Christmas dinner at Gmas..

Thanksgiving 2010

Cove Lake

We drove to Cove Lake to look at leaves and although they were past peek, it was a beautiful bright day.

We enjoyed a walk around the lake and through the campground. We ate barbecue and sweet potato fries in the restaurant..

We drove through the town of Norris which is about as picturesque as you can get..

Trip to the mountains..

Sammie and Mark took us to the mountains..

Elkmont campground

Cades Cove,,

We drove the Cades Cove Loop Road and then made a side trip to Elkmont. Beautiful Day!

When we got home, this is what I saw out my front window..It's pretty here too.

Day at Big Ridge

Mark and Sammie picked us and the Pruetts up for our day in Big Ridge. It was so pretty there. We drove to the grist mill and we walked through the campground. We drove up the hill to check out the cabins. We walked around to the group cabins... The time went so fast because we were having fun...

It was time to sit on a log and look at the water...

Bill started up his grill and he and Pat cooked hamburgers and hot dogs...

hamburgers taste good outside...

Today is our anniversary..Sept. 10, 1950

David and Melissa hosted a dinner for us on Saturday at the Chop House. The tables were decorated with white roses and diamonds and everyone got a picture of us at our wedding . David made a speech and here are the twins paying rapt attention. Everyone went to church with us next morning and here is a picture of the lineup in front of the church...

The fellowship hall has never looked so beautiful. Rose had planned and worked for weeks on the decorations. Everyone had a job and it all came together beautifully. There were fresh flowers on all the tables...Rose's blanket hung on the wall over many picture albums of us. The refreshments were delicious : Wedding cake and even a groom's german chocolate cake, pimento cheese and chicken salad sandwiches, homemade mints, a chocolate foutain with strawberries, ginger ale and pineapple sherbet punch. A beautifull decorated arch was in the corner with two seats for us to pose in.

Our grandchildren roamed around taking pictures and greeting people. Here's Butch with his girls. Wendy was the star of the show.!!

We didn't have a wedding cake at our wedding so Rose made sure that we would have one at our 60th celebration. Isn't it beautiful?

Douglas Lake Vacation...

 
 
 
 

Birthday Party for Stacy

Zach and Stacy and Miss Wendy came to visit Rose. Gma brought Wendy a doll made by her friend Gail. Stacy was surprised by a Birthday Party .Gpa made a family of owls for her. Everyone in our family has owls made by Gpa. Laura and Chris did the decorations..Joquita made an old fashioned white cake with caramel icing form Nannie's recipe...Paul grilled steaks and we had a wonderful day...