so long fall..

(i'm taking a break from the updates, but will return shortly)

alas... the bitter cold is upon us. well alright, maybe it's not really bitter.. but it sure is cold! and yes... i am listening to christmas music... judge away.

anyways - on our trip from indy to cincy.. it was sleeting (that sounds weird) and i was not pleased to say the least.. it was obnoxious. anyways, my sister in law was talking about how she just wanted it to snow while she was home in cincy.. and i was just thinking, 'sick.. i really really don't want snow. at all. please God.. no snow this week, sista has to drive places!' and so God made it rain.. and rain and rain. wednesday and thursday it just straight poured.. and then. THEN. kyle was letting his doggy out to pee thanksgiving night, and there it was. snow. kyle yelled for sheyenne and sean (since fresno doesn't bring snow) and there i stood. all those bitter thoughts just evaporated. SNOW. there's something about the first time you see snow after it's been months of warmth .. it means christmas. it means sledding with your best friends even though you're 21.. who cares. it means cookie baking all day with family. christmas tree hunting. present buying. snuggling with blankets by the fire place watching holiday movies with family.. stringing up lights with your sister because your father refuses to be festive... ;)

regardless.. i was pretty excited. and today i'm kinda sad. the picture i posted is from last fall - my brother took it after a stormy fall day in our front yard :) and i have to admit.. it's my favorite fall picture. i LOVE fall. fall brings football, birthdays (well for my brudders and i that is), rich colors of reds, oranges and yellows.. perfect bonfire weather, days warm enough for short sleeves, but chilly enough for jeans, etc.. i could go on, but i think i've rambled enough.

anyways.. today felt like that last day of fall for me. i went to our last football game here at the ohio stadium with kimmy and myranda and although i've kept it together.. i'm very sentimental about it - we only have one more fall together.. ONE MORE. like seriously when the heck did we get to be juniors in college? bahhh. anyways, fall quarter is also wrapping up - this is our last week of classes and then next week is finals.. sick.

so for me.. today is it. it's the end of that favorite season of mine.. well for now ;) ... yesss i am that person who finds something to love about every season, and once i mourn my loss of fall for another 10ish months, i will move on to my love of winter.. but i do warn you - it is very short lived. until about new years.. after that screw winter hahaha. bring on spring!

so.. there is my ode to fall.. and my sadness to say good bye to it. we had a good time fall 2010 :)

and my quote to leave you with.. (and i so pray that this is true..)

"love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can out last anything. love still stands when all else has fallen" - anonymous