Fall Favorite

If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you know we have a special fall tradition around these parts: The Fall Walk. It truly is my most favorite day of the year. I was even telling the kids on Sunday morning, when I decided it had to be Fall Walk day, that I love the Fall Walk more than Christmas. It's true!

This year, we headed down south to Dansville, NY, just about an hour away. The weather when we left was beautiful and by the time we arrived, the clouds rolled in. Oh perfectly fallish, yes? We were in and out of spritzy showers, but I didn't care. It made the moments the sun decided to shine just that much prettier. The park we strolled through is one we had never visited, Stony Brook State Park. And we will be sure to visit again. It is an absolute hidden gem of a place. It seemed there was a picturesque bridge and waterfall around every turn.

As you can imagine, I took a lot of pictures. Five hundred fifty four, but who's counting? I was able to narrow those down to 80 and from those I'll share my most favorite. It is so hard to choose!! I love them all. I hope if feel like you were right there with us...





















And... there was a playground. The funnest playground I've ever been on. Yeah, the kind that is fun for kids and adults. I have never been on a see-saw like the one in the photos and I must say, I was deprived. I must have one in the backyard... I must. And as you'll see, I liked having my picture taken while balancing on one foot. Best do it while I still can, right?









If you would like to browse the full selection of Fall Walk 2011 photos, I have an entire Flickr set devoted to them! In fact, I have a set for each of the past several years. There were beautiful photos in 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007. And I am sure if I dig through the archives I could find photos from before those too, but I'll spare you. Five years worth is plenty to see. It is amazing to me to see the kids grow in an instant with the years seen consecutively.

Now it is your turn to share...

What is your family's favorite Fall tradition?

Now It Is Fall

First, I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughts and prayers on Friday's post. Your love and support means more than I can say. So, thank you. And now, I interrupt the regularly scheduled Random Monday to bring you highlights of the BEST fall weekend. Yep, you guessed it, yesterday was our annual family Fall Walk and I just have to share photos from the day. (no one actually uses dial up anymore, right? cuz, yeah, there are lots of pics!)


















It never *really* feels like Fall until we go on the Fall Walk. The weather was fantastic yesterday, and to switch things up, we went to the eastern most end of the trail. That big bridge is Rt 14, where you'll find countless NY State wineries (we skipped them this year). Dispite a big storm on Friday, there was still a lot of color to be seen in the trees.

Now, if you are one that like to look through family photo albums, check out more photo from this year's walk (including a shot of me getting goosed by Ron, HA!) and years past:

2010 Fall Walk
2009 Fall Walk
2008 Fall Walk
2007 Fall Walk

Official 2010 Bogert Family Photo!