Fall is coming!

Okay, maybe not quite yet. But all of this stormy, cold weather has got me thinking about fall...AND I AM SO EXCITED!!! Plus, labor day weekend is always the last true weekend of summer, so that has gotten me thinking about the coming season and getting excited as well. :)

So, in honor of the coming season, here are some things I am excited about:

1) Tyler's birthday! He's going to be TWENTY SIX! Can you believe that?? He's such a man! I need to plan something fun and special for his birthday since it is only a few weeks away.

2) The beer label I worked on hits shelves October 1st! Ty and I are going to be buying some to celebrate no doubt, so that sh0uld be fun. Haha ;)

3) HALLOWEEN! ohmygosh I LOVE halloween! I love basically everything about Halloween, and I am stoked that yesterday Tyler and I were talking to our friends Craig and Angela and came up with an AWESOME group costume idea!!

4) Pumpkin....everything!! I was looking on pinterest the other day and I came across several absolutely AMAZING-looking recipes incorporating pumpkin, which I will post here:

Pumpkin pie cupcakes!

pumpkin twinkies with lemon filling! YUM!! And BRILLIANT!

5) Back-to-school shopping! At some point in the near future when Ty and I have a little extra cash we are going to go "back to school shopping" for cold-weather clothes. We always do this right around the beginning of the school year despite the fact we are no longer in school....haha.

6) Stormy fall weather...at the beach hopefully! I love storms - the wind, the lightning, the dark skies, all of it! And there's no better place to experience a storm than at the beach. Tyler and I are planning to keep an eye on the weather forecast in the coming weeks and plan a trip out to a beach somewhere when the weather is expected to be stormy.

7) Going for walks with Ty when the leaves start to change! We live in a very heavily wooded area with tree-lined streets, parks, paths and trails everywhere, and after work most nights Ty and I go for walks in our neighborhood. We're super excited to see all of the trees start to change and get all bundled up when we go for our daily walks.

Okay, well since there are about a BILLION things I could write about being excited about, and no one wants to read them all, I'll just post some of my favorite fall-y photos that I've come across recently to help you all get excited. :)