...the leaves by hundreds came, -
the Ashes, Oaks, and Maples,
and leaves of every name.
The sunshine spread a carpet,
and every thing was grand;
Miss Weather led the dancing;
Professor Wind, the band...
the sight was like a rainbow
new-fallen from the sky...
~George Cooper, "October Party"
Even though the most beautiful season of Autumn seems to go right around us, with its burning colors and crisp weather, I still thought it was appropriate to begin the October post with colorful words. We can pretend it didn't go straight from stiffling Summer to barren Winter, can't we? :)
Vanessa created this gorgeous cake to celebrate Johanna completeing another school milestone!
The lovely baker herself
Off to the Arboretum for a field trip!
Johanna and Vanessa -- sister dates are the best
Sonic shakes are pretty good, too :)
It was a beautiful day for lunch on the patio
Fun conversations with Lorry, Margarete and Glenys
The siblings are here! Mr. Wendell had work nearby and dropped in to say, "Hello!"
Mrs. Sherry is so faithful to come every week to do Mama's hair
Glenys really enjoyed having you over, Mr. Wendell!
Mr. Glen also dropped in that evening, so we snapped an "almost half of Mama's children" photo
The T.s brought ancient artifacts for us to look at that their son had brought back from Israel!
Happy Birthday, Mom! Lasagna, Crispy Zucchini Fritte, Swiss Cheese Bread and Salad were on the menu...
...with Blue Bell and Apple Crisp to finish it off on the right foot!
We love you, beautiful mother!
Johanna was commissioned with lighting the candles
Can she do it?
Yes! (It must feel good to be over half a century old ;)
Us girls each took Mom on a surprise date. I took her to breakfast and spa...
...Aren't our tootsies cute?
Vanessa took Mom to get coffee...
...and shoes!
And Johanna took Mom to the antique mall...
...and got frozen yogurt!
Later that evening we went out all together for dinner and bowling
Digging into some dessert
It's going, going, gone!
A full living room with friends and Tallon blurring the shot :)
I love Fall and this little munchkin; so doing school with her in perfect weather is pretty much a win-win situation
Chatting away with Grandma Margarete and her always wonderful daughter, Mrs. Patty
"Honey, let's talk."
Creative angles ;)
Park day!
Getting ready to go down the slide
It's looking like a nail spa! Mom has fun pampering the Grandmas and making their hands look pretty
Mr. Glen brought his son, Michael over to visit with Grandma Glenys. It was nice meeting you!
One of Glenys' granddaughters was getting married, so her daughter, Ms. Debbie and her two daughters, came over on the big day to doll her up!
It was serious business, folks :)
The finished product. What a lovely job!
Johanna and Mama spent the rest of the afternoon going through a magazine
Mama seemed to know that it was a special day, she couldn't stop smiling!
Focused
Somehow we all happened to have the blue/black color-scheme going on
On our way! It was a lovely wedding.
The day after the wedding, Mr. Randy, another of Mama's sons, and his wife came over for a visit...
...as did the lovely Ms. Shirley!
Beautiful flowers from the wedding
"Life is like math; if it's too easy something is wrong" -Unknown :)
Dad is always so good about taking time out of his day to spend time doing the little things that mean so much to us.
Grandma Lorry enjoyed chatting with these sweet boys at church one Sunday
Two lovely sets of lovebirds out for dinner at the amazing Texas de Brazil
Oh the joys of a squishy baby cuddled up in my arms!
Beautiful Fall days call for lunch on the deck
Sunshine and Autumn-time
What do you get when you've trained hard, eaten well and finished family worship?
This, folks. ^ Now let's all follow suite and get some shut-eye.
This, folks. ^ Now let's all follow suite and get some shut-eye.
