Fall is in the air

                                                  

I am excited to be in October...I love the fall and the crisp cool feel that is in the air.  I love fall colors and crunchy leaves.  It is time to start making chili, stew and potato soup.  I can smell the zucchini bread and banana cakes baking. Then the cool will burst one day and it will be cold with ice crystals in the air.  Frost will blanket the ground and drape the trees as I sip my coffee and read a good book.  The fireplace will come to life, dancing with heat and excitement! We will pick our pumpkins carefully, scoop out the goo and carve life into them.  We will eagerly wait for the roasting pumpkin seeds to be done. Hot Chocolate with marshmallows and maybe a game of Yahtzee will complete the evening.  Oh how I love this time of year...so warm and cozy. 

We also make a trip to see my dad and step mom in October almost every year.  The girls get excited for the road trip, swimming at the hotel and sometimes the Fall Festival in my dad's small town. This year the Fall Festival will already be over but we are still looking forward to our trip! We usually find some fun crafts to bring with us so that we have plenty to keep us busy during our time with them.  We eat out with them, watch a NASCAR race, and maybe even go to the mall. We try to get out for a visit a couple of times each year.  The time goes by fast and we wait patiently for the next visit.  My dad is getting older and I know that these trips will someday come to an end so they are truly special times for me.  Here are a few pictures from our last trip in the spring.