Pinterest Valentines Cards

I'm not even going to claim to be a Pinterest mom (see below if you don't know what I'm talking about….)

With that being said, I do love some of the creative ideas that come from the site.  Especially ones that involve holidays and/or kids!  Last Wednesday was snow day #4 (?!) for us, we were stuck inside, and daddy had to do some work from home.  So, we made homemade Valentines cards.  

I found this idea from Pinterest, went through our paint/craft supplies, and we were set. All you have to do is mold a toilet paper roll (sans the paper), dip the end into paint, and you've got a heart. :)

Hammond LOVED it.

cutie pie.  notice the heart shaped toilet paper 

roll in the bottom-ish right side of the pic

no pics from the heart shaped ones, as I was too involved guiding his hand.

but here he is when I let him have free reign with the paint brush.

the abstract card when to daddy :)

finished product

Snapshots

October was a full month!  Here are some of our highlights (mainly of the cutest Hargather :) - 

Hammond's learned to say "cheese" for the camera

loving on our sweet neighbor-dog, Tucker

spending quality time with one of my favorites,

in one of my favorite college towns

date night selfie

yard work with daddy

the cutest little monkey I've ever seen

with his strawberry friend, Harper

neighborhood official Halloween social

playing around with daddy's wig

Halloween night with friends

We have been busy, but having a great time! And the little baby in my belly is certainly growing (maybe one day I'll actually take a photo…poor second child!).  

pumpkin...everything

Y'all know as soon as the weather gets just a little below the sweltering heat of summer, I go crazy for everything pumpkin.  Here are just a few recipes I've tried (and would totally recommend!).

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies 
- recipe by Lindsay (so, it's a much healthier version!)


Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Pumpkin Bread
I used the pumpkin cake bar recipe, but substituted oat flour for regular flour (and baked it longer in a loaf pan).

Pumpkin Croissants 
(if I'm honest, not my fave...not quite sweet enough for me!)

Pumpkin Cookies
These were actually made by my friend, Laura, and were amazing...good enough to share!

Yum!!!

The Month of December

Some of my favorite snapshots from December...

Christmas Snapshots

We went a totally non-traditional route for Christmas this year (if you know me, this is a big deal!), and headed down to Grayton Beach with the Hargather family.  

Here are some photos from our trip...

we had a little Christmas day trip to the ER.  totally non-life-threatening,

but of course i snapped a few photos for memories :)

see?  everything was just fine :)

and one snapshot from NYE with these lovely ladies and their men

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving ::

[And just so you know, I'm just catching up this week!  Next week, my goal is to be up to date!]

chili at RA and Bob's

family chaos...my favorite

Hammond and his new cousin, Addie!

family photo

the spread

annual family football game

day-after Thanksgiving seafood feast!

Honey + kids on her new day bed

the most amazing shrimp ever

turkey day is over...it's officially time for Christmas!!

shopping for Christmas decor with this cutie-patootie

picking out our Christmas tree