Adoption Awareness Month

November is Adoption Awareness Month and around this same time last year was when I was introduced to Reece's Rainbow.  They are hosting their Angel Tree event again now through December 31st.  I encourage you to visit, pray and donate to help these children find their families.  Just look at some of these cuties who are waiting for a family!

Don't you just wan't to kiss those cheeks?!
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The kid's had a blast last night at our church's Trunk or Treat:)

I'm loving this idea that Amy shared today and want to do the same.

1.  Today I am grateful for words of encouragement.


Today I received an unexpected email from my sweet friend who is in country to bring home her son.  Her encouraging words were exactly what I needed to hear today and for her to think of me while she's in another country in the process of bringing home her son meant so much.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween this year! We did another B.Y.O.P. ( Bring Your Own Pumpkin) party and it was a huge success. We went to "Trunk or Treat" at our church again this year and had a blast! The kids have so much candy, it will last them until Summer. I am also adding some pics I've already posted for a linky party. Enjoy the pics!

Decor

B.Y.O.P.

White chocolate covered pretzel rods and almond slivers is what made up these creepy fingers. Ash suggested making lines in the chocolate to make knuckles, totally made them more realistic. They were super easy to make and delicious! Ash let me cut up an old shirt of his and I found that wine glasses are the easiest to use when trying to button the cuff, then I just taped the excess material to the bottom.

I also made chocolate covered apples drizzled with caramel, super easy to make as well.

You just melon ball apples( Thank you Ash:) insert a lollipop stick and cover in chocolate. Then when they are dry drizzle caramel over them. And yummy pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, you can get the recipe here.

We set up the carving station in the garage.

Cute kiddos:)

Avery with her butterfly pumpkin.

Sadie our little monster.

Sweet Little Lucy, our friends' daughter.

The lineup, from left to right, a wolf howling at the moon, ghost, butterfly, sideways bats and the one on the end is Prestin's. It says #1 Dad.

Ash made this one, it say's The Farley's.

Awww!

Trunk or Treat

Our family, princesses, Bumble bee transformer and a pumpkin.

These are pics of our church family, awesome people and awesome costumes!

Bye!

I love kid art, it's the best kind! I love bringing out the kid's art from years past and adding it to our seasonal decor. And this year has been the best so far, the kids have some really crafty teachers this year.

Tatum made this adorable scarecrow and pumpkin lantern, it even has a battery operated light in it that flickers. That's a pretty awesome teacher to add those little details, I'm big on details:)

And here's Madi's cute little bat and owl.

I found some pretty cool Halloween crafts over at Better Homes and Gardens website, definitely my style.

Mini white pumpkins and pistachios glued to a wreath form.

You can download the template for these off the website, I don't have ink in my printer otherwise I would have these already. Maybe next year.

These are so easy to make, you just dip pretzel sticks halfway in white chocolate and add an almond sliver to the top. You can cut one of your husbands shirt sleeves (with his permission of course) and wrap it around a jar. Super cute!

Happy Halloween!

Trunk or Treat

This year we did trunk or treat, which is basically where you give candy out from the trunk of your car. It was a lot of fun, because you got to visit with friends and could let the kids run around and know they're safe. I dressed up as a scarecrow, I painted my face and stuck straw in the pockets of my overalls. It was funny because a little girl came dressed as Dorothy and she made it a point to tell me that we were from the same movie. She was really cute. The kids are loaded with candy, with five kids the candy is just overflowing. We'll have candy to last until next Halloween. Thanks again Erin and Stephen for the amazing costumes the kids were stoked and they got tons of compliments. The costumes were handmade from a friend of Erin's(except for Prestin's). Prestin was a soldier, Tatum was a masquerade ballroom dancer, Avery was an angel, Madi was a tutu wearing bunny but would not keep the bunny ears on to make mommy happy, and Ainsley was a cat. Too cute!Our friend's daughter Faith was a duckIf anyone would like this recipe for Pumpkin popcorn balls let me know, they were yummy and really fun to make!