I Love Fall

Last week it was in the mid 90's and very humid. Today it's been in the high 60's with a bit of rain on and off. I actually wore a light sweatshirt outside this morning playing with Ryan. Fall is my favorite season. I love long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts, sweaters, apple anything, football, colorful leaves, the rustle of leaves in the wind, hot chocolate or cider, donuts, orchard trips, pumpkin desserts, and the list goes on.

It's officially starting to feel like fall with the return of Monday Night Football. We had our first party of the season tonight with friends plus our new neighbors/landlords. It was a lot of fun. My friend brought an incredible fruit salsa with cinnamon chips. I'll get the recipe to post.

And on another positive note, my fantasy football team did quite well in week number one. There's a lot more to go, so I'm not predicting a successful season yet, but winning sure is nice.

This weekend we're heading to IN for a youth leaders conference. I'm praying to get re-energized and creative again. We've been doing this for so many years with the same couple that it is really easy for me to get complacent about things and reactive. The kids deserve more than that, but our lives are far more complicated and committed that it was 6 years ago when we attended all sorts of sporting & school events and put together super creative events all the time. There has to be a middle ground somewhere. It should be a good time, plus we get to go with friends and without the kids overnight! That's pretty close to a vacation in our world.