There are many reasons why I’m happy to be home. But here are two specific ones: babies and fall.

Except the babies aren’t babies anymore. My niece was seven months when I left. Not she’s a year and a half. That’s a big difference!

These are my two nieces. One is as beautiful as the other. One is 18 and the other is 18 months. We celebrated the birthdays of my grandma, sister, and older niece.

Here’s my nephew. He’s two.

The “babies” were both sick when I got home so I didn’t get to see them for a few days. It took a bit for them to warm up to me, but they did. They can’t resist the charm of Uncle Paul.

Here are some photos I took this morning. The view from our back deck is always full of great photo opportunities.