Fall

I love all the different seasons. I love the fact that where I live we have very vivid seasons.
Here are a few  things I enjoy about fall.

• Getting to pull out and wear all ? jackets I own
• Trees turning beautiful colors
• The cold and rainy days as well as the crisp and sunny days
• Umpqua dairy  has Beaver and Duck track ice cream (one of my favorites!)
• Fires in the fireplace
• Corn mazes 
• Thanksgiving

There are many more things that I enjoy about fall. Unfortunately I do not have the time to sit and type them all.

Christmas before it's time

I love Christmas. I love the music, the traditions, the gifts,the food. I love it all.
But, not in fall. One of the things that I appreciate about the North West is that we have all of the seasons.
Tomorrow I will do a post on the things I like about fall. But one thing I do not like, is when there is Christmas music playing and we still have two weeks till Thanksgiving. I would like to celebrate Thanksgiving with out seeing Christmas displays and hearing Christmas music. I wish that I could go back to when it was the day after Thanksgiving that all the beautiful displays came out, the 24 hour Christmas would start, and you would see everyone climbing on their roofs to put up the lights.
So I will be doing my best to ignore all of the premature Christmas noise, and enjoy the fall colors, pumpkin pie, and the strains of "Praise God from whom all Blessings Flow".

Rain

Growing up in the North West means that I have had my fair share of rain. Most people hate it.
I love it. It is on a rare occasion that I find myself tiring of the rain. I love it when it is just a gentle rain, very calming and always makes me take a deep breath and feel so relaxed. I also love going out on those days, driving, running errands, stepping outside just to sing songs about the rain with "raindrops falling on my head", and going for short walks, (with no umbrella or hood on my jacket).  The days when it pours, those are perfect for staying indoors working on projects with a hot drink close at hand.
One fall my cousins from Cal. came to visit. Every time it would rain they thought that it meant that they could sit on the couch,watch movies, and drink hot cocoa. That my friends is for when it Snows!! And even then the snow has to be a couple inches deep!! ~_*
When I hear people complain about the rain it always makes me want to grab an umbrella and find a lamp post...

Grandma

This last week our adopted grandma died. She was so ready to go, she was 92 and was still leading Bible studies. :) She was the most amazing person I knew. Well, on Veteran's day most of us went to a parade with one of our friends. It was a blast, even if it was cold, muddy, and wet. :) I will post some pictures later.

My Weekend

I Love where I live!! The weather here is so crazy, but fun. This morning the sun was out , but it was raining, and now it's cloudy. So, like I said I would, here is was I did this weekend. My parents went to a retreat and us kids stayed home. Are grandparents came on Saturday and stayed tell Sunday. They got here at 9:15 ish (AM), grandpa started cutting tile for the fireplace, that we are redoing.(I will post pictures of it later.) They came, because it was Mare's and Hannah's birthday's this last week. So grandma wonted to go shopping with the birthday girls, so while the boy's worked on the fireplace the girls went shopping, well most of them. I Hate Shopping!!! Since, they were taking the car someone had to stay home, so me and my little sister Susanna stayed home and played games. :) Much better then shopping. :) I had a great time with my grandparents. That is what I did this weekend. sort of :)

Week-end

This weekend, my grandparents are coming! I have no idea what we are going to do. I will tell you on Monday what we did. Today, I got all my school work done by 2:30, that includes piano, and laundry. I wonted to get on the computer but, we had to clean the house. So, when mom and mare went shopping the rest of us cleaned the house. :) When we were done cleaning I wasn't feeling good so, I laid down. Then I went outside and took some pictures. This was my day. (sort of) :) Here are some pictures from today.
                                                           This is are life time gate. :)          

                                           My mom's "girls". This is the chicken tree. :)  

Pain

I Thought I was getting better, but on Saturday I was sick again. :( On Sunday, I was so sick that

I didn't go to church. :( So much for getting better!! So, I have now been sick for a week. This morning when I got up my knee was hurting. When I get a growth spurt my knees start to hurt. So, I'm hoping that means I'm still growing. :) This week is a Birthday week at our house.

We have two Birthdays this week. Marylynn, terned 15 yesterday, and Hannah, turns 10 tomorrow. Here are some pictures of them from this last year.