Where did October go?
October is my favorite month, mostly because I love fall.  But there are a lot of exciting things that happen in October, which make it go by way too fast.  Jeremy and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on October 6th.  We went to church that morning, and then we got a babysitter for Julia and Claire that night, and we had a dinner date with Evan at Signatures.  We ate in the restaurant, and the view was beautiful.  We had our wedding reception at the event center here, so eating at the restaurant always reminds us of our wedding day.  This year, October 6th was exactly how I envisioned our wedding day being.  Cool, crisp fall air, and beautiful fall colors starting to peek out.  We even saw deer walking around on the golf course outside the window.  Our wedding year, the beginning of October was really hot.  The trees were all still bright green, the summer flowers were still in full bloom, and our wedding day was a steamy 90 degrees!  Evan was the perfect dinner date.  We feel sorry for him that he has to hang out with his boring parents all the time, but Jeremy and I are still the only ones who know how to give him his insulin and check his blood sugars, so it's our only option.  We are lucky he is always such a joy to be around.

With the cooler weather on it's way, I knew the fountain at the "fountain Park" would soon be turned off.  We went to the library one day, brought our bikes and lunches, and then biked over to the fountain park for one last picnic.





   

 

 

My sister got married this year, too, on October 13th, which made October even more fun and eventful than usual.  Kari and Keith got married at the most beautiful place I have ever seen.  The Maywood Stone Barn is a magical place, and when you are there you feel like you are in another world.  The beautiful fall day made it seem even more magical.  I didn't get a lot of pictures on my own camera, but my family members have been sharing the pictures they got, and the awesome photographers have been posting pictures, too, so here are a few of my favorites so far.

 

 

I can't believe my little sister is married!  I'm so glad she has found such a great soul mate, and am so excited to watch their lives as a married couple unfold.  Kari, you are a treasured friend, and a beautiful woman, inside and out!

 

 

One of my favorite things to do in the fall, besides go to the apple orchard, is to go to the pumpkin patch!  We are so lucky that we have a great pumpkin patch to visit right at the top of the Stockton Hill.  So really, just about five minutes from home.  I think we've already stopped there five times this fall!  Sometimes, when we are heading home from grocery shopping, or picking Julia up from pre school, we will stop to look at all the pumpkins and the animals.  It's always fun to get to go with friends and family, too!

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

I turned 30 on October 20th.  It's not really a big deal to me to be 30.  Actually, for years I have been wondering when I am going to start feeling like a grown up!  It was a bummer to be sick on my birthday, though.  We were going to have a fun fall celebration on Saturday night, but we cancelled it so our guests wouldn't catch what I had.  My family still came, and we had a fun time as usual. 


 

Evan is officially too big for the bathroom sink now!  I should have graduated him to the kitchen sink weeks ago, but he didn't start complaining until this week.  So here is a picture of his last bath in the bathroom sink, and his first bath in the kitchen sink.