October!

Let me tell you how much I love October:

I love the changing leaves and colors, the cool weather, the smells of fall, the crunchy leaves, apple and pumpkin picking, wearing sweaters but no jacket, playing in the leaves, Halloween. Oh yeah, and my birthday is the 14th, and Daryl's is the 22nd.

There, now you know that FALL is my favorite time of the year. I wish it could be fall all year long. I don't love that winter comes next but I have no control over that unless I learn to migrate like the birds.

Now, to my blog about our wonderful weekend at my dads.

For the last few years, my family has had an October fest of birthdays (there's at least four) and celebrating fall. We go up to my dads, have yummy food, hang out with family and play in the leaves. Max just loves going up there and doesnt want to leave. I don't blame him, the air up at the Lake is different, sometimes the rules are thrown out the window and he gets extra attention from all his uncles and of course from grandma and grandpa.

This year, Isaac got a taste of it...he pretty much slept the entire time, but he got to meet his uncles and aunt, and Great Grandma.

Here's the highlights of our weekend. CAUTION: Picture obese!

Uncle Chaz and Isaac

Great Grandma Gen

Aunt Michelle & Uncle Jeremy

Uncle Jake

My dad and step mom have adopted a new son...Scott, he's great and Max can't get enough of him. He talks about him all the time. Scott plays with Max, makes him laugh, and most of all pushes him in the swing for hours. That's Scott pushing Max in the swing (dad and Scott hung the swing from the garage...what a great idea!)

I couldn't think of a better way to spend a brisk fall day. My grandma and I sat out on the deck for almost two hours. We gabbed and slept and soaked up the warm sun. Just what a new mom needed.

Max having a ball in the leaves and playing outside with Cocoa.




To top off the weekend we stopped by my brothers new house! They live about 20 minutes from Dads. They have over 3 acres of lush green grass and plenty of trees that shed millions of leaves everywhere. They have a really cool weeping Birch tree that I would have loved to lay down and take a nap under. My nephew Taylor was rolling down the hill and sure enough Max gave it a try. He didn't make it far though because he wouldn't relax his body.

Happy Fall Y'all!