I am not really sure what I could say to adequately express my love for October and Autumn in general. It truly is the start of the most wonderful time of the year and I have been relishing each change that comes from pumpkins and mums in grocery stores and Halloween displays to the leaves on

We had a new neighbor move in next door about 2 months ago.  When she moved in, I was like, “Look at me I am going to bake something for her and then we can take it over and introduce ourselves so she can have a lovely welcome to the neighborhood.”  Like in the movies.

Last weekend Chris and I took a trip up to Iowa to visit some of his family members including his grandmother who was an absolute delight and his cousin who has taken over a super old (over 100 years I think) family farm and him and his wife (who is also a talented artist) are

This giveaway is now closed.  Thanks! Happy happy Friday!  It is the last weekend before Halloween week and we are pretty excited.  Colleen is actually in Raleigh taking her test from hell today so everyone send her positive vibes.  I know she’ll do great.  I thought it might be fun to do a little giveaway.

Well our Salem trip is over and that is sad.  I call this part one of our recap cause Colleen will be sharing her angels film photos once they get developed.  In the meantime, I thought I would share mine.  I did have some trouble narrowing them down as I am sure you will notice.

This time last year we were up to our ears in Halloween party preparations and while we get super excited about our yearly party, the time and energy we put into it also makes us feel super tired.  At that time we made a decision that this year we would take off from throwing a