weekend recap

We had a pretty busy fall weekend this weekend.  Jared was signed up to do the Warrior Dash in Connecticut with his mom, sister, and brother-in-law.  They were running a 4:00 heat which was pretty different since he usually does earlier ones but it meant that we didn't have to leave first thing in the morning.  The day ended up being beautiful and everyone did a really great job (and got very muddy).

Then, on Sunday, we headed down to Quincy for brunch with my family for my dad's birthday. We ate LOTS of good food and he really liked the fresh apple pie I made.  We went apple picking last weekend and had an excess of apples so what better birthday present!  The only downside is that it made the house smell delicious and then I had to give it away.

yummmm

After brunch we headed to our "home away from home" - Home Depot for some more paint samples for the living room and some mums to spruce up our rapidly deteriorating front steps.  I swear, as soon as we get one thing finished on this house another 3 things crop up...

don't mind the bricks, who needs them anyway?

I am enjoying fall so far.  It's been a nice transition this year with cool mornings and warmer days.  The leaves are starting to turn bright colors which always makes for scenic drives.  I am curious to see how much raking we will have to do this year.  I can't believe we are not that far away from the 1 year mark of owning our home.  Most everything is still packed away and we have all the furniture covered in plastic from the insulation so it still looks like a ghost town.  Slowly but surely...