Halloween Brunch

Halloween has arrived. And this year, I've gone DIY craft crazy! Most are improvised Pinterest crafts and I think they all turned out really well. 

(Picture heavy)

Dollar store and Target stuff

DIY sharpie Halloween dishes and spooky table with glittered candles

The black candles were expensive so I made some sparkly ones myself

DIY holiday topiaries. These will be used for several holidays! 

Paper circle fan bouquet, yarn candy corns, felt wreath(may be used for thanksgiving), my Martha cake stand with orange ribbon 

How cute is this towel my mommy bought for our house? 

We had friends and their families over on Saturday to hang out for brunch. 

Food and friends!

Sweet Bella and her buddies

Looking forward to an upcoming trip to Knoxville and Thanksgiving(be prepared for more DIY decorations) 

Happy fall y'all! 

Go Ohio! Beat the Hawkeyes...

Another fabulous weekend! Got to go home to Ohio to attend OSU homecoming festivities, and my niece's beautiful baptism. 

Warning, Picture heavy!!!!

I have been apprehensive about being on the Memphis OSU alumni club board bc of time. But luckily, being VP presented me the opportunity to attend the alumni leadership symposium on Friday. I got some great ideas for our group and met some wonderful people. After the symposium, I was able to participate in the parade with the other alumni cheerleaders and had a blast at Cap City with my M2. 

Saturday's weather left something to be desired. But after a stop at Target to get myself a Buckeye hoodie-I was ready to go! For my first 'fan experience', I had a fab time! Got to watch the game with my parents and my great aunt Joan, who has been a Buckeye fan dive way before I was born! 

Sunday was a great family day as my youngest niece was baptized at St. Paul's in Westerville. Got to spend time with each K and E(possibly the cutest children alive). 

Also got to eat at 94th aero squadron with my pops before I flew back south for the winter. But I forgot to get a picture of us at dinner. 😕

A wonderful weekend but boy am I tired today! I will see them all in a month for turkey day and will get to see my aunts new restaurant as well! 

I hope these young Bucks gain the same thing I did from my college cheer experience-How Firm Thy Friendships....

3-day Weekend at the Lake

Today is gray, chilly, and depressing. Fortunately for me, this past weekend was not. I spent my holiday weekend soaking up the fresh air and rays in 'the Natural state' of Arkansas. 

A few weeks back, M's aunt asked if we would like to spend this weekend at her lake house. We jumped at the chance and I am so glad we did. Despite the scary ride to the house and a torrential storm downpour on Sat morning, the weekend was a success. We watched the weather like amateur meteorologists Sat morning and decided to take out chances around noon to hit the Tannenbaum golf course. For the first time attempting to golf in a few years without my own golf clubs(we borrowed my neighbor's sons and they were actually a bit too small), it wasn't terrible. I definitely have (a lot of)room for improvement, but the weekend was about family and we sure had a great time on the course no matter how many times I whiffed the ball(it was too many too count).

The rain never came back the rest of the weekend. We got in 2 days of boating, several gourmet meals and I even managed to get some Halloween crafting done while there. 

On the golf cart ride home

Caprese skewers

Candy corn yarn cones

On a boat

Half pep, shroom and onion/half basil & 'mater

Finished up a great weekend by putting out our 'pumpkin' for the year, and working on the backsplash(and no, it's still not done). 

Heading to Ohio this weekend for homecoming, very excited to see more family and friends! 

Happy October! 

Break out the boots, fall has arrived!

I'm sure I will jinx it by putting this out in the blogosphere, but I do believe fall has arrived in TN. For the past month, I have been in that weird section of my wardrobe where I'm not sure what to wear bc it's still 80-90 degrees and my sundresses don't feel right and I don't want to bake in a sweater and boots. 

Yesterday, I actually needed to go back inside for a light cardigan and today, I wore a jacket into the office. Praise The Lord b/c while I admire the California style of Uggs and shorts, people here don't seem to appreciate it(causing odd glances when I'm running about town). Now there will inevitably be a few more days calling for near summer attire, but that's part of the charm of Memphis. So bring on boot weather! I have 2 new pairs in my closest just waiting to go out for a spin.

This past weekend, we braved the heat(I wore my Buckeye wind breaker and nearly fried) to participate in the 3rd annual dragon boat races downtown. DH's company has put together a team since the beginning of this event and it always proves to be a good time. After a slow start in the first race, we seemed to get it together for our second heat and shaved 2 seconds off our time(we like to think it was bc of the last minute adult beverage we drank before the race). We missed the final race by 5 spots but 13 out of 50 isn't bad. A great event every year and we even got some end of the year sun to prove it! 

We made it home Saturday afternoon and watched some football while waiting on our pals the Dr's Ali. Our household managed to go 2/2 in college football games with OSU just squeaking by. 

Even Cina got into the spirit by the end of our game. With our morale high, we headed out about town. It was a unique situation since we always stayed downtown with the Ali's. Now that they are out-of-towners, the hosting role was reversed so we cabbed it. A great night out made even better when I kept bumping into OSU friends! I can't wait to go home in 2 weeks to watch the homecoming game and spend some time with family and friends. There is nothing better then Columbus Ohio on a Buckeye game day! 

Sweet Nicki!!

After a slow start Sunday morning(I'll keep saying it until it changes, G-town lacks great bunch locations)....Mac and I began the next kitchen project we had lined up. We got the back splash tiles on the wall and now we wait for them to set, then grout and caulk the edges. Pictures to follow in another blog. 

High: spending time with the Ali's & a Buckeye win

Low: spaghetti night fail