My Love of Fall

So I was the weird kid in kindergarten who picked fall as my favorite season while all the other kids picked winter or summer (this is a memory I can never forget because we drew pictures of our favorite season and then our teachers put them on a board to display so it was very easy to see that my opinion was not the same as everyone else).  While I did feel odd/outnumbered at the time, I stood by my decision.  I do truly love fall!  Spring is a close second.  Here are the reasons why I love fall most:

Tacy's art project made from leaves she collected during a walk

1. I love the crisp autumn air!  I don't know a better way to describe it, but it's how the air feels when it is no longer hot from summer but is starting to cool down, and you can smell the leaves, your cheeks get a little pink from the cold but it just feels so refreshing to be outside...I love it!

2. I love the fall colors!  I missed seeing all the leaves changing colors while living on the west coast.  Yes, it does happen, but not to the degree and amount that it does here on the east coast (probably helps that there are a whole lot more trees over here).  Fall colors are so warm and beautiful.  I love driving during the fall because it is just gorgeous to look out and see green, brown, yellow, bright orange, red, etc.  Fall is just a beautiful time of year and makes me appreciate this world so much.

3. I LOVE apples!  Seriously, I love eating apples, I love apple pie, I love apple smells, I love finding new apple recipes (I'm going to make apple pancakes tomorrow and I'm so excited!).  Cider is nice too, but I love the carbs of apple deserts!  Haha.  The NC State Farmers market is perfect because the farmers there bring such a wide variety of apples and sell them for such a good deal!  Apple heaven! I love winecrisps and I'd never even heard of them until a few weeks ago.  Brad's favorite are arkansas black.  They are yummy too.  It's fun eating and finding these not as popular/common types of apples. Brad rolls his eyes at my obsession with apples, but hey, they are delicious, yummy and healthy!  At work, my co-worker bought apple spice air wick plug ins and it makes our little office smell so good!  Not all the other girls agree, but Angela and I love it!

4. I love wearing jeans and sweatshirts.  Fall is perfect sweater weather!  It's not too cold that you need to bundle up so you don't freeze to death and it's not too warm that you are uncomfortable in modest clothes.  I love it!  I love being all warm and snuggly (just ask Brad about Tacy and my obsession with blankets and being well wrapped).  Seriously, I will turn on the fan so it is cool enough to need to be wrapped up in my comforter at night.  

5. On top of being great comfortable sweater weather, it is also perfect weather to exercise!  So i'm not great at exercising but we did a 5k walk for diabetes (November is National Diabetes Awareness month) on Saturday and then I went for a short run.  It was perfect!  I got warm but i was comfortable jogging in my yoga pants and a t-shirt.  It was great.  Gotta love the brisk air!!!  

6.  I love leaves!  I have many found memories of my Dad racking up all the leaves in our front yard in NC and letting me jump into the pile and play.  My freshman year at BYU I remember jumping in leave piles with my friends once.  It's just so fun.  I would love to do a fall family photo shoot with all the leaves and beautiful colors...maybe next year since we just had some done in July.  

Well, I could probably think of more but they all start to be similar.  I just love Fall, baking, apples, and the beautiful leaves.  North Carolina is the best place to spend fall because Fall lasts for a few months not just a week.  Oh, fall also makes me think of soccer.  I miss KSA soccer days.  

I hope everyone has been able to enjoy some Fall at least as not everyone lives in a place with a long enough Fall (#1 reason I'm happy not to be in Utah right now, well that and the snow, but that's kinda the same thing).