"Come on, Jonah, let's go, let's get on the pirate ship!!!" Spoken by George with a green bandana, AKA "pirate hat" on his head mimicing Larry the cucumber (of the Pirates-Who-Don't-Do-Anything), hauling Ian, AKA Jonah (Archibald Asparagus) onto the guest bed, AKA pirate ship, where they both sing at the top of their lungs the veggie tales songs. Yeah, it's fun at my house. :) Today was really the first day of fall, or well, it was the first day that started to feel fallish to me. It felt cooler, a slight crisp breeze in the air this morning, so I packed the kids up, (did you know you can fit three children in a double stroller?!?) and we went for a walk. Pine needles were falling, birds were singing, the trees were swaying in the light wind, it was fabulous!! The reason it felt more like fall is that it took me about 10 minutes to break into a sweat and not the usual 10 seconds. It was still like 75, but definitely the nicest day so far in a loooong time. And today was the first day that I truly appreciated where God moved us. We live on a quiet wooded dead end road, and have been here for a few months now but I had yet to realize what that meant. It means quiet, safe walks, no cars, and lots of trees and a horse pasture and a pretty little church and all three kids captivated and QUIET for a long time!!! And fun, stretching exercise, that I so need to get back into. Everyone enjoyed it. Our old house was at the end of a dirt road with lots of big dogs....not stroller or kid friendly for walking at all. We even got to go visit Grandpa, who was out working on his car. ****George just told me that he needs to run around the dog, who is laying in the middle of the floor, because it makes him "chilled up"****

I am so excited because tommorow morning we are going to go stay in a cute little cabin in Ellijay. When Nate comes home from work tonight, he doesn't have to go back until Wednesday!!! Let the slow season begin!!! It will be so great to be together for that long as a family. Everyone is looking forward to it so much. I have almost all the laundry done now and we'll just have leftovers for supper. I still need to pack everything and clean up some more, but that should be handily accomplished this evening. Oh, I can't wait. I just am really hoping the kids sleep allright while we are there. Cranky overtired children will spoil family time really quickly. Well, I must go, Nate might actually be home soon, oh and winter hours will start in October, then the store will be closed an hour earlier. That will be good. Well, the kids have completely destroyed the house and are working on each other now, so I have to go. Happy Weekend!!!