"Witch" Party

I know it is one week until Thanksgiving and I am so behind on catching up with my October posts, but guess what?!!  That's life and it is busy FUN!!

My friend Julia Anne hosted her 2nd Annual Witch party.  The food was delish and the drinks were too!! We mingled throughout her lovely home and managed to spend tons of time by the outdoor fireplace singing along to new and "old school" music on the iPod!!  Her Halloween decor is TO.DIE.FOR. and every single room looked incredible. 



The front door made for a grand entrance as well as the stairway with the chains!  Even one of the half baths is amazing!

 Oops, my empty glass with blood dripping makes for a cute piece ;)

L.O.V.E. the candlesticks!

You know me and my Blondie self finally figured out what these were...DUH--Fingers!!! haha

What a super fun group of girls to spend a night of eating and socializing with!

Beth, Courtney and yours truly!

Julia Anne and Myself

These two gals always have an interesting conversation piece, my pals Haley and Mary Susan



Me with Michelle and Beth

I had so much fun this night catching up with new and old friends! Most definitely a fun tradition that "Juda" started with us!!

Love~

Parties

The end of September and October was full of parties!  We went to some cute ones too.  Curious George, a Tennis party and Hello Kitty. 



My adorable neice turned 3

Anne Frances turned 6 and her tennis party was a big hit!

Foster turned one and his party was Curious George!  Adorable and fun party for both of my little ones!  You can see his Mom's blog here. 

Have a great week~ I am headed to bed!

Ohh Wee, a toothbrush & 18 months!

Alice loves to lay on her changing table while I am folding her clothes OR trying to change her diaper!  She lays her head down and says ohhh weee!!  What a great and fun age but exhausting for us.  She is all over the place and doesn't slow down.  Going out to eat is WILD interesting.  Sis is content for about 20 minutes and then it is total chaos! We all scarf our food down, Robin is trying to clean the floor where half of her food goes, he pays and I shove a little more food down and we run out the door.  Needless to say when we get in the car we both look at each other and gasp :)  We often say that we don't remember brother bear being so opinionated but she is a girl!!

This was back when her poor little nose was injured!

Y-Y loves to brush her teeth and he thinks it is even funnier when she bites the mess out of him!

Her teeth all clean

I took Alice for her 18 month check up on Friday! She had a great report and only had to get one shot, Hep A~ YY went along and got his flu shot and he was a.n.g.r.y.  but was more upset that his sister cried when she got her shot! Such a sweet brother.

Alice 18 month stats:

Height:  33"

Weight:  26 pounds

Head:  18 1/2

Loves outside and loves to ride the lawnmower with her PawPaw at daycare

Looks for and calls for YY every.single.morning and beats on his door to wake him up

She loves to cuddle with him in the mornings before we head out the door

She is VERY attached to me-We like to say she is a CLINGER (but I love it)

When she hears the front door open she calls daaddee daddy

She is still a pretty good eater-she will eat about anything you put in front of her

L.O.V.E.S. to read and loves any type of animal

Her favorite cartoon is Olivia and she even walks like Olivia (tippy toes) if you tell her to

Happy 18 months to you sister bear! We love you to Jupiter and back!!!

I am a Buffalo

I am a buffalo and I can move my shoulders, can you?  That was Wiley's part in the pretend play!  Really cute play.  I wasn't the only Mother that was tearful that it was our babies "last" pretend play at Leika's.  I think one reason I am sad about his last year is because it will be Alice's first year there next year and he will be gone :( I know I say this over and over, it is just something about Leika's!  I mean he has been in school less than 8 weeks and is reading~AND has memorized Psalm 100, King James version at that!  So proud of who our fella is becoming!  We love you so much Wild Man.

Love this last picture--He has spotted his Daddy and giving him a wave!! 

Just a few

Oh my stars what a busy month October has been! I have so many post and still have to post on those 3 birthday parties I promised a few weeks back. 

1.  Trips to the Pumpkin Patch in Selma both kiddos and Clanton for Wiley

2.  Halloween on Dixie Costume Party 

3.  Company for a weekend

4.  Play date with Foster and his Momma

5.  2nd Annual Witch Party at Julia Anne's

6.  FBC Fall Festival

7.  Trick or Treating

8.  Wiley and I have been so busy in the kitchen baking, cooking and con cocking (is that a word?!!)   

9.  Did I mention that I fit in two 5 hour classes of French Hand Sewing and a full time job?!

10.  New Bible Study on Monday nights!

11.  Soccer Games every.single.Saturday.

12.  Halloween Parade

13.  Sickness for me and Wiley and trips to the Doctors (me-going on 4th week)

14.  Trip to Emergency Care in Birmingham for my severe allergic reaction

Ummmm, that just exhausted me typing that!!  BUT--It has been so much fun and I will do it over and over again in a red hot minute!

I will share a few of my favorite pictures that I captured this month~ but I promise I will post more! Some how I will manage to fit that in with everything else.



Just one of many~Julia Anne's FAB Halloween decor!



Liebster Award

The Liebster Blog Award...



Kristen from Joy in the Journey honored me by giving me a blog award yesterday! How sweet was that?!! Kristen lived next door to us when I was in High School and I always thought she was the cutest little girl.  Who knew that we would have babies the same age now?! She, her husband and her adorable, curly headed baby boy, Foster, have moved back to our hometown! YAY for a "new/old" friend to come back! My favorite thing about her is that she L.O.V.E.S. the Lord and her family so much!  I can't wait for our friendship to blossom even more. Go and check her blog out, you will love them! 

 

What does the Liebster Blog Award mean?

The Liebster Blog Award is given to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. Liebster is a German word meaning dear, sweet, kind, nice, good, beloved, lovely, kindly, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.

To keep this award going, pass the award along to 5 other new deserving bloggers who have less than 200 followers.

The rules for the Liebster Blog Award are:

1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you. 

2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog

3. Copy and paste the award on your blog 

4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love, too!

My Five Liebster bloggers:

1. Shea at The Ford Family has been a friend of mine for years.  She and her husband have been together for a coon's age and that means f.o.r.e.v.e.r. Shea's sister and I graduated from H.S. together and we re-connected through none other than facebook.  I was a follower of her blog for a long time before she inspired me to become a blogger myself.  Go and get to know her, such a wonderful wife and Mother!
2. This cute Momma of four- 1girl and 3 boys is adorable! I love her blog so much.  She can make you laugh and cry all at the same time.  A wonderful and fun family who are so involved with their children! You will love getting to know April and her cheerleader and baseball crew.
3. Kristin at Olivia Charles Antiques has been such a inspiration to me for the past 11 months.  She is such a wonderful and Godly woman.  I learned about them through a mutual person we both know.  I began praying for this family before I even knew their names.  Long story short- I have been praying for them since last November and stumbled across her blog about 3 months ago and put two and two together that this was the family that I had been praying for. I sat out on my back porch and read every single post and cried for two hours solid.  Total God thing! Please visit her blog and support her foundation that she has created for in memory of her precious Livy.
4. Dr. Rayne Osborn Originals is a friend of mine and a Christ follower.  She and her husband, Dr. James also just moved back.  They have the cutest and sweetest little boy Lane.  Her sister Jana is a wonderful friend of mine as well (our boys are just a few days apart and are best buddies) and Rayne's brother Mac and I graduated together...small world.  Any-who you will love her blog and her sweet family.  She was another one who inspired me to become a blogger :)
5. Lindsay at Ole Miss Mom has the cutest family of six.  They have four children, 2 girls and 2 boys! How perfect.  I stumbled across her blog from a mutual friend.  She has some really great post and her recent one about Growing Kids is one we all need to live by and is an eye opener.

This was a fun post.  Thanks to Kristen at Joy in the Journey for giving me this award!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  We sure did!! 

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

This is my go to recipe during the Fall and Holidays (thanks to my Sis).  It is super easy and so delicious! It was a big hit with Wiley's teacher's last year, so I am certain I will do it again.  The best part is, is that you can freeze it, pull it out and warm for a minute or so and it taste as if it was right out of the oven. 

I have never used a spread or icing on it until now.  Darby from Fly Through Our Window posted about a Maple Cinnamon Cream Cheese that she spreads on her Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread.  Well if I must say it is pretty tasty on mine too!  You can find that recipe for the Cream Cheese here.



Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup water
• 4 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Grease and flour three 9x5 inch loaf pans
3. In a large bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin, oil, water, and eggs.  Beat until smooth.
4. Blend in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt
5. Fold in chocolate chips
6. Fill loaf pans to about 2/3 full.
7. Bake for 1 hour, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.  Cool on wire racks before removing from pans.

Enjoy and let me know if you try it!  I have some really fun Pinterest activities planned for us this weekend and I can't wait to share them.  Happy almost Friday.