A few weekends ago Jon and I took a road trip to Butler Alabama to this beautiful hunting camp called Oakshia. Our friend Wiley is the hunting and fishing guide up there so he got to show us around the 5,000 acre plantation. It was fabulous! Jon did some deer hunting and I did some fishing around the ponds. We had a blast! Oh and Lilly did too!

Back to Work

The month of August has been very fun and eventful for the Reynolds household. At the beginning of the month I (Catherine) got an interview and got a job all in the same week. I am now working for the most wonderful government contracting company called Pinnacle Solutions in Huntsville. They specialize in the Black Hawk Helicopter so check out the website if you are interested http://www.psisimulation.com/ . I have my Masters in Exercise Physiology and never saw myself working in the corporate government contract world until now. All I can say is I LOVE MY JOB! So the big question is, what do we do about Lilly while Jon and I work??? Well Lilly now goes to Doggy Do. We can drop her off and she can play freely with other dogs during the day. We love that we have the option of bringing her somewhere while we work and not just put her in a cage all day. She LOVES it! Jon joined a city soccer league this month and is the goalie on the team. He is really good at it and his team is number one in their division which is the top division. I am so proud to have such an athletic husband! So our life has changed dramatically. Our mornings how consist of packing lunches, alarm clocks and ironing pants but we are so happy to finally both be working. Thanks for checking in on us!
   

 

Kayakin Boat Ridin Flashback!

 This is my first time to blog on "Jon and Cats Adventures"!  This past weekend, Cat and I went up to the Ocoee River!  Firday night, we stayed with "O" so Famous Robert Smith!  We arrived just in time to go see the AWESOME fireworks that the Lookouts put on right after their home games.  Saturday morning came way to early since we gained an hour, but it gave us more time in the day!  When we arrived at the Ocoee, I put on the Upper Upper.  There is alot of folage in that area and makes for a very senic paddle.  The river then picks up speed through acouple class 2/3 rapids and then into the Olypmic section!  Cat was waiting on a rock when I showed up!  A few minutes later, here came Robert Smith with his rafters! They went straight thru Godzilla (BIG Rapid) and then right down the pipe into Humungus ( a BIGGER Rapid)! He made it clean!  We then ate lunch and continued down the river, meating Cat and Raven (Robert Smiths girlfriend) at Hell Hole (rapid).

   After the awesome paddling, we then went to the Ocoee Lake!  Robert Smith has a REALLY NICE  Ski boat!  He took Cat and I out along with his girlfriend, Raven!  We stayed on the water till 10:00 Saturday night!  We had really good time!We then packed up and headed to Chatty.

                                                                 Robert and Raven!

                                                          Robert going off the rope Swing!

 This is me in the boat!  I look like a Nascar Driver in a boat! I think I'll keep the hair due!

                                                                   Me and Cat!

                                                                         Pretty Sky

                                                     What a Mountainous View from the Lake!

                                                               Cat and Raven

                                                    This reminds me of a painting?

 The next morning we said our good byes to Robert Smith and we went to Chickamauga National Park.  Chickamauga is a Civil War Battlefield. On Sunday, the park had a small reinactment that took place.  Odly enough, the Union Solder that fired cannon looked just like my friend Charlie Mix!

                                         Union Soldiers shooting the Cannon! BOOM!   To my surprize it was my old friend Charlie Mix.  Charlie works at the park as a ranger of some sorts.  He took us on a detailed tour and showed us all around the Park! it was great! We learned that President Lincolns brother-in-law died at this battle! He was also fighting for the confederacy!  Pres. Lincoln then took in his Widowed sister-in-law which created contreversy in the White house! This also sent Pres. Lincoln into mourning!

                                           Me and the Union Soldier that looks like Charlie Mix?

                                                 Union soldier (Charlie Mix) and Cat!

                                                                     Beautiful View!

                                                  Me and the Real Charlie Mix!

                                                                   Me and Cat!

To the right is Lookout Mountain! We said goodbye to Charlie and soon after our tour, we headed home to Huntsville, Al to start another week at my WONDERFUL job!  Life is great with the love of my life, Cat! -Jon

Baby Luke Pulliam

My best friend Britney and her adorable husband Jeremy are having their first child in September. I cannot wait to meet Luke Ryan Pulliam!! He is going to be so cute. Recently a few of us threw Britney a baby shower and so I wanted to share a few of the pictures from that day.

Update on our vegetable garden!!

Our vegetables are popping out like crazy.....check them out!!

Our very large zucchini

Spaghetti squash...its still growing

Jalapeno Pepper

Lettuce

Jon checking our squash plants for bugs

Cucumber plant

Yummy cucumbers

Tomato plants

Green tomatos that haven't turned red yet

Banana Pepper

Raspberry bushes - we haven't planted them yet

Pumpkins!!! They just sprouted from the seeds.

Our watermelons, cantelope, okra and sweet potato plants.

Tobasco peppers

Strawberry plant

Bell Pepper

That's it! Our garden is so much fun! Stop by and get some veggies if you want!