Lovin East Tennessee!

Well we have been here in Maryville/Alcoa now for about 4 weeks. We are loving it. We lived here 25 years ago when the kids were little, and loved it then. The Smokie Mountains are so pretty, and since we have lived in Mississippi for 16 years with no mountains it is so nice to look out and see them. It is so fun to go for a ride up to the mountains again. Growing up in Provo, I always loved going to the canyon. We would go to Canyon Glen where they had a little store that sold pink popcorn. Anyway I am enjoying it so much more than DC. The church here has grown so much. When we were here it was a little branch, now it is a ward with almost 200 people coming regular. Rich is really enjoying his new assignment as the commander of the training school here for the Air Guard. A busy job, but nothing like the work of the job in DC. We went and bought a season pass for Dollywood. We drove up there last weekend and walked around and checked it out. It is a really cute amusment park with a lot of cute shops and rides and little shows going on. They have a real steam engine pulled train that takes you up a little on the mountain. It reminds me of Knotts Berry farm. Really cute. So there is lots of things to do around here. They also have a great walking/bike trail called the greenways. It is so pretty, and you can get on it in several places, but there is one about 2 miles from our house. So I keep busy walking my little dog Katie and enjoying the outdoors.