Fall is the perfect time to curl up with a new book. And I just got my copies of my latest book, Captive Dreams. In honor of that and because I love comments and subscribers, in October I am running a contest. On November 1 I will pull one lucky name from the subscribers to the Law Books & Life. That person will win a $30 gift card to B&N, CBD or other online bookstore of their choice. I will also pull a winner for another gift card from those who leave a comment on my blog. So sign up and comment away.
Don’t forget this contest ends October 31 — so leave your comments and sign up on Feedblitz today! What’s your favorite fall activity?
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Woohoo! Driving in the mountains and admiring the aspens turning gold.
I enjoy long walks with my dogs. The weather is ideal and the air is fresh and skies bright blue. What else would i want?
Taking a drive up to historic towns which are quaint and retain their charm.
An adventure, a road trip which I would drive leisurely through places that I read about but never had a chance to see.
hi cara!
i’m from shoutlife! 🙂
i love that i can hang out with a sweater on!
Your books look interesting – I’ve traveled all over this great country of ours and from coast to coast the beauty of the Lord is evident.
it is nice to be able to read wholesome stories…thanks to you and your fellow authors for stories of encouragement and inspiration…Paula Shene
football! Whoo hoo! Especially local high school games. Go Niceville Eagles!
I enjoy your honesty and refreshing outlook on the different things you discuss on you site.
As for favorite falltime experience, watching the leaves turn such brilliant colors and walking around in the wooded areas.
Love spending time with Tanner outside. And we’re big high school football fans. Nothing like sitting in the stands on a crisp fall evening all bundled under our blanket watching the hometown boys play. =)
Playing in the leaves, and carving pumpkins!!!
I like visiting our local botanical garden. It’s beautiful in the fall.
I’m a photographer (for fun mostly, not professional) so I love the fall. There’s nothing like taking pictures of the trees turning colors!
Great prize! I need some new reading material. We love going to high school football games.
lmb122@gmail.com
My favorite fall activity is taking the boys to the pumpkin patch to get pumpkins and take a hayride. 🙂
mommyof3inva(at)yahoo(dot)com
I’m an avid reader! I love so many things about fall, but some of them are sipping hot chocolate, sitting by a bonfire roasting marshmallows, pumpkin pie, watching the leaves change colors, crisp evenings and chilly mornings.
zipster81(at)juno(dot)com
My favorite fall activity is going to the pumpkin patch, and also to watch the leaves change. Everyday they change a little bit more until they’re all gone! Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
I love to see the leaves change color, the crisp weather and the excitement of the holiday season around the corner!
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I love picking apples and eating donuts at the orchard 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
Baking apple and pumpkin pies are my favorite fall activities. I would love to win and thanks for the giveaway!
going to the apple orchard!
Or what we did last weekend! celebratd my mom’s 50th birthday and took all 7 nieces and nephews to the pumpkin patch and played and took a hayride! it was so fun!
karissag at gmail.com
THANKS!
Visiting the pumpkin patch with my husband and son!
adorablyconfused at hotmail dot com
I love going for a drive to see the changing colors up in the mountains, the pumpkin patch with my 2 daughters, and playing in the leaves with my girls. I love Fall!!!
leslierose at gmail dot com
Well, evidently, I’m going to play golf in a 36-hole cross country fall extravaganza scramble. I have been so sick this week, I am reserving my strength for Saturday. I have my special golf gloves.
I’m outside every day, rain or shine, cold or hot, and I like seeing my woods change in all the seasons, but I delight in things like the squeaking mouse who jumped out of the thick leaves(we have TONS) and dove back down, scrambling to get away from my tromping boots. I like the swishing of leaves when I tromp through.
Jumping in piles of leaves. I’m still such a kid sometimes!
jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
Taking my toddler to the pumpkin patch! Nothing says fall like pumpkins!
minnesotapeachy@aol.com
My favorite thing is the first time I feel cold! It is always so refreshing after a long summer of 100 degree plus weather. 🙂 Being able to enjoy things like hot tea and slippers is awesome!
i love carving pumpkins and watching football!
I like going to people’s houses with my daughter and having them give us candy.
carving pumpkins and making pumpkin seeds. 🙂
Favorite Fall activity? I’d say taking walks with my kids to look for beautiful fall foliage and pine cones and such. Then going home to turn them into personal works of art! =) Thanks for the chance!
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Just walking in the cool weather, watching the fall colors and feeling the cool wind across my face – I just love it!
Thanks for this great giveaway!
callmeabookworm AT gmail DOT com
My favorite fall activity is looking at the leaves changing color with my son. dcadmar at gmail.com
I love the beautiful colors, the crisp weather, the start of the holiday season, apple picking, pumpkin carving, trick or treating with the kids, hot apple cider, hay rides….
Thanks for a great giveaway!
HunnyV “at” Optonline “dot” net
I am such a bookworm, I would love to win! Thank you!
shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com
I have to think back a little bit since it’s snowy and cold here already. = ) I think I like taking walks under and over the autumn leaves, hearing them crunch under my feet, smelling the crip air, and feeling the perfect temperature for some light exercise. Fall is a gorgeous season, but way too short.
What a great giveaway, expectually since most people love books and reading, and there are so many books out there!
I love being outside in the fall and looking at the colors on the trees! I also love cooking up all sorts of pumpkin goodies. girlygirlsboutique(at)gmail(dot)com
Congrats on your book, fellow ShoutLifer! Both of my kids’ brithdays are in the fall (next week), and my husband and I started dating on November 17. Two years and two months later, we became engaged during Thanksgiving weekend. 🙂
stef dot reed at gmail dot com
Enter my giveaway!
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Stef/608905/?
What a great gift card!
millkara [at] gmail.com
I love taking my son to the apple orchard. They have all kinds of fun activities for kids including a petting farm and they make their own pumpkin donuts! YUM!
playing in the leaves!!!
Any fall activity that I can do with my kids is my favorite activity…raking (and of course jumping in) the leaves, going to the pumpkin patch in search of the perfect…er um the FIVE perfect pumpkins, carving pumpkins and eating the toasted seeds, dressing the kidlets up for Halloween, celebrating family at Thanksgiving, playing outside on a crisp day…um oops, you just wanted one…Can you tell I just love fall?!
Thank you so much for the chance to win. All of my children, my husband, and myself are avid readers so this would definitely go to good use!
I love the cooler weather…and the baking that comes along with fall 🙂
Becky
Going to the park to do fall photo shoots with the kids in the leaves.
rle75(at)shaw(dot)ca
Snuggling up with my hubby – without us sticking together or complaining that the other is too sweaty.
Fall isn’t my favorite time of the year, but I do like that it is getting cooler outside so we can turn on the heat and cuddle up with a good book and blanket.
I love taking my son pumpkin picking. Thanks for the nice giveaway, hope I win! cdziuba@aol.com
I love going apple picking in the fall!
my favorite fall activity is drinking warm cider after a hayride. YUM!
Walking through freshly fallen leaves.
My favorite fall activity is hunting…I know, I know…some people don’t like it,but we are responsible hunters and it puts food in our freezer!!!
sherri419 at gmail dot com
I love the fall. It’s by far my favorite season. As for what my favorite activity is….cuddling up and reading a good book, driving around and seeing the leaves/decorations, eating carmel apples, etc.
-lauren
lauren51990 at aol dot com
i subscribed as well!
Soccer and football games!
I love the crunchy fall leaves, and driving in the mountains to see the fall colors.
I love the cooler weather and starting to be able to bundle up and have hot chocolate
I love taking drives during the fall just to look at the trees beautiful changing colors.
Thanks for a chance.
actsm at hotmail dot com
After trick-or-treating with my kids (I have to restrain myself from running door to door), it’s baking pumpkin-flavored things: muffins, cookies, bars. Can you tell I’m a sugar junkie?
I love taking walks on those beautiful Fall days when the sun is shining and the trees are colorful.
katiekarr at gmail dot com
Enter me please!
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And come enter my giveaway at:
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What a great giveaway! I love the smell in the air. I know that’s not really a “thing to do,” but I guess my favorite thing is smelling the fall air!
Curling up by the fireplace!
Come enter my Amazon giveaway!
Oh I love the change in the weather for fall. It is awesome and so beautiful. Going to the pumpkin patches is my favorite activity though!
Thanks for this great giveaway.
carrie_egg(at)yahoo(dot)com
My favorite fall activity is eating candy – guess I’m still a kid at heart!
-stacy (slwilkins05@yahoo.com)
My fav fall activity is making fall related goodies – haystacks, caramel apples, pumpkin anything….
Watching my kids outside playing with the leaves or jumping in it and collecting pinecones etc..
my favorite thing to do it go to the cider mill for donuts and cider and honeycrisp apples
I love taking walks with my family, carving pumpkins and making pumpkin bread.
I adore fall!
Favorite fall activity is taking long walks in cool, breezy weather. thanks for the giveaway. utgal2004 at yahoo dot com
jumping on crunchy leaves 🙂
Great giveaway! I just love blog hopping!
I hope i’m the lucky winner 🙂
eating pie! pumpkin apple..ts all yummy
WE (meaning my little ones) LOVE mommy making homemade apple bread from fresh picked apples. Carving pumpkins always means toasted pumpkin seeds too!
Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
We love fall too
*Shay B.*
Tigger2sch(at)aol(dot)com
My favorite fall activity — playing in the leaves with my kids! 🙂
vmlay@artsci.wustl.edu
My favorite fall activity is walking– the temperature is perfect for it, and I love the leaves crunching underfoot.
kmg365 (at) gmail (dot) com
I adore stomping on leaves! I don’t care how old I am it is fun and I will always do it! LOL!
Roasting marshallows, hot dogs and making smores around a cosy fire.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Seeing the leaves change to all the beautiful colors.
Thanks,
Christy
In the fall I love kicking leaves through the gutter, preferably with a toddler along to help me!
I like raking up a big pile of leaves and jumping in them with the kids on a cool crisp day.
We don’t have much for fall where I live, but I do relish the first day wearing long sleeves is appropriate. And getting out my flannel jammies!
I love putting all my fall decorations out. 🙂
My fav fall activity is going to Tennessee Titans football games!! Go Titans!! 7-0 Thanks for the giveaway!
Watching college football!
castings[at]mindspring[dot]com
Smelling the crisp air and walking without sweating! LOL
Favorite fall activity? Walking through the fallen leaves – I just feel like a kid again!
Good luck on NaNoWrimo! *from one participant to another!*
Write From Karen
I love to drive in the country and see all the beautiful fall colors.
My favorite Fall Activity is Thanksgiving. We get together as a family and eat turkey! I subscribed to your feed.
I enjoy laying in my hammock and quietly reading.
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Walking in the woods and looking at the leaves that changed colors.
Baking, enjoying fall colors – it’s just the best time of year!
Oh boy! I don’t want to miss out on this!
Deborah
dbstout{at}juno{dot}com
I enjoy going on hayrides with my family!! I also love going apple picking!
Going to apple orchards for the day.
woohoo what a great offer!!!
Hi Cara. I don’t know what my favorite fall activity is. I love doing our family picture, but the teens complain. I enjoy raking leaves, but this year it seems like there were 2x as many. I enjoy going to the apple orchard and pumpkin picking, neither of which we’ve been able to do this year. Sometimes I hate being a single mom. I can’t be everywhere at once. 🙂
Blessings,
Mimi B
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My parent’s have a Fall party on the 3rd Saturday of October. We look forward to it and have fun in the process.
Thanks for the chance to win.
mcginnis135 at bellsouth dot net
Driving up to the mountains to pick apples. Coming home and making tons of apple pies and applesauce. It’s bliss.
Great prize!
Our favorite fall activity is apple picking with the kids. The have a blast and I always get the best pictures of the kids with the fabulous fall colors.
Thanks for hosting the awesome giveaway.
Our new fall favorite activity is geocaching. Enjoy the scenery, the weather, and the kids!!
My favorite fall activity is to put up decorations and plan for Thanksgiving and Christmas menus..
I am so happy to have found your blog. I subscribed.
Thanks
Tara
cloudspassby78 (at) yahoo (dot) com
My favorite part of fall would probably be the leaves changing color, the geese and Thanksgiving! Thanks. 🙂
I’ve got a great list of books I’d buy with this!
princesslimey (at) gmail (dot) com
Please enter me! Thanks for the giveaway!
kport207(at)gmail(dot)com
I love the Fall baking…all the yummy pumpkin stuff 🙂 Thanks for such a generous giveaway. I also just subscribed to your feed.
give_me_a_latte at yahoo
I love to see the leaves change color, the crisp weather and the excitement of the holiday season
I like walking through the fallen leaves, scuffing my feet and feeling the leaves crunch. Thanks for the great giveaway!
3oink63moo484 (at) gmail(.)com
When the weather cools, I love nothing more than snuggling up on the couch with a blanket and a good book!
Happy Holidays!
melaniesands at yahoo dot ca
Simply living is in itself the greatest adventure. Thank you for the giveaway!!!
valuedcustomer(at)live(dot)com
I like to go for walks with my dogs before the wintry blasts make walks a duty rather than a pleasure.
dlcwin at gmail.com
Having an excuse to bake pumpkin bread
I just love the fall colors and the cooler weather. Beautiful time of the year. Thank you so much!
judybrittle at aol dot com
Love reading a book that draws you away, putting you into a different area or time.
Favorite fall activity is definately baking. I just don’t bake in the summer when it is so hot. So when the weather turns, I begin again. . .
Thank you for your drawing
Lalycairn (at) gmail.com
Tailgating with my husband at Mean Green games. I love books.
I love to take our kids to different pumpkin patches!
Playing in the leaves.
hetz-junk(at)hotmail(dot)com
Oh gosh this is so generous of you! I would love to try and win a gift card to amazon or possibly half price book store if possible I LOVE LOVE that store! they even have books for one dollar ONE DOLLAR!! and good books too, I haven’t been there in a while, I really need to go 😀
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My favourite fall activity is heading to the pumpkin patch with our little girl. This year she was walking which made it more fun. She was also trying to pick up giant pumpkins which was quite funny. 🙂
I like snuggling with the kids in our warm bed.
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
Sounds like such a nice read…
Thanks!
gitrecca (at) gmail (dot) com
Oh just being outside and smelling the chimneys:)
ggp42304 (at) gmail (dot com)
Pumpkin carving with my family 🙂
Great contest! My fav fall activity is pumpkin carving with my family. Makes me feel like a kid again!
a mug of hot chocolate is what i love
katch05(at)gmail(dot)com
Baking for fall and watching th leaves change colours. skyskyaa11(at)gmail(dot)com
Hayrides!
Thanks for such a fun giveaway!
sblilly14(@)yahoo(.)com
I LOVE the smell of burning leaves. I know, we’re not supposed to do it in town and I don’t. But when someone does, I secretly love it!
Fall cleaning and cooking
lilacbutterfly [at] earthlink.net
Leaves changing colors and crunching under your feet! I am ready for fresh apple cider too!!
Thanks!
Sarah
believedreamcourage (at) gmail.com
My grandmother is an avid reader. I need to get your books for her (& myself)!
I love watching the leaves turn beautiful colors in the mountains!
Thanks!
ericbrooks75(at)yahoo(dot)com
I like baking pumpkin pies.
ikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca
I love going to the pumpkin patch with my boys!
alainamj AT yahoo DOT com
all the yummy treats! daisy_collections(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love going apple picking and then making an apple crumble!
oreo89 [at] gmail [dot] com
Seeing the colorful leaves and drinking hot apple cider
I love to go hiking in the fall. The weather is beautiful and the air is crisp.
My favorite fall activity is taking a walk to look at all the leaves and then trying to find some to play in! sharlacarbine at gmail dot com
Playing in the leaves with the kids.
mccammacks(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
decorating the house for halloween!!
Going to the Cider Mill for fresh cider and donuts! Thanks so much for doing this giveaway!
ahiltzy@yahoo(dot)com
Nerd that I am, I love watching marching bands perform. It is amazing what these kids can do (mine included) for the band director, when I can’t even get them to clean their rooms, lol
thanks for sharing
ceashark at aol dot com
Driving to the mountains and seeing all the beautiful fall leaves. Thanks!
We love riding in the country looking at all the changing colors of the leaves. Thanks for the giveaway!
zarache AT aol DOT com
Preparing for Thanksgiving!
txhottie_86 at yahoo dot com
I enjoy being with my family doing whatever! Thanks for the giveaway.
Heather
poncey76 at hotmail dot com
I love to go apple picking. Thanks for the giveaway!
Watching the leaves change. Love all the colors.
jubys1mom(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love enjoying the cooler fall mornings before the kids get up! Thanks for the awesome giveaway! stonefox@pobox.com
My favorite fall activity is catching leaves on windy days :). My kids and I just did that this afternoon. We tried to catch the leaves before they hit the ground. I won today :).
If I can figure out how to subscribe to your blog I will give it a try.
Baking bread and muffins.
cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com
My favorite fall activity is taking long drives in the country to look at the colors.
Baking apple and pumpkin goodies– visiting the apple farm and pumpkin patch to get supplies to do so!
Going to the pumh with my kiddos and drinking hot apple cider!
daytoncat1(at)yahoo(dot)com
Going to the apple orchard with my family.
david_colleen@mei.net
Celebrating our fall wedding anniversary!
My favorite fall activity is carving pumpkins with my kids. They get more creative every year, and I love it. I’d be delighted to win a B&N gift card if you choose me. Thanks!
I love our family Halloween bonfire. Thanks for the great giveaway.
I’m in.
katelynthames AT yahoo DOT com
My favorite activity in the fall is baking! Fall flavors are my favorite flavors. Thanks for the chance!
I love walking thru the fallen leaves and them crunching and watching the kids throw them and jump in leaf piles.
I love taking a drive in the fall when the leaves are changing color!
I love making pumpkin pie and taking walks in the crisp cool weather!
parknj at basicisp dot net
My favourite fall activity is making hearty soups and stews again after an entire summer of salads and grilled chicken.
michelle at northofthe49 dot com
I love baking in the kitchen with my daughter.
apple picking for sure…
andrewandkristan(at)hotmail(dot)com
This is a great one! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
great giveaway because when the weather gets cooler, I LOVE curling up with a warm blanket and reading a good book.
I love going to the local cider mill for fresh cider and donuts!
Thanks for the giveaway, reading is my favorite pasttime!
mattandjen[at]gmail.com
My favorite Fall Activity would be Basketball conditioning…and knowing that high school, college, and NBA basketball is right around the corner! Sorry, but I guess I am just a gym rat!
Thanks,
Eric
sacredmpp(at)gmail(dot)com
Apple picking at the local orchard. We have one close by.
My favorite fall activity is just enjoying the weather with my family. Sitting out side before it gets to cold and watching the leaves change colors. Thanks
katie_mmartin at yahoo dot com.
I love looking at the leaves after they have changed colors.
ksieker(at)hotmail(dot)com
I like changing out my wardrobe! Putting away the shorts and tank tops and pulling out long sleeves! I also like drinking hot apple cider, or hot chocolate. Thanks!
I am like a little kid when it comes to crunching leaves as I walk. Love it. Thanks for a chance.
I love everything about Fall – seeing the beautiful foliage and going apple picking and so many other things to enjoy at this time of the year!
cjnedrow@gmail.com
I love fall –cool crisp mornings the freshness of the air they birds coming to my yard for the winter Warm sweaters, croduroys and boots
Love it
Bonnie in FL
blday50@gmail.com
I’m doing my favorite tonight … walking the neighborhood with my kids to trick or treat! Thanks – neat prize!
sjbraun at hotmail dot com
I love baking in the fall!
My birthday!
Thanks for a great giveaway.
Davina
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Celebrating my birthday is my favorite fall activity. And wearing sweaters!
i love fall, and love anything pumpkin related. 🙂
I love cooking oodles of soups, and again anything pumkin!
I love apple picking with the kids!
Thanks for hosting this great giveaway.
I love to go apple picking and then make apple pies and apple crisp from our windfall.
I love books like you wouldn’t even believe! B&N here I come!
Apple pie, applesauce, leave peeping in Vermont and pumpkin spice lattes spell fall in my book!! Thanks for hosting!
My favorite fall activity is hiking in the mountains with my family and our dog.
owatz (AT) telus (DOT) net
I love to take the family on a drive through the country to look at the changing leaves
carving pumpkins is fun
KawaiiNeko2008 (at) aol (dot) com
I like to watch the geese migrate!
akreese (at) hotmail (dot) com
Definitely the cider mill visit – fresh baked donuts and warm cider. God I love fall!
Walks along our river-side park, watching the waves and at the same time watching our daughter running through the leaves. She loves to do this, loves the crunching sounds. And we, we love to watch the joy on her face.
Cheers, Kiy
Great giveaway. Thanks! I love the leaves changing in the fall. Up in Door County, WI the foliage is great!
Thanks for the great prize!!!
Jumping in piles of fallen leaves with my boys. Thanks for the chance.
mariakara1(at)hotmail(dot)com
We don’t really have much fall here but I’m going to start a tradition this year of buying pumpkins at the pumpkin patch (bought three the other day) and making great pumpkin recipes from them. This has been our first year to buy pumpkins, I know I’m a little behind.
Roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over our fire pit with my family
Elaine
bells6ATbellsouthDOTnet
fall camping or Halloween! Halloween is my favorite holiday!
drinking apple cider
mitanari[at]yahoo.com