Happy Fall Y'all!

What a welcome change in the weather! Right now it's in the 50's outside and I am LOVING IT!!! Saturday I spent the morning cleaning and decorating the house before our friends came over and we went apple picking! I got out my fall decor that was in storage containers in the garage and got to work. I had a few fall decorations up before but now I feel like our house really feels like it's fall outside! I also love making our house smell like fall! One of my favorite ways to do that (besides lighting a candle or turning on my scentsy) is to boil cinnamon, cloves, and a dash of vanilla on the stove. If you've never done that YOU NEED TO! It smells amazing and I always have people ask what the amazing smell is :-)

To do this I just fill up a pot with water, add in some whole cloves, break up one or two cinnamon sticks, and add in a little bit of vanilla. Then set your burner on low and enjoy!

It does boil down over several hours though, so make sure to watch it! If it boils all the way down you get a yucky burned smell, which is no fun.

My kitchen now has some fun pumpkins and fall picture frames!

Do you remember these candlesticks?

Well now after getting a coat of spray paint....

they are on top of my fridge holding up my "BOO" pumpkins! So now the fridge is festive too!

Football on the TV and fall decorations out :-)

Our side table with a picture of the Hubster and I at Thanksgiving two years ago...it's one of my favorites!

Here's a hodgepodge collage of the rest of my fall decor! :-)

Fall is hands down my favorite season...how can you not LOVE fall?! Great weather, fun candy, warm decorations, wonderful smells, and great food! This weekend the Hubster and I went apple picking with friends (post to come on that soon!) and I now have a half of a bushel of apples to bake with! I am already going to make apple pie, an apple braid, and homemade applesauce! Nothing says fall more than apples and cinnamon!

Happy Fall Y'all!

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Fun Fall Craft

A while back I found this cute idea on pinterest and just knew I had to make one for my house, and I had the perfect spot in my kitchen!!!

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Here's my version! It was super easy! First I painted the inside and outside of the letters with black paint, then traced the letters with scrapbook paper and applied with Mod Podge and lastly added the ribbon and fun bow! Then I just hung it up in my kitchen! :-)

I LOVE it! :-) It adds another cute element to my little fall corner in my kitchen!

I know I've said this before but....

What did we do before PINTEREST?!

Love is in the Air!

I just love February! Hearts, candy, flowers, cute crafts, and don't forget about Presidents Day ;-) ! What's not to love? I have some cute Valentines Day decorations that I have up at home right now, they just make me happy.

I got this in the dollar section at Target! It says "XOXO, KISS, HUGS, and LOVE"

Gotta love the holiday kitchen towels ;-) These are the first decorations I put up for each holiday! Some people feel that Valentines Day is a holiday that is pushed upon us as a society in order to make us buy the cards, candy, flowers and decorations. Personally I feel that it's important to have a day to recognize the ones you love. Not that you shouldn't do that every day regardless of a "holiday" ;-) In my class today we made some very cute Valentines Day crafts! We made "heart people" out of hearts, they're just precious!

I think it's too cute when my sweet little boys draw hearts for eyes! One of them was cracking up today as he drew, and when I asked him what was so funny he held his heart up for me to see. It had a heart eyes, nose, and hearts all over the mouth. Apparently hearts are hilarious now-a-days!

Here's my heart! I'm not much of an artist, but it was fun to do a craft with my kids today! After having a highly stressful day yesterday it was nice to have a relaxed day with my class today. Due to the yucky weather that the south is getting hit with a lot of little ones were out today. The roads were slick and icy this morning and some parents chose not to send their kids to school. So today was a great day to review what we've been learning so far this week!

I am going to take a few minutes to brag on the wonderful...the talented...the sweet and caring, Future Hubster :-) He is always amazing, but some days he simply outdoes himself. Today, due to the yucky weather, he didn't have work. So what does he do? Sit around all day and watch TV? NOPE. Play computer games? NOPE. Catch up on sleep? NOPE. This amazing man worked all day to bake chocolate truffles AND cook dinner for me! Talk about a CATCH! Since the weather was bad today he took me to school this morning, and when he came to pick me up he brought truffles for all of the first grade teachers! He even let me drag him from room to room and introduce him to everyone :-) For dinner he made the most amazing taco soup! I am so impressed and I couldn't ask for a better person to spend my life with.

HOMEMADE TRUFFLES. It does not get better than this. God truly does have someone in mind for everyone ;-)

Best. Soup. Ever.

All in all, today was a great day and I am feeling much better about the rest of the week than I was at this time yesterday. Granted, there's a high possibility that the chocolate helped me feel better ;-) Future Hubster knows just what I need in the middle of a hard week. I will leave you with this calming verse tonight...

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 4:6-7