July 4th

Well, several people asked what our plans were for the 4th....it seemed strange to actually have to come up with something to do this year - typically we have plans. Anyway, about 9:30pm Thursday night a group of us finally decided on what to do. About 11 of us met at 8:00am Friday morning and drove to Maggie Valley, NC to eat breakfast at Country Vittles. We ordered family style and it was delicious! After that we drove to Cherokee to ride go-karts only to find out that the track had been torn down and another building was in its place.

So, we kept driving around. We stopped to let the kids go through a petting zoo....and stopped again at a trout fishing place to let Noah catch a fish.....Alli had to help him out a little bit - that was a big rod!
After that we went back into Maggie Valley for lunch and stopped at a gift shop to look around some. McKenna found the clearance stuff on the front porch and decided to model some of it for us!
After that we all headed back home. We all met up again later that evening to grill hamburgers. That was honestly about it. No fireworks or nothing - actually I was scared to shoot any this year as dry as it's been. But, we had a good time and it was better than sitting at home doing nothing or working! I hope everyone had a very happy and safe holiday!!!!