Valley Days
Last week my daughter and I participated in her 3rd grade "Valley Days" celebration. We were to wear clothes similar to those worn in California in the 1800's. We also had to prepare our lunches as they would have at that time. Of course there were not Ziploc bags, Tupperware containers or Lunchables so wrapped in wax paper and cloth, we brought shortbread cookies, peanuts, beef jerkypumpkin

Apples ~ Gotta Love Apples
First of all, I don't know why my pictures look distorted... I'm irritated about that. And I think I lost my camera in my couch... ok, moving on! On Nov. 1st we took the kids to Apple Hill, it was a beautiful day and we had a great time. I have gone to Apple Hill a gazillion times and never actually PICKED apples... until now! In addition to picking apples we also brought home caramel

Thanks
Thanks to all my friends who put up with my inconsistant blogging. Thanks to my friend that adds to my measly stash of Thanksgiving decor with the best gifts ever.Thanks to Goodwill for ugly turkeys I can spraypaint white. Thanks to God for creating these yummy Fairy Tale pumpkins.Thanks to everyone for looking at my hutch, noticing my Christmas lights and not saying how tacky they look. Thanks

Disneyland at Halloween
We just got back from an awesome Disneyland vacation! I know that most of my readers are not local and our school schedules are very different. Our kids went back to school the end of July and already had a two week "Fall Break". So during this break we went to Disneyland!I have tons of pictures so I am going to start out with just showing you how Disney decorates for Halloween! This is the main

Spookifications
I have been playing with the Picnik.com Halloween features for the past hour or so... SOOO much fun!Ok, now back to reality... go have fun for yourself at picnik.com! There are SO many cool tools that I bought the year membership. BUT a lot of it is FREE!Oh, yeah.... I did this too!and made Tatum's birthday invite... and made this picture look "beachy" Okay... NOW go have fun at picnik.com ~Em