Finally Fall!

Being that fall is my favorite season, and in Utah you never know how long it is really going to last, here is my ode to fall:

pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin bread, pumpkin stew, carving pumpkins, pumpkin seeds...you get the idea.

Red, orange, yellow, and brown colors everywhere, so when the leaves blow off trees you feel like you are dancing in fire--and the mountains look magical.

New school supplies. For some reason brand new number 2 pencils, spiral notebooks, and gel pens just seem to go with the crisp fall air ...it is always in the fall when I miss going back to school (and always in the spring when I think Suckers!!)

Football season, hot chocolate, Halloween, apple pie, apple butter, sweaters, new dark jeans, boots, taco soup, early Christmas shopping, thinking about what trip I should take this year, re-reading my journal from the past year to see how to get back on course :), tomatoes and squash from the garden...ah fall, the last days of the harvest, is it possible to feel more alive and happy then from September to November? Nope, and I am grateful for it!