End of Season Jitters

          I know we still have another month or so of summer but I can't help but feel eager for autumn to come.  With the ending of summer comes a lot of emotions.  I'm not exactly ready to head back to school yet but I am ready to have something valuable to do during the day.  I'm not ready to give up the carefree nights of summer and the activities that follow but I am more than excited for football, drives through the canyon, apple pies and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.  While summer clothes are extremely fun (and fill up the majority of my closet), I can't wait to be able to wear a sweater and boots without overheating. 

          I don't exactly have a bucket list...I'm not exactly a world traveler and I like to play things safe when it comes to recreational activities; however, if I were to choose one thing that I would like to do before I die, I would want to visit the Balsams Resort in the mountains of New Hampshire.  I visited the resort once on a drive with my parents.  They took the day off of work and called Melissa and I out of school.  It was a different time...one when my parents were in the process of getting divorced.  However, that one day has provided me with so many great memories.  We listened to Enya on the whole trip...dorky?  Maybe.  Do I listen to it in the fall just to bring back those fun memories?  Absolutely.  It is those random visits to new places that end up being important to me.  Visiting The Balsams Resort during my parents divorce, attending the Thanksgiving Point Gardens after getting back together with Scot, going to the Draper Temple open house and later marrying Scot there.  These places will always be special.

          On another note, I am not pregnant, but that can't keep me from loving the new Gap line for baby boys.  The Maine Collection has me convinced that little boys clothes are far cuter than little girls.  How can you resist a baby boy wearing a lobster onesy or a chunky whale sweater.

(Though my parents did get a divorce, they remarried each other less than a year later.  It was a happy ending for all!)