Another Field Trip

I forget which number I'm on. I think this might be field trip #5 or 6. I think I missed a few as far as posting about them goes.

Yesterday, my sister joined my girls and me for a day trip to Chattanooga. I went to college in the area (NOT UTC or anything orange colored) so it always brings back lots of memories for me when I'm there. We always go visit the college when we are there. My girls love it. They couldn't believe it when I told them you get to live there with your friends. They've decided this is where they want to go. Daddy may have other plans for them though, considering I went to a private school that I hear now costs around 30K. We have 3 girls. We can't afford to pay that much for school and 3 weddings. Maybe we'll tell them if they really want to go to school there, then they have to promise, when the time comes to marry, they'll elope.

For some reason too, they are sure my college is bigger than daddy's. Considering Paul went to the University of Alabama and I went to a school of about 1500 students, I'm pretty sure they are wrong. "But mom, your school has a restaurant in it!" Funny kids. They are so cute.

We ate a picnic lunch on one of the bluffs overlooking the valley. It's beautiful there no matter what time of year it is. It's always amazing to me how some people can experience such beauty and awe in nature and still deny the existence of God the creator. How could all that be an accident?

We then of course had to get ice cream at Mr. T's. I love it there. One scoop is always 2 and 2 is 3. Big servings. Low prices. It's great.

Then we went to ride the fastest carousel in the world. I swear one day that thing is going to fling off some unsuspecting child (or parent). For someone who's had problems with vertigo, this is not my favorite ride. The kids liked it though. Even Elliott did great. She's usually scared of the carousel. Not sure why. She'll ride a real horse and did great on all the rides at Disney. Maybe she gets dizzy easy. She seemed to enjoy it this time though.

It was kinda hot, so after that, we started to head for home. I know it doesn't sound like we did much, but it was a full day. We had to hike some to get to the bluff and then all the other walking around we did really tired the kids out. We did stop at the Moon Pie store before getting on the road. Got some fresh moon pies. Yum!

We had a nice time. I like Chattanooga. It's a nice town. My hus doesn't think he could ever live there though because of all of the hideous orange you see around (UT fans). It's nice that we are close enough for a day trip.

These pictures are from our picnic lunch at Sunset Rock.