October Tennessee Trip

We brought yellow squash from our garden to feed to Whitney's chickens, they ate it all. The next morning Whitney dropped us at the Provo Airport.

We flew from Provo to Nashville and picked up our rental car. It was a Malibu with shimmy problems, we found a gas station and filled the tires and it was a little better. We hit Walmart in Mount Juliet and got pillows and a mattress topper and then we headed to Cookeville and Sam's Club. We bought chips, chocolates, chicken lasagne, and this dip. They were all very good and we enjoyed them with mom and Alicia.

We went for a 4 mile walk every morning and then drove to Rose Mary's house to buy fried peach and apple pies. Alan had one for breakfast every morning with his barley water.

Rose Mary's house

Rose Mary with Jamie and Ashleigh when they visited mom last July. She is a Mennonite that came over from Switzerland when she was 5 years old. She bakes bread, rolls, cookies, and fried pies and sells them from her house. Alan had fun speaking German with her and she was surprised that he spoke it.

Daisy loved having us scratch and rub her.

We're so glad mom has her to keep her company. Wednesday we took mom and Alicia to Cookeville for mom's DR. appt and took them to eat at Golden Corral. We all enjoyed it.

Mom made pickled okra last summer and we polished off about 1/2 the jar before we left for home.

It was overcast and rained a few days, but the weather was pretty good.

We all put this wooden puzzle together one night, we also watched NCIS Hawaii a couple of nights, and of course we played Rummikub, Phase 10, and pound the table. Alicia came over 2 days and played with us.

Mom had the ceiling of her garage blown in so the floor of her livingroom and kitchen will be warmer in the winter.

We went to Allardts' pumpkin festival, this beetle caught my eye and the motorcycle got Alan's attention.

We went to church and had mom take our picture for our mission plaque.

After church we went onto Martha Washington Rd. and visited dad's grave.

Monday morning after our walk we went to Rose Mary's one last time and then to Muddy Pond General Store to get some bags of chocolate covered cranberries and orange slices.

We left around 11:30 and stopped in Cookeville Sam's for lunch. We turned our car in and waited for our flight, it was pretty crowded in the terminal. It felt great not having any connection we had to make though. 

Our stewardess had everyone push their call buttons to light the candles on a birthday cake and we sang happy birthday to a boy named Steve. She was making jokes and was very friendly.