TN Valley Fair

The Midway
Loverboy

A new calf born during the fair.

Fireworks at the end of the day.

Hope Goes Off With a Bang

Hope turned fourteen Saturday. We went to Shoney's for brunch which is like a cross between a Denny's and a Golden Corral. Once stuffed with bacon, Hope decided she wanted to see Journey to the Center of the Earth again. We donned our 3-D glasses and enjoyed seeing the movie again. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. I got a wild hair and suggested we go see Indiana Jones so we drove to the dollar movie and watched that film. That was pretty silly. Her real present though, was seeing the Jonas Brothers in Atlanta last week.

Sunday is Knoxville's celebration of the end of summer called Boomsday. It has the largest fireworks display in the nation on the Labor Day weekend drawing about 200,000 people. I volunteered to work that evening, so we parked at my work and walked downtown and enjoyed the festivities held close to UT. The fireworks themselves, are shot off the bridge I cross to go to work over the Tennessee river.

We walked back and I started to work, but not alone. Grace grabbed a sign and went outside to draw people with her dance moves. Hope helped inside with orders along with the owners. We had a great/busy time. Once the fireworks started business died down and we were able to watch the fireworks with my coworkers and their families. It was a blast (pun intended). The fireworks were spectacular. We hung out for about an hour waiting for the traffic to die down visiting with friends and enjoying a light sprinkle. -Tina