Midweek Randoms :)

I have been pretty busy at work this week, which is a good thing! But, that makes our evenings a little less exciting because by the time we get home we are both pooped! Stephen's been working at his parents house this week, roofing their house. This has been nice because his drive to and from work is a little shorter since they live closer to us than his usual job sites are :)

Fall has arrived in Indiana and I love seeing the leaves change colors. I also like collecting leaves to dry out for craft projects...which is what we did on our evening walk with Louie last night!

These trees are at the back of our property and you can see them changing already!

This tree is in our front yard and I cannot wait until it is orange and yellow throughout. I can see that it is changing at the top though, so I don't think it will be long. Yay!

We have been testing Louie outside without a leash on. He has been really good and has not ran away from us once. He does get going on a sniffing spree and wonders all over the yard, but if we call his name he turns around and runs for us. I am so pleased with his progress!

We spent some time outside last night before dinner watching Louie wonder and moving the sprinklers. We spread grass seed Saturday and Monday so we are watering the yard this week to keep it moist. Too bad there is no rain in our forecast!

Louie thought he would sniff my camera, too. How cute is he!?

I love his fluffy eyebrows!

And those big brown eyes! :)

I took this picture on our walk last night. This is not our street, but the street behind us. I just love our town and the quiet tree lined streets; especially in the fall when leaves are changing and falling! We collected some nice additions to my leaf collection for crafts!

After our walk I think Louie was tuckered out, ha. He was not interested in moving at all, until we went upstairs. Then, he galloped up the stairs behind us and begged to be lifted onto our bed.

So cute!

On Monday I came home to a surprise from Stephen. He had gotten me a sweet card, beautiful fall flowers and an extension cord. I was so happy. You might wonder why I was happy about an extension cord. Let me tell you! I like to craft in the living room, and my hot glue gun cord is not long enough for me to sit anywhere other than the floor. Sitting like that for hours really hurts my back, but now I can plug in and sit on the couch to craft AND use the coffee table as a working space instead of bending over using the floor. Yes, I am excited!

The flowers are beautiful, too!

This was this morning as I was leaving for work and putting Louie in his kennel. It always breaks my heart when I put him in there every morning! I know he is just a dog and it is normal for them to be caged for hours, but I just feel bad sometimes! Can I please be a stay at home puppy mommy?

No? Okay then, back to work...

Have a great hump day everyone!

Oh, I almost forgot! I was running late this morning and did not have time to put dinner in the crock pot, so Stephen said we could go out for a midweek date night! Seems that forgetting to start dinner has its advantages sometimes! And, we are taking Louie with us! I'll let you know how that goes!