Ready for Fall and other ramblings

Alright, I think I'm done with the heat for awhile. I'm ready to feel a cool breeze. I'm ready for all the colorful leaves falling to the ground. I'm ready to not start sweating the minute I step out the door! Evenings in the Fall (and the mild winter that we have here) are so pleasant to be sitting outside enjoying the weather and your family. Since we live in the "new house" (Avery's term) we live on a short cul-de-sac with great families and tons of children to play with! I'm so excited to spend the evening sitting on the driveway, watching Avery and Nathan play in the street with all the other kids. It should be a welcome change from staying inside because it is too dang hot outside to do anything that does not involve water! Plus, Fall brings October (my favorite month!), Halloween, Thanksgiving and then Christmas! With the kids being older this year, all of these holidays will have new meaning. We can talk about the meaning of Thanksgiving and Christmas, and really begin creating our own little family traditions. In the "new house" we have a fireplace! Super exciting! When the first cold snap hits (temps lower than 75) and you smell the familiar smell of a fire, you will know it's coming from my house! With that fireplace comes a mantle. I'm so excited to decorate the mantle with Halloween, Thanksgiving, and most of all Christmas decorations!! (Doug thinks I'm crazy...) I'm ready for more pictures like this:


This week I have realized more of the awesome ways God is blessing our family. The new house is a blessing. We have a safe, secure place to raise our family. A place to call home. God has blessed me so abundantly in the area of friends. Friends that we can go crazy with and know won't be judgemental. That will talk about things that are uncomfortable just so they know you better (and maybe to desensitize you a little bit). Friends that are in different places in their lives. Mommy friends that will totally understand when you call and say, "If I hear the phrase, don't want that, one more time I might explode" or just listen when you try to explain the indescribable feelings that go with being a mommy. Friends that you can pick up where you left off during your last get together no matter how long it had been. Incredible friends that are more like family than the family you have. They will tell you how they really feel instead of making it pretty.





And last but not least...A video. This is Avery saying mustache, broke, and singing "This is the Bible". We are working on the BR sound. I hope she isn't in 2-time one day, coloring away and the crayon breaks...