Ben's sister, Lauren, came for her first visit to our home in Knoxville at the end of June. Despite the sweltering heat that weekend, we had several nice outings in the area and more importantly, just enjoyed relaxing and catching up at home. Lauren came bearing very important and timely gifts for Luke: his first set of big boy underwear! She's working for Hanes this summer and really scored some great undies with Cars, Shrek, and of course Thomas the Tank Engine. We are slowly transitioning away from diapers and working on our potty training everyday, so these were a perfect new incentive.
On Saturday, we sweated alongside everyone else who gathered to watch and paddle at an annual dragon boat race for charity. Luke liked picking his favorite boats by color and seeing how they did in each heat race. The weather was a little more bearable on Sunday, so we finally made it to the Knoxville Zoo. We saw the requisite lions, tigers, and bears-oh, my!-but also got to watch an elephant get a head-to-toe scrub down with his trainers. Our zoo also has red pandas, which I haven't seen very often. We hoped to see the newly-born chimp, Baby George, but they were not out when we came through. It's a good reason to take Luke back in the fall. Be sure to check out our zoo slideshow on the sidebar. As you'll see, Luke has lots of fun when auntie comes to town.
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