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Cherokee Dam

What a beautiful fall day we had at the Cherokee Dam. Then sun was sparkling over the rocks and water. Leaves were gently blowing around. We took a picnic lunch and enjoyed. We had baked chicken, homemade potato salad with fresh herbs, french bread with olive oil, apples, and ice tea. The kids played on the swings and then we went off on a 3 mile walk. The kids make me nervous the way they carry on chasing each other. I tend to always wait on the next accident it turns my stomach and usually if I turn my back someone always gets hurt. The Dam was so breath taking today that we really had a wonderful day. Stuart also got potatoes from the garden and I said that I am glad God gave us potatoes instead of tomatoes today and Stuart laughed. Today when we walked on a trail John was up on Stuart's shoulders. He looked down at me and said your small mom. Stuart said Mom is real tiny isn't she. John said " no, she is not THAT tiny". Hah!

John Richard

Ashley and John Boy

The Crisp Mountain Air

A beautiful sunset tonight but I am almost too tired to enjoy God's night sky. My clinical rotation, worked an in-service today where we stood on our feet for 7-9 hrs. My feet hurt! Anyway, Ashley had her Cheer Competition and they won 1st in their division last Sunday. Ashley cried when she got home today because she lost her report card.

John is so sunny and cute. He said "Mom why do adults eat food that is so hot?" I told him that our tongues are use to the hot food. Then today he was suppose to be in the kitchen eating yogurt. He came into the office and said "Mom yogurt, cheese, and candy are good for you they make you go poop!". I guess that was his way of saying its OK to eat cheese and candy with his yogurt. Kids are so funny.

I had to pick Ashley John and Jacob up today. Jacob had a cross country meet in Daniel Boone where ever that is. When I got to the school he was the last one there with his coach. He ran his race in 22:30. It was his last one for the year.

The Flowers are wild flowers I picked on a 3 mile walk on Tuesday.

The Circus

At the bottom of this blog entry click on my video of Cannon Ball Smith at the Circus. Yesterday, I got a great mother gift. I got a bug or the flu from the boys. Two nights before Jacob was really sick and two days before that John was sick. I felt like I had an acid stomach so I took something for it. I think taking the antacid probably made my flu worse by holding everything in for a while. The flu settled down in my muscles and I was so sore from head to toe. I moaned all night, had a fever of 100.5, vomiting, and many other unpleasant things.

Stuart took Ashley to her football game and we won 44-0. Ashley loves cheering and yelling. Sometimes it cute but if you have the flu the yelling is brutal. Stuart then took the kids to the Cherokee Dam to check it out for the future. He said it was really neat with a great walking trail right over the dam.


Today, we had tickets to Circus. I was so sick but yet I wanted to go to see the look on their faces when they saw all the animals. Going to the Circus when your sick IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. I put on my smile face and burped all the way there. Stuart threatened to take everyone home because they were fighting so bad in the car. I really do not think it is possible for anyone to act out the way Jacob does. He slaps and pinches Ashley and John. We got to the Circus at 11:00am and at first you could walk out on the floor. They had pony rides for $6.00 and Baby Elephant rides for $10.00. There were so many people. John was really excited. I sat down from 11:00-12:30 just thinking how sore I was and trying just to clear my mind. Finally, the Circus started with tigers, elephants, dancing, and clowns. During the half time show I climbed 100 stairs and vomited in a very nasty bathroom. When I got back to my seat the show started again with 6 motorcycles in a metal cage going around in circles at the same time. John was in love. The Circus had about 12,000 people there today. We did not eat lunch so Stuart bought the kids so popcorn. Well, I don't let the kids have salt and this popcorn was salty. John stuck his bottom lip out and it was white and dry. I told Stuart that John OD'd on salt. Jacob went off to get a drink for everyone to share, which he tortured John when he got back with it. When we left the Circus we had to go get something to eat and we were back in the car with fighting kids. Stuart did a u-turn and scratch my car! Maybe I should have stayed home!






Video of Cannonball Smith