A good day!

 I was just driving home minding my own business and there was this guy...WHAT?!?  The Weenie Mobile in action!  I came home and told the kids, this is when you know you are going to have a good day, ha!  It really did make me so happy for no reason :)

More amazing skies!

Pigeon Forge Rod Run

 Pigeon Forge had a fun Rod Run weekend so we headed there, braved the crowds and the heat (we've been told its unusually hot for this time of the year) and saw some cool vehicles.  We had lunch at the pottery house cafe which was super yummy then we headed for home!

South Carolina Sunday

The kids and I made a day trip to South Carolina to go to Harvey's baptism, we made a whole day of it so we made it in time to go to church then hung out with the Moss clan then to the baptism then headed for home. I didn't even get photos of the whole bunch of us or the Baptism boy.

 

Randoms

Lytzi's YW group were the winners in the fire building contest :)

We took Linq to the batting cage at Dicks to try and get him over his fear and help him get some practice in.

I was so spoiled by our sunrises and sunsets in Lubbock...around here there are so many trees and things that I don't often get to enjoy them.  This particular day we were on our way home and I couldn't get over the amazing sunset.

Most weekend mornings I can't sleep so I roll out of bed early and head to the gym, once in a while I get lucky and hit it at the right time and get to enjoy the sunrise

Check out those Smoky Mountains

 

Exploring the Smokies

Our next weekend adventure took us up the smoky mountains, we stopped at Cane creek falls, Meig falls, Metcalf bottoms for tubing --the water was low, but we made the best of it!  Then on to wears valley to eat at Paw Paw's Catfish and visit Harper Bros general store.  Loa was busy doing a school project so she wasn't with us, we had a great time!

 

Our Baseball boy!

Linq has been asking for years to play baseball.  When we were in Texas all I could find was really competitive leagues so when we got to Tennessee I started looking and just happened upon this little league team so I signed him up and it has been the best!  We got so blessed to be on a great team with a fantastic coach who is so patient and kind with the boys, who teaches and corrects them but also encourages them and helps them have fun and love the game.  Linq would come home from school and tell me all he could think about all day was going to baseball practice because he was so excited!  

They are the Orioles and are having a great season.  Linq was so afraid to hit the ball that for the first few games he would just get up there and freeze.  I started telling him I'd pay him $20 if he hit the ball, well he finally did and made it clear to 2nd base and even cooler another dad on the team chipped in an extra $10 for him.  He is getting braver and braver and his skills are making great improvements!