Fall in TN and trip to Alabama

This year, fall was a little different here in TN.. The leaves took quite a bit longer to turn and then it seemed like once they were finally colorful, they only lasted a few days! I remember the leaves being far more vibrant for much longer last year. Oh well.. At least we were able to enjoy those few days of color on a trip down to visit Kristin and Neal in Alabama. But first, just wanted to post a few random pics from the past month or so that fit in to the fall theme.. 

The spiders were generous enough to decorate for Halloween back in October... 

Enjoying a date together at a local BBQ place.. It closes every winter so we were sure to stop by for their finger-licking ribs before time was up:

This season, Sam and a bunch of his buddies formed an intramural football team. They even ordered jerseys and everything! I guess it paid off because so far, they've been unstoppable! It's been fun watching the games. They are pretty legit. ;)

A couple snapshots taken around our parts... before we headed down to Alabama:

Finally reunited with my lovely sister! She is about 23(?) weeks along in this photo with her 5th! Expecting a girl. :) So excited that our baby boy will have a cousin close in age. The next few photos was at Millie's swim meet. So much fun! Millie was awesome! And Ivy loved watching the kids swim in the water:

Aaand the main reason we went down for a visit was for Sam to be a pacer and crew for my bro-in-law Neal (in the middle) while he runs his (2nd!) 100 mile race! Needless to say, things didn't go quite as planned as Neal came down with a terrrrrrible stomach flu early on in the race but he still ran 30 miles of it! That's more than a marathon....while sick. He's crazy. Haha! So they ended up coming home early but it was still a fun weekend, regardless. And totally worth the trip. Sam was grateful to see how they did things in the longer runs so that he could be better prepared for his 50K that was the weekend following. That post, up next! :)

Lastly, just wanted to include the only two decent photos I took with my nice camera the entire weekend. We were just having too much fun! Someone tell this girl to stop growing up!