Love the feeling of Fall

  The Hacienda absolutely loves the feeling of fall in the air. We are an equal opportunity lover of each season (except Steve ..he hates winter lol) but fall is "our time" for sure. We keep the tradition of hitting the pumpkin patch and laughing over Steve's obsession with finding the biggest pumpkin. We have apple cider, bonfires, roast smores, we take long drives to see the leaves and fields change. We bake..and we bake ALOT lol. I love the cozy feeling of homemade soup or bread and cuddling up with the crew on a cool evening. We do alot of crafts as well. We also try to step up donations and help with donation drives for the area food pantries due to cold weather coming as well as we try to help donate for a local family a Turkey Dinner. We have for years always picked someone that we new truly needed a hand up and a little sun brought  to them and surprise them (most times they never know it's us) with a food basket etc. My parents started this with us when we were younger and I continue it with Kaya. It may not be fancy stuff but it's the thought and the love that matters.
  Lots of things lined up fun for Fall.
  Here at the Hacienda we try hard to live our life as if it will end at midnight. That is not being morbid but honest. If you live every day finding true joy in your family, in your life, in your surroundings then you cannot help but extend that love and happiness to others. If you treat every day as special then you realize that it is YOU that makes the happiness and the joy and learn to rely on your inner circle instead of focusing so much on materialistic junk to fill voids.
  A lot of my friends etc like to tease us we are hippies...Steve even teases me that it's not "we" but me they are calling that..but I'm truly not a hippy. I was just raised that you kept your feet on the ground and know your roots...but you allow your happiness to soar by the people and the love you have. We live a rather close life as my Mom and my brother are very close to us and we do try our best to see some part of the family on weekends. My brother has often said we are the Hacienda Commune lmbo but we are not a commune. We are just a family that realizes that a simpler life in the context of things runs smoother for us. We know Kaya is growing at amazing rates and time will not slow down so we fully intend to savor them.
  We are thinking of several saleable ideas this year that have us excited. We won't be rich but it'll be working together on something we already enjoy :)
  I think that is why I am a fall person.  Outside work slows down, no mowing, fall garden is simpler than a summer garden, focus comes in nature changing, crafts, kick starting the holidays, and we turn more inward to coziness in the house. A day out playing then an evening of hot chocolate, popcorn and a family movie. All the seasons are family based but fall is just my fave time of year :)