Farmer's Day

Coats has an annual festival each October, called Farmer's Day. We are truly a rural agricultural community and this is a time that has always honored the foundations of our town. Our family loves to participate in this time, in fact, I don't know if I have ever missed a Farmer's Day in my life!

Michael and Katie with Andy's dispays at the museum

Katie chillin in shade after lunch

Waving to Nana from the train

Papa took Michael and Katie to ride the Ferris wheel

During the parade, Curt stopped his tractor in front of us so that Michael could get on and ride with him the rest of the way. He had so much fun!!

September 18, 2010

Last Beach Trip of the Summer

I think Michael would live at the beach if we would let him. He loves it! I told him we were going for the weekend and he said, "that is not too much, mommy, we need to stay 37 days." He is so sad now, knowing that we will not get to go back again until spring.



Katie has always had texture issues so she has never liked the beach, especially the sand. She never even wanted to stand up on the sand, much less sit down and play. But she surely got over that this time. Everyday she would be covered head to toe with sand, and she loved having to run into the waves to wash off.

Bradley and Amanda's Wedding

Andy's nephew Bradley got married last Saturday June 12, to Amanda Wolf, and we were so honored to be a part of their big day.

This was a picture of them at the bridal shower in April.

Michael was asked to be their ring bearer. This made me e x t r e m e l y nervous as he is not the best at following directions and he loves to perform for a crowd =) He doesn't have a shy bone in his body. I was surely expecting him to do something crazy, but he did great!! He loved his tux and Bradley even gave him a special badge to wear that said "Official Ring Bearer."

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

We decided to take a family trip to the mountains this weekend. My parents, Joan and Bennie, went with us. We stayed in Boone and visited Mast General Store, Grandfather Mountain, and Tweetsie Railroad. I have never been to these places either, so it was so much fun! We successfully navigated across the mile high swinging bridge at Grandfather mtn., even though Katie tried her best to lean over the rails! Michael of course, thought he was in heaven at Tweetsie. We even bought him a gun and a badge so that he could "save the train" from the bad guys. Katie did great, even with the 4 hour drive. She loved everything too, except the last train ride at Tweetsie. Since no naps were had that day, the loud sounds were just a little too much for her. Many of the highlights are in the slide show below.