Taste Tested

Candy corn bark is my new favorite Halloween party treat. I took it to the Jones' kids barn party and am making it now for Brett's Halloween party tomorrow. So yummy and easy! Much better than making (decorating) the 24 cupcakes I was supposed to make for tomorrow :)


Picture from The Idea Room

Basketball season

Brett started Biddy Basketball last Saturday and loved it! He did an awesome job of listening to his coach, trying hard and sharing with his teammates. And Brady was his partner for the passing drills (instead of Ed or I) so he loved that he got to participate. Hoping the rest of the season goes so well!

Taste Tested

I (with the help of my master chef, Brett) made this last night. It was a really good "dip" for corn chips and the boys ate it well. Good and fast!

Fun Filled Weekend

We had a busy, but fun-filled weekend. Friday afternoon we headed to Manhattan to enjoy the beautiful weather in Aggieville and attend "Madness in Manhattan." Visiting Varney's (the college bookstore) was on my list and accomplished, but it was really great to walk through through Seaton Hall (Architecture studies) and Kedzie Hall (Journalism school) with the boys. Kedzie is not that cool, but they thought walking by the "studios" and wood workshops were pretty cool in Seaton. Hearing dad talk about spending all night working on models is something I think they find fascinating.

We met the Braxmeyers at Kite's for dinner and then Adam took the boys together to Bramledge in his car, which the boys loved.

I love the next picture not because it's a great picture, but because Owen & Brady are comfortable enough with each other to share a chair (they didn't have to!)! They seem to have fun dancing and goofing around with each other, which is all we can ask for. :)

Saturday we went to Ed's office's "Fall Festival" at Deanna Rose, which is a great place and made even better with their accomodations! We took Sandy's granddaughter with us and had a great time.

It was great to have free food/drink and an AWESOME face painter!

Sunday morning Brady sang at church for the "Children's Sabath" and then we headed to Grandpa & Grandma Jones' for the Halloween party they had for the kids. We had a great time and were just thankful to have such great weather.

Brenda gave everyone balloons to release for Aunt Vicki's bday - she passed away last May and I thought that was really special.

Grandpa Randy had made a train for the kids to ride and they loved it -

Here's a pic of all of the kids around the pinata with Brett swinging! It was a great time and a much needed excuse to see all of the cousins for sure!

Fall

Monsters

These were really fun to make. I painted the bags one night so they would be dry and then printed off several of the templates Amanda has on her blog. The boys loved coloring them and using a glue stick to make the different faces! I thought they turned out really cute.

Inspiration

I love Vanessa's blog - she posts tutorials that are fun and seem "doable."

Here's a couple things I've made using her instructions -

Quilt for Dedra's baby boy, Graham

Rainbow tie-dyed onesies -

Sign (looking sort of aged)