I love Fall!

It's my favorite time of year!  The weather is clear, crisp and beautiful.  The colors are amazing.  It's the kick-off to a festive season:  Halloween - Thanksgiving - Christmas - New Year's - and you can also through in Russian Christmas and Russian Old New Year's for us!  So basically we are celebrating from Beginning of November until mid-January!  The New Year's (whether it's the old or new) marks a fun time on our calendar - we always get together with friends and go snowboarding!

 The 2008 trip was in Vermont

 

Here's a look at our cabin we had in Vermont.  Oh it was sooooo charming!  

It was a winter wonderland!

 

 Vermont is where Dima & Alona got engaged!  Right after the clock turned to midnight and we welcomed in the 2009 new year.  :-)

We did the snowboarding trip last year right after our honeymoon to Jackson Hole/Grand Tetons.  Oh it was fabulous.  Misha and I stayed in Jackson Hole for four days and then met friends in the Grand Teton Mountain Range for some awesome snowboarding. Those pictures are on Misha's laptop...come to think of it, I need to get those!  :-)

Oh they are so awesome...what great memories!  This year is no different!  Next week we will celebrate Thanksgiving with our families in Georgia, celebrate our one year anniversary on November 28th, maybe visit Dima & Alona and Julia (their new 3-month old baby girl!) and then we'll be ready for Christmastime and our snowboarding trip in January!  This year we will be going to Utah.  I'm excited!  In my opinion, it can go back to being spring/summertime after our winter trip in January, but I don't know if Mother Nature agrees with me though.  :-)