Fall Leaves

I love fall leaves. We don't have quite as vibrant of colors here as we did in Pennsylvania, but they are still beautiful. Fall is just the perfect season to get one ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

...I took this photo today in our driveway. It is just so pretty!

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November Goals

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These are my November Goals:

1. Go see Thor:Ragnarok movie
2. Watch new Hallmark Christmas movies
3. Make pumpkin bread
4. Make some pumpkin pies
5. Have family movie night
6. Watch college football
7. Go out to eat as a family
8. Exercise daily
9. Set up dentist appointments
10. Go to breakfast or lunch with Mom
11. Plan Thanksgiving
12. Cut boys' hair
13. Play board games
14. Plan Cam's 21st birthday
15. Read more
16. Journal
17. Take Christmas card photos
18. Order Christmas cards
19. Take down fall decorations
20. Put up Christmas tree
21. Decorate for Christmas
22. Put up Christmas lights
23. Watch the final season of Fixer Upper
24. Listen to Christmas music
25. Plan some dinners for the Thanksgiving week
26. Plan some things for Thanksgiving week

These are my September/October Goals:

1. Go to a local Farmer's Market/Farm
2. Make homemade soup
3. Burn a fall-scented candle
4. Have family movie night
5. Bake cookies
6. Bake pumpkin scones
7. Open windows and enjoy the air
8. Take evening walks
9. Go look at fall decorations in the stores
10. Put out fall decorations
11. Get into the groove of school
12. Get some home projects done (clean garage cabinets, do some more organizing, fix the gutters, cut down flowers, pressure wash around house, paint the stairs hand rail)
13. Go for drives and take photos
14. Go to the coast
15. Spend more time outside
16. Celebrate Amy's birthday
17. Celebrate Michael's birthday
18. Go to Red Robin for our birthdays (or bring it home and watch TV shows or a movie)
19. Go out with Mom
20. Cut Lily's hair
21. Go to Oktoberfest
22. Take fall photos
23. Go on a hike (Silver Falls and Opal Creek)
24. Watch college football
25. Go to a high school football game
26. Rake leaves
27. Make pumpkin bread
28. Get pumpkin latte from Starbucks
29. Get apple cider donuts
30. Go to the outlets
31. Play outdoor yard games
32. Play a board game
33. Have a fire in the fire pit

October Boxes

Birchbox box

Allure Box

Bulu Box

Sephora Box

Pop Sugar Box

Posh Box

Life Lately

We have been pretty busy around here lately.

Here is a look at what has been happening:

...our bin of flavored coffees for the fall/winter

...this cuteness headed to the vet to get a lump checked (it ended up being a benign cyst)

...some of Jar's drawings

...I am finally making a dent in the scrapbook throw-away process (one box to go)

...Cam mowed the grass

...I saw this at Walgreens

...we went on a fall drive after church on Sunday. We went to Barnes and Noble in Eugene

this is Jar's section (Harry Potter)

Star Wars figurines

Star Wars section

I love this wallet

...Jar got two sketchbooks and a Harry Potter figurine at Barnes and Noble

...Cam got a few books and a Funko pop Star Wars figurine

...some new food I picked up at the grocery store

...the kitchen ambiance as I make us all a cup of hazelnut coffee

...book I picked up from the Library

...finishing my last stacks of scrapbook pages

last stack

...our neighborhood fall color

...putting rain-x on the windows and lights

...new wipers on the vehicles

...I finally read this book (it just confirms how much alike we are to them)

...Jar's new drawing

...Jar passed his driving test (we got MOD pizza to celebrate)

He basically had 120 hours of driving time

...newest Trader Joe's finds

...I got this tool for chopping ground meat, and I do not know how I have made it without this tool

...I am enjoying burning fall scented candles

...I cut some hydrangea flowers out of the back yard

...the look of fall out our bedroom window

...the boys and I met Mom at Keizer Station to shop (I LOVE Marshall's)

...I picked up some fun books at the Library

...Michael was out of town and this is what I made myself for dinner (pumpkin sage soup, salad and strawberries, and a New York strip steak)

...I had just pulled this blanket out of the dryer and this little stinker went right to it

...some finds at Marshall's

...some necessities 

...Jar's newest drawing

...Marshall's Christmas decor buys

...writing in my journal

...doing laundry (I think I did eight loads)

...Michael worked on Jar's Jeep brakes (changing over to disc brakes)

...this is Michael's sidekick

...love my peonies and Audrey Hepburn

...Lily staring at the treat on the table

...Jar drove by himself for the first time (he went to work)

Other Happenings Around Here:

• We have been watching The Good Doctor together as a family

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• Michael has been working on the Jeep a lot
• I won a $150 Amazon gift card
• I finished going through all of the scrapbooks to throw away
• Michael and I had a date-night-in and had Red Apple and watched The Hunter's Prayer

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• Michael and Cam watched King Kong: Skull Island

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• Michael went to Albuquerque, NM for a business trip

pretty flat

perfecting his waving like the queen

downtown Albuquerque, NM

• Hallmark Christmas movies started
• Cam did power point at church
• Jar wiped down his jeep to get ready for touch-up paint

• The boys mowed the grass

PS. I love the colors of the bushes in our back yard