Go Take a Hike!

     Here's Madison, getting ready to go for a hike!  She's full of energy and all ready to go roughin' it!  You can see that book bag she wears - that's the very one we got for her in Hong Kong over a year ago.  She still enjoys wearing that backpack, and filling it with all the essentials (like her stickers, shiny rocks and the Little Einsteins, of course).

This was a great set all throughout the month of August - it had a working waterfall and a few other neat things.  Before we took the set down, we just had to take a few snapshots of Madison on the stage "out in the wild."

It was a great month for a "Wilderness" experience or two.  Though we never actually went camping or even hiking, we did head down to the Wilderness Lodge and we did have fun at the church all month with campfires, s'mores and ... bears!

How the time flies!  Look how she grows.  She's so active, running and climbing all over the place - and she always has that same smile.  Today was such a rainy day - a real drag.  But Madison's smile can brighten any day and make us all laugh.

Tomorrow, we start September, and a new season with Madison.  Fall is coming soon again, and we just can't wait to head to the festivals, fairs - and yes:  we really are heading to the mountains.  It's our tradition to go see the leaves, take a hike, and just get away from it all.  So soon enough, we'll really be roughin' it!