It seems that Katie Beth has been in every water fountain and water feature in downtown Chattanooga, TN.

Here she is painting the rocks with water.

The weather is great today.

Presently, we are heading back to the room to let Katie Beth nap prior to our next outing.

Karen and Katie Beth are waiting for the baseball game to start.

The stadium looks very nice.

We are climbing all over at the Creative Discovery Museum.

Katie Beth is having a blast. With all of the activities, she is almost running from one thing to the next.

The dig site is busy with all the discoveries that Paleontologist Katie Beth has found during today’s dig.

Katie Beth and I are topping off the day with a pizza from Mellow Mushroom.

We have had a super day hiking all over Monte Sano State Park.

Katie Beth and I are hiking Monte Sano Mountain trails. We found a cave that I had long forgotten about on our first trail. Katie Beth liked the cave, but the LED light on my iPhone doesn’t cut it for a cave light.

Karen and Katie Beth were at Sherwood Park Pool swimming the other morning. They were leaving and Karen was locking the gate while Katie Beth waited.

Katie Beth decided to practice her idea of writing with a bobbie pin.

The picture doesn’t fully capture the detail or amount of “writing”.

Hannah, Charlie, and Katie Beth are having a blast tonight at Sherwood Park Pool.


We all watched the bats fly around overhead eating bugs. Checkout the video.

You can’t beat good food.

Everyone is playing at Sherwood Park Pool and I have stopped in Bandito Burrito to get dinner.

Oscar is the owner of Bandito and he has a great crew cranking out the food.

Bags full of Grande and No Carne burritos are on their way to the pool.

Mike Salazar came into town with his family: Stephanie, David, and John. We didn’t get to see April, but it is true what everyone say about Stephanie looking just like her mother, April.

April’s brother, Norman Patrick, came with his gang. Norman hasn’t changed a bit.

Stacy De Smet came with Paul, Alice, and Ben. Katie Beth just loves to see Alice and Ben.

We all got together at Mellow Mushroom in Providence so we could catch up. We all had a great time chatting. I wish Stephanie could have remembered Stacy and me, but she was just a baby when Mike and April moved to Texas.

Charlie Jones and Katie Beth got to be the Fans of the Day at the Huntsville Stars’ baseball game. Being the Fan of the Day means that you get ride onto the field with Homer, the team mascot.

Charlie went on to throw out the first pitch and run in the Dick’s Sporting Goods race (and win, again).