Sunday, August 17, 2025

SUMMER 2025


Brandon took A to a camp at App State-allllll of the football. 
I paddle boarded to Burgess State Waterfall & it was so pretty!
Bop & A started playing golf together!
Max, Hunter & Graham after a 3 day 7v7 football tournament in Clinton. 
Noni & Bop got a flat tire taking A to DMob workout & Brandon went to rescue them. 
ALWAYS fishing at The Pond. 
Paddleboard fishing before the rain one afternoon. 
I took A & Matthew to Soaky Mountain one day & dropped them off & then went to work at Starbucks. 
Highlight of summer: saving this giant snake in the road. 
MOOSE is a working dog now!
Oysters to celebrate Father's Day with Pops!
My Tesla was getting the tires fixed, so they were driving me around, too. 
Max went to a 3 day QB camp in Florida with Brandon!

Panda Express, dinner of champions!
More fishing at The Pond!
Moose got a treat after football one day. 
Max's 12th Birthday celebration-swimming & basketball with buddies. 
Love this kid. 
He & Noni made a "bait shop" with fish themed snacks. 
Had his party on Father's Day, so celebrated Pops with his kind of pizza. 
Still fishing. 
Making a TikTok recipe-Brazilian lemonade. 
Hiked to Frozen Head waterfall with our girls & Bines!
Really love this tradition-it is so cool. 

Love them being cousins. 

Sonic on the way home!
Next day-Pelican's & a stop at the mall, followed by paddleboarding. 


LAST VISIT TO DR. COGEN!

A & I drove there & back in our first Tesla roadtrip. 

"Still my star patient. I do not have another unilateral cataract patient with his success." 

He is retiring, so this is our last visit. I was sobbing, thanking him for giving Anderson vision. 

Of all the things I am grateful for, Anderson being able to see because of him is at the top of the list. 

We celebrated with Chipotle & I let him get double meat AND queso AND guacamole. 

What a ride. 
After we got back from Cogen, we grabbed the Pilot and Moose and drove to Nicole's.





Always love this time! Brandon had to work & we missed him terribly, but made sure to FaceTime him at all random times. 

Max caught this fish & then put it back on the line so Teddy could "catch" it. 



Goodness, we are lucky. 
VERY intense games of pickleball. 
Anderson & Teddy, watching fireworks 
Me & my boy, watching fireworks. 
Moose ended up putting himself to bed. 






Max 12th party 

Max at David's swim party. 
Moose, always along for the ride.
Tuckaleechee Caverns in Townsend
It was actually really fun. 
River Rat tubing!


Perfect Bines
Max went golfing with Bop in the heat and had a blast.
Inflatable water park fun!
It really was a lot of fun. 
Random ice cream night at home. 

Summer was full of SO MUCH DRIVING everywhere-trainings, football, fun stuff, boring appointments...but we had a great one.