I LOVE FALL!!!

Each Spring I think, "maybe, just maybe, Spring really is my favorite season".  Then - Fall arrives and I'm, again, convinced that Fall is my absolute favorite!!!!!!

For us, Fall starts the beginning of a very busy 6-month journey that includes: Fall Fests, Thanksgiving, Christmas, P's Birthday, Our Dating Anniversary, Our Engagement Anniversary, C's Birthday, and Our Wedding Anniversary.  Did anyone else just get very tired and a bit overwhelmed by that sentence!?!?!?!  No?!?!  Okay, well, I did.  BUT - that doesn't change a thing!  I LOVE this busy season.  I LOVE chilly mornings (notice I did not say frigid, colder than the North Pole) and I love the colors and the smells and all of the fun that comes along with Fall. 

Here in Oklahoma, we JUST started enjoying the season as it was a month late because Oklahoma weather is just goofy.  And - the next couple days are going to be hot again, followed - IMMEDIATELY - by a 30 degree difference.  So - we've been working hard to get into the season - with or without the appropriate weather!

Today, in an effort to make myself feel like it truly was Fall, I wore as many fall colors as I could - without layering to the point of heat exhaustion!!!!  I was a happy girl!

AND - I can now wear boots daily and not feel foolish!  This makes my heart sing, my skirt fly up, my eyes shine, my boat float, my life complete!

Tuesday, folks. . . . I will be stalking Lauren regarding the mail room!!!

Ya'll - then I made chili.  Because nothing says "Fall" like chili. 

And because I'm a good mom and I like to sacrifice my nails and my kitchen. . . . we tended to the pumpkins that we selected last week.  C used his PC Safe Cutter and carved his all by himself.  Matt, well, Matt used his new "camping knife" to butcher his, and P painted hers because it was so small.  We let her pic many colors, but they all got mixed (duh) and we now have "brown". :)

If I were truly honest, I would share the true reason I am "nice" and allow pumpkin guts to reign supreme.  Here goes. . .

Ya'll - look at the salt.  Seriously. . . its a good thing this only happens once a year!

And in and attempt to not go COMPLETELY insane from boredom during my recovery from surgery, I made a feeble attempt to decorate. . .

This isn't the "real" placement of these items, but the doll was moved off of the steps over the weekend and the "rake" has yet to really find a home - it just props for now. :)

YUP!  Fall is my favorite!  CHRISTmas is FABULOUS - and I'm kinda sad that I've decided not to "go all out" since our house sitter would be the only person to enjoy it - but as I said before. . . Fall just fills me with the anticipation!!!!!