Visitors

My brother's wife, Trussie, and her three kids came to visit this past week. In the 24 hours they were here, we went to the Chattanooga Nature Center, Lake Winnie (thanks, Trussie!) and swam in our pool. We had lots of fun, and were exhausted by days end.

The Nature Center was so interesting! It was almost like going to a zoo. We saw different kinds of birds and snakes (in cages, thankfully!). They also have a section where they tend to injured animals. We saw an eagle and several red foxes. Very cool.

But the best part - in my humble opinion - is this tree house that they built around this MAMMOTH tree. Inside there are tables and swing to just sit and relax.

What's so funny about this picture of the kids is that you can see Bailey's pouty face. She HATES bugs. So this outing was not her favorite. I think she saw some spider webs in the treehouse and didn't want to sit in the swing. I was trying to coax her to smile, but she wouldn't budge. (It probably didn't help that we were up till late the night before and she didn't get enough sleep!)

We went to Lake Winnie right after lunch and the kids had a blast. Even though we got rained on, it was lots of fun.

This is Celina, Sydney, Bailey, Chase, TJ & Greg.

We came home for dinner and afterwards we went swimming for 2 hours! You better believe the kids slept REALLY well that night. It really was a fun day. The only thing missing was Phillip...