Thursday, October 29, 2009

Busy at (Dad's) Work

Yesterday was yet another beautiful Smoky Mountain fall day. So we decided to take a drive to the Park and visit Mark at work. The leaves were almost at their peak and the weather was perfect. It's days like this when you want to curl up under a tree, listen to the leaves fall and take a nap. That part didn't happen, but we had a nice visit none the less. Much like a visit ANYWHERE these days, we spent most of our time chasing Cooper and trying to keep him out of mischief. IE: breaking expensive map printers (I'm not sure what the technical term is), closets, old rickety stairs, Mark's boss' office, electrical outlets, radio chargers, drip torches and tons of other fire gear laying around. Oh, and baseball bats (because every office has a baseball bats laying around right?) Perfect for little boys to swing around and try to smash office equipment with. Before any destruction of government property took place, we decided to spend most of our visit outside. Coop was able to run wild (somewhat), splash around in puddles, play in the mud and do laps around the building. Mark and I did more chasing while enjoying the beautiful fall colors.

A view of Mark's office
Reflections
Standing on big boulders is cool
Attempting to pose for a Mom & Son Shot
(Coop's not buying it. No time for photos, time for chasing)
Chasing

Abiding all signage
Huh? Fire? What? Where?.....transferring

4 comments:

Amy ER said...

Beautiful fall colors! Last picture of Cooper, with caption, is too cute!

gretchen said...

I love the trees! Looks like it's a notch or two above Fall Colors at GUMO :) I also like the sign Cooper is holding! It would go great with the shirt I acquired that says Hippies Smell.

Kristin J said...

What a beautiful place!! I've never been there in the fall but it looks amazing. Jealous.

Cooper is so sweet. He is just as energetic as Nick and Lucas I see. It's too bad offices don't baby proof!

I agree with Amy ER about the last picture. Really F-ing funny girl. You are funny shit.

gretchen said...

You are hilarious! I showed John the pic of Cooper holding the sign and it got a good laugh.