I love Fall & Him

Autumn Life in MN

Going on ten weeks being in Rochester has flown by for us! Seeing friends, visiting with family as they have flown in and keeping up with as much work as possible while always trying to get ahead at the same time seems impossible most days!

Zakiyah Nova Brings So much Joy

Zakiyah Nova Brings So much Joy

But we are loving just being in the moment and being content with life as it is today. Not dwelling on the past or life in Florida or what life could be like somewhere else… but trying to plan one day at a time while also not discounting our dreams, future plans etc…

So our posts on here will more than likely be just updates and overviews of life as we move and breath!

Dad & Donald First Sunday

Dad & Donald First Sunday

My little brother Donald, is currently a Pastor in Melbourne, Australia. He and his wife, Hannah, flew over at the end of September and stayed through the 10th of October!

Touring Downtown Rochester

Touring Downtown Rochester

We had a lot of time with them as they hung out with my mom and dad, we went on a couple trips to show Hannah what ‘life’ is like in the midwest!

Blood Moon & Broncos Hangout

Blood Moon & Broncos Hangout

Bubble Tea on Hannah's Birthday

Bubble Tea on Hannah’s Birthday

Hannah celebrated her 30th birthday here – which was a lot of fun! The pictures in this post are an overview of their time here and what Cordie & I have been up to in between work life!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard

Pumpkin Patch & Apple Orchard

Celebrating Hannah's Golden Birthday

Celebrating Hannah’s Golden Birthday

Wagon Ride Through the Apple Trees

Wagon Ride Through the Apple Trees

Hannah's 30! American Smores & Bonfires

Hannah’s 30! American Smores & Bonfires

Wild Game & Century Homecoming

Wild Game & Century Homecoming

Wild Hockey Game!

Wild Hockey Game!

Hannah's First Hockey Game!

Hannah’s First Hockey Game!

Hannah Leads Worship At Rochester Assembly

Hannah Leads Worship At Rochester Assembly

I had my 10 year high school reunion as well! It was a lot of fun seeing and catching up with old friends!

Celebrating My Ten Year Reunion

Celebrating My Ten Year HS Reunion

Sunday With these Babes

Sunday With these Babes

Spending Time with Zion & Zakiyah will never get old!

Spending Time with Zion & Zakiyah will never get old!

Hannah’s first time going to the Mall of America was a lot of fun!

Went to the Mall of America

Went to the Mall of America and went on some rides!

MOA - Legos

MOA – Lego Masterpieces

MOA - Lego

MOA – Lego

Andy & Christy had all of us Osborns over for dinner – food was amazing and the company was even better! Thank you!

Greek Night at the Cass House

Greek Night at the Cass House – Dance Party

Greek Night at the Cass House

Greek Night at the Cass House

Greek Night at the Cass House

Dance Party is always a good way to end the day!

For Donald & Hannah’s last night we celebrated Bobby’s birthday out on Lake Zumbro – the fall leaves are just gorgeous in SE Minnesota so the drive alone was amazing!

Dinner at Fishermen's Inn Celebrating Bobby's 31st Birthday!

Dinner at Fishermen’s Inn Celebrating Bobby’s 31st Birthday!

Dinner at Fishermen's Inn Celebrating Bobby's 31st Birthday!

Dinner at Fishermen’s Inn Celebrating Bobby’s 31st Birthday!

It was a lot of fun! Cordie & I will be doing another couple week work sprint before heading back to Jacksonville to take care of some things and then plan on being in the Minnesota area through the end of the year with hopes of heading somewhere very warm in January! :) We hope you are enjoying your day to day life and making the most of being with those you love no matter what is going on! As we are in our Autumn Life in MN! <3 Cordie & Katherine

in the end…

We lost 99.9% of our belongings, our deposit to the condo and are going to have to start over somewhere. But we are confident that there are beautiful things ahead. And are okay. Happy to be spending days with family (all of my siblings that live all across the world) and friends who we admire and are inspired by.

Cordie and Dad

“Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.”

Was shared with us by a friend from Lamentations 3:23 the first week Dad went into rehab and has been a daily reminder that even though we can’t plan too far ahead in the future each new day we have someone who is extremely faithful and extends new mercy.

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3 miles a day… well almost

I recently read this story about a guy who turned 65 and decided he would start walking five miles everyday…. he is now in his 90s!

With that in mind I decided to challenge myself and hope Cordie would join in.

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And so far our first week he has! We started on Sunday…above is Monday when we walked nine holes together which is about 3.5 miles (yes it was chilly for here).. Tuesday we walked the beach during our lunch breaks…

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As you can see Wednesday the weather was beautiful so we walked the front nine at the course we are members at!

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Today is our rest day and I am hoping to walk at least three miles 5/6 days a week.. Do you have any spring goals?