Camping

While driving home from a fair for high school students at the University of Memphis Saturday afternoon, Brent called and said "So, do you want to go camping tonight?" It was already 2:30pm mind you. Being the loving and accommodating wife that I am, I said sure. We got down to Wall Doxie State Park by about 5pm. We set up camp, went for a nice walk, made dinner, had a fire, and then tried to sleep.


Morgan wasn't the most cooperative but she didn't do too bad. It started raining around 5am and didn't stop, so our morning plans were cut short. We packed up and made it home by 9am. We had a nice breakfast, showered, and watched conference. It was great to be able to spend some time together without life's other distractions. I doubt we'll be camping again any time soon, but I'm glad we went.

Teton Trek

We visited the Memphis Zoo this weekend for the member's only preview of the Teton Trek. We met some friends there at 8am to beat the crowd. We are glad we went early because the lines were really bad when we left at 10:00am. It was really cool. They have three baby grizzlies. They were so cute and playful with each other. They didn't even seem to notice all the spectators.

They also have four wolves who were very active as well.

They have this beautiful lodge with two floors and a big walkway that goes up and around the exhibit with a waterfall and stream. They are also going to have a place for Elk, however it isn't finished yet.

Thanks Seth and Angie for braving the early morning. It was great to spend time with you guys. We look forward to visiting the zoo again and watching the cute little grizzly cubs grow.

Walk at School

One of my internships this semester is at Greenbrook Elementary School. This week, we joined "iwalk Mississippi" in a little walk around the school, and I do mean little. It was about a quarter mile and the kids did great. My poor counselor was out with the flu so this became my responsibility. Monday, I decided we needed a something to get the kids excited about the walk, and since gators are the school's mascot, I found this picture of a gator walking and thought we could make a sign out of it. We added the hat because the kids could wear hats while they walked. So the counselor assistant and myself, busted this poster out. It is about 10 feet tall. We got 550 goodie bags ready, blew up and tied balloons around the school, and organized the parents. The newspaper was there and everything. http://desototimes.com/articles/2009/10/04/news/local/doc4ac6a384a6a89513667752.txt I think it was a pretty successful event if I do say so myself.