The Skylight Cave....

One of our favorite past times is being outside in the woods either camping or ugh, dare i say the word, "hiking" (I'd much rather prefer to call it a walk, as hikes make me think of blisters!) and nothing is better than doing those things than doing them with people we love.

On Labor Day the Sowbys had pity on us and decided they'd starved us enough of their attention and went on a walk with us to see the Skylight Cave. (J/K, they are pretty busy people really, with Craig's own recording business and Taralyn being in medical school. ;-)) But it was fun to spend time with them again and the weather was perfect! Have i mentioned that i LOVE Fall before? I think only maybe a million times....

It wasn't that really long of a walk (little over a mile one way i think) and Sarah didn't complain horribly either, just mildly. It was really neat to see the cave and although it went in quite a bit further we only has the use of my camera flash to light the way and the ground was quite slippery so our exploring abilities were somewhat limited.

Next time we will make sure we bring a flashlight, and also perhaps keep EQ, the Sowby's dog, on a leash the whole time as he had the unfortunate (or fortunate i think in his eyes) encounter with some unknown feces which he proceeded to roll in. Poor Taralyn had the job of trying to baby wipe him to death as i poured water across his neck. In hind sight it's quite funny, but I'm sure she wasn't thinking so at the time! ;-)

I love being by the Appalachians. There are so many different places to walk and camp around here and it is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the fun morning!

Back Row L to R: Iman, John, Jack, Craig, Ellis, Taralyn

Front Row L to R: Sarah, Eden, EQ (aka the Poop Smith) and Suede

Little Sarah

I love this picture. I was trying to take a picture and it was being slow i guess so i went from trying to take a horizontal pic to a vertical one, when it finally decided to go off and the effect was this. Suede, watch out, you're being time warped...or something. ;-)

John & Jack

The entrance to the cave...

Yes, that's right he looks worried...
he pretty much whined the whole time we were in the cave...
guess he didn't appreciate the dark.

See the skylight above?

Being Stranded...Not So Bad.

So on Saturday despite our many plans for fun, we were stranded...we decided to take a walk around our relatively new neighborhood. It is so beautiful here in Tennessee i just can't stand it! I took several pictures of various wild flowers etc., but i will post them in another blog. Here's just a few of where we live and of course our cute kids! We were on our way to see the "neighs" that are at the end of our road (although probably over a mile one way), however after about 20 mins of walking and sweating a great deal (well i was anyway) because of the near 100% humidity, we turned around as thunder clouds showed up. We were lucky we turned around when we did because not more than 15 mins after we got back to the house it poured! We'll make it to the "neighs" on a less "sweaty" day soon (or not so soon, sheesh!). Fall will be fun here!

Waiting for Eden...

Ready with her new walking stick she found and painted...

Ha, ha, it's so hard to get a picture with them ALL looking and smiling at the same time...

Rocks....why are they so fascinating to little ones?

New shirt from England that Nana brought back with her...

Our Home! We have the best view up here on the hill.