Life has been full! Lately Ron and I have been saying how good life is and how blessed we feel. So life is full, but it is good. Since the summer we have been embracing the transition to Ron being a full time grad student and our time spent together being a little less frequent. We are learning how to balance all of our priorities and how to support each other through rough days (although there haven't been many).
This fall has been particularly beautiful in Seattle. The days have been sunny, only slightly crisp and the colors of the changing leaves seem to just get more dramatic each day. On Wednesday evening after work, Ron and I walked around Green Lake with our new friend Morgan. We drank something hot from Starbucks and were amazed at the colors of fall and the sunset reflecting off the water. We really like Morgan. She is a beautiful person and so easy to be with.
Our most recent fall adventure happened this morning with our dear friends, The Henderson's. After picking up lattes from Q Cafe and Pumpkin Doughnuts from Top Pot (President Obama was here this week and visited Top Pot Doughnuts. It was on the news that he ate the Pumpkin Cake Doughnut and really liked it. I agree, it's good!) we went to a pumpkin patch and enjoyed a muddy walk through a very large farm. We took pictures with the pumpkins and played in the corn fields. We saw some big mean Emu who hissed at us as we got closer to them. We didn't bring a pumpkin home, instead we were more tempted by the jar of apple butter and strawberry rhubarb preserves.
Here are some pictures from our day:
This fall season never seems to last long. As for now, I am going to continue to drink spiced cider, eat butternut squash soup and make as many pumpkin baked goods as possible. Of course we are still going to be watching a lot of football (Go Steelers) and I really want to try to get back into journaling so that I can learn to be more reflective. Happy Autumn!
