Hello Friends!  I have missed you!  So much has happened this last month and I thought I'd like to get my blogging buddies caught up, if they were so inclined to care.  :)  (Of course you do!)

Pretty much every year the Balloon Classic can be viewed right from my front yard!  It is so neat to see the balloons go over the house. 

My ash trees are starting to turn---well, a little more than starting!  I love this color!

For a great bunch of ideas on Fall Leaf activities and such, go check out Teri's site.

At the beginning of September, we headed out to the Lone Star state to see my Father-in-law.  He was having some health issues and we knew we needed to get back there and visit him.  It was a wonderful time!  We saw many of my husband's family and extended family and I even met some I didn't know.  What a blessing!  The trip is always a hard one; too many miles to drive, but the hospitality was wonderful and the food was as good as always.  Speaking of the Lone Star state, I've never seen anyplace so proud of their flag and their state emblem!  There are "Lone Stars" on purdy much ever'thang and you can even get Texas shaped waffles at the hotel breakfast bar!  (Wouldn't Colorado shaped waffles be a bit boring?  Oh, ha!  I guess we already have Colorado shaped waffles!  :)

                       Heading south--Spanish Peaks with new snow on them!

We got home nearly unscathed, a little bit of coughing and such but the rainy weather was nice and we managed to stay relatively cool for the most part.  After 10 days at home however, we had to turn around and head back--"Papa" passed on to his heavenly home.  We drove back for the service and this time saw the rest of the family and had a bittersweet reunion. 

Aren't these cool?  Brush stroke clouds.  This was on our way to Daingerfield, TX.

Now we are back home again and realize that we were gone almost as much as we were home last month.  Two of us had birthdays while on the trips.  One of us is another year closer to "50" and I have a 13 year old.  We literally have hit the ground running, and are still trying to get everyone well.  The flu or whatever we have keeps bouncing back and forth.  Other than that, it is SO good to be home!! 

Now, if we can just shake these Texas accents we'll be all the way back to normal, y'all!

Nancy

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P.S., Teri over at Knowledge House posted a really nice review of Haircuts For Little Men.  Teri has some awesome resources, a super newsletter and be sure to check out ALL her websites!  Homeschool Patriot is great!

  You can read it right here.   And, Friendship Alley has a great review with photos!  The author won a copy of my ebook and posted her before and after pics.  I'm impressed!  She did a great job, didn't she?