Happy Halloween

Pumpkin painting, our new Halloween tradition!

We decided to try something new this year.  Pumpkin painting!  The kids loved it.

Marshall concentrating on his pumpkin painting

Jaylee painting her pumpkin all pretty

Marshall and his friend Mason



After pumpkin painting, we got ready to go trick or treating!

It's Snow White

Mickey Mouse

Anyone who knows Marshall knows about his Mickey Mouse obsession!

And as you can see, Jaylee played that princess thing to the fullest.

Russ's clever costume idea

We went to a concert last night that had a costume contest, this was Russ's idea, very clever huh?!

All and all it was a busy, but perfect day.  And the start to a new family tradition.

Peace and love.....

Pumpkins and flip flops.....

Where would you rather be?

We know fall is in full swing when the time comes for our yearly trip to the pumpkin patch. We were so lucky to actually have a really nice sunny day. It was so strange to think that last year at this time, Marshall was in my belly. Now he is here joining in on our little family tradition.

Fall. Fall is so pretty. The leaves changing color. The brisk coldness in the air. Rainy, windy days. Pumpkins and apples. Hay rides and apple cider. I hate apple cider actually….Isn’t that weird? I have never, ever liked the stuff.

Browns, greens, reds and oranges. Jeans and corduroy pants.

Fleece jackets and long sleeve t-shirts.

I do love the fall, don't get me wrong. But my mind and body want to be somewhere else.... Palm trees and sandy beaches. The smell of salt water and sun block. Warm weather and sunny days. Flip flops and shorts. Ocean salt water and boats. Dolphins and sea birds. That’s where I would rather be.

That’s what we get for going to Florida so late in the season. Just when we were prepared that summer was over, we go to Florida. It made us think that summer was just beginning. And now it is getting cold. And windy. I don’t want to give up my flip flops….and I don’t think that they want to give me up either. It will be a hard good bye to put them way back in the closet. I don’t think that I am ready. Maybe I will leave them out where I can see them. A reminder that the warm, hot weather that I have grown to love will be back soon enough…….

Peace and love..