Up to date finally

Our family had a great summer. We enjoyed exploring Tennessee and meeting new friends. In August we extended and lived in Mason, OH, which is another great place to live. Since I am so far in blogging, I will share on moment from each place.

My mom came to visit us in Ohio. Everyone had a great time. One of things we did was go to Bloom and Berries pumpkin patch, hayride, and harvest games. The kids loved it. Of coarse you would never tell by the looks on their faces! Peyton and Annisten were mad that we had to stop for a picture.

After the extension we went on a cruise to the Southern Caribbean with Corey's parents. The stops in the southern Caribbean have been my favorite stops of all cruises that we have been on.

A memorable moment....

In St. Lucas, we took an Island tour. We had not planned on going to the beach and dressed in everyday clothes. The tour started out with a boat ride around the island. About 5 min out a huge storm hit us in a matter of minutes! At first there was only a light mist. Then the rain came so hard it felt like little rocks hitting you. It was crazy! The water became choppy and the boat bounced on each wave crest. We tried to hide the kids under a towel given to us by some nice people on the boat. The kids had the best spot on the boat under the towel.

The smokey mountains...

Next we met my family in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee to see all of the beautiful fall leaves. When we got there... only one or two trees that had changed. By the end of the week the trees began to change colors.

Memorable moment...

We were staying in a cabin in the mountains. One evening Corey saw two black bear cubs wondering around the yard by our back porch. He quickly called us over to watch them from the back porch.

My parents and brother did not get to see the bears yet. So we did something, we probably shouldn't have. We tried to get them back by putting out honey for the bears to eat. Corey took a peak out the front door late at night to see if the honey was still there. Instead of bears, he saw a raccoon. It ran around the porch to the back of the cabin. The back of the cabin had large class windows and door. So we all ran to the back porch door. Then there was three raccoons. We threw a couple of powered donuts out for the raccoons (they are sugar junkies). The three raccoons sat on the back porch for a while. Each raccoon guarded a door, in hopes of getting more food. One raccoon put his little paws on the glass door and his face to the back door. The raccoon stood there on his hind legs looking in at us for several minutes. He was so cute. I need to get the pic from my parents of the raccoon.

Our next adventure was Halloween in Florida. We went on the Swanee River for a day. Then went to trunk or treat with Susan's family. There was plenty of food, candy, and fun.

Then a cruise to the Western Caribbean with Corey's work.

One of our favorite things from this cruise was the Turtle farm in Grand Cayman. Mike, Susan, and Hampton joined us on this excursion (It was their idea, actually). Everyone loved it!

OK so I am not the best at filming. I cut off all the adults heads, but you get the picture.

After a busy summer and fun filled trips with family and friends, our family is glad to be home.