Halloween through the years

Happy Halloween!!

This is one of my favorite holidays, Tonight Mike and I have a date- me, him, our couch and tons of scary movies! I can't wait. :)

I was looking through old pictures on our computer and found a few from past Halloweens. I wish I had more!

me, 3rd grade as some sort of hobo clown:


Mike as a pirate (his sister Nat as a bumblebee, I think!):


me, being very bossy at a pumpkin patch- probably around 4 years old:


And of course my favorite costumes from last year:


Hope everyone has a safe & fun Halloween!

Book Club!

I heard of meetup.com about a year and a half ago, when we moved to Arkansas. It took that long before there was a meetup group that I was interested in joining! This is our Ladies Book Club- we met last night for our second meeting and it was a blast! I've really enjoyed meeting some new people and these women are fantastic. Here are 2 shots from last night:

some women are married, some are not, some have kids and some don't- a great group!

Mike Found His Egg!

Remember this picture from last Halloween?? Mike wore his bacon costume to work (everyone dresses up there!) but he was sadly missing his EGG!


Well, I just found this--- Gwen Stefani, missing her BACON!! lmao!

Pfft... Oops!

We're WHOOPIE CUSHIONS!!

We went to our friend's Gina & Larry's annual Halloween party tonight. So much fun!! Yes we look ridiculous, but we loved it! Mike is such a good sport, he didn't complain a bit. (although I think he missed his clown makeup from last year)

Seriously the most comfortable costume ever- I wore tights, a black t-shirt and ballet flats-- perfect! Unfortunately, I couldn't talk Mike into the tights :) he opted for comfy sweats.

this one cracks me up!
The house we went to had a Jason doll propped up in a car- you can't tell because of the camera flash, but it was freaky! They had a fog machine, dim lights and a horror music cd playing-- this is my scared face!

my lame picture after the food was picked over. They also served really good chili, sandwiches, veggies- tons of great stuff.

It's feeling like FALL!!

And I love it. It's been colder here and the leaves are changing- my favorite time of the year! We have a Halloween party tonight-so excited! We have some pretty hilarious costumes, I can't wait to post pictures (and once again, I can't believe that Mike agreed to wear them!!).

You know you've seen too many Golden Girl's episodes

when you start to recognize their outfits. I was watching one tonight where Dorothy was wearing a hideous green, yellow & purple silk caftan-- very Mardi Gras! Anyway, I recognized it right away as an outfit she'd worn on another episode. Yeah, embarrassing.

It's been a week

It's been a week since I updated. Lets see... Mike worked about 80 hours this week- yuck. I've been sick- allergies/nasty cold, feeling much better though. We managed to see a movie- Max Payne (Mike's choice), steam clean the carpets and hit up a local arts & crafts fair (where we consumed giant corn dogs, homemade root beer and fudge!).

The biggest event though happened today at 1pm. My little brother Connor left for basic training. Connor has enlisted in the Marine Corps. Some of you already know this, some of you don't. It's been a fairly traumatic event for our family and I have tons of mixed emotions. I do ask that you guys keep him in your thoughts and if you're the praying type you might add him to your list. :)

While Connor leaves for basic training, my Dad has only a few short weeks left in Iraq! We're counting down the days to his homecoming! :)

Hope everyone is doing well!

edit:

this pic was taken by yesterday by my mom- Connor & his dog Venus before he left:

Mike shaved his beard!

I haven't seen him without it since we started dating- it's such a big change! I think he looks great (and about 12 years old!).

before:

and after:


such a baby face!!

How did I forget to blog about this??

My hubby got a promotion last week!! Big congrats to Mike on his new promotion- he has worked so hard for it and deserves it completely. He's really making a name for himself at his company and I couldn't be more proud of him!

Way to go babe!!

and just for fun: Business Mike:


Party Mike:


lets see how long it takes for Mike to see these pics-- and make me take them down! lmao

I <3 my new kitchen canisters

My new little glass canisters with little glass roosters on the lid. even Mike likes them! $14.99- I love a bargain.

more decorating

In the entryway:

these are some of the pew decorations I made for our wedding- fall candle rings from Crate & Barrel with a satin ribbon:

on the entryway table:

see that wall? I prepped it this weekend for paint- it was awful from all the wallpaper! I can't wait for it to be finished.

the lamp on the entry table- just an autumn-ish ribbon tied on the shade:


Above our book cases:



another antique sideboard decorated a little bit:

some pictures of the mantel:




Almost all of this stuff is leftover from our fall wedding! :)

Such a big boy!

Jack Bauer- taken this morning: