Trip to Knoxville

I've been rather lazy in posting this since we got back last Wed. Our trip was good although the girls could have been better for me. On Monday, we went to the zoo and then had dinner with Jeremy and some other conference people. The hotel we stayed in was downtown right next to the World's Fair Park. So on Tuesday we walked around there. We went up in the sunsphere, went to the art museum (which happened to be free that day), and stopped by the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (my favorite part). Later we changed into our swimsuits and went to the fountain in the park to play. That night the conference had a big buffet meal, music, craft booths, and fireworks in the park. Me and the girls did not pay to go, but we went down there and they let us in. It was really neat. As it was getting dark, our girls were playing in the grass with some other kids and this man walks up and asked whose kids were these? Jeremy and I are thinking "what did they do?" The man then said he owned the 6th floor of the sunsphere and would we like to watch the fireworks from there? So we went up with him and another family. You have not seen fireworks until they are exploding right in front of your face. It was really awesome and I told Miriam to remember this because it was a once in a lifetime experience. That was probably the highlight of our trip and I didn't even have my camera with me. On wed., we packed to leave and took the kids to the Discovery Center on our way out of town. It was a pretty good trip. I wish Jeremy could have been with us more, but I wasn't going to pass up a free hotel stay. Here are a few pictures at the zoo, sunsphere, and fountain.