Fall Times

This is my favorite time of the year, especially living here in Durham.  Although we had pretty colors of changing leaves in Georgia where I grew up, it is nothing like the brillance here NC.  I love it!  This is our 4th fall, and I still find myself amazed at the beauty.  

This picture was taken this morning as the leaves fell like rain from the sky.  Laughing and giggling, my kids tried to catch the leaves as they fell.  Yes, it was unusually warm today, and we were all in shorts.  But it will be cold again tomorrow, after the rain comes through.  With the temperatures so comfortable and the leaves at their height of color, we decided to have school at Duke Gardens today (my favorite place!)

Hiking through the gardens with pack backs full of our school books, I was unable to take pictures of the beautiful trees.  I wish you could come for a visit, so I could take you to the gardens.

Life in the Leary household has been quite busy....here are a few of our highlights......

First day of school ....sort of.  Although we homeschool, Maddie goes to preschool twice a week and the boys have a science class on Thursdays.

Jordan turned 8 this October.  He is growing up so fast!  His cousin came from SC and surprised him with Clemson vs. UNC tickets.

 Then finally, we enjoyed the traditions of Halloween.  Each child created his own pumpkin this year (don't worry....I did the cutting).  We had 2 ninja's, a super hero, and a beautiful princess.

As you can see, there are only 3 pumpkins......one of us didn't want to leave the football game inside......