Hello everyone I am so glad Autumn is just about here. This is my favorite time of year, and what’s not to love? Everything about the fall is so comforting, warm, and beautiful. The foliage, foods, smells, boots, sweaters, cool crisp air, pumpkins, piles of leaves, and autumn rain. Autumn is a time of giving […]
AUTUMN REFLECTIONS….
Hello all…Autumn is slowly coming to an end, but before it disappears until next year, I wanted to share a few photos I have taken while out with my family… Crim Dell Bridge at William and Mary. The most beautiful college campus! It started to sprinkle on us here…. Carriage ride on Veteran’s day Bridge […]
AUTUMN…my favorite time of year has arrived!
Happy Fall Y’all!!I am so excited that autumn has arrived!! YAY!!! Interesting how the temperature dropped just as the season clicked into place. Right now I have a jacket and a robe on! I have been freezing all morning! LOL! I went from being to warm, to needing a jacket outdoors. I am super excited to wear all […]
Baked Powdered Sugar Pumpkin Doughnuts
Hello All!This morning I decided to make my family a special treat. Baked Pumpkin Doughnuts. I had originally found the recipe for these on Pinterest, and I decided to make a couple of changes to suit my taste. My whole house smelled utterly amazing while I was baking these yummy little treats. Here are some pictures […]
MORE of what I am loving…On the home front!
Today I am posting up some more of my loves…This time it is all about the “outdoors.” My family and I can’t imagine living our lives without being surrounded by nature in one way or another. We love to have meals out in the open air when we are able, and we adore just sitting […]
Autumn Boat Ride and Biking…Pink Dress pictures later today!
Good Morning to you all… Yesterday we went on our annual autumn boat ride. The color was great! We are at peak color or past peak, depending on where you are standing! Some areas have more leaf drop than others. The weather was 70 degrees yesterday and there was hardly any wind, so the conditions […]
Our trip to Mount Vernon, I am still not 100% but able to blog today!
Hello everyone!I have been pretty sick for the last few days and I have not been alone in my “my cootie fest.” everyone in my house has been ill! My entire family has been battling this horrible chest cold. For a few days there I hardly slept because I could not breathe at all, and no […]
Photowalk 2013
This past weekend we took part in Photowalk 2013 at Colonial Williamsburg. I took a few pics with my iphone, and John and Soren took a few with our Canon Camera’s. I have yet to look at the photo’s the boys took, but here are a few from my iphone pics… I love colonial houses! […]
Creating a Viking Costume for Soren….
This year for Halloween my son Soren is going to be a Viking. While searching for a costume, all we found was a helmet and a “hammer”…but no luck with the other parts.So in this case it looks like I will be making the rest! I will also be making the pattern myself. I LOVE […]
My ” Silver Stars” sweatshirt and the “Wearing hearts on my sleeve” sweatshirt….
Here are the photos of my completed “Silver Stars” and “Wearing hearts on my sleeve” sweatshirts… First up….. For this look I wanted to so with a soft and dreamy color scheme. I chose my caramel booties, my pink candy satchel, and silver accessories and my mint watch. This is a total casual look to […]