Hike in Nature

On an afternoon of our daughter's fall break, I grabbed the family and forced them to go on a hike in a local park.

My husband took the photo of our backsides as we hiked along collecting beautiful leaves!

It was an exhilarating afternoon with warm winds, gorgeous leaves falling on us, and such color around us!

I can still smell the air from the afternoon.

October, Where Did You Go?

I looked up for a brief fleeing moment today and realized, "October ends this week!"  And then a second thought came to my mind, "What have I blogged about this month?"  One look at this blog tells that story. Nothing has been written.  Nada.  Zip.  Zero.

Until today.

October has been spent on a fall break vacation, too many conference commitments, and a zillion details of church ministry.  In the middle of all that stuff, October has also held my 14th wedding anniversary, my husband's 40th birthday, and the death of my step grandparent.

Surprise birthday party for the spouse along with the countdown for his MBA studies preoccupied my nights and weekends when various other little details floated in and out of my mind.  Now that I think about it, I did not get much sleep in October.

Sigh.

Where did your October go?