Well it looks like we are winding down another summer, August is almost all but a memory and soon September will be here. This is when I start getting excited, because I love the fall, it is probably my most favorite season with spring coming in a very close second. There are so many things to look forward to: the cool crisp air, the spectacular fall foliage, football, marshmallow roast in the evening, drinking hot apple cider, decorating pumpkins, fall mums, sweatshirts, cuddling under a blanket on the couch and the anticipation of the holidays. We live in beautiful east TN and are at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, you can see some wonderful vivid autumn colors in late Sept and through Oct. If you ask me there is nothing more fun then raking up a big ol' pile of leaves and then taking a dive right into them, makes you feel young again. The fall also is a busy time with birthdays in this household, we have four birthday in three month, one in Oct, two in late Nov and one at the beginning of Dec (the last three all within two weeks of each other), we will soon have a 16, 10, 3 and 1 yr old in the house.
Then there are the holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year with a change in my work holiday schedule, we are hoping to be able to finally get to spend a holiday with my husband family. There is nothing like family getting together for Thanksgiving and all that wonderful food. This year if all of my husband family is able to make it (he has 2 brothers and a sister, along with their spouses and children) there will be a house full. This year will be a record breaker for grandchildren with three new grandchildren just within the last year alone, for a total of nine! I'm looking forward to this year.
So now that all the kids are back in school, they are slowly replacing the back-to-school aisle in Walmart and Target with Halloween decorations, and you can bet the Christmas decorations are not far behind!
Why was when we were kids, it took forever for Christmas to get here, but now that we are older it seems like it comes around every six months?
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