September Recap Via Instagram

We started September off with a short camping trip.

 We did a lot of bike riding....

 ...got yummy snoballs...

 ...made popcorn over the campfire...

 ...did a little geocaching...

 ...and went to the beach one last time!

 I got a sunburn...and it was not pretty!

 I decided to start using my crock pot more...but then forgot to buy chicken:)

 We celebrated Eli's 4th birthday.

 The fall is all about football in the south!

 We had a fun barnyard brunch birthday party:

 Grant had a sore throat so we went to the doctor and wasted a couple hours for them to say it's just a virus.

 I took advantage of the fall like weather and headed to the walking track.

 My blog disappeared for a day {and scared me to death}!

 We had smoothies for dinner on a busy Wednesday night.

 I got a much needed pedicure...

 ...and treated myself to Starbucks while shopping at Target:)

 We took the Airstream to our annual family reunion....

 ...and I took this picture of the boys again:

 I started following along with She Reads Truth on YouVersion.

 I went back to Target again:)

 Eli cried when I picked him up from school because he wanted to stay!

 The photobooks that I order from Shutterfly came in the mail!

 I made some yummy chicken and dumplings in the crockpot.

 I wore a new dress with my pretty turquoise sandals.

 Henry and Grant played football....

 ...then we watched the Bulldogs play football.

 Eli decided to add a little graffiti to his arms and legs on the way to town.

 I took some meds that made me sick so I ate tons of saltines trying to make myself feel better.

 I played around with the new panorama option on my iPhone:) SO MUCH FUN!

 The boys' pee wee football team was in our local homecoming parade.

 The boys went swimming at a birthday party...at the end of September!

 Silly Eli asked me to "unwrap" his banana for him:)

Pallet and Hay Fall Display

So I've been a little absent from the blog world lately, mostly because things have been really busy around here...but also because I feel like I've lost a little bit of my creativity. I thought when Eli started preschool two days a week, that I would have a ton of time to do some crafting, creating, and decorating. But so far that hasn't happened. Instead my house is a wreck, my craft room is still nonexistent, and I can not for the life of me keep up with the laundry! Despite all of that {and sorry for my whining, but surely I'm not the only one feeling like this right now!?!}, I did manage to get a few fall decorations put up last week. I created this fun outdoor display from a few things leftover from Eli's Barnyard Brunch birthday party along with some of my usual fall decorations and a some things from a local nursery. 

 I think my favorite part of this whole display is the fun pallet with the vinyl saying. This is the same pallet that was the backdrop for the food table at Eli's party. I had already added the whitewash effect, which I thought was very fun and fallish. But it needed something a little more, so I broke out my Silhouette and cute out the cute Happy Fall, Y'all saying. I think it adds a ton of whimsy to the display! The best thing about it is that if I want to use this pallet again for something else, all I have to do is peel off the vinyl!

I also love the look of the funky pumpkins stacked together. I originally had a triple stack of pumpkins and another cute orange one, but the Mississippi heat was too much for the pumpkins and I ended up with some gross rotten pumpkin soup. I managed to salvage the two in the picture, but I don't think they are going to last much longer either....I'm starting to see the beauty of the fake, crafty pumpkins:) I threw in a couple of mums to complete the whole fall look, and I think it turned out pretty cute! 

Do you put any fall decorations outside?

{And do your pumpkins still look perfect, or do you have rotten pumpkin soup like me?!?}

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