Friend Makin' Mondays

So the question from Amber this week is...What are some of your favorite things about fall?

The change in weather is definately one favorite thing. Everything in general just seems more relaxed and enjoyable when the hotter than hay temps make an exit.

Another favorite is knowing that the AZ State Fair is just around the corner. Love It! I remember being taken to the state fair by my dad when I was a kid. And I remember when my oldest daughter was old/tall enough to go on the rides, we took my dad with us one time. Ohh my gosh, I still crack up to this day thinking of the that ONE ride. It's the ride that looks like a strawberry and it turns in a circle, and it has a wheel in it that you can make the strawberry spin fast or slow while going in a circle...still with me?...well I was stuck in between the two of them and they both looked like they were having the worst time of their lives, they couldn't wait for it to stop and were both on the verge of utter fear. And what was I doing? I was crackin' up 'til I was cryin'. Oh man it was hilarious..well atleast to me.

But since then I take my kids each year. I haven't taken my son yet, waiting for him for him to get older/bigger. But here are some of those great pics that we like to get taken while at the fair.

Me and my daughter Alyssa

Me and my daughter Taylor

And then another favorite would, of course, have to be halloween. Love to take the kids to pick out their halloween costumes. Sometimes the sizing on the costumes are not very correct though. Like the year that all of their costumes were too small. My oldest daughters behind was just above where the fabric ended. I had her wear the costume anyways and just bought her a pair of black tights to help with coverage. My friend Shortmama's parents happened to be trick-or-treating with all of us that particular year and one of them mentioned how small the costume was...I said "yep, she's very bootyful!".

This wasn't the year of the short costumes.

L to R: Jayce, Taylor, niece Ashlyn, and Alyssa

I could probably list a few other things that I really like about fall, but these are the ones that I look forward to the most. Just throw in some hot cocoa and marshmallow roasting and we're good to go! Oh yeah, and we can ride our Polaris Ranger without feeling the wonderful heat searing our skin.