Autumn Arrival

Fall has decided to come to North Carolina – it is much much cooler outside today and it is supposed to be like that all week! Too bad I will just have to enjoy it from the couch. 🙁 But, I think Yankee is loving it! When he hasn’t been outside this morning he has been sitting right next to the storm door. He even had his paw pushed against the door so that it propped open just a bit just to catch a bit of the breeze. I thought it was quite cute. 🙂 My camera was sitting right …

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1st day of September

What a beautiful morning! After a very dreary day yesterday we awoke to a beautiful, crisp and fall-like morning. I wish that I could bottle this weather and save it for a rainy day. 🙂 I told Mike that it felt like we were back in Ireland. Everything is still damp, there is a strong breeze (like you would be near the ocean) and a slight chill in the air. Makes me want to jump on a plane and head back over there! Maybe another trip to that part of the world needs to be planned…. 🙂 But for now, …

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Still here….

So we are still here….just haven’t been in a blogging kind of mood. That and we haven’t really had anything interesting happen lately. We have had some fall festivities go on – some pumpkin carving and some games with the youth from church. Here are some pictures from those events. Mike’s pumpkin. Emily’s pumpkin.

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Fall is here!

I love fall – I think that it is my favorite season. Not too hot, not too cold – just perfect. 🙂 I was kindy of excited to miss the 2nd half of September in North Carolina because then when we came back summer would be over and it would be cool. That is exactly what happened – maybe we should go away every September?!?I realized when we got back that I needed to decorate. So, Saturday morning I went out looking for flowers and pumpkins to adorn my front porch. Now our house is looking festive! Yankee trying to …

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