Labor Day Weekend Part II

We went up to Kent's uncle's house for a reception for his cousin who recently got married and then went to his parents' house afterwards on Sunday. I wish I would have brought my camera because Harrison was in heaven with all the HUGE tractors, forklifts, and toy riding tractors. You couldn't get him away from those things! His uncle is a farmer and has grandkids who love playing on all his equipment, so he lets them climb on them all the time. Any kind of vehicle that Harrison can play on puts him on cloud 9!!! When Tyler was about Harrison's age I got some pictures of him on one of Ron's tractors, but I didn't even think about it this time, which I'm so bummed about! Oh well, maybe we'll have another occasion to go up there.

On Monday we went with some friends to Cataract Falls, which is suppose to be the largest water fall in Indiana (based on the amount of water that runs through it each year). They go every Labor Day and we haven't been able to go before, so I was excited to go this year. And to make it even better, there wasn't anyone at the gate, so we got in free! Again, Kent couldn't go because of homework, but he probably would have just been paranoid the whole time due to the uneveness of the creek bed in some places and all the rushing water (but don't worry - it wasn't that bad otherwise we wouldn't have done it!) It was a lot of fun, even though we got rained on a few times. It took Harrison a little bit to get used to the water, but after awhile he enjoyed it. They have a covered bridge there too, so the kids had a ball running up and down it with our friends' dog, Hurley. Indiana is known for its many covered bridges (there's even a festival with lots of craft booths, food, etc named for all the covered bridges around here!) and I'm sad to say that even though I'm from Indiana and have lived here the majority of my life, this was the FIRST covered bridge I think I walked across! OK, actually now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I've visited one other one. I've seen different ones from a distance, but haven't visited a bunch of them.

Harrison's favorite activity there - throwing rocks into the water!

What kind of face is that, Nicholas!?

This is what some of the dried creek bed looked like on the edges. There was a really wide area that was smooth and flat under some shallow water that was easy to walk on. Pretty cool, huh?

Everyone who went:

I thought the water looked pretty neat with all the rain hitting it, making lots of bubbles on top.

A natural occurring waterslide!

Max's face cracked me up!

Sweet girls:

close-up of the previous picture:

Collecting loose fish scales:

The edge of the lower falls:

Harrison's turn at taking Hurley for a walk:




the upper falls:



Harrison trying to get a better view of the upper falls:

Cataract Covered Bridge:

Let's give Hurley some exercise! By the time ALL the kids had a turn she was plum tuckered out!

Thanks Sommers for letting us come with you! We all had a blast!