Happy Thanksgiving from our Family to Yours

I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret [of being content]-whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. Philippians 4:12 HCSB

On this day when we gather as a nation to count our blessings, I'm reminded how blessed I am every day thanks to the grace of God and Salvation through Jesus Christ.

Enjoy your day with your family and friends, safe travels and good food.

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A request for Robin Hood

The 6-year-old decided to be Robin Hood for Halloween. 

It was actually a fantastic ruse to carry the new bow and arrow to church and show it off to a few friends. 

We scavenged and came up with a tunic (Daddy’s oversized green tee) and brown tights (the bottoms to an Anakin Skywalker costume).  But…we needed a hat.  So, off to Google I went. 

I found CraftyStaci.  I love it.  This fabulous tutorial, some green cord scraps, a feather, and about 37 seconds were about all I needed to finish our Robin Hood hat.  Awesome. 

By the way, apparently when you are 10, dressing up becomes “optional”.  The Big Girl told a few friends that “Momma hasn’t made a costume” and that she would be a “kid in a tee shirt”.  Her friends thought it was funny, so that’s what she dressed as.  Poor, neglected “Kid in a Tee Shirt”. 

 

My little pumpkins

Look what we found in our fall garden!  Whoo Hoo!  The kids are so excited about these little baby pumpkins.  I hope they turn orange before Halloween!

 

Our other vegetables are growing too!  We harvested a handful of bell pepper that were promptly chopped and frozen, just waiting to be mixed with a little garlic and onion and (store bought) celery.

 

Fall Garden

This hot, hot, dry, dry summer was tough on our garden.  We harvested a few tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and 1 little bitty ol’ canteloupe back in June and July.  Since then, it has been too stinkin’ hot to even get out there to work.  Yuck.  We pulled everything up in late July (except the watermelon vine and that crazy pepper plant that likes the high temps)with the plan to start a few things for August.  Um, yea.  That didn’t happen. 

Finally, we have a break from the heat.  We had a couple of pretty (read as cooler than 90 degrees) days around the beginning of September so we weeded everything and laid down a new layer of compost.

Today, the high is only 89!  Whoo Hoo!  (let’s pretend that last Friday wasn’t day #65 or so of 100+ degree temps)  I picked up some lettuce, cabbage, and broccoli from HD to transplant.  I decided to try one more early producing tomato too.  Maybe we’ll get a few more before the temps get too cold. 

So…here it is, the fall garden with it’s teeny tiny transplants, the crazy and loaded bell pepper plant and one happy, but not fruitful, watermelon vine.  Bring on the fall!

 

Fall Ombre

I’ve been inspired by all the ombre trends I’ve seen lately.

Source: thelateafternoon.com via Jaclyn on Pinterest

I haven’t been able to get this great dress from Project Runway out of my head.

So, I decided to translate all this inspiration into an idea of my own:
 

Here’s how I did it:

I picked up 3 bunches of fall flowers at HL.

I enlisted some help to pull the petals apart.

Then we cut each one in half.

I drew my B on a piece of plywood and used a jigsaw to cut it out. 

Somebody thought it needed sanded before I spray painted it. 

Then I started gluing on petals, using my hot glue gun.  I started at the bottom since i wanted them to overlap each other. 

I switched to the brown about 1/3 of the way up, and then gold for the last 1/3.

I used a golden ribbon to hang it by the front door.  C’mom fall!

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