Have you ever wondered?

Have you ever wondered where all those fall leaves go once they fall from the tree?

Starts with the beautiful colors shown in the above picture

Then goes to this

Then to this

Then into the truck, so the leaves are taken away by the city. Growing up, everyone I knew raked once, put leaves into some trash bags & that's it. In Philly, there are so many deciduous trees that the leaf cleanup is a 2 month process. Crews have come to our complex every 2 weeks since October to cleanup. Homeowners just rake their leaves to the curb on leaf pick-up days, so you see these big leaf piles on the sides of the roads everywhere.

We had a great Thanksgiving! Very delicious & relaxing!

As a bonus we got our first snow fall this season! It wasn't very much, but I was happy! I love all 4 seasons & the characteristics of each one! I love and flowers & trees blooming in the spring, swimming & being outside on a warm summer day, the gorgeous autumn colors, & the glistening of freshly fallen snow!

Looks like winter is knocking at the door. Soon you will find me curled up in slippers & a blanket watching a good movie & drinking hot chocolate! Time to break out the winter gear and do some sledding & snow boarding!

Happy Birthday!

We celebrated Justin's 32nd birthday last week! We kept it small since that is the way he prefers it, but we had fun! Here is his homemade ice cream cake. In case anyone is wondering why it is pink, it's because it's mostly peppermint ice cream which happens to be pink. Happy Birthday Justin! Thanks for being a wonderful husband and father!

Family pictures

We got some good pictures! The colors were so beautiful!

These last couple pictures we took after we got back from taking our family photos. Easton enjoys the swings in our apartment complex.

Halloween

Easton was a pro golfer for Halloween. He's still young to trick or treat, but he had fun dressing up! You may not be able to tell, but that's a stuffed golf bag he's holding.
I used my old fall back costume, a cat. Not original, but Easton seemed to like it! We went to our church Halloween party which was fun! A chili cook-off, costume contests, and trick-or-treating!