Ben's Lego Creations

Ben came to Tennessee

Ben and his dad came to Tennessee for the week-end. Ben is just getting into Legos. I told him his Aunt Allison loved legos, so we began to dig them out! We found just a few and as you can tell Ben is ready to get started building!

Greg's Surprise Birthday Dinner

david and joyce

chad and kim

nancy, me and lynn

jerry and greg

I surprised Greg with a few of our close friends on Saturday evening at Margot Cafe, our favorite restaurant in Nashville. Thank you all for coming! It was great fun! If you live in Nashville and are looking for a great restaurant check out Margot's. The menu changes daily and we love the bistro type food!

Long Time....no posts!

Yes, I've slacked big time....but it's easy to let things slide when you get busy! We had a great holiday season and enjoyed good family times together. The next four posts will be of some of our adventures since the first of 2009.

Greg's (aka Poppie) 60th Birthday!

This is the "big" year of birthdays for us! Greg is 60 today! ( I'm waiting until May for my biggie!) Unfortunately he has to work today, but were did celebrate this week-end in Florida with friends and family. We flew to FL on Thursday the 26th. We were met by Ashley and the boys and went to one of our favorite casual restaurants in St. Pete, Red Mesa.

"ben, poppie and warren"


"in front of red mesa"

Friday, Greg went fishing with Tyler and some other friends on the Manatee River. It was great fun! Friday night we went to another favorite restaurant in Tampa, Roy's. We spent a delightful dinner with friends, Randy and Amy Buckspan. (we met in Rio on a mission trip!)

Saturday we took the boys and went to Desoto National Memorial in Bradenton. It was not only beautiful but educational.

"ben being a typical boy"

"warren the little poser"








"warren and the Spaniard hat"


"ben and the Spaniard hat"


"beautiful grounds"

On Sunday, Allison, David and Camden came over from Orlando for a visit and dinner. It was a fun time with everyone here! Greg flew back Sunday evening to Sparta. :( and I am staying here until Thursday!

"ashley, warren and camden"


"warren REALLY loving camden"


"ready to take off"



"what a cutie"

Greenbrier February 2009

The Greenbrier is such a special place. I attended cooking school here for 14 years. It was fun and educational. Those experiences fostered my love of cooking! Greg and I spent Saturday February 7th there with our friends Joyce and David. It was a relaxing time and wonderful food to eat! As with everything in the economy at this time, it was sad to see it so empty. A interesting historical fact about the Greenbrier is about Project Greek Island. The bunker for the Legislative Branch of the Government was built there by Dwight Eisenhower. It was a fascinating time in our American History.

"a happy pair"

"david and joyce"

"main lobby"


"trellis lobby"


"celebrity corridor looking into cameo ballroom"


" another view of the main lobby"

Greg's Parents Storm Damage

We had strong winds with a storm come through our area February 11th and many areas around us had severe wind damage. Greg's parents were one of the unfortunate one in Crossville, TN. Although they had severe damage to the house, they were blessed that no one was injured. It is almost built back completely now!

"the tree hit the storage house first...that helped save the end of the house somewhat!"
"the pine tree that fell after cleanup had begun"

January 2009

Camden came for his first alone visit to Sparta. We had so much fun having him all to ourselves. I flew to Orlando and picked him up on Wednesday the 21st and we returned to Florida on Monday the 26th. I returned home on February the 5th with Warren in tow. Ashley dislocated her kneecap on Sunday before I was leaving. She was not able to take care of both children so Warren came to TN for a week. We really had fun having him all to ourselves for that time. Grandchildren are truly grand! Here are a few pics from those "grand times!"

"ben on playground"


"warren"


"camden"