November Fun

I'm laughing as I uploaded these pictures, because our November looked a lot like our October! 

Lots of soccer and school football games! 

 

October Wrap Up

The rest of our October was filled with more middle and high school football games, as well as soccer! 

We had a blast watching Megan cheer on the sidelines. 

She was also the main flyer for the year! 

Adalyn enjoyed playing soccer and got so much better this last season! 

Gabby enjoyed some canned pumpkin! 

These girls had dress up days for Red Ribbon Week

We had dress up days at work for Halloween. 

And they even had a dress up themed Immerse! 

Adalyn went as a disciple, Megan went as Jesus- because in her words- no one can vote against Jesus at church. 

And Gretchen was a leper. 

I'm telling you, life with these girls is lots of fun! 

On Halloween night, Megan and Adalyn went trick or treating with their friend

While DJ and I went to a high school football game. 

Gretchen performed and all of the dance girls had on costumes- Gretchen went as a Swiftie in her Junior Jewels outfit! 

 

Trick or Treat

Halloween this year was a lot! It's one of those holidays that I want to savor and enjoy all of October, and life just gets crazy, and the weekend of Halloween we are squeezing it alll in! But, gosh we made some fun memories this year. 

All year the girls have talked about how they would dress as the Wizard of Oz characters. I took them to buy costumes earlier in October and as soon as we walked in to Spirit Halloween, they all changed their minds. 

Adalyn opted for Addison the Alien in Zombies 3. Megan really wanted to be a witch, but when I took the girls earlier this month, the costume wasn't in her size. With gymnastics and her never being home, we weren't able to find her costume until last Friday. I don't recommend waiting three days before Halloween to find a costume. She was in tears. Nothing was in her size, and we went to 3 different stores. I found her ring master costume on the floor of Wal-Mart's costume section, and thankfully she loved it! The top hat was missing with the costume, but I told her I would just hop on Amazon and order her one! 

DJ was off this weekend, so he took the girls to our neighborhood trunk or treat Saturday night. I had opted to not change out of pj's or put on makeup on Saturday, so him taking them was the best bet. 

They met up with one of our neighbors and had so much fun at the trunk or treat. 

While they were trunk or treating, I was picking Gretchen up from play practice. Later that night she went with her friends to a haunted trail and went out to eat. 

Sunday after church, we stopped by HEB to buy pumpkins. Even though we took the girls to the pumpkin patch last weekend, we didn't buy pumpkins from there. They're so expensive! $7.00 for a pumpkin is a much better option- ha! 

I have to admit, the girls getting bigger and being able to completely carve their own pumpkins is the best. I helped cut the tops off, and then I went inside and didn't come back out again until they were finished. They literally did it all. And that my friends is a perk of your kids getting bigger. 

On Halloween night, I made pumpkin and bat ravioli from Costco. DJ arrived home, and we all went trick or treating. It made me think that this could be our very last year to trick or treat together as a family. 

An alien, Wednesday Adams, and our ring master. 

Gretchen was feeling her costume. She may have only chosen it because of the headless doll, but she went full on Wednesday Adams mode. 

Just waiting on dad to hurry up. 

Two parents ready to take their kids out. 

We walked 2 miles, I closed my exercise ring, beat my move goal, and we came home with a ton of candy! 

Halloween was a complete win! 

 

Come On In: Fall Home Tour

As always when life gets busy, blogging falls to the back burner and doesn't get done. Which is why I'm sharing our Fall decor in the middle of October, when it's been up for a month already, and in a month I'll be itching to decorate for Christmas. I love decorating for Christmas, but decorating for Fall is a very close second. 

So, grab a cup of coffee, cozy on up, and come on in. 

I added a few Fall touches to our entry way. A little wooden pumpkin sign from Target's dollar spot (last year), a ceramic owl, refreshened potpourri, and a metal sign, along with the cutest fabric pumpkin. 

The ceramic owl came from Wal-Mart a few years ago. I used a clear vase, to add in Fall potpourri that I've literally had for years and years. It has the prettiest Fall colors and I couldn't bear to throw it out, so I've saved it, and I re-use it every Fall. This year, I added in orange, cinnamon bark, and nutmeg essential oils to freshen it up a bit. 

Four years later and I'm still sad we don't have a fire place in this house, but I also love decorating this space as if it were one. I purchased the orange and cream felt pom banner from Hobby Lobby, add wicker pumpkins, decorated the tiered tray, and added a few more pumpkins inside the little nooks to complete the look. 

Last year, I decorated this tray with lots and lots of pumpkins. This year, I added a few on top along with a little wooden pumpkin "welcome' sign that I picked up at Target, and kept the decor fairly neutral. 

I added a dough bowl, and a few little pumpkins inside one of the nooks, but needed something to fill the space in the back and added in some faux leaves. 

Agh, this spot I'm so proud of! I've been looking for months for something to hang in our dining room that wasn't a bunch of family pictures. It needed to be large.... I have plans to add some beadboard, shiplap, or something to the bottom half of this wall... and with that in mind, I looked for a while to find the perfect piece. I love a neutral wood, and this mirror was exactly what I was looking for! Gretchen and I hung it all by ourselves, and I love it. I still walk by it and know that it was just waiting for our house. 

DJ's parents gave us the dry sink furniture piece, and I use it somewhat as a buffet. I added my grandmother's dough bowl, some pumpkins, and table runner for some color and texture. 

Our dining table was kept neutral with differen layers and textures. 

I'm not big on Halloween decor, but my children are. So, they have this little space in our entry hall just for them. I added bats on the wall, a big wooden spider, wooden ghosts, their treat buckets, a witches hat, and a little ghost feet painting. 

It's definitely a whimsical space just for them. 

Over the weekend, I rearranged our living room furniture- again. but I'm loving the arrangement right now. 

And we can't forget about this cutie pumpkin and floral picks that I picked up from Hobby Lobby. This side table needed just a little touch of Fall and these were perfect. 

Come On In: Fall Home Tour

Last week, I shared a few Fall finds for your decorating inspiration, and today, I'm sharing our home... all decked out and ready for Fall. 

I start by decorating our entertainment stand. It's one of my favorite areas in our house to have decorated, because we don't have a fireplace. If we did, that would be the "showstopper" for our decorations. I love adding banners below the TV for some color and whimsy. 

I purchased this tier tray years ago from Magnolia and now they're everywhere. This one is similar. I just wanted pumpkins everywhere, so I put all the pumpkins that I could find on it. Megan laughed at the amount of pumpkins I had. 

On the opposite end, I added eucalyptus, our huge lantern, a little white squirrel and another pumpkin. 

On top of each bookcase; more pumpkins. 

A pumpkin platter, and another pumpkin. 

On our sideboard, I added wheat grass, a few little pumpkins, another squirrel, an owl plate, and faux fall leaves. 

I purchased the owl plate from Wal-Mart, and the little pumpkin last year from Target. The squirrel is from my college days. 

And on another table, a pumpkin tea pot set that my mother gave to me, and a few more pumpkins. 

The acorns on the bottom shelf belonged to my grandmother. 

I didn't add a lot of Fall touches to our entry way, another pumpkin, and a new sign. 

This sign is reversible, and I bought it from the dollar spot at Target a few weeks ago. 

This pumpkin is also new from Target. 

These are reversible signs from Target's dollar spot. I thought that I would hang them in my entry way, but after I bought them, I put them in our kitchen, with our cutting boards, and I actually love them here. 

The girls have all of our "halloween" decorations upstairs, and the playroom is always a mess, so hopefully in October, I'll have a little Halloween tour for you, and because it's still so hot here, our porch is not decorated at all for Fall.

I hope you enjoyed a little sneak in to our Fall home.