Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Holiday World

Jackson and I went to Holiday World with some friends of mine from college and our sweet kids. We all decided to take the older kids, and they had so much fun. Melissa, our friend who lives in Kentucky that we miss so much, has a sister that lives in Santa Claus. Jennifer was a wonderful hostess, and the kids loved her playhouse. When we arrived they played outside until dinner and then went back outside to play some more. They all had a big sleepover downstairs! Jackson loved it! The mommies had lots of fun chatting upstairs. The next morning we headed to Holiday World. We did several rides in the park before heading to Splashin' Safari. This water park is huge and incredible. Jackson's loved the wave pool and kids' slides. All the kids had so much fun together! We are going to try to do this every year.Katie Anne, Sawyer, Jackson, Carter, Emma, and Grace take a break from playing
The whole gang before heading to Holiday World

UT Picnic

Last Thursday, we decked out in our Big Orange and headed to the UT picnic to meet the new coach Derek Dooley. Drew really wanted to see some football players and watch a game. Jackson was excited to wear his jersey and meet the coach. Andy won a contest on 104.5 and we got an opportunity to meet Coach Dooley prior to dinner. As a bonus, we also got to meet Bob Kesling. Our family was very impressed with Coach Dooley. What a gracious and nice man (a change from last year)! Only a few weeks until "It's Football Time in Tennessee!"