Autumn / Herbst

So I am not too tardy on this post as we are still in the season of Autumn, but I do know that it's been a while since I've blogged.  I guess I can say that we've been enjoying life rather than "typing" about it (except on Facebook).

So my favorite season of all has been here for a couple of months and it's turning into winter here in Germany (my least favorite season - except for the one or two days of snow I enjoy to look at).

I love the colors of autumn, the word autumn, the smells of autumn (pies of all sorts, pumpkin anything, caramel - that's not really seasonal - for me it's ALL the time!, apple everything) and the sounds of autumn (the crunch of the leaves).

As a family we got to visit a corn maze (with quite a few friends), we also visited the pumpkin festival (Tom's first time, our second time).

The Pumpkin Festival is an annual event but the theme changes each year (last year was Switzerland and this year was Sports).

The past couple of years I have gotten pictures of my two sweet boys with the beautiful colors and this makes me happy.

We also got to participate in an amazing Chapel marriage retreat down in Garmisch at Edelweiss...it is our boys FAVORITE vacation spot - mostly because of the pool.  This was such a great retreat with childcare and such beautiful scenery and then we even had friends at the retreat too, so the fellowship time was sweet too.

There have been a few other things that have happened during the fall, but those deserve their own post...so for another day...