Aggie Baseball

With the addition of A&M to the SEC, we have been fortunate to see many Aggie sporting events in person this year even though we are no longer in Texas. Aggie baseball played the Tennessee series here in Knoxville this year. Our A&M club joined up with a club from North Carolina and we tailgated before the Saturday (final game in series) game. A&M had already taken the series by winning the Thursday and Friday games. Unfortunately A&M lost the final game to sweep the series, but we all had a great time and met lots of great Aggies.

The food!! Famous Daves

East Tennessee A&M Club and Western Carolina A&M Club

The baseball field has an awesome playground which is great when kids cannot sit still for 3-4 hours!

Mother's Day 2013

It was a great day! We had yummy donuts for breakfast, a drive in the mountains and I was able to spend the day with my sweet little family!

Bass Pro Shop...Our new favorite store

Well, sort of. Taryne loves to go there to see the fish and all the Duck Dynasty stuff. And of course check out the 4-wheelers.

Faculty Appreciation Lunch

One of my student-athletes invited me to the Junior Faculty Appreciation lunch this past spring. The student-athletes were able to choose one faculty/instructor from the year to invite and one of the men's basketball players selected me. I felt so honored.

The lunch was in Neyland Stadium and it was such an amazing space!

Vol Walk

Peyton Manning

Me and Trae

I felt so thankful to be invited to this event! I always hope I can make a difference in student's lives.

Children's Museum - Oak Ridge

We have found a few places here in Knoxville that we love and now frequent whenever it is a rainy day or just want to get the kids out of the house. The Children's Museum is one of those places. Through a random school thing, I met another graduate student in our department and we have become great friends with him, his wife and their son (who is just a few months older than Hayden). One rainy Saturday, we all met up at the Children's Museum in Oak Ridge to get the kids out and let them play.

Hayden and Lucas

Kyle, Hayden, Taryne, Ashley and Lucas
Not Pictured: Me, Tyler

Us

Apparently I didn't take more pictures at the museum...just the last exhibit with the trains.

Birthday Weekend

Kyle's birthday weekend was super busy. On Saturday we checked out the UT Vet School's Open House and then we attended the Orange and White game at Neyland Stadium and on Sunday, Kyle and I attended Aggie Muster. Whew!

The UT vet school open house was smaller than the one at A&M and less people, but I think it was a little nicer. They just finished adding a huge equestrian building and many areas were really nice. They also had some great displays. I feel like we got to see more animals and there were more hands-on activities for adults and children.

Making horseshoes

You could simulate palpating a cow...First thing I told the guy was it wasn't enough pressure and really didn't feel like the real thing. I got a funny look...I think he was surprised that I knew what it "felt" like.

Taryne sporting her new turtle with her Tennessee shirt and her UNC necklace.
We try to be an equal school supporter :) ...except that school in Austin!

This was our first trip into Neyland Stadium and it is a little intimidating with a capacity of over 100,000.

We didn't get to stay as long as we would have liked, but it was a fun time and I can't wait to see a game this fall!

Blog Break

Apparently I needed a break...after the last post, I spend time in DC, Texas and then started summer school and the next thing I know, it is the middle of July and I haven't posted anything. Not. One. Single. Thing.

I am hoping to get (at least sort of) caught up this weekend. My posts may be short (in words) but I will try to tell the story with all the pictures I took.