Tis the Season!

Giving Thanks...

I am so thankful for THANKSGIVING. I absolutely LOVE to prepare every last little detail of Thanksgiving dinner. I am thankful for my wonderful husband who was willing to iron all the table linens for me!! I love the smell of the baking turkey, and coordinating every side dish so that everything is done and ready at just the right moment. A lot of people don't care for all the work and the leftovers, but I absolutely adore the process and relish every leftover. I loved that Brett could come down to spend Thanksgiving with us. I do not love that I was so busy enjoying everything about Thanksgiving I didn't think to take any pictures! The only pictures I took were the ones I grabbed just before Brett headed back to Alaska, when he was all decked out in Army gear.

Kate helped me get the lights set properly--the feather boa is for effect, and she thought the poinsettea was so beautiful we needed to take a shot of it too!Jessa calls Uncle Brett "Brandon".

Kate loved the hat and ended up keeping one.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Snow Angel: Kate was so excited for Halloween because it it the only day she gets to wear REAL lipstick. She loved getting all dressed up, and I even curled her hair for the first time ever; I had no idea she could sit there so patiently!

Our little ladybug--the cutest ever!

Kate made it to our neighbor's house before she zonked out. She had been so excited it was Halloween that she just couldn't take a nap! She slept through 2 houses, and then woke up for 2 more. We had every intention of making it in to the church trunk-or-treat, but we had a lot of fun visiting with the few people looking forward to the rare trick-or-treaters in these parts. At the last minute, I threw on Doug's turnouts and smeared black on my face to join in the costume fun.

Gearing-up for a Hipwell Halloween

How to prepare for a Hipwell Halloween:
Step 1: Get down the Hallween tote and try out all of its contents....

Step 2: Take a break for some bird hunting with friends Step 3: Have a ghoul and a goblin help bake up some festive cupcakes

Step 4: Sometime in the month impusle buy new dresses for the season at Costco

Step 5: When Halloween is getting REALLY close, invite a few people you normally don't do anything with for a Pumpkin-Carving family night.


Step 6: Proudly display your phenomenal pumpkin-carving skills until the pumpkins shrivel up and start to rot away--in true Halloween fashion.

Halloween has always been one of my favorites because I have a lot of great Halloween memories. BOO!

Something Light to Break the ice.

I am a creature of habit, and I just needed something "just for fun"to break the ice that has been thickening on my blog... Alyssa posted this on her blog and asked what's in your name...

T-Loved by everyone
I-Loves to laugh
F-People wild and crazy adore you
F-People wild and crazy adore you
A-Dead Sexy
N-Can kick ur butt
Y-Great kisser

A: Dead sexy
B: Loves people
C: Really easy to fall in love with
D: funny and sweet
E: Freakin Beautiful eyes
F: People wild and crazy adore you
G: Never let people tell you what to do
H: best smile
I : Loves to laugh
J: makes people laugh
K: Really silly
L: easy to fall in love w/
M: makes dating fun
N: Can kick ur butt
O: Has one of the best personalities ever
P: Popular with all types of people
Q: A hypocrite
R: good bf/gf
S: Lives life for fun
T: loved by everybody
U: gets blamed for everything
V: Not judgmental
W: Very broad minded
X: Never let people tell you what to do
Y: Great kisser
Z: Lives life for