Happy October & Happy Friday!

Our favorite month has arrived!

With each passing year, I seem to look forward to and welcome October more and more. Today I ordered an apple crisp macchiato from Starbucks while the kids and I ran errands, we’ve been lighting a new fall candle almost every night, and I’m baking some yummy goodies.

And something new I’m adding to the unofficial and nonexistent “fall to-do list”: walking in the mornings! I took a walk this morning with my mom after dropping Allan off at school and we walked two miles! It felt so delicious outside; the perfect fall morning. The conversation was good, the air was fresh, and we ooo’d and ahhhh’d at all the old houses we passed. We’re going to try and make walking a more regular occurrence going forward.

In other news, we found Halloween costumes for the kids! It was surprisingly easy and painless. They’ve all had certain, very specific costumes picked out in their heads all year, but as soon as we got to the store, all of that went out the window and they chose completely different ones. There’s a sort of theme going on with all three of the ones they chose, so PJ and I are going to see if we can find similar costumes that kind of go along theirs. Our family loves the Halloween season so much- how fun would it be if we all dressed up together?

Also! I almost forgot to mention: we have new life on Ocoee Farm!! One of our sheep, Maud, had triplets yesterday! They’re so tiny and so cute and their little baaaaa’s make my heart burst. The kids and I haven’t seen them in person yet, only from videos and pictures PJ has sent us while he’s been there working, but we’re hoping to all go out there this weekend or early next week to see them.

Lastly, on Instagram I asked what hobbies you have and you sent in a ton of ideas!! I will be posting them here on the blog next week so that, if you’re like me, you’ll find a little inspiration and maybe even take up a new hobby.