We've been a little delinquent in our blogging lately - I use the plural pronoun to offset the blame - but I want to assure you we've had a lovely fall in the meantime. Really. Fall is beautiful in West Virginia, so we've filled our days with strolls in the crisp morning air, lunches of simmering soups, afternoons of romping through the freshly raked leaves, and evenings relaxing on the front porch while the sun sets, casting soft light through the glowing trees.
Right. We've done some of that, in between working and diapering and meetings and worship services and grocery shopping and frisbee playing and soccer reffing and yard work and bath time and nap time and.... The days are just packed and the time flies by. Luckily, we've been blessed with the most agreeable baby. Serena puts up with all the chaos, smiling through it all. She seems to have become quite the social baby, happiest in a crowd. The pictures above are some of her fall photos, taken mid-October. We took her to the local pumpkin stand and clicked away!
So on this after thanksgiving day, there is much I am truly thankful for. As we feed Serena her first bits of solid food (rice cereal), and it simply dribbles down her chin onto her outfit, I remember I am thankful for Thanksgiving turkey and teeth. As we sit and watch television while playing shanghai rummy, I remember that I am thankful for good beer and Uncle Josh (representative of the clan we call "friends"). As we sit next to a fire that will not stay lit though Hubert is determined to stay warm, I remember I am thankful for a bed to lay my head on and a family to share it with. Oh, I must not forget, Go Cowboys!
Seven days and six different planes - and she was still smiling! Serena's first trip to visit family in Arizona was a great success and we all had a lot of fun. These photos show some of the highlights - she learned to read, lounged in the sunshine in Grandpa's yard, and was duly spoiled by her grandparents (and great-grandparents).
