We have had the most mild and beautiful fall this year! We're trying to live it up and get to the mountains as often as possible to run and hike and picnic. The colors in the mountains are starting to fade now and we're getting them in the valley. It's just a delight.  

This past fall was beautiful and seemed nice and long. Here are a few of our highlights. We took a trip to the Corn Maize. It's great bang for your buck. They've got a great maze, and lots of other activities - a corn pit, "train" ride, bounce house, zipline, slides, etc. This thing was Nate's favorite. He could've watched it all day. We made jack-o-lantern cookies. Asa made a graham cracker ghost snack for everyone as part of his preschool one day. Also, we made a witch hat. Shoulda gone out and bought the real supplies. But he was so darn cute anyway. Leaves! We had so many of them! I didn't remember having so many last year, but man. We raked so much. I love this part of our yard. It's a little wild, and so pretty. We filled our garden boxes with leaves. Hopefully the earthworms are hard at work on 'em. One of those magical afternoons. Our black cat, giraffe...

Our fall has been absolutely glorious this year. The mountains caught on fire, followed by the valleys, and it seemed to stay like that for way longer than we deserved. The trails called out to us, and one Friday night, we decided to ax our traditional movie night and go hiking instead. It was a beautiful hike and an enjoyable evening. We made it all the way to the spot that we like to call, "Sandwiches."