October.....fall leaves bring a cool breeze

I can't believe October is almost over!! It's been a whirlwind of a month!
We celebrated Nate's 26th birthday; and believe it or not I forgot to take pictures!
Our church hosted our first annual women's health seminar, where I spoke for one of the lectures on depression. It was a touchy subject; but went well and the women who attended my lecture really learned some stuff that they didn't know. All in all it was a great day!
I had some girls over for a partylite candle party; to which Nate couldn't believe I needed more candles :-). I told him I know I didn't "need" them; I just wanted them :-)teehee
Then this past week Nate's parent came down for a few days. They were traveling to Florida for Andy & Wendy's wedding reception down there and made a pit stop here for 3 1/2 days. On Tuesday we went to the loveless cafe for breakfast (no celebrities were spotted this time....bummer) and then headed to the natchez trace trails to take in some pretty sights and fresh air. For some reason I thought it was only a 20 minute drive from the loveless cafe.......my 20 minute drive turned into a 55 mile drive to the waterfalls I wanted to take them to. I don't think I'll ever live that down. But hey, I'll be the first to admit my sense of direction and time aren't my strongest attributes :-). But hey we saw turkey on our drive there....
Not to mention we chased off a big deer in our back yard that evening! He actually charged skipper (who by the way was barking like crazy, flipping out) TWO times - right up to our back stairs on the deck. Flipped us all out - I thought skipper was going to be dinner for the deer!!
I promised to take some fall pictures for our friends, John & Jess, who are currently serving in Africa for 6 months. So some of the pics I'm posting are of us with nate's parents; but it kind of killed 2 birds with one stone, in that I snagged fall leaves in the pics as well :-). Enjoy....
Oh, and did I mention ..... It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas??!!! :-)yipee!!!! We're pulling out the decorations next weekend!!!

Have you ever noticed that I'm drawn to waterfalls??

The first set of waterfalls we hiked to...

After our first waterfall hike...onto the next...

I thought this bridge was pretty