Holding Down the Fort

It's funny...
...a week seems like such a long time when I am away from blogland.
 I'm pretty sure I missed a lot of great posts and I will do my best to catch up the best I can.
We spent the past week in Tennessee taking care of these guys.
They were so excited to see us when we picked them up at school that first day.

It's always a treat for us to have the opportunity to care for this "Tennessee Twosome".

They are both full of energy and what one doesn't think of, the other does.

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So...while Mommy and Daddy are away....
...Mawmaw and Pawpaw will play!
Here are few memories from the past week.

After two days of chilly temps and rainy, gloomy skies,

the sun and fog came together and created the most glorious Saturday morning!

 

And spring was beginning to pop all around.

After having lunch at a favorite pizza restaurant, an afternoon of roller skating fun followed.

Between all of the bodies whizzing by combined with weird colored, flashing lights,
this is as good as the skating photos got, folks :(

There were hot fudge sundaes before bed...

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..and a little serenading out on the back porch.

 

They both are teaching themselves to play the guitar.

Of course, Mommy's little brother, Uncle Josh, may be lending a hand here and there.
He is quite a talented singer-songwriter hoping to make it big in Nashville.

We thought we'd have a little photo shoot for their first album cover. {smile}

Hey, if you can't brag on your grandkids, who can you brag on??

We explored the haunted forest (a.k.a the backyard)...

...and admired the almost-finished tree house that Dad has been building...

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...had fun taking some silly pictures...



...and really loving how much the one below makes me look so skinny...

...or maybe more like an alien :)

There were colorful sunset views from the back porch...

...drives in the country...

 

...and finding a few good fences along the way.

When Adam and Carrie returned home later that weekend,

the fun continued with some four-wheelin' expeditions of the Tennessee back country...

...and I was talked into going up the mountain trail to this great old homestead remains.

Yep, that would be me on the back, taking the photo over Adam's shoulder.

 

He and Parker had discovered this place a few weeks ago.

I would love to know the history here...

...something I think Adam will be trying to find out from some of his neighbors, perhaps.

  

And then a little further down the trail, we came upon this ancient collapsed log cabin.

Both of these places were set w-a-y back on these mountain trails.

I can't even imagine what it would be like to live so far removed from civilization, can you?

It might be fun to try it...for a day maybe:)

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So it's time to draw this post with too many a lot photos to a close.

We had a great time in the back country of middle Tennessee,

and although it was good to get back home,

I'm always ready to go back!

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