is getting ready to go in. Isn't he adorable???

Then his mom gave him a big hug before she left. (How did she do that without tearing up?):

After he got in he found a friend. Hey! This might not be so bad after all!!!

Shelly's Fish

My husband, Doug, and my son, also Doug, took my granddaughter, Shelly, fishing for the first time the other day. My husband didn't catch anything. My son caught a catfish. What did Shelly catch? A large mouth bass. HER FIRST FISHING TRIP!!! She was so proud and excited! My son made a picture of her and her catch with his cell phone:

Also the other day they came over and my son had worked the night before and he was so sleepy. I guess you can see that Hannah is a daddy's girl:



Also, Shelly found one of Hannah's old pacifiers and gave it to her. She didn't know what to do with it at first. Then she stuck it in her mouth and tried to bite the rubber off of it. She had it in her mouth upside down:


Did you hear about that Hungarian weightlifter who snapped his arm while lifting weights at the olympics? The back of his elbow was in the front. Check it out:

I can't wait til Doug takes Rebecca fishing. But Bambi said her kids can't go in the boat. So he'll have to fish from the bank.

Cades Cove

Today we took a trip with the church to Cades Cove. Actually it was called a "Senior" trip, but the preacher said you don't have to be a senior to go, so I went. I will NEVER be a senior. Anyway, we had such a wonderful time. It was a great day to go and the deer up there will practically walk right up to you. Too bad I didn't have anything to feed them. That would have been awesome. Anyway, our first stop was at the picnic area to eat. Everyone wasn't in this picture, but it was when we first arrived:

This is Calvin, our cook for the day. He sure knows how to cook:

Heather is one of our newer members, but she is already taking an active role in the family:

The food was awesome!


The stream behind the picnic table was beautiful and so serene:
Heather and the kids enjoyed wading in it:



Judy and Willa Mae enjoyed the fellowship, as did we all:

I'm glad I'm not the only camera fanatic in the crowd. Dena also enjoys taking pictures:


This is David, our driver for the day. He is a VERY GOOD driver:

Mrs. McKinney, Pearl, and Willa Mae have been dubbed the "Three Stooges" by me:

This is inside an old Methodist Church:


Then I guess Judy and Heather were picking out cemetery lots:


Some of the graves were only marked by stones, and there were so manychildren buried there. I guess it was due to the lack of health care in the early 1900's:

Then like the good Baptists we are, we went to a Missionary Baptist Church:


I really didn't like the hornets nest hanging on the side of the church:

The scenery was beautiful!:


A young girl taking an oath to be a junior park ranger:
Now for the best pictures! The deer! I couldn't believe how close they came:








A young deer was across the street looking at it's mama on the other side:



And here's Mama on the other side of the street from her baby:


There was an almost newborn that we said looked like "Bambi":

This one's mom was close by, also:


These are two separate bucks:

Last but certainly not least is the baby deer doing a dance for us: