happy halloween.

where on earth did october go? i must say that i'm sad to see it leave.

it is indeed my favorite month. i adore fall, and october is the peak of the season. i also love pumpkins, mackintosh apples, mulled cider, bonfires, corn mazes, costumes, corny old horror movies, pumpkin cookies/bread/pie/seeds, and perfect hoodie weather. *sigh*

here is some recap in pictures of the past few weeks since last posted...

dana & moffat came to visit.

headed to pittsburgh to be a part of meg's BIG day!

i'm a nerd. i know.

becca and i waiting for the aisle call.

me with the beautiful bride!

i had my kiddos out in the leaves the other day. it was so precious. keagan was having so much fun, he would literally get running starts before plummeting into the leaf piles. no one even showed him this, he just started doing it all by himself. we probably played outside a good hour and a half. i wish i would have had my camera.

well i hope you all have a fabulous saturday (i just love saturdays), and a lovely halloween.

wow...the christmas commercials have already started, and halloween isn't even over yet.

a day in pictures.

off to the pumpkin farm...

tall john and mocha.

nothing like making out in fake john deer tractor.

tall john and i picked the perfect pumpkins (for us)

going in for the stem.

taking off the tops.

debo, tall, and myself pulling out the guts.

hannah & i making pumpkin seeds.

still pulling out guts.

debo starting to stencil.

oh fussy.

the finished products. (mine is the warty pumpkin with the simple face)

the boys worked hard...and did really great for it being the FIRST pumpkin they have ever carved.

debo & i loving over the pumpkins.

i confess i was a bit smitten over marvin...my pumpkin.

and i've been wondering 'bout that change.

*sigh* sometimes i find myself envious of other peoples lives. it's like they have it all together. it's like everything is set, lovely, and strangely in their control.

now deep down i know none of that is true. they don't. they have shit happen. they have struggles, frustrations, pressures, fears, concerns, loss, anger and sadness.

and they def. have no control, for lets face it: none of us do.

but man sometimes i just wish that maybe i could live their life for one day. see what it was like. ironically it would probably leave me rushing back into my own skin. maybe today i just feel unnerved in my own skin.

hm. i don't know. it's also interesting that the people i typically envy i don't even know. they are really but strangers or acquaintances at most. so in truth i don't even know them enough to know their humanness. which is probably why their lives seem so perfect, fascinating, and untouchable.

i love how i am self-analyzing myself on here. ha. just another glimpse into my inner psyche via my blog. yep, i am indeed human, and yes, i am indeed being a selfish little girl right now.

i've left bethlehem and i feel free.

Fall is officially here! hello october. hello cool fall weather. hello leave changes, pumpkins, and mulled cider.

i dare say that i am greatly enjoying the ushering in of fall this october. it is my favorite season of the year and this is my favorite month. recently i have been dragging my poor husband on these walks with me through the local high school(s) cross country path that makes it way past the athletic fields, brush fields, and farm fields. the line of trees in the background make for a lovely view which i am hoping will only grow more beautiful with the changing colors.

in other news i have found a local pumpkin farm that debo and i are going to be going to next weekend. i'm so excited, it has hay-rides, you pick pumpkins in the fields, it has corn mazes, a country store, petting zoo, and more. our good friend tall john is coming to visit us next week as well, and we shall be dragging him with us on this adventure, with most likely a few of our hodson boys, and hopefully a nice group of the other RDs.

things have been so busy as of late. debo and i were talking about how we are lucky to get and hour together. between our boys being over, coffee dates with my girlfriends and students, and just other things that book our time (for instance, last night i was on a panel discussion about female relationships/camaraderie in our sister building) and work during the day, its enough to say "bring on the weekend!" tonight debo and one of our boys, fussy, is helping our friend andra move a couch, so i'm going to have andra and fussy over for dinner afterwards. then it will be off to the gym and over to steph's apt for The Office. good times. :-D

on a completely different note...its been so cute bundling my kiddos up and taking them outside to play. they crack me up. also, keagan who is not even two yet is obsessed with letters. he already knows what most of them are and he can say for practically all of them the sounds they make. he doesn't even talk yet besides some basic words, but he knows his alphabet! it's crazy! being with kids so much, and talking to moms def. makes me look forward to the day i become a mama. thats a few years down the road mind you! (i'm only 23) but i think it such a beautiful thing and i am really looking forward to it.

i hope its becoming Fall where you are! :-D