A Blast from the Past

I was looking through my old images today and thought how amazing it is that I can see my children growing up again right in front of my eyes on the computer screen. I'll start with Ella since she is only three. For Austin I have 10 years of images to sort through so that might take me a while...

































































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Ella Loves to Help Me Water in Our Garden...

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Our Visit to Fort Loudoun

A while back I took the kids over to Fort Loudoun in Vonore, TN. It was pretty neat as the kids got to see how a British fort would have operated from 1756-1760. The history behind this whole East TN area is very interesting and us being newcomers to the area, we are still learning.







First we parked and had a bite to eat before walking to the fort.



The kids wanted to walk instead of drive the rest of the way, it was quite a long ways but Ella was a trooper. She loves to walk!



The main entrance to the fort.







These would be the barracks, mess halls, and powder storage for the men.







See any bad guys out there?











A deep and wide moat would have been dug around the entire fort but instead of water, they would grow sharp barbed bushes!



Ouch!





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