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Fall-The Best Season of All

 I love fall! I used to be a bigger fan of summer when we lived in Colorado but I have always liked fall and it has definitely risen to the top of my favorite season list since moving to Dallas. Fall means that I actually can go outside and enjoy being outside again. That is especially a relief after this summer. It is so great to be able to take Maddy on a walk in the middle of the day if I want to....and it's a great way to get her to take a nap without a big wrestling match. Fall also means the Texas State Fair, which means all the fried food you can eat, fun with family, and lots of fun animal shows to entertain the two kids--I mean the kid and the kid at heart when it comes to animals.. I usually spend some of the fall season missing the crisp air a beautiful changing colors in Colorado, but this year we actually got to go back to visit Aaron's family for fall break so we got to have a little taste of that as well. Here are some great pictures from our fair day and trip:
Celebrating Jessica's b-day and Maddy's half b-day

Corn dogs (the food or the people? maybe both)

Despite the fact that it looks like Maddy is salivating over the corn dog in this picture she refused to take even one bite of her favorite food......sigh. You just never know with this girl

Funnel cake was deemed worthy by the little gourmand

Our view from the plane as we flew into Grand Junction. Hard to get a good pic out the plane window but you could see the brilliant gold of the aspens all over the mountains

Ziggy's spa day. hahahahaha! Maddy decided to decorate Ziggy's forehead with stickers

We had a photo shoot in Grams garden*

Maddy and her cousin painting pumpkins

Smooching the coz

feeding the ducks

There was a duck egg by the canal where we went to feed the ducks. I had no idea ducks laid eggs in the fall.

Another photo shoot

Going to Telluride. We got to spend Wednesday looking at the beautiful fall colors

Telluride has a free gondola that you can ride over the mountain to Mountain Village and back



The four cousins. This was the first time all of them have been together. They had a blast
*Aaron and Tammy went in together to get me a surprise......A Nikon D3100 camera!!!!!!!!! I am still learning how to use it, but I am so excited about it. I was disappointed with how some of the shots I took of the mountains turned out, but hopefully there will be another chance someday to practice again. It was really super great of them to get me this camera and we had fun using it this past week to take lots of pictures of the kids.

Comments

bee said…
I loved your snapfish pics. They were great. Looks like you got to really enjoy fall this time. Loved the photo shoots in Gram's flower bed. Those were awesome too.
October 9, 2011 at 10:10 PM
bee said…
Oh was going to say that I thought you did great with your new camera. Keep having fun with it and sharing.
: )
October 9, 2011 at 10:10 PM
Chrissy Cross said…
Maddy is too cute! Love her!
October 10, 2011 at 12:57 PM
Brandon E. said…
Fall is my favorite too. I think North Texas is the best in the Fall. Spring is ok, but the weather can be so fussy. Maddy eating the funnel cake looks like she is saying, "well, it doesn't quite measure up to my standards, but I guess it will do."
October 11, 2011 at 8:09 AM
Bradley D. Hall said…
We miss all you guys and hope y'all are doing well. Hope to see y'all soon. Even the fall.-brad
October 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM
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