Indian Summer. Boo. =(

Just when Karsen & I thought Fall was here, BOOM. Welcome Indian Summer.

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I for one, do not like temps in the 80's when I go to a Pumpkin Patch.

Last weekend was perfect. The high here last Saturday was 49. It even snowed in some parts of West Virginia. But BOO. Indian Summer found its way here.

It's supposed to be in the 80's today. And the Indian Summer trend is going to be here for at least a week as a Low Pressure has set in over the Mid East. To that, I must say Boo. =(

 

Kids & Fall

It's finally fall, my favorite season of the year!

I love the golden hues of the season. Pumpkins, corn stalks, college football, church bazaars, cooler weather, and of course school starting back!

All wonderful reasons why I love fall.

The fall leaf colors should begin to really pop in a few weeks but already we are seeing dazzling reds, oranges and yellows in the trees.

It's been a busy September. Raini came up for a few days and we had so much fun going to new antique shops together and planning her daughters birthday party for November. Of course, the time flew by way too fast but having her here was so good for my soul.


The kids have been extra busy this September too.

Ashton, my oldest daughter, started dance class and she loves it. She wasn't able to take dance in Richmond so I was so excited for her to find a dance studio near our new home in West Virginia.

 

Jonathan has just applied to his first college! I am so proud of him and I know wherever he chooses to go, he will bless many lives just by his presence.

Tate will soon start playing fall basketball in a youth league next month. He misses his buddies back in Richmond so hopefully this will be a great outlet for him to make some new friends. He is loving being a 5th grader and I can't believe how far he has come since being taken off of his seizure meds almost 2 years ago.

Justin has been practicing with the high school basketball team (non formal practices). Tryouts are in a couple of months and we are all praying he makes the team. He is almost 6'3 and still growing. Making the team would be a huge lift for him. Moving 3 different times since middle school is not an easy adjustment. He is a trooper.

 

  
Karsen is walking and it is so cute. She reminds me of Papa Bud when she walks. She makes us all laugh and she has been so good for all of our hearts after we lost Papa Bud and Papaw Hanson. I don't know where we would be in our grief if it were not for her.

This weekend the temps are supposed to be in the 50's! I am so glad fall is here!

Fall is the Best!

It's a cool, rainy day here in the hills of West Virginia.

The leaves on the trees are beginning to change hue's. The nights are becoming crisper and the dew on the grass in the morning is always heavy.

Fall is on it's way.

Fall is my favorite season.

I love it when the leaves are golden and it's cool outside. I love it when Saturday's are spent watching college football.

Fall means church bazaars and chicken pie's will soon be for sale. And Halloween is just around the corner. I cannot wait to spend our first fall in West Virginia as a family! The mountains that surround our home will be so awesome covered in gold and red hues!

It's almost time to get out the vintage fall decor!

Falling for FALL

With mid August quickly approaching, my favorite season is drawing near! FALL!

I love waking up on crisp September mornings. Cool at first and then warming to a near perfect 75 degree day. College football resumes on 9/3 and again on 9/5. Go Duke & Go Mountaineers!

School will soon be starting and the Dixie Classic Fair (a MUST if you live ANYWHERE in central North Carolina) will be pulling into town.

Fall has always been my favorite season.

And Halloween (only 74 days away) is one of my most loved Holidays!

Tate & Ashton with Papa Bud in 2008. Our last Halloween with him.

There is just something to be said about the simplicity of the colors of orange and black.

I especially love vintage Halloween decor. Especially the old invitations, the plastic spider rings and the heavy cardboard paper cut outs your teacher would hang on the walls.

Here are a few of my favorite online vintage Halloween decor items:

Photos from Country Living

And a few ETSY favorites too:



And Ebay:

Check out this perforated pumpkin carved by Eddie Ross ( PS if you aren't reading his blog yet.....YOU SHOULD BE!) Is'nt it stunning!

In other news, looks like my family is moving to Richmond in the next 2-3 weeks.

We have put our house on the market and have found a home to rent in the meanwhile.

It is SO hard to leave my family so soon after Papa Bud's death. And it breaks my heart to leave my grandmother. But it is what my family has to do and I know Papa Bud would support that.

In July, when we drove up to look at homes & condos, I kept thinking to myself that I could never move with Papa being so sick. 4 hours is too long of a drive to be away from him.

So, at least I will not have that worry in my heart now. I was able to be here with him during his illness and death and that time to me was the most precious time spent in my life.

God's timing is perfect...even if I don't understand HIS clockwork, I TRUST His plan.

This is what the LORD says: "In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances- Isaiah 49:8