I still love Fall....

Last night was soooo relaxing and perfect. McGee and I were both really worn out from the week, so we made dinner together (sesame udon noodles with chicken), relaxed, and watched some movies that take place in Belgium to get even more excited for our trip. We watched Monuments Men (with George Clooney) and In Bruges (with Colin Farrell). Oh and Kevin made our first fire of the season in our fireplace. Guinness didn't really know what to think about the fire (I guess he forgot about the fires we had in the fireplace last Winter...), but he eventually decided it was ok and took a nice nap.

I thought this picture was funny... Guinness is photobombing! 

Today was a very productive day! We started out our day by raking leaves in our front yard for about 2 hours... Yes, 2 hours of raking leaves. We were going to go to the gym prior to raking leaves, but I am sooooo glad we didn't do that! I don't think I'd be able to move at all if we'd gone to the gym first. Here are some pictures of our yard before and after:

Before. Yeah... I swear we have a lawn under those leaves. It was a LOT of leaves to rake. 

Here are the 10 bags (there's some in a 2nd row there...) of leaves we raked (sorry the sun is kinda messing up this picture!). In PA, we have to put green waste in these tall paper bags that we buy at hardware stores or grocery stores. We don't get those handy green waste containers like they have in CA... I'm not sure why. 

I thought I'd take a close-up picture of our front steps. I know I mentioned in the Halloween post that our front steps are messed up... And it's even worse than it looks. Those stone slabs like to slide around and wobble like crazy. We always have to push them back into place so they don't fall off. They are not attached at all. It's not very safe..

Here's our lawn after raking! And that big ol' tree is the reason we had to do so much raking... It has lost 90% of its leaves now.

So, even though I had to do hours of raking today, I still love Fall. It's still an absolutely beautiful season, with perfect weather. I realized I hadn't really taken any pictures this year of the pretty trees for you guys! So, I snapped this photo of a tree on the corner of our street. 

And the chilly evenings during Fall mean that it's perfect for cuddling up on the couch with a blanket! Guinness is now a HUGE fan of cuddling, and it cracks me up. Even as I type this, he's cuddling with me on the couch. 

He's totally passed out in this one. 

And with that, here's the update on my Fall Bucket List! I've been slacking on making soups and breads (I have made a few soups, and I made Irish Soda Bread once), but maybe that's more fitting for Winter anyways? I'll definitely make lots of soups and breads this winter. And we're having our Thanksgiving-ish feast tomorrow, and we're going to watch Charlie Brown Thanksgiving tomorrow. So, other than that, I think all we missed was watching Rosemary's Baby at Halloween... but things just got too busy around Halloween. Next year for that one!