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Sunset Beach
Our vacation was extended based on fortunate circumstances and we got to spend some great time with our pastor and his wife, not to mention their kids, at Sunset Beach, NC. I really needed a beach fix since I hadn’t emerged myself in one in more then likely a decade. It was great to almost [...] -
Doc Watson
After our trip at Nashville I headed to a concert in Stecoah Valley. This was a phenomenal concert with legendary Doc Watson and David Holt. Doc is a Grammy Award Winner, not too mention a blind musician who is one of the founders of bluegrass and his own style of picking. It was a moving [...] -
Centennial Park
On the second day of our vacation in Nashville we headed over to Centennial Park. We walked around a little bit checking out the Parthenon, which was closed, and then went to a playground for the kids. Today is our last full day in Nashville. We will head back to Stecoah tomorrow where we will [...] -
Chattanooga and Nashville
The family headed out to a mini vacation to Chattanooga and Nashville. we stopped at a few place with our caravan of the Bakers. Our first stop was at Coolidge Park where Evely and Pence made us proud by playing with an iPod in this grand play area. After playing around we ate at a [...] -
Xmas in August at NOC
The other night The Grove played at Nantahala Outdoor Center’s employee party. It was a great time to help out a community business that provides a lot for Swain County. Here are some pics of the night. They are pics of a few of the band members and their food eating contest which was a [...] -
House for Sale
We are putting our house up for sale! It is a great A-frame home with tons of character. The house sits on an acre of land just off of Lower Tuskeegee. We have a 8×12 shed for storage and plenty of land to do whatever you’d like with it. From the porch you can see [...] -
Flat Stanley
Audrey from W.D. Williams Elementary School in Swannanoa, NC wrote me a letter which contained her friend Flat Stanley. The only reason he fit in the letter was because he was flattened by a bulletin board. I took him around the Village to show him what Fontana has to offer. He got to go on [...] -
Spring in the Smokies
It’s Spring in the Smokies, but someone forgot to tell the Smokies that. It has been snowing for a while and looked, as always, breathtaking while driving to work this morning. Sarah wanted a family photos so we got out and took these few pics. Pence jumped out of the car and began running in [...] -
More on Guatemala
The kids of Guatemala, especially in the town we stayed at the majority of the time, liked having their photos taken. If you had a camera in your hands they would say, “photo?” They enjoyed looking at themselves in the viewfinder even more then having their pic taken. When you would turn around the camera [...] -
Kids of Guatemala
I just got back from a great trip to Guatemala with the Grove Church. We built a few huts for a small remote Village named San Miguel. Over the next several days I hope to post some images of the trip. Here is the first set titled, “Kids in Fog.“
