oh what a beautiful morning!

Yesterday I watched this while I ate my breakfast:

It was so beautiful, I felt like God put it there just for me  :) 

And I realized that I wouldn't have gotten to see this without the daylight savings switch this past weekend, and I thought that maybe I did like it after all.  (I'm usually in class during the sunrise)
But then I drove home from Leo yesterday evening in total darkness.  There is just no winning here.

Enjoying Fall

I love fall!  And leaves and hay rides and apple cider and bon fires and the crispy wind.  I can't believe how quickly the season has gone!

He loved playing in the leaf pile! 

Apparently I did too at his age, this is me:

Here are a few more shots from today:

Dad gets photo credit for that last shot.  :)

I am realizing now how many of these blog posts are centered around my brother, but I'm o.k. with that.   :)

A Football Birthday

This past weekend we celebrated my little brother's second birthday.  He thinks he wants to be a football player.  A few weeks ago, we were near a park and saw kids playing pee wee football, and he was absolutely enthralled!  He grabbed my dad's hand and said "I do it!  I do it too!"  Dad told him he couldn't play because he had no helmet.  Every time he saw something to do with football, he reminded us "I need helmet." 
So, the little guy got a lot of football related birthday gifts  :)

My sister took charge of the cake:

This Birthday Boy got a quick nap before his party:

An engagement shoot! :)