Family, Food & Fun

This weekend we went to Adam's parents lake house in Lafollette, TN at Norris Lake. It was his mom's 50th birthday on Friday so we drove there after work and suprised her late Friday night! Blake (Adam's brother) and his wife Chandler who are from Cincinnati suprised her too and arrived not long before we got there. His sister Julie was going to be getting there from Richmond, VA where she dances at the Richmond Ballet so we were all excited about that too! Saturday we watched the NE game (We won!) and during that when Beth was in the shower Julie got there so she hid in the stairwell when Beth came downstairs and snuck out and suprised her which was really fun! :) Beth was so excited to see her! We had to leave for dinner at 5 for our 6.30 reservation so we all got all dressed up and ready and headed to Knoxville. We ate at a place called The Orangery. We arrived at 6.30 and weren't even given our menus till probably 7 or so. They intentionally give you a while to wind down and enjoy whatever you are drinking etc. It was a little odd but actually quite nice. We all got a first course (I got the veal ravioli and Adam got the Fois Gras) I didn't try his but mine was really yummy! For our entrees I got the Beef Wellington and Adam got the lamb. Again, I won in ordering :) We all tried each other's dishes and everything was really tasty! We all got dessert too and got a variety so we could try a little of everything. Well, Beth didn't order dessert which worked out well because they brought her out chocolate mousse with Happy Birthday written on the plate. We were there till almost 10, and it was a really wonderful evening! Sunday we went out on the boat for a while to see the pretty fall colors. The only set back at first was that the boat battery was dead so Adam had to pull the Tahoe up to jump the boat. Rufio (their dog) was really cute on the boat too! It was a really fun weekend and so nice that we could all be their together! Here are a few pics!

Weekend Activities

This started off as a pretty uneventful weekend for us. I was really tired and slept quite a bit Saturday afternoon. We did watch Nebraska win though! :) But then, Sunday we went with Jeremy to the Music and Molasses festival at the Agriculture Center near our house. It was actually a lot of fun! We have a lot of different festivals (Mule Day, All about Goats, Renaissance, Greek, Hot Chicken etc.) and you never quite know what you are going to get at each one but I was rather impressed by this one! EXCEPT... we didn't find any molasses. We did see a sheep herding demonstration with border collies (really, really cute!), I got to play a lap dulcimer, Adam had a turkey leg, Jeremy had roasted corn and I had a homemade root beer float, we watched a little old lady making some fabric, saw cotton plants and watched the cloggers who seem to make an appearance at all the Tennessee festivals. I really think someday I'd like to have some kind of item that I take around and sell at all the events... not sure what it is yet though. Last night we went to Michael's and he and Greta made dinner for us and Jen and Chad and then wehad Dippin Dots for dessert. So, Saturday was a pretty lazy day but we made up for it yesterday! We have softball tonight so should have more to report tomorrow! Enjoy the pics from the festival.

Just a Few of My Favorite Pictures

And so it begins...

I finally gave in and decided to start a blog. I was thinking about how I enjoy looking at other people's even if they probably think what the are writing isn't too interesting so I thought maybe there's a chance people would enjoy looking at mine... maybe :) I don't know that there is a whole lot going on in our life right now to write about but I'm sure some things will come up eventually. At this moment the biggest thing on my mind is our living room wall and trying to figure out how to complete the "look" of our living room :) Told you not much is going on! I'm going to try to attach a photo of the new wall decal we got. It was smaller than we thought so we need to figure out what to do with the rest of the wall... It is a pic from my phone so the quality might not be too great. Well, we'll see how the blogging comes along! Till another day...