My Halloween Cactus

This is my beloved Christmas cactus that decides every year to bloom on a different holiday...any holiday other than Christmas!! I guess this year it decided to celebrate Halloween...

It's Snowing!!

We had our first snowfall this morning! A little early for these parts, at least here in the valley. I wonder if this is a preview of the winter to come? Gracie had to go out on the deck and "touch it".

Pumpkin Patch

We spent a very chilly, windy day at Skytop Orchard. Gracie enjoyed walking thru the orchard and checking out all the pumpkins. Of course she found a slide... And everyone loved her pumpkin hat!

A-camping we will go...

We had a great fall weekend in the Smokies! The Baker/Cothran/Meek/McDade/Welch Clan all gathered at Clabough's for a family camping trip. Some slept in tents, some in campers, some in...well I don't really know what that thing was that Terry and Sandra shrink-wrapped themselves into!Now we all know that the playground is the most important amenity wherever we may go!







We've decided the Meek genes must run strong in Dally and Gracie... they fight just like Casey and I did in our younger years!


Taking a walk with Nana
Throwing rocks in the creek proved to be a great distraction
After the older crowd enjoyed their time on the go-kart track, the younger ones got to enjoy the kiddie park. Fair warning: should anyone from this crowd challenge you on go-karts, be prepared for bruises, backaches and whiplash!











The girls checking out the tent accomodations:
Abigail 9months, Madeline 3yrs, Dally 16months, Gracie 2years

All the girls had to take a ride on Nanny's chair too!


Scott and Gracie taking a bike ride

Cassie really wanted to roast a duck for dinner!

You might go to Walmart too much if...

A few nights ago we stopped by Lowe's so Scott could pick up something. Gracie wanted to go inside but I told her Daddy was going in really fast and we would wait in the car. Then she wanted a sucker. I told her no suckers in the car. She then informed me "I go Walmart, I need sucker!"
(I have recently resorted to giving her a dum-dum sucker when we go to Walmart, grocery store, etc so that she will sit quietly in the cart! Apparently that is the only reason to go to Walmart these days!! And any mention of the word "store" results in 100 requests for a sucker!)

Stylin' and Profilin'