Welcome Fall! We've missed you!!!

eli was singing in this one!

So this weekend was filled with some good family moments...Saturday we loaded the kids up and headed out to the Hiwassee River...We wanted to get out of the house, since it was such a nice day (with hints of fall!) and let the kids play in the water and gather rocks and such...it took us A WHILE :) to find a spot...the river was up, so there weren't very many spots that would accommodate a four, three and one year old...we went to a place that mamaw and hanny frequent, but needless to say, there were several people there already...i guess we should have expected that on a saturday...we even drove to the ocoee(wes's idea) to see if we could find a little spot...but we had no luck, so we drove back to the hiwassee...i prefer the hiwassee atmosphere than the ocoee anyway...it's much more quaint and cozy...the ocoee is too hustling and bustling...to me...the spot that we went to first was then empty...ellie was fast asleep, so we left her in the car (with the windows down!) and let her rest...eli and addie loved it...eli was a little more adventurous, of course...when ellie finally woke up, she was ready to dive in to that freezing cold water! she's a wild woman! we had a really nice time...just being up there made me want to be there more! we regretted not throwing a tent in the car...that's the only thing that wasn't in there!the air smelled smokey...i just love that smell...i even love it the next day when you get a whiff of your clothes or hair...anyway, i'm so glad that fall is today! Happy Birthday, Fall! We sure do love that you are here!