Jay's Birthday at Arrington Vineyards

For Jay's birthday we went to Kix Brook's winery near Franklin with our fabulous friends Bart and Heather. This place not only had wine tastings and cheese, but also had live music and an abundance of tables for picnicking. There were people spread out everywhere. We had a really good time visiting with our friends and even met a new couple and shared a table with them. We ended the night watching the Boones perform at Martin's BBQ. It was a delightful evening.

The Fair

We went to the fair several times last week (Thanks to Crackerbarrel again for entertaining us.)..and we attended several events that were surprisingly interesting. The tractor-pull, demolition derby, and the off road course to name a few were the last events at the fair each night and all of us were very intrigued! I didn't take my camera the first day so I missed all the pic of the kids on the rides. Jake told my mother-in-law that the fair is just like Disney (won't he be surprised in October!) Anyway, these are some pics from the off road course. I also took a picture off a guy with a mullet if your wondering what that pic is! We will definitely we going back next year. The food alone is worth going for !

Killin' Time at the Parthenon

We had some time to kill before our dentist appointments so we decided to stop by the Parthenon. The kids thought is was really neat and big!!

Makin' sweets with my sweeties

We had fun today today making marshmallows from scratch. If you have never done this, it is neat to see how a marshmallow is made. The kids loved seeing it go from liquid to a thick, white mixture of gooey goodness. They're definitely more tasty too!

rehearsal dinner bribery flick?

Future Landscaper

Ok so Riggs has this little affinity for anything to do with yardwork. Somedays he will weedeat/mow the yard at least 4 times. Too bad this is just pretend. One thing he does help with is pulling weeds. He knows which ones are weeds and can pull them up by the root. You may wonder why I am posting these pics with this post. I thought it was so funny that Riggs watched this guy mowing and weedwacking for at least forty-five minutes! In this pic, the landscaper dude is behind the van across the street.

UPDATE!

"Spike the Frog" fish is now called William II. The children decided to change their fish's name during dinner. William I was our first fish. He was named after their famous cousin, William Jones.

Bakin' Bread

One of my friends from college had this on her blog and it looked good so we made it too! I had all of the ingredients and my kids love to make things, especially messy things, so this was right up their alley. As long as they think they're "helping" they are happy. It was fun and tasty too!