what have i done?

this year, for christmas, jarred and i have decided to not buy each other gifts and instead to make or do something for each other. very sentimental and lovey dovey and all that. only problem is, i have no idea what to do! and this whole thing was my stupid idea! it's not that i can't think of things that i could do, but i can never decide if my ideas are good ones or not. it probably doesn't help that i'm not very sentimental myself. it's not that i don't care, i just need help. so why did i come up with the idea of doing christmas this way? good question. i'll let you know when i figure out what i was thinking at the time.
i'm pretty un-creative when it comes to gift giving so this is going to be a disaster. don't judge me too harshly though, because i'm pretty sure he doesn't know what he's doing either.
and yes i realize christmas is next saturday.

pray for me.

thankful.

i have so much to be thankful for this year.
a new baby
a healthy and happy son
a wonderful husband who takes care of me
great friends
great family
a home...
i could go on.

i love thanksgiving
mainly because it's an excuse to see family
but also because it means the official start
of the christmas season.
and i'm unashamed to say that we've actually had our tree
up for weeks.
judge me if you want,
but if target can do it, so can i.

happy thanksgiving!

i don't even like pumpkin

at least i thought i didn't.
that is until i decided to bake these
pumpkin bars for my wonderful husband.
because he likes pumpkin.
and i like him.

ok so it's really more like a thick pumpkin cake.
with homemade icing.
yuuuummm!

pre-baking

post-baking

it's kind of like cinnamon roll icing.

it was really good guys.
i promise.
the pictures don't do it justice.
because i need a new camera.

i think this will have to make a reappearance
for thanksgiving!

cutest dinosaur i ever did see.

well i'm back from my hiatus.
actually i finished re-reading "hp and the deathly hallows"
a week ago.
and i've been slightly more than harry potter obsessed
since.

in other news, we took corb and rylee to
knock knock night at church on wednesday
and corb had fun as a dinosaur.
it's not the costume that i would have picked...
but he really wanted to be a dinosaur.
pretty cute though if i do say so.

roar!

rylee really wanted to be a pirate.
we said no.

so she was a turtle instead.

she was happy with this decision.

back for round two of candy gathering this weekend!

hiatus

i will be/have been
on a hiatus for while
as i am currently spending
every ounce of free time
re-reading harry potter and the deathly hallows.
i'm just excited for the movie.
i don't care if you judge me.

cup of jo style

these are adorable
and this is making the best out of a rainy day
and this makes me want to drink tea every day


from uncommongoods

just a reminder.

a prep prep preposition
is a special group of words
that connects a noun noun noun
or a pro pro pronoun
to the rest of the sentence.


...in case you forgot.