If the football is being thrown and caught and run with, and if ten-year-old boys are miraculously learning to block without grabbing each other, and if they’re lining up to wait for the snap, and if they’re all racing to be the first one to jump on a loose ball, it can only mean one thing.

Fall is almost here.

And if fall is almost here, then it’s almost time for homemade soups in the crockpot, and that’s what I’m on the countdown for!