Shame On Me

I'm so bad. My blog needs some TLC....As much as I love blogging, its been very hard to sit down and focus to do it. From October to the end of December is a busy time.

Since last time, Derek and I attended a Coupon Workshop in which I'm truly grateful for. We have saved so much money and have gotten a lot of items completely free!!!! It kind of gets addictive!! I'm all about saving some money, and I think we're off to a good start.

Well, we've celebrated Thanksgiving also. It was low-key at my grandmother's house and we had LOTS of great food. I love this time of year because this is really when I'm given the opportunity to get down and dirty in the kitchen ;-) I love to cook, but I also enjoy baking. I LOVE all the family time that comes along with the Holidays.

We Finally got our Christmas Tree's up and they look great. Mollie's tree is my favorite. We don't do much decorating inside, besides the trees. I have a few things in the kitchen and I have my fireplace decorated, Mollie's room has a few Christmas items floating around on her dresser and I have a Nativity Scene in my Foyer. I don't do the bathrooms or our bedroom. I'm thinking very seriously about doing a few things outside. I love Christmastime and Mollie ABSOLUTELY loved helping decorate the trees this year. It gets more exciting ever year!

I'm getting ready to start working on the Christmas cards, so I'm excited to see how these turn out. I have to get on this ASAP....Yikes.

I hope everyone has a Blessed rest of the year!!

I will post again before the end of the year, even if it's just a single pic!!

And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth Luke 1:14

Busy Little "Bee"

Wow! It has been FOREVER since I've been here. We have been so, so busy.

Here is my precious little BUMBLE BEE

I'm gonna try to attempt to "recap" the past couple of weeks.

So, every year we take Mollie to the Pumpkin Farm. We usually do this on a weekday when there isn't much traffic. Well this year we went on a Friday and it happened to be raining. We did our rain dance, got a few good pics and bought a couple of pumpkins. Then we loaded up and went further. We wanted to make a day out of it and thought the Pumpkin Farm and a little shopping would pretty much fill our day, but when the rain moved in we had to move on.

I have ALWAYS loved Cabbage Patch Dolls and Mollie is REALLY diggin' dolls right now, so I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to take her to the Cabbage Patch Hospital where these little babies are brought to life!! I'm so glad we did because she enjoyed every single second. She was amazed and I cherished the joy I saw written all over that beautiful face. Mollie was able to witness 3, yes 3 births while we were there and needless to say there was the lucky one that we got to bring home. Born on August 18th (4 days before Mollie) we welcomed Jenifer Addison. She is in love!!

AMAZED!!!

The same weekend we had more fun in store. We got to see Disney On Ice: Finding Nemo. This was a nice treat that we all enjoyed.

Mollie and Addison

So the pumpkins that we purchased at Burt's were carved. All three of us had a pumpkin to carve but somehow I got stuck with mine and Mollie's. (Which BTW, I didn't mind...I love doing stuff like this) Derek DID one, but he always seems to "mess" his up so we only had two. Mollie was more interested in playing ball in the garage than getting messy with the pumpkin.

So onto the fun fall festivites that Mollie's School puts on every year. This past Friday they had a Halloween Parade. It was soooooo cute. The 3 and 4 year olds dressed up and just walked around in a circle about 20 times!! (Not really 20) There were some of the cutest kids I have ever seen.

Then in the afternoon they have their actual Halloween Party. I made goody bags and we had Cupcakes, Popcorn and Candy Corn, Apples and Halloween Oreo's. (Very healthy I know, thats why I threw in the apple!!)

The goody bags I made were adorable and so simple. I use Traditional Chex Mix, Autumn Candy Corn and some Halloween M & M's, mix together and throw it in a bag. Easy enough. And the Popcorn Bags were simple too. Get the clear gloves that they use in the Deli section of your grocery store (Not latex, Plastic) Put a piece of Candy Corn in the fingers and fill with popcorn and tie with ribbon or zip tie. So cute and festive. I found this in a magazine.

Hallloween night we ALWAYS go to my mom's and pass out candy and let Mollie tour the neighborhood. There are lots of houses but only hitting a couple is right up Mollie's allie! I think she enjoys passing out the candy more than she does walking around and getting it. Although this year she was more into EATING the candy. ;-)

Gosh how the time flies. This is Mollie's 4th year of doing Halloween and it only gets better by the year, but my little baby is turning into a little girl. I know I say it all the time but this little human that my GOD created AMAZES me EVERY SINGLE SECOND. Derek and I are so grateful. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You GOD for blessing us with this amazing little person.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
Genesis 33:12