Saturday, December 5, 2009

Fall in Tennessee

One of the things we lament about being away from the West is the inaccesability to the mountains. Oh we really miss them. The Smoky Mountains in east Tennessee are beautiful but they're 6 hours away. We DID find a small forested area that had some gentle hiking climbs just about half an hour away from downtown Memphis. We got some solitude and got to play in the stream.

We want all of our Utah and Ohio friends to know that it is December in Memphis and we are enjoying a beautiful autumn. We've tried to imagine what y'all are up to this time of year. Whether it's sloshing through street slush or pooring buckets of hot water on your car to melt the ice over your windshield, we're sure you're enoying yourselves. Haha. Meanwhile we're still occasionally wearing flip flops and short sleeves. Thank heaven for the Dixie Heartland.
Max and his friends try to participate in a responsible grown-up job in our backyard. Somehow when they get ahold of the rake the leaves seem to spread out instead of make themselves into a pile. Curious.

2 comments:

Brittany said...

While you were raking leaves over Thanksgiving, we were making snowmen! Glad we could catch up and thanks for the updates!!!

Anonymous said...

I have yet to pour a bucket off hot water on our car. Ever. Should I be doing that?

(says the girl who grew up in CA) :)

Cute photos of Max. He's getting so big but he's kept his signature smile.