Building Cities in the Leaves

"It is almost fall. It is almost fall." If I keep saying it, it will be here soon.

I love fall for many reasons...
cool weather,
pretty leaves,
football season,
and my BIRTHDAY (October 14!!!)

I realized today that August is almost over and around the corner autumn waits patiently for its turn.  I am sure anyone living around Texas this time of year must be as happy about cooler weather as me.  With fall comes a fun memory. 

Soooo I have 7 siblings-four brothers, three sisters. Growing up was a blast, even now is a blast.  Our family get togethers are pure insane bundles of energy and noise.  Part of growing up was entertaining ourselves and with 8 kids under the age of 18 under 1 roof, we grew up playing outside-Obviously.  Every once in awhile my parents will ask us random questions, and recently Dad asked me, "What was your favorite memory growing up?"  I have an instant answer, and it turns out that most of my siblings share the same one...
(Sadly it is not dressing Joel and Jere up in jewelry and make up-if only I could find those pictures)

The favored memory for us... building cities in the leaves.

We lived in our "blue house" which had a massive back yard perfect for a herd of children with imaginations running wild.  We designed intricate cities, houses, rooms, and streets out of leaves and dirt with rakes and shovels.  In these make believe places, we rode our bikes, pulled our wagons, and played for hours. 

I, honestly, cannot remember details of what we did for those hours upon hours, but I do remember spending forever on bikes riding around the "streets" visiting other "houses".  I am sure with my brothers hilarious sense of humor and imaginative storytelling, we must have had some hysterical stories and laughter.

So for me, seeing that fall is almost here, once I see the leaves start changing, this will be the thing that continues to come to mind. I cannot wait to run kick a pile of leaves and remember the fun times in the cities with my family.

Summer is Over

I LOVE my job, but knowing the school year is starting back is y u c k! I finished up the summer the best way possible... pack in as much stuff as possible to have a blast.
I got my hair done, dinner with my work bff, girls night out at a Cowboys Preseason game, Dallas and Denton with the fam, and a tea with cheerleaders and their moms.  Talk about a seriously hectic long weekend but I had so much fun.

we had killer seats.

Me and my newly graduated bro!

Hannah and I

Me, Jenny, and Debra at the game

me and my presh nephew

Who Ya Gonna Call

I have always thought I do not believe in ghostly things, or at least I should say I haven't ever had any encounters to make me think about them.  My sis, Beks, is pretty hardcore into ghostly shows and the like, so she is the closest thing I have to an expert. I usually get too freaked out (overactive imagination) to handle even the tamest of ghost shows and stories... give me zombies, vampires, or gory war movies any day over ghosts.

So I was recently asked to house sit for a couple of months.  It's a super nice place, but is a pretty huge spread.  So from the first nights I was here, strange stuff kept happening.   I would hear voices around the house-sometimes multiple people having conversations, other times just a man's voice.  At first I thought it was the computer in the office having issues with pop-up ads or something, so I muted the sound.  This seemed to help, but then the voices came back! Most of the time it's just a loud booming man's voice, but sometimes he brings friends. 

Before you say "This is just your overactive imagination", other people have experienced the stuff I am talking about while they have been at the house so I have witnesses.


Other random strange things that happen, and they sometimes happen at the same time with the voices.

• Doors opening and shutting-plus knocking on doors.
• Shower turns itself off, on multiple occasions.
• Sinks turning on and off, over and over.
• Internal intercom systems makes clicking buzzing sounds (even though its off!)
• Lights turning on and off in different parts of the house.

Don't get me wrong-this is weird stuff, but I am NOT scared by whatever it is. Just fascinated and I want answers!!! (Plus this makes a great addition to Beks ghost story collection.)
I thought I would just put this out there. Everyone I tell about it is always wants more details so I will update as stuff goes on OR if we find an answer.

 "We came, we saw, we kicked its butt!"