Martha's Got Nothin on Gampy!

Every year my super creative artsy Daddy-O makes pumpkins for us.  He's a pumpkin carving champion.  To the point where he is sore the next day from all of the detail, carving, scraping, drawing.  He started making them for my little cousins, then made one for Chris and I when we got Hurley - which was naturally a bulldog - and now since Bentley has been born he's amazing and whips them up like nothing for us.  Today before the storm blows in, Gammy & Gampy came by to drop of this year's pumpkins.  Bentley is being a shark and Gracie is being an owl, hence the artwork...and Bentley likes Elmo...Jake is for Ty & Ava...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the midst of pumpkin bonanza Hurley escaped and Gammy trapped him in the car...

 

And attempted pics of the kids...

 

 

 

 *I had to bribe the little stinker with cookies to get him to sit for pics.*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Trying to get Bentley to believe that that pumpkins weren't HOT...as he blew on them.*

 

 

Thanks, Gampy!!  We love our pumpkins!

 

 

 



~E

Fall Decor

I didn't go too crazy this year.  And oddly, my decor is sort of shabby/country-ish which is typically NOT like me.  But I wanted it to feel cozy for fall/winter so I went with neutrals, burlap, and furry things...

 

FRONT PORCH:

 

 

 

 

 

INSIDE:



 

 

 *Normally I would hide those toy baskets, but hey, the baskets are cute and I can't help it - I've got a 2 year old who loves cars and a 5 month old who likes crinkly and light up things. That's life!*

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I figured I'd show you also what goes on "behind the scenes"...

 

 

 

A corner of kids/baby toys...with Grace, who you can barely see, sitting in her little play gym, and a dining room table covered in crafts that I've finished and need to list for sale in my shop!

But the rest of the house is clean, laundry is made, buffalo chicken salad is made, and a fresh batch of metch!

~E