A Taste of Fall...

Thomas driving the Cool Bus...

Debi, me, T-man, and Adam...

Happy (though squinty!) parents, serious baby...

Ok, so for some reason I can't get text to be above the photos...so below will have to do for now. This past weekend was filled with fun fall-like festivities (how's that for alliteration?), and it made me really excited for the cooler weather months to come. Saturday morning we spent some time at Portrait Innovations getting some 6-month photos taken of Thomas...and he was such a little ham! It was really fun, and he did a great job despite all the different posing and positioning. We got some really cute prints, and I can't wait to put them up around the apartment. That afternoon we headed to Curtis Apple Orchard with Adam and Debi...it was so much fun, and we got some great baking apples. I'm excited to find time to spend with my Kitchen Aide mixer in hopes of producing some tasty treats! The three photos above were taken that afternoon...that certainly was not our only trip to the orchard...I'm sure we'll be going several more times in the upcoming months!

Sunday morning was spent at mass of course, and Drake cooked up a delicious brunch for us when we returned home. We then split up for a few hours...Drake worked on some things around the apartment (including putting all of our books on our newly painted bookshelves...they look awesome, and I was admittedly pretty proud of one of our first DIY projects!), and I took Thomas to go run some errands. When I returned home, I checked the mail because I hadn't done that the previous day...we received a letter from Provena Hospital with the final decision on our application. (A quick re-cap: we had 3 accounts going with them and owed several thousands of dollars even after insurance...after talking with one of their reps, I decided to fill out an application to see if they would help us with any of the costs). Our accounts had been on a "freeze" until a decision was made...and as it turns out...we owe them $0. Zero. Zilch. Nada. They've covered ALL of our expenses. I was in COMPLETE shock, and I'm overwhelmed with thankgiving to God for this. I really feel that God has blessed our openness to life in so many beautiful ways - it's an unbelievable blessing to say the least.

Later that afternoon, we headed to Monticello for a softball cook-out...it was good to spend time with families and hang out with some of the other kiddos. It was a bummer that Drake had to miss the very last game of the season, but he's looking forward to basketball with the St. Matt's dads this fall!

Here's hoping we'll have more fun adventures in the cool autumn days ahead!