The trouble with leaves...

I did not grow up with a house that had a leaf problem.  I have no idea what kind of massive trees were in our yard, but those leaves did not fall!  When we bought our house, we knew that leaves were going to be a problem, but holy-moly it's ridiculous!  We knew we had to invest in a leaf blower, but that had not been on the top of the priority list.  It jumped to the top when the leaves were piling up on the front porch and you had to kick them around to get down the stairs. 

On Sunday, Ben bought a leaf blower and decided to test it out.  His first comment "it's so bad, I don't even know where to start."  My blunt response was "well, a clear path from the door to my car would be nice." 

He cleared off the driveway and the street in front of our house.  The leaves in the yard itself are out of control so he tried working on them.  I walked outside and just laughed because we officially have a "speed bump" of leaves around the edge of our yard.  Baby steps....

Appetizing Aprons Blog

 

I wanted to share with you a new blog from Appetizing Aprons.  It's super cute and it's brand new!  Be one of the first to begin following the blog.  It will have segments on cooking ideas, family recipes, crafts, and just about anything else around the house.  From what I've been "told", it will also be light hearted :) 

Check it out!  http://blog.appetizingaprons.com/

I'm on a Boat...

These four words were used many times over the past weekend.  Ben and I headed down to West Palm Beach to celebrate our friends Colleen & Guido!  They were married back in March but had a big weekend celebration for their friends and family and the weekend was capped off by a celebration on a yacht. 
The weather was great - besides the massive gushes of wind.  We had lots of quality time with many of our friends AND we got to meet Colleen's cousin, Nick McCrory who won the bronze medal at the Olympics in Synchonize Diving. 

One of our friends put it best when he said that we need to always cherish the time we have with each other.  Since many of our lives have changed over the last few years - marriage, kids, etc. - we don't get to see each other as much.  We definitely had a GREAT time and we are so glad we were able to celebrate the Otten's!



Bless Nick's heart.  He had to put up with us Cougars! He was a champ!



I love Fall...

Living in Louisiana, there was never really 4 seasons, it was just HOT, HOT, and what I thought was "cold", was actually fall-like weather.  People in the north would argue that Atlanta doesn't have four seasons, but I would have to disagree. 

Since the first official day of fall, many funs things have happened and we are looking forward to what else is in store.  First, I got a new JOB!  WOOHOO!!  I'll still be at the fundraising arm for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital but in a different position.  I've been planning events for over 7 years, so I'm excited for a change and the opportunity to join our Branding & Marketing team.  With a new position came the need for a new car (I will no longer have my company car) so we purchased a Chevy Equinox.

Also, since fall began, we got to spend some time with Ben's parents, eat Apple Fritters, watch the Bulldogs (as in the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs) via internet continue to WIN, AND my dear friend Stacy gave birth to two little miracles, Avery and Brooklyn!  God truly wrapped his hands around mom and those two precious babies! 

Since our yard is practically still a disaster, I decided we at least needed our front porch to look festive.  Happy Fall Y'all!