Family Friendly Blount

Weekend Update

5/17 Seafood Boil at The Market in Maryville:  5pm-8pm, $15 per person all-you-can-eat and $3 pints.  www.themarketinmaryville.com. 5/18 – 5/20 Smoky Mountain Highland Games: The Highland Games kick off Friday night at 6:30pm with a parade featuring pipe bands, entertainers and more.  The march begins at Maryville College's pedestrian bridge, continues down College Ave to [...]

Nutty McNutcakes and the Grocery Store Doom Buggy

Groceries are a dreaded task.  While I'm blessed and fortunate to be able to feed my family, the process of procurement is similar to herding squirrels.  I roam the aisles whisper-shouting threats at my tykes.  If they aren't darting into oncoming cart traffic, they're spinning and flailing their arms likes couple of pre-school hippies. I [...]

Vacation Bible School Directory

Email Rebecca or leave a comment on our Facebook page with VBS details to be added to the directory.

Coconut Powers Unleashed

Whether you're talking about coconut milk, coconut oil, or the tasty flesh of the fruit (that sounds mighty creepy), coconuts are 100% awesome.  Benefits include hair care, skin care, stress relief, maintenance of healthy cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism, relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, dental [...]

Flavorful Brew Pairings to Celebrate American Craft Beer Week

Millenials in their ealry to mid-twenties have a reputation of excess.  While Animal House antics are nothing new, the barrage of social media updates, youtube videos, and reality coverage of the Jersey Shore-types leaves outsiders in a state of shock and awe.  These partyers have given beer a bad name.   Beer has an unfortunate [...]

Event: More Than A Mom

  Maryville Moms is a vibrant community of women and a group that I've been particularly fond of for 3 years as of this month.  There hosting an atypical mom's night out to support working mamas, especially those with an entrepreneurial spirit.   The event is Monday, May 14 at Maryville Vineyard Church from 6pm – 8:30pm.  Below [...]

Day Campers To March Around The World

It'd take 48,812,000 steps to march around the world.  Campers at greater Knoxville area National Fitness Center's will be sporting pedometers to track each step in an attempt to circle the globe.  Click here to read Knoxville News Sentinel's story about the summer camp's goal to walk around the world.   Both NFC and Court [...]

Weekend Update

5/10 Tibetan Lama at Blount County Library:  Blount County Public Library presents a rare opportunity to encounter one of few remaining Tibetan Lama's whose story originates in Tibet prior to the occupation by communist forces. Now 74 years old, Lama Norlha Rinpoche is visiting the Knoxville area and will present a public talk about his life [...]

Street Kung Fu Offers Summer Special

  Tae kwan do is a great way to enhance self-esteem, build confidence, and develop discipline while strengthening the mind and body.  Street Kung Fu is offering a great deal for our youngsters.  For $99 each student will get 6 weeks of high-caliber instruction and a uniform.   Classes will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays [...]