10-31-11

Well, it was fun!

We had a beautiful night-perfect weather, great neighbors and sweet friends.

Charlotte wanted to be a dalmatian from 101 Dalmatians. 

I secretly was so happy she wanted to make a hand-made costume and not do "store bought."

It was fun to cut and glue felt spots all over her sweats and she did much of it on her own so she was happy to be a part of it. And turns out, she won the contest for the best girl costume tonight, smiles.

Sweet little Sarah Grace was the American Girl Doll Kit. 

Easy breeze costume and one she'll wear over and over. 

They share a similar freckle pattern on their noses too------darling.

and my scary guy only wanted a mask and claw...

so I think this may have been our least expensive Halloween EVER! Yay!

Walker didn't dress up but came willingly to hang out 

and see everyone and even enjoyed a ride in our John Deer.

David took the lead on that as usual-bless him, good man!

There were hay rides too...

and our "green" was all decked out and spooky.

lots of families gathered for the fun...

And there were babies....(ok, how cute is this "wittle punkin'?"

I wanted to squeeze his precious cheeks...but he had just finished eating a bunch of pureed carrots the color of his costume, so I decided to wait.

But precious with a capital P!

there were tweens...

tooooootlally awesome tweens!

and rockin' out adults who wish they were still kids..

and my fun friend Martin and I always get a goofy photo together for Halloween 

(I usually do dress up but this year did not get it together)... we still managed a photo!

Just look at those muscles!

and our new neighbor, Jeff Gordon and his wife and kids showed up for the event too 

and then invited the kids back to their looooovely new home for candy.

He honestly could not have been nicer even though he was dressed to kill...

Most of the older kids were in awe to meet the famous Nascar driver who lives just around the corner

but my girls really had no clue....they were just excited about the giant candy bars he gave them. 

and I loved snapping pictures tonight of the amazing colors...

they are hard to miss right now.

Beauty everywhere I look.

Serious beauty this time of year.

I hope your crew had a safe and fun Halloween!

You can see the rest of the pictures here if you'd like.

Check back soon...some very exciting design news to share this week.

Soooooo much happening, so grateful!

big love to you sweet readers,

Caroline

fathers and daughters

This weekend these 8 lucky ladies spend the night camping and playing with their awesome daddies. 

These daddies are pretty lucky/blessed too.

exploring here

more smiles

proudly sporting her Indian Princess vest

Beautiful fall discoveries, all evidence of God's goodness this time of year.

everywhere they looked

and walks hand in hand with daddies, priceless.

memories made.

memories kept.

memories treasured.

Makes me think of this song:

click here if you can't view the video.

Have a happy and safe Halloween.

xo

Caroline

falling into autumn inspiration

Have been inspired lately by so many beautiful autumn recipes and decorating ideas and have pinned them HERE in a group.

When you visit there you can click on the image and it will take to you the site reference.

Here are some of my favorites...

 

enjoy!
xoxo,
Caroline

pumpkin fun!

We've been having fun with pumpkins over here....

 painting them, carving them, and toasting their seeds...yum! 

So here are some snaps of our painted pumpkins....it was sooooooo much fun!

We're planning to squeeze in a few more paintings before Monday!

I am not a big Halloween fan as you may remember me mentioning before

so this year I decided to make Halloween a bit happier and add scripture about giving thanks.

Then my sweet man helped carve these with the girls for their Indian Princess meeting the other night. 

They were so excited to bring them home! (yes he used a template!)

This wolf looks so great with a candle in it at night...

Then a basic happy jack-o-lantern....and I found this wonderful pumpkin prayer...

"Pumpkin Prayer"

{cut off top of pumpkin} 

Lord, open my mind so I can learn new things about you. 

                                                                      {remove innards}

Remove the things in my life that don’t please you. 

Forgive the wrong things I do and help me to forgive others.

{cut open eyes} 

Open my eyes to see the beauty you’ve made in the world around me. 

{cut out nose} 

I’m sorry for the times I’ve turned my nose at the good food you provide.

{cut out mouth} 

Let everything I say please You.

{light the candle} 

Lord, help me show your light to others through the things I do. Amen

By: Liz Curtis Higgs

You can peek back here at last year's post showing some other great carvings!

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Here are two of my favorites I found in a recent search!

this one was from the Grove Park in in Asheville!

and this one is a floral punch bowl carved from a pumpkin,

created by a business in Tennessee....lovely!

Can you even imagine how long it took to create this beauty?

and then toasting pumpkin seeds...
a great recipe here.

How are you carving or painting your pumpkins this year?
Would love to hear your ideas!
Blessings,
Caroline