Father's Day/Anniversary

FAMILY VISIT
We had a great visit 2 weeks ago from John, Ruby, Angel, Miles, Johnita, Colin, Jenny, Maddy, Abby (6 nights), Carl (4 nights), and Colin's sister Becca and her husband Max (2 nights). So we can sleep 12 plus the three of us in this house. Most of us went to Ober Gatlinburg, biked the Virginia Creeper, and hiked to Clingman's Dome in the Smokey Mnts. It was great to have our family here in Tennessee for a few days. It went much to fast. Lincoln is glad that everyone that could, came to see him. It was wonderful visit.

FATHER'S DAY
Because I worked Saturday night, I slept in until about 2 pm on Sunday. Not a bad way to spend part of the day. I was kinda tired. Sheila cooked a great dinner for us. She made a fabulous meatloaf with a bunch of stuff in it, grilled asparagus, and a wonderful homemade cheesecake with a sweet cream cheese topping and fresh raspberry puree. I gained 2 pounds for sure.Happy belated Father's Day to all the dad's out there.

ANNIVERSARY June 18
Yes, it has been a year already. Let's see, in the last year and a few weeks, I left my 17 year job and home in WV, moved into our house in Greeneville, flew to Utah and got married to my sweetie, visited Peru, had a beautiful baby boy, and a bunch of other stuff. I am extremely happy things worked out the way they did. Sheila, Lincoln, and I went back to Gatlinburg to the Melting Pot for out anniversary dinner. It is a fondue restaurant. We had a 4 course meal. The first course was a cheddar cheese/bacon pot with apples, bread, and veggies to dip. Sheila said it was her favorite. The second course was a salad course. We had a California salad with a raspberry vinegrette. It was very good. The third course was the main course. We had a Coq au vin (Chicken broth and wine) pot to cook the meat in. Our meal was 4 portions of sirloin, pork, chicken, shrimp, lobster tail, and a little wrapped thing that had seafood in it. In addition we had mushroom caps, potatoes, and vegetables. There were 6 sauces for the cooked food as well. It was very good. I liked all of it. The last course was a chocolate/peanut butter/raspberry pot with marshmellows, brownies, cheesecake, pound cake, bananas, and strawberrys. Good stuff!
You spend more time cooking your food than eating but I was full when we left. It was expensive but we had a great time.
It was a year worth celebrating!