Our Church Picnic

Yesterday our church had a picnic at our house.

Daddy, Mr. Poole, and Mr. Kirk grill the hamburgers and hot dogs. Duck-Duck-Goose Nathan and Ryan Amanda, Ryan, and Anna The children enjoyed running races... ... and three-legged races.Laura and Ariana try to catch the aerobie. Dinner time! Anna likes cupcakes! Several of the families brought homemade ice cream. Nathan shares his ice cream with his little brother. Yum!The guys played football......while the younger children had an obstacle course relay. They started by crawling through a tire... ...then carried a water balloon on a long spoon. The younger ones were allowed to hold the balloon while they raced. :) Hopping across these logs was also part of the obstacle course. Maddie, Deborah, and Bethany watch the race. A water balloon toss The water balloons were a favorite among the children. The temperature was in the upper 90's. Baseball

At the Tennessee River

On Wednesday we went to the river for a picnic with the Palmers. In this picture we are all staring at a young man who tried to mow up a hill and his riding mower turned over. It flipped 3 or 4 times on the way down, but he jumped off just in time and was fine.Here he is after he got his mower started again.Looking at a fishWe found this huge copperhead eating a fish!A closer lookHere is another copperhead that came out from under a rock.