A pumpkin patch & 3 Krispy Kreme Burgers....

This past Friday was the epitome of Fall!  I took our after-school group on a hay-ride and to a pumpkin patch and then.... Josh and I went to the North Carolina State Fair with some friends in the evening! How much more Fall can you get than that?

Here are some pictures of our kiddos at the pumpkin patch :)

Then....
The State Fair was an adventure!   Something I think we will commit to once a year.... and it will take our stomachs that long to prepare for the food! Josh and I had.... a candy apple, a chocolate-covered frozen banana with sprinkles, Cheerwine (can't get more Carolina than that!), a Krispy Kreme Burger (thanks to Paula Deen), and french fries w/ vinegar! ...   Here are some pictures from our time!

Mitch & Alyson with their first course of the night...

 Gus started the Krispy Kreme Burger epidemic with our group!

 Josh & his Krispy Kreme Burger!

 Brennan & his Krispy Kreme Burger! (notice.... no wife has taken part in any of this!)

 Our group :) 

Fall is here!

Wow, we have not blogged in a long time!  It has been about a month but so much has happened...

Josh is heavy into classes, and I have started my new job!  I work for the YMCA, specifically the Outreach program which serves underprivileged, low-income children and their families.  It has been so neat to see God work in the short month I have been working... just to see His plan in drawing people to Himself and have Him affirm that this is where He desires me right now has been a blessing.  It has been a huge transition for our family but we really feel the Lord is teaching us so much through it and growing us to His glory... not to mention Josh and I both get free memberships to the Y!

Here are various pictures from a few weekends over the past month!

Towards the end of September, we helped put on a tailgate for college students from Summit @ NC State

 Yes, we had catered Chick-fil-A...

 Alyson and I :)

Out to dinner at Vivace for Hope's Birthday!