water, water everywhere!

water. it's been sort of a theme here the last few days.

for instance, there's a pool at the hotel.

(good thing, too, or we'd all be crazier than coons on crack... it gets boring sitting in a hotel room!!)

madison FINALLY grew enough to get a bigger suit.

finally.

so we found one from walmart... $4 on clearance.

not bad!

cole made a new buddy quite quickly the first time we hit the pool.

his name is rick, and he's the live-in maintenance man.

he's really nice, and was more than happy to let cole "help" get the bugs out of the pool and then top off the water level.

cole was so proud to be of assistance :)

saturday afternoon we checked out this place kelvin and andy had found weeks earlier.

he sent me a picture from his phone the first time they were there... and i thought it was beautiful.

of course, the real thing is breath-taking.

bald river falls is in the cherokee national park near tellico, tn.

it's awesome.

you have to drive through the mountains to get there (well, the beginning of the mountains).

good thing i had my bonine; without it, things would have taken a nasty turn.

cole saw his first waterfall.

he called it a "water fell-down".

he's right, if you think about it...

we went down the side to get close.

there were quite a few people down there swimming.

surprisingly, it's not as chilly as most mountain streams.

madison wasn't sure what to think, really.

we took the trail up to the top of the falls.

cole climbed it all by himself!

three hikers :)

after work today, we hung out with daddy at the pool.

cole's getting braver- he's been blowing bubbles on his own, and with his daddy's help, was able to "swim".

(that means that daddy held him up while his little feet kicked up a storm)

madison's getting braver in the water too.

she likes to climb the steps.

huh.

this swimming thing is easy!

the real water wing

photo credit to kelvin...

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yes, our days have been water-logged.

actually, that's not too far from the truth- i think we've all got that sleepy, tired "water logged" feeling.

bed will feel good tonight.

and speaking of water, it's storming; raining cats and dogs outside.

just what we need: more water!