Autumn

So if anyone asks me my favorite season I would say summer. But really when the end of the season comes I'm usually excited for the next one. I just am not a fan of rain and cold. I take that back, I do like the rain because I get this burst of energy and aching to cook and bake. Some featured things for this month will be autumn muffins, homemade caramel apples, and pumpkin pie.  But autumn, when it is sunny is the best. The air isn't hot enough to sweat in but warm enough with a nice cool crisp breeze. Perfect for going to the park with Grant. I love that feeling. Also the leaves are bursting with colorful life! And it does seem a bit ironic that this is actually the death cycle of the leaves. Oh well they are gorgeous! If I were to redo my wedding colors they would have been the autumn colors. When I see colorful leaves I just was want to jump for joy and shout grateful words to my Creator for the beauty and diversity of this earth!

Driving through Provo Canyon

Cool Caterpillar

Gorgeous trees. They are Aspen.

We made it to the waterfall!

Drumming on a rock.

We went for a hike in the spectacular views of Provo Canyon. September and October are the best times of the year to go. But I think Summer is really nice too because once you get onto the mountain trail the air gets cooler.  A perfect escape from the hot weather in the valley (even though it doesn't compare to escaping Redding heat).  Anyway, we went up Mt. Timpanogos trail about a mile in to the first landmark of a waterfall. Grant loves waterfalls and whenever we go up Provo Canyon he talks about the waterfall and the tunnel we go through to get to the hikes. It was beautiful. I have decided I will need Aspen trees, Maple trees, and Red Oak trees in my dream home's yard. The colors will be magnificent. And I really like those trees year round.

All of the pictures by the way show Grant smiling. He has learned how to smile on demand lol I love it! We have such a funny video of the process of asking him to smile and then after the demand smile it changes a little to his real smile. lol. I love it. He is so cute.  I never brag about my child's cuteness because everyone else does lol. I know I'm really bragging now. But that's my job as his mother right? He is jibber jabbering a lot and saying a lot of sensible words too. But lately he has really been working his "L"s. He is growing up!