Pumpkins

We had such a great time this weekend getting our pumpkins. These are pictures from the apple orchard, the antique barn we always go to and the Pumpkin patch. Just love it, FALL, MMMMMM!!!

Overwhelmed

I have worked the past seven days straight, plus I had big tests in both my classes this week. It was a hell of a week, but I am happy to say it is over, the hard part anyway. It kinda sucks working seven days straight but the payoff is that I now have five days off in a row. I jumped ahead in one of my classes too so I could really enjoy my weekend. I have class for an hour and a half this afternoon then I am FREE!

We are going to Cranes Orchard this weekend to pick apples, on Sunday. It is a yearly tradition we do every Fall. First we go to cranes and pick apples, then go to the pie pantry for lunch, then we go to an antique barn right next door to Crane's to look at all the cool old stuff, then we go to a farm right next to that to get our pumpkins and gourds. This is one of my favorite weekends of the year. I am huge into traditions, love them, need them, the memories are what life is about to me. I hope these are things my kids will carry over into their families because the memories are so special to them.

Saturday we have two birthday parties. One is for Tatum's friends from school, her first school/friend birthday party. Then immediately after that we are going to my brothers for his son, Luke's, third birthday party. Busy weekend, but at least I'm not working and will be with my kids and Keith. So, it's the good kind of busy.

'Have a happy Fall!'

My cup runeth over

I just got groceries this past Friday. Granted, I do live in an apartment so our refrigerator isn't exactly big n' roomy, but it was packed so tightly that I literally had to tape the freezer shut. It kept poppin' right open. Then on Saturday I went to a garden in at a church and picked all kinds of vegetables, carrots, cabbage, Brussel sprouts, pumpkins, gourds, pears and somethings I don't even recognize. We came home and I put everything away, most on my kitchen table in baskets as sort of an edible fall display. I've been doing my home work all day today, big test tomorrow, and I got up to go get some coffee. I walked into my kitchen and looked at my freezer taped shut and my table over flowing with food and thought of how we are sooooo lucky. We might not have a lot in the bank, we may not drive Escaldes, we might not live in a huge beautiful home, we might not have name brand clothes but we have so much, and even better, we know it.

I hope I never loose sight of whats really important, I hope I keep it real, and I hope I can relay this into my kids. Who you are on the inside, your heart, how you treat people and how you react to people are what matters. Those are the criteria we will be judged on, not what kind of car we drive or our Coach purses. I'm not saying I have any of these things mastered myself, but I'm working on it.