our first visitor!

Ok, so I'm a little behind in posting breaking news.

This past weekend, we had our first visitor--Abby! Hooray! Here's a small photoessay about our weekend together:

Saturday, after a nice omelet breakfast cooked by Eric, we visited the Opportunity Store (Henderson Settlement's thrift store). Eric was opposed to all three of us buying 50-cent matching jackets that said Voyageur. Oh well.

We then headed to town, had lunch at Sonic, where our server brought our food to the car on roller skates. Then we took off for Cumberland Gap National Park.

At the park, we hiked part of a trail and explored a cave,

found a giant millipede on the trail,

saw beautiful scenery,

crossed state lines,

drove to Pinnacle Overlook (because we didn't feel tough enough to hike there),

and learned a little history.

Then we went to Dairy Queen (ice cream is a necessity for occasions like this), shopped for groceries, and came home. In between hanging out and watching movies, we ate Mexican for supper, and Abby made us fun star-shaped brownies!

After church on Sunday, we gave Abby the grand tour of Henderson Settlement, which is decked out in its fall colors.

We didn't make it to the Knoxville Zoo or to mini-golf, but we can save those for next time! We were so excited to have Abby come and visit--it's a nice switch that she used to be among our friends who lived the farthest from us, but now she's the closest!