It's Fall Y'All

YAY, It's FALL!! It's my favorite time of year, well beside my birthday and Christmas. They are all neck and neck with each other though! Although today was all rainy and ugly, I was so excited to wear long sleeves again! From the smells and colors outside to the new clothes and even the colder weather, I love it all! It's like the pre- party to all the festivities to end the year! Anyway, now that fall is in full swing, I have been doing a few fall recipes...I have used cinnamon in at least one if not more of the side dishes every night this week! I have made stewed apples, candied carrots, acorn squish, and tonight I made my first Pumpkin Pie! It was so easy, but it took forever to cook! I can't wait to have a piece tomorrow! Looks like I'm going to have to fight off the cat and the pumpkin!J/K! I thought they added a fall touch to the picture!

Another reason that I love the fall is because it is now my niece Abby's birthday! Today, Abbs turned ONE!!! I can't believe that it has already been a year! What a blessing she is and not to mention what a cutie pie! To the right is the birthday girl sporting her 1st birthday crown at dinner, that didn't last long! Our new family tradition is that on the girls birthday we go eat at the famous Angus Barn...they even have an Iron Chef....if that explains how good the eatin' was! Afterwards we went back to Steph and Larry's new house to eat cake and open gifts. Well Abby tried too, but Anna Kate being the big sister did most of the "helping". It was a great visit and I can't wait to go back in a few weeks to have some one on one time with the girls.

For those of you who don't know, I love to do arts and crafts. It's therapeutic for me and I love doing it. So at night I make hair bows, bow holders, diaper cakes, and pillow case dresses etc. For the past few nights I have been doing some new bow holders and it has been keeping me pretty busy! Here is a slide show of a few things I have made. Let me know what you think.