Weekend Ramblings

So Friday, I went out to Pine Lakes and played 18 holes with Brad and Sam, two of the guys from the West End young professionals group. We had a blast. Between Sam almost decapitating Brad and Brad hurting himself trying to mess with our cart, it was probably the most fun I have ever had on the golf course. Plus, it's fun to see Sam progress in his game as he has just picked up the game in the last couple of weeks. Trust me, if you don't know these two guys, it's pretty much impossible not to have fun when your with them. And that leads us to Sunday.

So Sunday after church, our teacher who is also the deacon in charge of our group said he was taking his family up to Dollywood and asked if we wanted to come. So, Brad, Sam, Rebecca (my cousin), and Carrie (another young professional) decided to tag along for the trip. First off, Richard and his family are awesome. Richard and Kathy are awesome to hang out with. Richard is basically just one of the guys and Kathy really seems to enjoy being around the young professionals. Plus, their three kids are awesome. Joshua, which is 11 I think, is the oldest, followed by Aaron, 9, and Sarah, 6. They really enjoy hanging out with the older kids. I think they can get a little tired of hanging out with Mom and Dad and enjoy the company of someone younger and in their terms, "cooler." Plus, it was really fun for the rest of us getting to hang out with the kids. None of the young professionals that went had been there in a long time and the park has definately changed alot. Fortunately, it wasn't very crowded and we were able to ride some of the better rides multiple times. The Thunderhead was by far the best ride. It is wooden and has some major turns in it. I think we helped encourage some of the kids to ride the rides too. Joshua, who wasn't a big coaster fan at the start of the day, is now. And Sarah is too, as long as dad is there. I have to give her props though. If I was her size, I would have been scared to death to go on those rides. She is barely tall enough to get on, and rode the Tennessee Tornado. For those that don't know, it has a big drop going through a tunnel and reaches 70 mph before going through 3 loops. Sarah went on scared and came off in love with it. When she got off, she wanted to get on the Thunderhead, but we didn't have time unfortunately. So Sarah, props go out to you. I think seeing us going on the rides encouraged them to try them, instead of just their parents encouraging them. So, all in all, I think it was a fun weekend, and a productive one as well.