"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers"

So, let's go back to October for just a minute.

First of all- it is my absolute favorite month. The weather is nice (everywhere except Texas), the leaves are changing colors (on the East coast), and there are pumpkins everywhere! The beginning of Fall is always such a happy time. Everyone is, for the most part, finished sweating for the year (unless you live in Texas), and it's beginning to look a lot like sweater weather (once again.... you catch my drift). I've lived here for 6 months now. I can hate on Texas all I want!

My brothers and sisters-in-law, Preston, the kids, and I went to the pumpkin patch about an hour away from Killeen in Marble Falls. It was super cute! Incredibly hot, but it was fun nonetheless. They had an entire corn maze shaped like the state of Texas with major cities being stopping points so we could stamp our cards they gave us. Side note, I will never understand the obsession Texans have with the shape of Texas. It's literally everywhere. I always say I suppose Texans just need daily reminders of where they live because they MUST forget. Anyway, I digress.

We also took the boys trick-or-treating. Porter was Iron Man and Benson was Captain America. Be still my heart! They were SO CUTE!

Yes, it most definitely DOES take 6 adults to take 2 children around the neighborhood for candy :)

In NC I also got to visit with the Wamback clan and the Christies, went to the fair with Tanya, had lunch with Lauren, drinks with Katharyn, and dinner with Taylor, my cousin Tiffany, and her boyfriend Dabney. It was so cold the windshield iced over one morning. Hallelujah! I got to wear long sleeves and turn the butt warmers on in the car! I'm glad I got to see everyone and catch up. I miss Raleigh. I miss the cold, and the views, and the trees (I will never get over the lack of tall trees in Texas). I miss the BOGO sushi, the lake, my friends, and my family. Maybe one day we will end up back on the East coast.