October Remembered

I cannot fathom the thought that it’s already November.  October is not only our favorite month of the year (kids & hubby’s birthdays, who can argue with that?), but it brings the most awesome weather, too.  September is still pretty hot around here, so October’s cool breezes and beautiful fall colors are welcomed with both open arms and windows.  We buy new ferns, mums, and pumpkins for the porch, sip pumpkin spice lattes, and bake goodies on the regular.  There is just nothing I love more than October, really.

With that said, I just get too busy with all these fall activities to keep up with the blog.  I don’t fall short on pictures, though, so now I’ve found myself stumbling upon November with a month’s worth of activities to catch you up on.  I apologize in advance for the picture-heavy post, but here goes!

The first part of the month brought a storm like I’ve never seen…



Although our neighbors have mentioned losing power often this part of the year, we’ve been lucky so far and haven’t had more than a flicker.  This time, however, the powered flickered and fizzled out for a few hours.  Aside from being totally unprepared for an evening without power, we had a great time eating a crockpot dinner by candlelight and hanging out with our bff’s.  Who knew it could be such a party?



As you can see, the humidity was still in the hair air that night.





This was the rainbow that appeared just before the lights went out.  It’s the first time I’ve ever seen one side to the other, and it was right behind our house.  It was so wide I couldn’t get a better shot than this, and the sky was an eerie shade of green.  Eerie, but cool.



A few days later, we paid Lake Bowen a visit.  Never ones to resist a boat ride, we took advantage of the calm water and cool breezes straight after breakfast.



































Oh, and here are the lakefront homes we’re thinking of purchasing when we’re done with residency.  Picking a favorite is just so darn hard to do… ;)  HA!







We also spent some time in Greenville, visiting the downtown area and Falls Park.  Have I ever mentioned how much we loooooove Greenville?  Because we do.  It is so quaint, so full of character, and so much fun.  Between lunch in the West End, grabbing a few treats from the doggie boutique for Connor, and strolling up and down Main Street, we had a blast.

















 





 

After our upstate trip, we headed back home and got into the Halloween spirit.  Over the next few days, we dressed up the front porch, donned seasonal apparel, and visited Scarecrow Garden at the Robert Mills House.



















 











One particular day was warm enough to wear this cute outfit… and I couldn’t let it go without documentation!  See those orange jelly shoes?  Those would be Caroline’s personal style statement.  She picked them out at the store herself, insisted I put them on her, then marched up to the counter with the box and wouldn’t take them off.  And that was that.  (Luckily, October is a month that fully supports such a color.  :)



Amidst all the fun fall activities outside, there was always something fun to do inside like destroying packing popcorn all over the floor.  Cleaning up this snowstorm was a blast (grrr), but I couldn’t help but laugh at how much fun they had making it. 





After birthday week (only four days separates Nathan from the kiddos, poor guy barely gets noticed), we packed up and headed north yet again.  We spent our time visiting Papa Don in the hospital, making rounds with all the grandparents, and checking out the Strawberry Hill pumpkin patch. 

Tyler loves to “paint,” and we let him go to town on Caroline’s toe nails during our three hour stint in the waiting room.  There’s only so much play-doh and cars one can handle… little troopers.



Finally in a room… Kisses for Papa!





Later, he was moved to Mary Black for Rehabilitation.  Thank goodness they have good sense and allowed him to choose his own wardrobe.



And to wrap up our week, off to the best pumpkin patch we’ve seen in two years (sadly enough)… Strawberry Hill! 



Man, was it ever windy and cold. 

As you can see, we have enjoyed every moment of fall thus far. 

Boo at the Zoo and Halloween pictures, coming soon.  :)