Sundays with April

Good morning from a beautiful Fall day in Colorado!!

Fall brings such a beautiful change for us in Colorado, and it is my favorite season.

I may or may not have bought 10 of these creamers, but I cannot confirm.

IMO, they are the best creamer Chobani makes, and they are only available in the Fall. Once they are gone, they are gone until the next year.

And you can freeze them, so if you were to buy extra (not saying I did), you could freeze the extras and enjoy them all Winter, too!

Summer holds a close second in favorite seasons for me, but there is nothing like a beautiful Fall day where the air is just a little more crisp and you can pull out those boots and light sweaters.

Fall also brings a new school year and homecoming games.

I was heading to dinner last night with some friends and passed by a group of teenage girls in their sparkly dresses and fresh spray tans, with their makeup and hair done beautifully. They were giggling and running around, and it was so cute!

I was reminded that not that long ago, my life looked so different from what it is now, and it made me nostalgic.

As the neighborhood kids started to return to school a couple of weeks ago, I would pass the bus stop filled with anxious and excited children waiting and chatting with their little backpacks and lunchboxes, and it made me really miss my kids being little.

Being a mom and raising my kids was my greatest joy.

Not that I am not a mom anymore. They still call me for help figuring things out or just to catch up.

But I am needed less now that they are all adults, and I miss those little sweet moments of excitement and discovery when they were young.

My youngest is now a junior in college, and all of the rest have real-life jobs, families, and kids of their own. It is so wild how the changes are seemingly so subtle, and then you wake up one day and you have an empty nest.

That day is a wild day when you realize everything you have poured into your children has prepared them for this day, but it hasn’t prepared YOU.

And now you have to figure out what life looks like for you. Especially as a widow, when you made plans for this time in your life with your husband, and now everything has changed because he is no longer here.

It is a crazy season of discovery, and I am slowly learning how to navigate that.

Have you started decorating for Fall?

I have gotten all of the decor for my front porch, but I haven’t put it all out yet, so I am a little behind. I am going to do that this coming week, so stay tuned on IG stories for real-time decorating.

I am doing something a little different than I have in the past and can’t wait to share it with you! I will be sending out a post about it once it is all done.

Here are 3 Ways to Paint Faux Pumpkins

Yes, those are faux terra cotta pumpkins, but they didn’t always look like this. Check out my tutorial.

My latest project

I am still working on my office project. It is the project that never ends.

I thought it would take me a month when I started it back in January, but I am still working on it, and we are coming up on October!

Never in my life did I think that this wouldn’t be done yet.

I was so confident that it would be a quick project that I have had a bathroom vanity for my powder room makeover sitting in my dining room for months.

In my defense, I have had a lot of other people’s projects that I have been helping with. I should be more selfish with my time, but I am just not built that way.

Whenever someone calls for help on something or wants to spend time with me, I usually just drop whatever it is that I am doing. I have absolutely no boundaries, haha.

What can I say other than I love my people wholeheartedly.

What you might have missed on the blog

Amazon Best Sellers for September

These linen drapes I hung up at my mom’s when I visited last month.

This stylish cream, gold, and tan affordable carry-on travel set is perfect for Parents Weekend! I LOVE it!

These are my favorite buttery soft leggings and you all love them, too!

This Christmas Garland sells out quickly! It is 35% off right now!!

You can see it on my mantle from last year.

I hope you have a beautiful week ahead! Check back for updated Fall porch decor and updates on my never-ending office project!

Remember, you can do it all yourself, but let’s do it together!