Lions and Tigers and Caves, OH MY!

last weekend, jer's uncle david and his son zach (10 years old) came to see us. friday, dave, zach, and i went to turpentine creek wildlife refuge to see the big cats. it was fun. we kept threatening to feed zach to the cats. he didn't seem to think that was a good idea. i can't imagine why. :-) on saturday, we went to silver dollar city then stayed in a hotel that had a water park. much fun was had that day. while at silver dollar city, we went thru the cave that started the park. that was cool. sunday, jer and i got to spend some time with jer's aunt cheri and uncle brian, who just happened to be at silver dollar city that weekend too. we went to a church service at the park, then enjoyed a nice lunch before they had to head back home. after that jer and i went to a chainsaw carving contest at the titanic museum. we bought dad's christmas present. i'll post pictures of that later, i have to do some treating of the wood. it is bigger than our car. imagine that! i ended up sitting/guarding the piece while jer went to walmart to get a tarp and buggy cords to strap it to the back of our seats. it was great. it looked like it was going to rain. thank goodness it didn't!  well, i tried to upload pics, but it's not doing it. so, i'll try again later.