It's Football Time in Tennessee

We took the boys to their first UT Football game on Saturday, Nov. 15th. It was Homecoming and the Vols were defeated by Wyoming. Despite the poor home-team performance, we had a great time. The weather was great, sunny with just a little wind. We actually stayed for the entire game (thanks to hotdogs and M & Ms). Even though we are disappointed in our Vols season, there is nothing like being in Knoxville on a sunny Saturday in November and hearing Rocky Top played by the band.

The Big Fish that Didn't Get Away

Okay, so most fishing stories end with "the big one that got away"; but not this time. Last Sunday afternoon we totally left a mess at the house and took advantage of a beautiful warm fall day on Percy Priest lake. It was a "busy" time on the boat, but in between putting all the minnows back in the bucket, consoling Adam over a lost fishing rod dropped in the lake, and turning back upright spilled sodas, I managed to hook this fish. WOW!

Halloween

Even though I think this holiday is over-rated; I still do get into it a little-especially when I see Blake and Adam transform into a StormTrooper and a muscular PowerRanger. We had fun trick-or-treating; but mostly seeing all of our neighbors dressed for the occasion.

Fall Front Porch

After many questions of "When are we going to put our Fall stuff out?" from Blake I finally got it out and up. I actually got the boys to sit still long enough capture them before they started "playing" with the decorations. We had fun carving the pumpkins and lighting them up for a few nights the week of Halloween.