The kiddos went back to school August 1. Grandson Knox is in kindergarten this year.
Granddaughter Shelby is a junior, and grandson Elijah is in 6th grade.
Awesome August sunset
August 5 -- summer is for milkshakes like this chocolate shake from Steak n Shake
August 6--we went to the fair and Knox fed some hungry animals
Rode the rides--Knox's new favorite ride--daughter Kelly's too
Bought some cotton candy--did not ride any rides, especially that one behind me
August 7--Neil and I joined a church group bus tour to Kentucky and Ohio to see the sights
Love those Kentucky black barns
Stopped in Berea to browse the Kentucky artisan arts and crafts and drool over these handmade journals
August 8--we enjoyed a great visit to the amazing Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, where Adam and Eve enjoyed the Garden until enticed by the serpent (slithering around above them in the tree) to eat the forbidden fruit
Also in the Garden--dinosaurs! Don't believe me? Visit the Creation Museum
This was one of my favorite displays there--human skeleton next to ape skeleton (human holding the Bible) So many amazing things to see and read and learn here.
August 9--enjoyed visiting the life sized replica of Noah's Ark in Williamstown, Kentucky--this is Neil's panoramic shot
Our Young At Heart group
The Ark is awesome! And really beautifully made.
Noah and the dove returned to him with an olive branch--time to leave the Ark and start over
I highly recommend this trip to everyone--believers and unbelievers--so much to see and try to absorb--for me, faith affirming, as was the Creation Museum
August 10--visited the Cincinnati Zoo and saw this big guy strolling around
Visited the aquarium in Newport, Kentucky
Saw Mighty Mike--an enormous alligator who lives here now for his own protection
Penguins--always fun to watch
Neil's panoramic of Newport on the Levee, Kentucky where the aquarium is--really beautiful place
On the bus with a lot of really great people
August 11--our last stop before we hit the road home--William Howard Taft's home in Cincinnati
Beautiful rooms
The President was good enough to pose with us for a picture--learned a lot about this man--I'm very impressed with him and his accomplishments
August 16--Knox is going to run out of teeth if he doesn't watch out
August 18--the schools here gave each student the special glasses to watch the eclipse
Daughter Holly's pretty flowers
August 18--party people gathered to celebrate Elijah's 11th birthday--Shelby, Matthew, Elijah, Sarah, Julia, and Knox
Kelly took this photo--happy 11th, E!
August 19--Jake's Day at Mustard Seed Ranch--kids get to come here and learn how to do all sorts of hunting and fishing and outdoor related stuff--all for a good cause
August 21--Neil and I were blown away by the total eclipse of the sun--here in our neck of the woods in middle Tennessee we had totality and a clear blue sky to enjoy the wonder of it all--one of the most awesome sights I've ever seen in my life
August 24--Shelby got her driver's license!
We also celebrated Elijah's 11th and son in law Kerry's Big Four O birthdays at El Tapatio where they got to wear the sombreros while being serenaded with the birthday song, Spanish version, by the servers there
Party peeps!
August 31--a great way to end the month of August--helping pack boxes of food to send to the flood victims in Texas and Louisiana--Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort is totally organized and the assembly box line ran like a well-oiled machine for nearly two hours non-stop as we packed 1500 boxes to send to folks who need it right now. So glad I got to participate.
If you want to donate to relief for the flood victims then please consider sending your donations to this effort--your dollars will go to buy food, household supplies, and personal hygiene products that will be sent to and delivered to those who need these things right now. Here is the link you can go to to read more about this effort and how you can help. And your fervent prayers for the people of Texas and Louisiana are always needed.
http://disasterreliefeffort.org
