Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! oh and happy 5 months of marriage to me and the husband! Best five months I would have to say. I sure do like this marriage thing, it really is the best ever. He puts a smile on my face everyday. I love my husband in case none of you knew already.. anyway on to Halloween. now these are the pumpkins that Brandon and I carved. My favorite one I did was the smiley face pumpkin in the middle on the bottom row. ha ha it just makes me happy, i mean its such a happy pumpkin. 

^^this would be my CUTE niece playing in the leaves. I forgot how much fun it is to play in the leaves. Its amazing how a little one can show you the world in their eyes. It's always such a sweet little reminder that the little things are the best things in this life.^^

^^on sunday my family carved pumpkins all together. Do you like how there is newspaper literally everywhere? ha ha makes clean up a lot faster. I sure do love all these crazy peeps.^^

^^i feel it is my aunt duty to give my niece the gooood stuff. Like brownie mix and such.^^

^^since it's the holiday season, i'm now constantly baking...and I love it!^^

Oh ya know just smooching away. Happy 5 months babe! I sure do love you a loooooot! 

happy happy happy halloween everybody! eat tons of candy! 

Family Photos....FINALLY!

My side FINALLY got family photos taken. We haven't had them since I was in 7th grade....so a long time. My mother wanted the mountain leave look so we drove to the mountains and took them there. My family is soooo not proper and calm when it comes to things like this. My older brother brought a football to the photo-shoot so you can somewhat imagine what all the boys were doing when they didn't have to smile. I'm so blessed and lucky to have them as my family. I wouldn't know what to do without them. I remember when I was about 13 or so saying to my brother I wish I never picked you to be in the family. Oh how I was sooo wrong. I'm so glad we are a family. I love the crazy loudness that my family brings when we are all together. As we all grow older and get married i'm thankful that we are all best friends. It makes me heart extremely happy. 

^^my parents, boy i'm so thankful for them.^^

^^cutest little family. you can read about them HERE.^^

^^isn't my two little brothers the cutest?!^^

^^i wasn't kidding when i said my family is crazzzy^^

I sure do love my family more than anything in the world. 

Autumn Lovin'

Is it just me or is anyone else madly in love with fall? I seriously am obsessed. I'm taking full advantage of autumn and everything it has to offer. I'm loving that I eat pumpkin almost every chance I get and that i'm wearing the crisp fall clothing attire, oh and my porch is covered in pumpkins. It really is just making me extremely happy. Below are a few photos of everything i'm loving about fall so far, enjoy! 

^^candy corn is a must around this time.^^

^^riding my bike over leaves^^

^^halloween decor all through out my house^^

^^pumpkin cookies, HERE you can find the recipe.^^ 

^^pumpkin pie shakes^^

^^yankee spiced pumpkin candle, soooo good^^

^^football games, its kinda a must during fall isn't it?^^

^^pumpkin ice cream^^

^^dream houses that I will have one day on pinterest^^

^^spiced pumpkin bread. HERE you can find the recipe^^

These are just some of my autumn moments and memories that have happened so far. I can't believe October is almost done. What the what already?!! It makes me sad how fast time goes. just.slow.down.please. Two days ago we went and bought Christmas ornaments for our tree and a few other Christmas things. It was really exciting but at the same time its like Christmas will be here and gone before we know it. Anywaaays, if you can go to article circle the weekend and get a pumpkin pie shake or Chevron and get pumpkin ice cream I promise you won't regret it. Husband and I have already made plans to go. ha ha were a little obsessed. We might even carve pumpkins. 

HERE you can find more of these photos. 

Little Letters

Dear Husband: You really are the BEST husband ever. Thanks for always waking me up in the morning even though its such a pain and always making me the best smoothies or hot cocoa. 

Dear Husband: Thanks for letting me chat your ear off about vampire diaries, pretty little liars, holiday activities, Taylor Swift, blogging world, food, clothes, crafts, instagram and of course babies. 

Dear Husband: Thanks for always helping with dinner and for always willing to try out new treats. 

Dear Husband: I love that we are a little family. I love that your my main person and i'm yours. 

Dear Husband: Thanks for always thinking of me first in everything you do.

Dear Husband: Thanks for calling me or texting me through out the day telling me you love me.  

Dear Husband: I can't wait for your birthday in 12 days so you can get spoiled. 

Dear Husband: Thanks for being my best friend in the whole wide world. 

Frightmares!

Over the weekend we decided to go to frightmares at lagoon. I've never been during frightmares before and my goodness it was fun. This time of the year is really the greatest. So many fun activities you can do. I love that everyone loves holidays and its always a big deal.  Frightmares is really fun because its like Halloween everywhere. No joke people in costumes, pumpkins, ghosts, decorations, haunted houses, really anything halloweenish you name it and it was there. 

^^they had these photo booth things everywhere^^ 

^^they made pioneer village so festive it really made me happy. Often times I wish I lived in the old days with a little town like this and wore huuuuge dresses and my hair was always curled and put up and I would have to carry a fan around. I mean it that just seems like soooo much fun.^^ 

^^most creepiest vampire right??!!^^

Such a handsome devil he is. SO glad we went and can't wait for Halloween in 10 days! 

Yummiest Spiced Pumpkin Bread

Marriage really is the best thing ever. It really is I tell ya. I have become this whole new women. (women makes me sound old, how about lady). Anyways, I'm like the new betty crocker. Everyday I find a new recipe I want to try or mix two recipes together. It really is sooo fun. Before marriage I never cooked, it was always my mama and now its like i'm this new chef. Oh and crafts! I never really did those either and now its like i'm martha stewart. (or so I like to think) hahha. Husband really has been the best, he's so supportive of trying new recipes and he's totally okay with me doing crafts so he can watch some football.. of course. I sure do love that husband of mine. 

So anyways this pumpkin bread it the BEST. It's so yummy and it leaves your house smelling divine! It really puts you in the fall mood. 

Spiced Pumpkin Bread

Makes 2 loafs 

3 cups of sugar

1 cup of vegetable oil

3 eggs

1 can of pumpkin 

3 cups of flour

1 t of ground cloves 

1 t cinnamon 

1 t nutmeg

1 t baking soda 

1/2 t salt 

1/2 t baking powder 

1 cup of chocolate chips 

*preheat oven to 350 degrees* Butter and flour bread pans. Beat sugar and oil in large bowl to blend. Mix in eggs and pumpkin. Sift flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, soda, salt, and baking powder into another large bowl. Stir in pumpkin mixture in two additions. 

Divide batter in the bread pans. Bake until tester comes out clean. 1 hour and 10 minutes. After you take it out, take a knife and go around the edges and take out of pan and let cool. 

Eat up! Recipe Credit: Bon Appetit  

Fall Family Photos

On Saturday my family finally took family photos. We haven't had "official ones" since I was in 7th grade..so long time. We wanted a fall/mountain feel to the photos so we went to the tip top of the mountains and oh my goodness. The leaves were so pretty. I love the bright red and yellows that fall has to offer. I had a good time between shoots to go exploring. All these photos were taken on my Iphone, so i'll post the real good ones once the photographer is done with them! 

^^talk about beautiful^^

^^she's my favorite little human ever.^^

^^oh just smiling away^^

^^high heels and the mountains don't really mix well together^^

^^soooo many colors!!^^

^^showing my niece the leaves that I found^^

Those were my treasures I found in the mountains. I would highly recommend getting out of the house and going up in the mountains asap before the colors of the leaves change. It amazes me how beautiful this earth is and how blessed we are to have it.  Happy fall everyone!