Autumn
According to our calendar Autumn is officially here. Our temperatures have been slowly moving in that direct. I enjoy the change of season. Autumn is one of my favorites the cooler temperatures and the beautiful colours. Yet it also is a warning that before we know it the snow will fly. I am looking at the long list of things we want to accomplish before it becomes too cold to work outside and I am finding the list rather daunting. 
I am so very thankful for Dave’s job and the time off he gets but it just does not seem like enough. The days he is home with us I wish we could just do family fun times but instead it is full of work. The more I think about it that is not such a bad thing. I find more and more today children want to be entertained and do not want to get their hands dirty. However there are few things that feel better than a job well done. When a child big or small works alongside Momma and Daddy and at the end of the day can say look at we have done, and I helped that is priceless. 
I know there will be many stormy cold days this winter where we can curl up together for a good story, or play a board game. It is just like it says in Ecclesiastes 3:1~ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. It is never all work and no play at our house in fact if you’d ask Dave he’d tell you most of the time it resembles all play and no work much to his chagrin. However over the next few weeks we are going to have to work hard to check everything off the list. There are at a least a dozen things on that list. We will have to wait in see just how many we will actually check off. I hope when I post pictures of our first snowfall I can tell you that we accomplished the list.
How about you? Any signs of Autumn? Do you have a check list that needs things checked off??
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Jenn
Those leaves have such beautiful color! Our leaves haven't changed yet–we're having an Indian summer here 🙂 And as for a checklist…seems like I always have one! This time it's finishing my baby's room and painting a few things outdoors before winter sets in 🙂
Sadie
We do fall cleaning at our house. I know everyone else does spring cleaning, but after a busy summer the house is a disaster. Tidy and throw out is a great way to prep for the winter lock-down! lol
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Dayna Musto
Hi Cheryl,
I miss the autumn colors – I used to live in PA where in October it was pure magic. Out in CA, not so much in the area I live. I hope you get to all the things on your list and have fun doing it. I'm visiting from VB friends to remember. Have a blessed day.
Dayna
Julie
Such a pretty view and a pretty post. I love the Ecclesiastes reference
Staci @ 7 on a Shoes
The leaves are awesome! Here in Texas we are still fighting pretty warm temps but we are heading towards cooler weather soon. BTW… I am a new GFC follower too. 🙂
May
Right now I'm in Germany and there weather is still hot. No sign of autumn yet.. Thanks for visiting and have a great week..
Rosann
Oh yes, I love autumn too…especially here in Western PA where the leaves are bright red and orange just as your pictures show. It's so beautiful! We have a long list as well, but I think we put it off until we see snow fall predicted in the weather forecast. Then it's rush, rush, rush to get all the patio furniture put in the basement and the bikes put away, etc…
By the way, you have a beautiful family! I can see why you just want it to be fun times spent together. I'm the same way! 🙂
Blessings,
Rosann
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Beautiful photos! I love fall, we are starting to get cooler and the leaves are just starting to change a bit.
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Jen
Awesome pictures! Can't wait to see that out my back door..it's only a matter of a week or so.
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