Pumpkin Hunting!

Tis the season to visit a pumpkin patch! I love fall. Fall crafts, fall baking, fall activities - and its even more fun with kids! My husband & I went up to Vermont last weekend to visit family and spend time with our adorable toddler niece at the pumpkin patch! She was so cute, trying to pick up pumpkins that were too heavy for her, grunting "errrr" and "uurrhhh!" Here are a couple snapshots from our trip. :)

 

Setting aside all HER pumpkins! She wanted to do it all by herself. :)

 

You can barely tell, but Stella is waving a dog toy at her puppy below. She loves puppies!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...

I lovermont. And fall. What else should we do this fall? We used to go apple picking and carve pumpkins, but its harder to do in a small apartment with no outdoor space in a city! What are you doing to celebrate the season? I need some ideas!

xo kristen genevieve

September in Boston

 I want to be frank with all of you. I really don't like living in Boston! I know there is so much history and culture to explore here, but I have found myself missing Vermont so much lately. 

 

Photo by 822 weddings.

 

Vermont is the first place I lived since leaving my family. Its where I went to college, and where I met and fell in love with my husband. Its where I worked on a farm for a summer. Its where my husband and I started gardening, and where he proposed to me at one of those gardens. Its is where we ran our first business together. Its where my husband grew up. Vermont is where we got married. 

I didn't realize how hard it would be to leave that place. By my sixth year in the state, I felt I was ready for a change. Ready to have more job opportunities for myself and my husband. Ready to get started on having a family. I was so anxious to get started, and so ready to leave to be able to do it.

But now that we're in Boston, I miss living in a small town. I miss the mountains. I miss the quiet of life in Vermont. I miss being in a places where I would love to bring my kids one day. My heart tells me that this is the place we belong.

So I talked to my husband about it. I want to be supportive of his career, knowing that he can't turn around immediately and quit his job. To my surprise, he was completely on board! He told me he never truly wanted to leave in the first place, he just wanted me to be happy. I was so happy I cried. Hopefully we can make the transition back to our beloved state within the next year, if all goes well!


Have you ever lived in a place where you feel like that is where you belong? Did you have to move to realize what you were missing? Do you just love the newness & adventure of moving around? Please share with me! I love hearing from all of you. :)

xo kristen genevieve

Family Vacation!

Every summer, my husband's family gets together for a week long vacation. Its a big group, rounding out at around thirty people with his mom's entire side of the family in attendance. But its great to see the family we otherwise only see all together at Thanksgiving!

 

My husband & I before dinner one night.

 With my adorable niece, Stella, on a boat ride!

With my niece and sisters-in-law. Stella was happy a second before all the photos, I swear!

Does your family have reunions? My mom's side has reunions sporadically, but not usually within a ten year span. However, now that all my cousins are getting older, hopefully we'll all get together more often at weddings! If your family doesn't do reunions, do you wish you had large family reunions or are small vacations more favorable to you? I enjoy both, but time with my husband is most precious to me!

All photos taken my mother-in-law or sister-in-law and edited by me.

xo kristen genevieve