Yes, she was tired. :)
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Picnic at the Park
After the soccer game we picked up some lunch and headed to the park for a picnic. The kids love, love, love to have picnics outside and at the park... nothing better. We ate our lunch and then they played for a couple of hours. The weather couldn't have been better. They played on the equipment, played a lot of tag and had a lot of fun. Good times. Afterwards we stopped at Starbucks for a Mocha Frappaccino.... um, yum. :) I think we wore somebody out though....
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Marble Springs Field Trip With Noah's Class
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| Main Cabin of Governor John Sevier |
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| The Loom House |
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| Walker Tavern |
I was excited to be able to attend a field trip with Noah last week to last home and farmstead of John Sevier: Marble Springs, which is a state historic site. It was kind of neat that it folded in nicely with what we had been showing the kids on our hike from the weekend before. Noah and I enjoyed wandering from the John Sevier Cabin to the Kitchen, Smoke House, Loom House and Walker Tavern. I loved seeing everything and hearing about the way they lived back then. There was a guide in every building, telling us about the building and the things inside. It was a lot of fun and Noah seemed to enjoy it also.
This is an excerpt from a pamphlet we recieved:
"The main cabin, built circa 1800, still stands today on the site where it was originally constructed. Sevier named his farm "Marble Springs" because of the Tennessee Rose Marble deposits and six springs that were located on the property. Sevier continued to live at the farm until his death in 1815. The historic site and home contain several original furnishings belonging to the Sevier family. The collection of artifacts at Marble Springs will give visitors a look back in time when our ancestors established a way of life in America's first frontier."
also:
"Governor John Sevier was a man of great military skill, a leader in the Watauga Association, Tennessee's earliest settlement, and a reovlutionary war hero at the pivotal Battle of Kings Mountain. Sevier was the only Governor of the "Lost State of Franklin" from 1784-1788. Sevier was the firest member of the United State's Congress to be elected from west of the Appalachian Mountains. He was later the first Governor of Tennessee -- the sixteenth state in the union-- and served six terms: 1796-1801 and 1803-1809."
To read more on Governor John Sevier and his home, click on the links above. :)
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