... ! The highlight of my trip to the Garlic Festival this year was the basil and garlic rice with a touch of fresh lime. I also purchased a handful of garlic to enjoy in my homecooking. I love the fall here for so many reasons. The changing of the leaves are amazingly beautiful. We live by many parks that dot the land with trees. As I drop my girls off to school each morning I pass by one of the ...

... a market near her place. The market. And finally, these shots are some images of Korean fall at it's peak located in Lake Park, just a 5 minute walk from my house. This is where I go running, for those of you who would like a visualization of my daily activites. :) This was a month or so back--the leaves are all pretty much gone now. But they were pretty while it's lasted!

... just LOVE Fall! There are so many outdoor activites that are more enjoyable in Fall, when you're not sweating your booty off in 100 plus degree weather ... like pot roast! Which leads me to another reason I love Fall... the food. Starbucks brings back the Pumpkin ... with caramel sauce... I could go on forever! Here is what we've been enjoying this Fall: Movie nights with Hot Chocolate Taylor&# ...

... she put that costume on like a champ, didn't cry, and kept in on practically all day for all our activites. I think she felt secure behind the petals of her costume. I know every parent thinks their child is the cutest ... ever seen! We had such a fun day! We started out by going to our church (HBC) for the fall festival. Mary-Evelyn has never taken a paci, but she's with Parker (my nephew) ...

... Forest that he participated in on the weekends. So needless to say, by the time Halloween rolls around I am about Halloweened out and looking for some fun activites for Eraleigh to participate in. This year we struck gold with the Fall Festival. Right inside the gate they had their biggest pumpkin for the season at 425 lbs As we ...

... means missing out on a fun "girl's nights" or interesting church activites. Saturday I chose to stay home with my family instead of going on a women's church activity. We didn't do anything earth shattering, but we were able to do one of our fall traditions (at least since we moved here). We went to the Apple Cider Mill. I really do love going there. It ...