Botanical Gardens

The first weekend in October, Barrett's parents came to Atlanta to run a half marathon. While they were here we made a trip to the Botanical Gardens. They were beautiful with lots of fall plants and they even had a collection of "scarecrows" that different organizations around Atlanta had designed.

All the fruit inside this cornucopia is blown glass

Charlie Brown Scarecrow

After the parents left Barrett and I went to the last Braves game of the regular season. Braves vs Phillies. The Braves won which put them into the playoffs so it was quite an exciting game. It was also Bobby Cox's last regular game, it was touching to see how much the players and fans appreciate him.

September

I am finally getting around to posting about what the Hardins have been up to the past 2 months. Back in the middle of Sept I went home to visit my parents while Barrett was at a conference in San Francisco. Being the boy that he is, Barrett didn't take any pictures of the Bay area but I of course did get some of good ole PA. I spent the trip spending time with my parents, we went to the York Fair (America's oldest fair), and I made sure we got in a trip to Browns orchard so I could have some apple dumplings. Mom and I also went shopping, cuz that is just what girls do :)

Mom and Dad at the Fair

Me and mom waiting for dad to arrive

Chuck Wicks - Country singer that mom and dad like. He was playing a free concert at the fair

When I got back from home I just lounged around for a couple days and tried to clean the house up before Barrett got home. Barrett got home early on Monday morning and Monday evening we went to see the So You Think You Can Dance tour. Although almost all the performances were ones we saw during the season, they were the best ones and we enjoyed seeing them live. I just wish I had some talent as a dancer :)

New Job Fun

So I know I've been absent from the blogging world for the past month. During this month I went to visit my family, saw the SYTYCD tour, started my job, and have been extremely busy. While i promise to update soon with pictures of all of this, for now I thought I would leave you with this. This is Annabelle and she is our clinics new mascot.

Labor Day Vacation

For Labor day this year we met Barrett's parents, Jessica and Lucas, and Kathy and Walker in Gatlinburg for a long weekend. We shopped, hiked, ate good food, and had a blast together.

David in Cade's Cove

Cute little cabin in Cade's Cove

Warning: Bears...please note that this sign was not posted on the trail where we saw the bear (see below). This bear crossed the path just in front of us.

Me and Barrett on a bridge on the hike to Ramsey Cascades

Squirrel that ate out of Walker's hand and is here nibbling on my apple core

Me and the Best Friend!!!

Ramsey Cascades

Giant Tree

This is the beginning of our hike to Ramsey Cascades when we were still excited to be there. By the end of the 8 miles we wanted to die.

Kathy and the Walker

Our Car's first time off-roading :) Barrett is also demonstrating his new camelbak

Homemade Stromboli

enough said....

Puzzle Fail

This is a beautiful puzzle but we are missing a piece. I don't know if it was missing from the beginning or if we lost it. Ever since we found out it was missing we just stopped caring and never wanted to finish it. I guess I'll just have to buy another one so that we can do it with all the pieces because this was a puzzle of one of our favorite places in Rome.

New Car

My dad asked for car pictures so here they are. We had to get rid of the Explorer because it failed the Georgia emissions inspection so we upgraded to a Nissan Pathfinder.