One of our coolest memories from last fall was the Lego Competition at the Tennessee Valley Fair. Noah won "Best in Show" for his Hollywood film studio:
and Nathan inspired the judges to create a whole new category - "Master Builder" - when they saw this spaceship:
Then when Rebecca went with Noah and me to see the displays, the three of ended up entering (and winning) a Lego building contest.
The boys have been asked to help promote this year's contest at several library events this summer. Noah is busy working on this year's entry.
Besides Lego, our boys were involved in the Venture Scouts. They learned to shoot at a local shooting range (I did, too) and also learned to blacksmith. We went to a scout Rendezvous where the boys spent a very long day teaching dozens of cub scouts how to blacksmith. Here are some photos from that day:
Caleb also ran cross-country in the fall. I enjoyed watching him in the Marine Corp Mud Run:
We also took some cool hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains. Here we are at The Chimneys:
And here we are at the fire tower on Mt. Sterling:
The weather was mild, so we kept our pool open for a long time - long enough for Noah to carve pumpkins poolside:
and for Terry to hurt his back on the diving board and require an ambulance ride to the ER:
We are so glad that his back wasn't broken. He was back to "normal" in a week or so.
Rebecca got to come home for fall break, and her arrival coincided with the Fall Festival at our church. My favorite photos from the fall were the ones taken there:
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