August Fields

pumpkin patch and apple orchard

a few pics of our fall adventures….
dancy picked THE hugest (is that a word?) pumpkin she could pick up.

the apple orchard was great. it was freeeezing….unusually cold for october but we managed to pick some yummy yummy apples. here’s deanie picking ‘one more’. all the kids wanted ‘one more’…can we pick just ‘one more’? 🙂

the roof is almost done….


so much progress has taken place this past week over at the house! almost all of the roof boards have been put on and tar paper on top of that.

these are the breaker boxes being installed in the basement. when i went out to the house i asked the technician…”so how are the fuse boxes coming?” …. apparently that is pretty old school? he said “uh…they’re breaker boxes”. whatever.

the windows are supposed to be installed next week and i think that will change the looks of things so much!
oh! i have to add this picture…… poor hank fell in the mud, then literally got stuck. mr. daddy had to pull him out first, then his shoes.
little honey got a nice warm bubble bath when we came home 🙂

Friday Favorites

a few of my faves 🙂
i have been wearing this for about 7 years now! currently i apply it over a tinted moisturizer. but it can be applied alone too. i’m just getting old 🙂 i purchase mine at ulta. and as much as i love this product i do despise the word ‘beige’. it just sounds bleh.

mmmm……i love love love the fragrance this candle gives! i purchase these at ulta too.
my hair stylist talked my into this tiny little bottle of wonder. 🙂 it is like a fine baby powder. but it emulsifies or something when it makes contact with your hair. i can’t even explain the texture it feels like on my fingers….hair products are in a league of their own!
but i love big hair and this is perfect. i dust a teeny bit in the ratty area i backcomb and it keeps the volume there. 🙂 it should last a looooong time because you use such a small amount 🙂

first birthday party

what a FUN birthday party! i was sad my sister and kiddos couldn’t come because they had fevers…poor honeys…but they are better now and we can play soon..yay! so the party was simple and sweet. i can do “simple and sweet” with dubs because he’s still my baby! 🙂

below, the “kids” table was set for more seating.

the cupcakes were the perfect portion of “sweet” for everyone. i purchased them with plain whipped frosting and added the chocolate, blue and pearly white sprinkles at home. my sister helped me make the toppers with her cricut machine (she’s a scrapbooking hero!) didn’t they turn out so cute?? 🙂 oh! and the cupcakes were a total of $5.98 for all 24 from our local big box store….and really yummy. yay!!

getting ready to blow out his first candle! that little hat was 40% off $6.99 at hobby lobby (with coupon). i made the little banner behind the highchair. the baby boy figures are actually one of mr. daddy’s first birthday cards that i scanned and cut and mounted on plain card stock. the number “1”s are leftover cupcake toppers mounted on the same card stock. the ‘string’ is a torn piece of white fabric leftover from my in-laws anniversary party.

he finally started to ‘dig in’ ! 🙂

me and my little love.

present time! basil the bunny was first…so cute.

and this little ‘hammer’ toy….dubs loves this! he pushes the little rods with his finger instead of using the hammer.

and did you know that fisher price relaunched some of the classics??!! they are available at target….maybe other places. i was so excited when i first spotted them. here he is receiving the wind up t.v. that plays “row row row your boat”. we also received ‘chatter’ the pull along phone, and the wind up clock.

and finally my little one year old in all his messy clothes glory. happy first birthday buddy!

framing is almost done

we’re continuing to make progress on the house! and actually the trusses are up so more updates will be coming soon….
here is the front of the house starting to take shape. it has been raining like crazy here so work days are interrupted and not consecutive…..kind of frustrating but progress IS being made and it sure is exciting!

these are the two samples of stone that we are trying to decide on for the front of the house. it will cover the entire center section.


the picture below is the girl’s bunk room. instead of separate bedrooms for each of the children we decided to do a boy’s bunk and a girl’s bunk. that way, Lord willing, if we ever have another child we won’t have to RE figure the room situation. i never liked having to do that in this house so this is a great solution for us! 🙂

this is the back of the house. dancy and hank are standing in front of the garage.

it is rainy and super windy today….but we’re still hoping to stop out to the house and take some updated pictures and write more scripture.
on a side note….little dubs first birthday was wonderful!! i’ll hopefully get to posting his party soon. he has still not taken any steps on his own…..little stinker 🙂