Race Weekend

It's race time in Bristol again. Yesterday was the spring Nascar race, and Jeff Burton (my favorite) won. Yippee!!! Now, I'm not really much into Nascar, and I don't like the inconvenience caused by thousands of people coming into town. However, I had a great weekend!

The Bristol Tennessee City Schools are closed on Friday of Race Week. So, Scott and I took off work to spend some family time together with Sam. We went to the park and hiked, even though it was raining a little. It was good exercise and great fun.

After hiking, we stopped off in the Nature Center and were pleasantly surprised at all the animals on display and information available. We watched a snapping turtle snap at goldfish, and we held a corn snake. I went in there determined NOT to hold the snake. I willingly petted it while Sam and Scott held it, but I wanted no part of holding it myself. The older gentleman working in the Nature Center somehow persuaded me to let him put the snake around my neck, and Sam captured the moment in the following picture. (It's blurry because it was hard to stand still with a snake around my neck.)



Here's Sam holding the snake:

Baseball

For the past several years, Sam has wanted to play baseball, but for whatever reason, it never worked out until now. Saturday, we got him registered for Little League and purchased most of the things he needs. He was so excited, I wouldn't be surprise if he slept with his new glove Saturday night.

Sunday afternoon, I took Sam to the park, and we practiced baseball a little. I tried pitching to him, but I wasn't so good at it. He tried not to hurt my feelings while admitting that it would have been better if Scott had gone along with us. At one point, he said, "I'm not going to get good like this, am I?" Poor thing! He quickly assured me that he knew I was doing my best to help him, and he was grateful.

After playing baseball for a while, we walked on one of the trails at the park. It was great exercise and lots of fun. An added bonus was the nature we were able to experience. We saw lots of birds which I called ducks but Sam insisted were geese. Anyway, whatever they were, there were hundreds of them. Here's a picture, you can decide for yourself what they are. Feel free to leave a comment, letting me know what you think they are.