it is well

I may have a less-than-popular opinion when I say this, but I'm not quite ready for "Christmastime" to be upon us yet.  Our first fall in our first home has been so good to us.  The leaves are stunning and the weather is just perfect.  I'm certainly excited to decorate and celebrate the season (and okay, okay, I've already ordered our Christmas cards), but I'm also enjoying living in the now.  So while some people begin to hang their lights and deck their halls, I'll be holding onto autumn for just a little longer...

Because of pumpkins on your door stoop, burlap banners, and mason jar flower arrangements...

because of crisp apples, cinnamon, and butternut squash...
...and especially because of what those delicious ingredients come together to make: 

Butternut squash crock pot soup recipe found via Pinterest here 
I'll be happy to trade the pumpkins and gourds in for evergreen wreaths and holly, buttttt will try my absolute hardest to wait off until after Thanksgiving.  
Until then, it is well with my soul.