Is it Summer or Fall?

This is that strange time of year when it can feel like summer, some of the flowers still look like summer, but it's fun to start making things look like fall.  First some pictures I took of my flowers this week.  

I was so surprised to find this lily blooming!  I thought I already had the last one last week!

I love my pink rose bush, but the blooms are so odd shaped, almost like they're deformed.  But they smell heavenly!

Yesterday I got some pumpkins and my first mum and put them on the front steps. 

This afternoon Dick got the fall swag out of his shed and hung it on the front door.  

I found this burlap pumpkin in my big bathroom cupboard where I store some seasonal things. I honestly thought it said, "Bless This House."  So I looked for a place to hang it and decided to hang it from the living room light fixture - like shining a blessing all over the house.   Only after I took this picture and looked at it did I realize it says "Bless the Harvest."  Hahaha!  Oh well. It looks cute. 

Now some grandchildren pictures.  Out in Portland handsome little Brennan started kindergarten this week.  

The next morning he wanted his picture taken again, haha!!  What cool hair!

Sammy has been begging to wear a suit every day since school started three weeks ago!  Finally he got to wear khakis with a coat and tie one day this week.  Isn't he something?  And Bianca looking so beautiful beside him.  

Last weekend Lori took the boys to Hershey.  At first I thought Hunter wasn't in this picture, and then I found him.  Such handsome guys!

Destiny's 21st birthday was on Tuesday.  The picture on the top left of this collage is me holding her the day she was born.  I was her mother's birth coach, so she has been precious to me from the moment she was born. 

And that brings me to some big news.  Through absolutely no fault of their own, Destiny and Alex need to move.  The possibility of it has been hanging over their heads for well over a month.  Last week Destiny asked what we thought about them moving up here to State College.  We discussed it and believe it will be a positive thing for them.  

So tomorrow morning they will be loading a moving truck.  Dick and I will drive down right after church.  Dick will drive the moving truck, I'll drive our van, and Alex will drive their car.  We'll be unloading most of their things into a storage unit nearby, and they will be staying here with us until they can get their own apartment.  Destiny already has a new job lined up to start this coming week. 

So this is a huge transition for all of us.  I have been getting rid of stuff and baby proofing this week!  

Making things even more interesting - we're leaving for our ten-day 50th anniversary trip to Portland just ten days after they get here. And in between there we have a friend's wedding to attend in Lancaster County.  So life will be shifting into HIGH GEAR!!  I'm not sure how I'll find time to blog.  But I promise I'll post cute pictures of that sweet toddler!

Gotta get some zzzz's now.  Goodnight!