this is what i like to see...

i checked weather.com this morning for our forecast, as i do at the start of each and every week. today, however, was the first time in a while i've really liked what i found. now if only it'll stay that way.

Forecast for Charlotte, NC (28269)

10-Day Forecast NEW: Larger Radar Maps & No Ads High / Low (°F) Precip. % Today Oct 12 Rain 63°/56° 70 % Tue Oct 13 Partly Cloudy 77°/54° 20 % Wed Oct 14 Rain 58°/48° 80 % Thu Oct 15 Showers 65°/51° 40 % Fri Oct 16 Mostly Cloudy 61°/45° 20 % Sat Oct 17 Mostly Cloudy 63°/42° 20 % Sun Oct 18 Sunny 65°/41° 0 % Mon Oct 19 Sunny 66°/44° 0 % Tue Oct 20 Sunny 68°/45° 0 % Wed Oct 21 Few Showers 73°/49° 30 % Last Updated Oct 12 11:20 a.m. ET

yay for chillier weather and finally a real start to fall! now i can actually do all of the wonderful fall things i've been writing about for the past month or so. bonfires here we come!

we actually kicked fall off quite well yesterday. we took the high schoolers to a corn maze - or an amazing maize maze whichever you prefer - and then picked out pumpkins at the pumpkin patch, and carved them at youth group last night. next time i'll try to remember to rent a fire hose to clean up afterwards...

in any case. it was a lot of fun trekking through the maze with them, and watching there excitement as they jumped in and through a giant trough of corn. you know those plastic ball pits they have? this was like one of those, only with dried corn kernels.

i also squeezed in a 12ish mile run after church yesterday which actually felt pretty good for the majority of the time - much much better than my 11 mile run last saturday. i can't believe we're less than 3 weeks away from the half-marathon. craziness.

hope your autumn is

splendid