Playing in the leaves

Back in the fall I took Steve for a walk and decided to stop and smell the roses so to speak, and play in the leaves! I got some great shots with my phone of him lunging at some bright yellow ginko leaves and I wanted to share them here.

Pooped after all that jumping!

Look at my sweet baby's face (๑॔˃̶ॢ◟◞ ˂̶ॢ๑॓)♡

Fall Nails!

 I got the urge to paint my nails the other day, and decided on a nice subtle nude shade, and some simple leaf designs I poked in with a pin(dipping a pin in a blob of paint and using it like a teenie tiny paint brush). I really liked how the turned out!

Here are the colors I used... looks like someone chewed on my "wicked" one.

Carriage Hill

Anne had another park recommendation for Steve and I, and oh it was a good one. We trecked out on November 3rd and it was a sweltering 75 degrees- seriously I went thinking 'Oh, it's fall, I know it's gonna be in the 70s today but it won't be muggy or crazy hot' and ended up peeling off a few layers to just a tank dress and was still sweating my buns off. Ohio is the weirdest! But I love it. 

It was super gorgeous, there was a lake and a little pond, and lots of different trails. I only took one that was like 2 miles long and there were 4 or 5 others... I'll be back sometime. There was also a farm! It said no dogs though so I didn't explore, but that's there for next time.

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Kissy kissy!

What a handsome hunk, am I right?!

Woodland Cemetery Murder Mystery and Mayhem Tour

Madi is cute as a button!

I was googling fun fall things to do around Dayton, and came across an event my favorite cemetery was hosting titled "Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem Tour" and you know I was so stoked. Thankfully Madi and Lauren were also stoked(but Lauren ended up nursing a nasty hangover and ended up spooning Steve all afternoon). They gave us all lanterns(not oil though, which is good because I dropped mine...) and as soon as we started in a storm rolled in and we got drenched! It was awesome though, it totally set the mood, it was so spooky and gorgeous. I never imagined that there were such interesting stories behind some of headstones, I guess I always just imagined everyone died of normalish circumstances? I never really thought about it. But there are murderers buried there, and victims, and some of them never even got justice. Also our tour guide was hilarious, and we loved her. I think they said that was the last tour of the season, but when they start back up, you bet I'll be going to more!

Johnny was a little boy who fell into the canal. His dog jumped in and pulled him out but he had already drowned. His dog stayed by his grave for weeks until he disappeared. The family didn't have enough money for a headstone, but a local artist heard the story and was touched and made this monument for them.

So spooky!

Spooky creeps!

Pumpkin Patch

When Madi and Lauren came to visit I knew I wanted to take them to do a lot of fall activities! One of which I knew would be a great photo op was visiting a pumpkin patch. Unfortunately, we kept ending up at places that were not patches, but front yards with pre-picked pumpkins. We decided to just grab pumpkins there since we were losing daylight, and our pictures still turned out really cute!

Sugar Creek

Since moving back to Dayton, I've been exploring and finding all kinds of places I never knew existed! My boss Anne knows about all kinds of great metro parks and recommends them to me because I always want to take Steve on hikes to wear his energizer bunny butt out. These photos are of Sugar Creek, and it was so lovely. Steve got anxious in the prairie, but other than that we had a great time. Lots of neat things to see!

One of the three sisters.

A beautiful tunnel.

I think Steve wanted to find a dog he saw earlier, and was nervous about not being able to see through/over the tall grass.

Hilight Reel of Madi and Lauren's trip to see me!

I consider myself to be an extremely lucky gal because every year, two of my very best friends- Madi and Lauren- travel all the way from Alaska to spend time with lil ole me! I look forward to it all year long, and always try to come up with fun stuff to do so they'll fall in love with Ohio and move here(they fell in love but I'm still waiting on that big move (; ). Lynne even drove up from Tennessee to spend time with us as well. Here are some of the things we got into:

Slumber party makeovers!!

of course I made everyone squeeze into a photobooth...

Shopping!!!

Sushi!!!

Hiking at Charleston Falls!

Lauren and I in a cave!

Carving our pumpkins!

Burrito baby!