Halloween 2010

I started to make this a Wordless Wednesday post, but let's face it.  I can't not say a word about my little cuties in their Halloween get ups!  ;-)  My MIL was down for a visit this Halloween.  We visited a local church for a Hallelujiah Hoe Down!  The girls had an absolulte blast!  Mommy, Daddy, and Mimi were worn slap out.  LOL!  I had to edit almost all my pics because I changed the batteries in my flash and somehow changed the exposure on the pics.  We were all washed out.  I almost cried until I realized I could edit them and somewhat salvage.  

I decided at the last minute to dress up myself. I had picked up some kitty cat ears at the Target $ spot. Painted my face with eyeliner, which wasn't the best at staying on, but the girls liked it. My Princess wanted to go as the kitty cat instead of Sleeping beauty until she gave it a little more thought!

My handsome hubby and his baby girl.  She loves her daddy!

Mimi and Tinkerbell!

She's probably asking for Candy here.  LOL!

The church had TONS of bouncies and they asked everyone to stop playing games and pray.  So the children were asked to get out of all the bouncies.  The Cupcake didn't want to so Daddy had to go in after her!  I had to snap a shot of it!

Cupcake always takes the initiative.  She wanted candy so she just helped her little self. 

Most of the night both girls looked like the pics above and below.  Sucker in mouth.  Happy kiddos =)

 My beautiful Sleeping Beauty!

 When we first arrived we saw this Pig. The girls went wild! Cupcake wanted to admire from afar, waving and saying "Hi Piggy!" but cried if we got to close! Princess loved getting her pic made. My camera was awful on the exposure of this one so I snagged one off of Mimi's camera! Thanks Mimi =)

 

She's as pretty as a princess! Alot of her princess toys say phrases like that, so when I spit those words out while snapping shots, this was what I got =)

I've been on this kick lately that if I have my point and shoot camera I will get a quick shot of me and the hubs.  After all, the girls aren't old enough to do it yet.  This is what he's enjoying lately:

Yep, I'm all smiles, looking at the camera.  Then I look at him and he's got this look on his face like he's pulled one over on me.  I know that look, he loves to joke.  And I know, I've got a candid pic on my hands.  Ha, ha!

How did you spend your halloween?  Have lots of fun?! 

Pumpkin Carving 2010

This weekend was Busy-Busy, but LOADED with fun.  I knew that it would be busy so I had planned to take Friday afternoon off work.  And wouldn't you know it, the LAST month we are on the market we get TWO appointments to view the house!  I had to run home and CLEAN which left me no time to prepare for the weekend like I had orignally planned!  So, Saturday morning we got up and got the girls ready to go take some family pics.  After promising them icecream if they were good, I had to pay up.  Next Cupcake took a quick nap and we left for a local campground on the mountain.  It was BEAUTIFUL there.  We spent time with my mom and Step-dad and all of his kids and grandkids and my brother.  I had a really rough week at work and had been mentally drained, therefore, forgot my camera.  If we get to do it again then I will definately be taking it because there were some great photo ops and great memories of making smores, glow sticks, chili, and football made there!  Speaking of football, I am SO excited that AUBURN is No.1 in the BCS!!!!!!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!  Ok, I know, enough of that.  ;-)  So today after church we went to join my best friend and her family for pumpkin carving.  Below are some pics!

These sweet sisters carved the same skull pumpkins.  They were so cute!  I have a pick of all pumpkins carved toward the end of the post ;-)

Daddy carving away!

My bestie taking care of the Cupcake.  Nope, she's not asleep, just enjoying her Aunt Nannie's loving!

My bestie's niece.  She is such a cutie pie and so sweet!

Since it's almost Thanksgiving this turkey was a great idea!

My baby, she was so tired!

This Little Princess was so excited to be carving pumpkins!

All the pumpkins!  I didn't post pics of everyone due to privacy of those who might not be interested in being on a public blog.  =)  But it was a crowd and some cute pumpkins 2!

She jumped in front of the camera and yelled "CHEESE", so I had to snap this one!  =)

Daddy carved this spider per request of the Princess.  It's her "itsy-bitsy spider"

I carved this one for my Cupcake.  I love this jolly pumpkin face.  I've been carving the same one for several years so he is a tradition.  =)

How was your weekend?  Did you all carve any pumpkins yet?  Although fall is in full swing with all the activities it is still in the 80's here!  Whew!

Front Door Face-lift

I have made promises of posting projects for months now. I am finally following through with a post. I am A.D.D about finishing projects and just seem to LOVE starting new ones BEFORE I finish the last. I am FAMOUS for leaving one oh so close to being done I can taste it, yet not following through. Hmmm....wonder what that says about me? I don't even want to analyze! LOL! So I did finish giving my front door a FACELIFT. Here is a pic of before. And while you are looking and saying to yourself, how can she live with this gross and 'country' blue color and a terribly gross looking brass door knob? Remember, we have a side entry garage and I NEVER go in the front door. LOL!

YUCK! I know!

I saw this guy on our brick in the front of the house and couldn't resist the pic. Don't worry I had the zoom lens on!

I started by removing the beaten brass knobs and lock from the door. I spray painted them brushed knickel. Next I used black paint and a paint brush to paint the front door. I debated on spray painting it, however the thought of taking the door off of the hinge and finding something big enough to keep me from getting spray paint all around the door....MADDENING. So, I just did it the good ole fashion way. ;-) My husband checked on me frequently to be sure I didn't have any drips. At first I found it annoying but then when I missed a drip, I was glad he was doing it! =) I also picked up some mums in one of my favorite fall colors for the empty planter. ;-) Here is the after!

What's that? You like my wreath? Want a tutorial on it? Get in your car and RACE to the nearest Costco. I purchased it for 22 buckaroos and noticed last week they'd been reduced to $14! =) You can't buy the supplies that cheap and my time is worth far more these days!

Happy Fall Yall!!!

On the Farm, Part II

This post is going to mainly be pics from the farm visit!  I will say that I entered the Princess pic from the last post of her in the corn bin in a contest and it won us 2 tickets to the farm again!  We are so EXCITED!  We plan to go back when Mimi comes for a visit!  We also won 2 additional tickets for a ride on the Corn Train!  Aside from the big slide in the last post this was a FAVORITE of my girls =)

Tons of cute decorated bails of hay 

 Pumpkin Pickin' 101

 Love my baby's eyes here! 

Daddy braved the Hay Maze after I told him exactly how to work your way through any maze!  Wanna know the trick?  If you ever find yourself lost in a maze, just put your hand on one wall and follow only that side of the wall.  You will eventually get out.  ;-) 

Loads of Fun for the Family!  I hope you all are having a blessed Wednesday! 

Getting Down on the Farm!

We made our annual visit to the local farm this week.  The girls had a blast.  I will say it was 90 degrees and we had already put all our summer clothes up so the cutest we could do were our AUBURN dresses.  Luckily the owners of our favorite farm are big Auburn fans!  I knew I liked them!  This post will mostly be pics with comments sprinkled through out.  I will be breaking it into two posts due to the amount of photos I have to share. 

Waiting on the hayride!

At the entrance.  The Cupcake was just waking up from a short nap and did not want a pic taken. 

She didn't like the hay! 

Daddy and Cupcake.  Cupcake was still tired. 

Loving the corn bins!

WEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

The girls LOVED this slide. 

Cotton Bin FUN!

That's all for today.  But I have more to come!  And I still have to take a pic of the 'after' on my latest home improvement project which was a front door face lift!

Cupcake got her ears pierced!

Guess what?!!  Well, I guess the title gave it away.  But we are so excited that our Lil' Cupcake got her ears pierced.  I have felt so bad because I couldn't actually get them pierced when she was a baby like we did her sister.  Daddy was in Iraq serving our country and mommy was lucky just to get us all bathed and to and from work and school.  And when I did have extra time I was snoozing.  But I'm sure she understands. =)

She was so excited!  She WANTED her ears pierced.  Yep, I changed out the Lil' Princess earrings the other day and she ran over  wanting her own earrings.  Except we couldn't give her any because she didn't have the ears pierced.  So tonight when we went to the mall I asked her if she wanted to get her ears pierced and she said yes.  As we sat in the chair she said "earrings".  It was so adorable.  They pierced each ear at the same time.  And she only cried for about 2 or 3 minutes.  VERY quick recovery for her!  =)

And here is a pic of our pretty lil' princess.  She was there being the best little supporter for her sister. 

On another note, today I worked on some home improvement and craft projects.  I hope to share atleast one soon!!!  Hope you all are having a very blessed weekend!