Sunday, September 26, 2010

A Fair Alternative

Our county fair came to town this week. I must confess that I am NOT a fan of it and we haven't been in years. Because the school systems give fair tickets to each student (which is basically just gets them through the gates for a dollar apiece), there's no way of avoiding the issue annually. This year, my excuse was that we're going to Disney World in January. However, Friday afternoon, I found out that my childhood church home, Reeds Baptist, was having a fall festival.......for free!

So after the Saturday soccer games, we headed out for an afternoon of family fun.






The inflatibles are always a hit.

There was face painting

and a petting zoo too.

Corinna tries to dunk the pastor. (the deacons were taking a break)

There was lots of good food and drinks and a very talented recording artist from Nashville.

We met up with friends and cousins.

There were firetrucks and classic cars on display along with this little racer. I enjoyed visiting with folks from the church that I have known my entire life. And I didn't hear any complaining about us not going to the fair.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Let The Games Begin.....

The fall soccer season has begun for both Corinna and Drake.

Corinna is playing on a U8 rec team.

Her team is the Southwood Cheetahs.

Drake is playing on a challenge team......the U10 United Blue.


Both of their teams are affiliated with DCSUA (Davidson County United Soccer Association).

Check out the goalie.


How 'bout those lemon drop cleats? Props to Drake's personal cleat assistant Noah Haut!

Friday, September 17, 2010

Flashback Friday: My Mama And Me

This is a picture of my mother and I on my wedding day, September 12th, 1998. JJ. and I just celebrated our 12th anniversary on Sunday. Just wanted to share this.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Labor Day at High Rock Lake

We went camping at High Rock over the weekend.

It was nice waking up to fog over the lake and a chill in the air.

Corinna and Latte

Hayden after he got stung by a yellow jacket

Drake


me


Corinna caught a catfish!

breakfast

J.J. cleaned his plate!

Someone had to go get stitches.

nap time

J.J. puts the soup on.

playing on the tube

loading the boat

tubing

Can you find the bark colored critter?

J.J. skiing.

We had some delicious vegetable soup. My camera battery died so I didn't capture our campfire moments. We enjoyed sitting by the fire, listening to some bluegrass music and gazing at the stars. This was likely our last camping trip for the year and it was a great one.