Backyard Camping Adventure

For Teagan's 5th birthday, Jeff and I decided to let him choose an adventure that he'd like us to take him on.

He had his choice of 4 things for his special day:
1) the zoo
2) the apple orchard
3) a train ride
4) camping by the fwreek (i.e., creek) in their backyard

Without hesitation, he chose to go CAMPING!! So we waited for a free weekend, and we set up camp in the Hayes's backyard...


Renee even drove down from Muncie to join us. We had hot dogs, smores, and hot chocolate around a blazing fire! It was a blast! Well, until we had to step away from the fire to go to bed...it was sooooo cold!!! Jeff took Noah home to sleep in a nice warm house, and Tara, Tayman, Taylan, Teagan, Renee, and I toughed it out in the tents. That next morning, before 7 a.m. we were all up and ready to make a mad dash for the house! Overall, it was a lot of fun, and I know we definitely created some lasting memories! :)

Round and Round We Go!!

Thanks!

After working 7 straight days, Jeff managed to get three days off in a row! We've been looking for chances to go get started on the new house, so we seized this opportunity! We were very grateful that Tammy came up to help us! Jason, Tara, and the boys also popped in whenever they had a free minute too. In those three days, we finished painting all 3 bedrooms, the master bath and closet, and got a really great jump on painting the living room and hallways. Thanks to all of you for your help!

From Piney Flats to Pineville...

After our overnight in Piney Flats, we drove to Pineville, KY, and met my parents for the afternoon. We had lunch at the Pine Mountain Resort. Following lunch, we thought it would be nice to take a short hike through the woods. This was definitely not a stroller-friendly trail, so someone had to carry Noah the whole way! We had a great hike and even had a special treat of seeing two deer along the way, however, we somehow managed to miss the "loop" part of the trail and ended up going a lot farther than we had intended! I guess we can say that we got our workout for the day!

Papaw and Noah walked around the whole dining room!

Mamaw and Noah picking out dessert! Yummy!!