Howdy Ho Folks – Well, fall has arrived. It showed up at the end of last week. Thankfully trick or treating evening was rain-free. But when I left for work on Friday morning it was raining and do you think I could find an umbrella ANYWHERE? Nope and I am the queen of umbrellas. I bought some beautiful umbrellas (from www.signals.com) for Christopher’s memorial because it is so scorching hot at the end of August. I also have other umbrellas that I brought to the memorial:






Of course all I had to do was search in the back of my car and I found an umbrella! I LOVE the black/rose umbrellas that I bought for the memorial. I bought an umbrella stand to put them in (I will only use them for the memorial):

I took care of Abbie and Emily all weekend so their parents could go to the Army Ball. Since it was raining yesterday we just stayed home. I actually made beef stroganoff on Friday night and spaghetti on Saturday night. The girls loved the spaghetti! They had no idea that I snuck some zucchini in it!
Last weekend I visited with my Goddaughter Taylor and her parents. Taylor’s mommy Kathryn and I took photos of Taylor for this year’s Christmas card. Here are some photos from the “shoot”:



There is a water fountain in the neighborhood that Taylor loves to play in. I loved how she picked up her dress so she could play in the water:

My favorite picture:

We went to a Halloween carnival at Taylor’s school. Taylor decided to wear her witch hat to the event. Hey, if the hat fits……

Last, but not least . . . . . . . I thought this picture was cute of Taylor and Kathryn’s crocs:

That would be it for me. It’s time to hit the sack and hope that Charlie and Chili let me sleep one hour later and not wake me up at 4:00 a.m. to go take care of business.
Have a GREAT Monday everyone and be sure to hug your families!!