Happy Halloween!! French Artists’ Costumes 🎨🖌️🇫🇷🎃

Let me set the scene for you and try and remember where the whole idea originated…Dave told me a few weeks ago that his company, Cornerstone Home Lending, was having a costume contest for Halloween with cash and prizes! So there we go, that’s where it started…and probably why Dave agreed to dress up with…

Let’s Go to the State Fair!🎡🎢🎟️

We had fun at the fair last Sunday. We went around lunchtime after church, the weather was gorgeous, the company was sweet, and the food delicious. First stop- lemonades! We had Wes and Kayla with us And Skye, Hunter, and Leah We also brought our tall relatives…haha… First bite of food was heavenly; brisket biscuit!…

Falliday 2022🍂✨🍁🎃

🍁🍂✨Happy Falliday 2022!! Falliday is a made up holiday I heard about from the GirlNext Door podcast …it’s super flexible in that you get to pick what day you want to celebrate, AND, you celebrate fall in whatever manner you want! We decided to have a falliday supper while Wes and Kayla were here…I made…

🎃🍂The Great Pumpkin Post! 🎃

There’s nothing cuter than having your kids paint a pumpkin- at any age! One of my kids painted this mini pumpkin years ago, and it’s still one of my favorite photos. Then…then! There was the year we did the pour paint method…did these pumpkins turn out gorgeous, or what?! This is the book I read…

Famous Artists’ Inspired Pumpkins 🎃🎨

Here is my plastic pumpkin collection before and after! Last year we painted the pumpkins pink in various patterns…for a pink pumpkin patch themed trunk or treat set up. This year I decided we should have pumpkins inspired by four of my favorite artists! Picasso, Pollock, Matisse, and Kandinsky. First off …Jackson Pollock inspired this…

Pumpkin cookies, pretty leaves, and just one Christmas tree 🍂🌲

Royal icing cookies! It’s been awhile. They are like childbirth…you can’t even think of making them again so soon…but it was time. The leaves have been so pretty this year!! God’s artistry on display for sure. this is in our back yard. Pumpkins are still on display… Warm apple cider… Homemade cranberry sauce with apples…

🎃Halloween 2021🎃

We had so much fun! Decorating for trunk or treat, eating too much candy, carving pumpkins, and Scooby Doo!!! First off, Scooby Doo… I think they did a pretty good job! Painting pumpkins (what is it with pink lately? Every holiday needs a little pink!) The practice run at home… All lit up in the…

Trader Joe’s + home decor🍂🪴

Had so much fun shopping at Trader Joe’s last week for our fall stash, pumpkins, and foliage! Fall side porch Come on in! This is how things have looked… Change to this? Or this? Bespectacled Vase 🙂 We hadn’t been to ihop in forever! Mom, the Swedish pancakes with lingonberries were very good! (Middle plate)…