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Okay...we've survived the holidays and we all know what that means....
That's right, lots of resolutions to get in shape, eat better and exercise.

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Cute Display for Holiday Cards!!!!

I am always looking for ways to display the beautiful Christmas Cards I receive each year. I just saw this idea on the Martha Stewart website....I love it!!! I usually tape my cards and pics I receive on the inside of my front door, but I like this idea better!!! Looks great w/the garland too!!!



I do have to admit, this year, I am not sending out cards....no time!!! Maybe it is going to have to be an every other year thing!

But I do wish all my friends and family a wonderful and fabulous Christmas!!!!

Cookie Cutter Wreath!!!!

Okay....this is a MUST HAVE at my house. We live for sugar cookies!!! Any and every holiday deserves a sugar cookie! I want to make this wreath for my kitchen so bad...but I'm sure it will make me crave my favorite cookies even more!!!

For directions click here...BetterHomesandGardens!!!!

Thanksgiving Thanks!!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We did something different this year....we stayed home just the 5 of us! We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and then snuggled in to watch a few movies. Thanks to Kate for being our photographer of the day....but I'm wondering why the only pics of me include my backside. Maybe that is a hint that I need to improve it before the next holiday!!!!

Thanksgiving is always one on my very favorite holidays!!! We have so much to be grateful for, this has been a year full of change and new opportunities for our family. We feel so blessed for all we have!!!


Me "slaving for hours over a hot stove"! (Soooo worth it!)
Kate acting as Vanna White, I guess my bootie is the GRAND PRIZE!!!


Tyler made our cute place cards this year. They are little turkey's w/everyones name at the top! Nice job Ty!

















It just isn't a holiday w/out sugar cookies!


Tyler was excited to get her favorite, Taylor Swift's new Christmas CD!!!!



Marcus had the job of carving!!!




We enjoyed the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner, of course there were a few dishes that only I enjoyed!!! But that's okay, I like leftovers. Kate especially loved the mashed potatoes!!!!




For dessert, Marcus and I enjoyed pumpkin pie and the girls feasted on sugar cookies!



We hope your Thanksgiving was as nice a day as ours! Now on to the next holiday!!! AHHHHH! I'm just not feeling ready to hit the stores and the crowds! I hope Marcus is up for some Christmas shopping this year!!!!

Yummy Halloween Treats!!!

For those of you that know me well....you know that my favorite thing about holidays are treats!!!! Here are some cute dessert ideas I ran across today from "Country Living"! They range from easy to a little more tricky! Click here for more instructions if needed!!! I've already made some sugar cookie dough...so I'm going to try out the candy corn cookies for sure!!!

One of our Favorite Halloween Dinners

Every year we have Mummy Dogs as one of our Halloween dinners the week of Halloween!!!

This year we are not only going to have an old favorite...but we are adding a new item to the menu!!! Mummy Pizzas!!!
We have these during the week of Halloween to get the spooky spirit going. Then on Halloween night we have our usually take-n-bake Jack O Lantern Pizza from Papa Murphy's!!! The best part, I can pick it up early in the day and it's in the fridge ready to bake when we need it!!! Let's face it...Halloween is usually a CRAZY day!!!

Halloween Diet!!!

Every year when the holidays hit, we start making yummy treats and of course I eat more than my fair share!!! I was just checking out some of my favorite blogs and ran across this one that had all kinds of new yummy halloween treats! The problem....once I read the names of the treats....my appetite completely left me! Now I have a stomach ache!!! :-(




This next one I can eat!!! Glad she didn't gross out the oreos!!


I like how she packaged up the treats(if you can call them treats)!



If you want to get the recipes for these grossed out treats....visit "Saucy's Sprinkles", click HERE to link to her blog!

Painted Pumpkins!!!

It's less than 2 weeks til Halloween. I have to be honest and say....pumpkin carving is not our best talent!!! So while browsing on-line in my spare time(hahahaha), I ran across these cute ideas!!!!



To find instructions on how to make these cute pumpkins click HERE!



Okay...these two do require a bit of carving....but I think I can handle these!


I thought this one could also work for Thanksgiving!!! Very cute at each dinner place!

For instructions on how to make these cute pumkins click HERE!

Painted Pumpkins that will last Beyond Halloween!

One thing I hate about Halloween is having to throw away all our pumpkins that we've carved. I like to keep several of our pumpkins for Thanksgiving!!! I've found a few ways to decorate pumpkins that will take them from October all the way through November!
This cute one...they used a doille as a stencil! So cute!



I love this idea as an address marker on the porch!!! I wish I had the time and energy to do all these ideas!





For more detailed instructions on how to make these pumpkins click HERE!

Good luck and happy "no carving"!!!!

Fall is Here!!!

As a girl, I grew up in warm sunny So. Cal, so fall never made an impression on me. It wasn't until I moved to Utah my first year of college that I was able to fully appreciate the season we call Fall. I was overwhelmed by the vibrant colors and the cool crisp air. I finally learned to love fall! It really hit me this past week that "fall is here". As I drive the streets in my neighborhood I again am overwhelmed by the beauty of the fall colors I see. I don't think I will ever get used to the transformation I see in some of our trees and bushes.
This is one of my favorite bushes in my yard...the burning bush!




I especially love to see the range of colors...from yellow to orange to red!



The leaves in the back yard are changing at a bit of a slower rate...but had to take advantage of all my girls willing to let me take a pic!

To kick off the official arrival of fall...we set a fall dinner table and had homemade chicken soup and homemade rolls for dinner. A family favorite. I would of taken photos of our dinner, but it was so yummy, we didn't stop to grab the camera!