Moving forward.

Oh my poor neglected blog:(  We're still here, we had our fingerprint appt. for immigration on Oct. 17th and it went incredibly smooth.  We were in and out in less than 30 minutes, so now we're just waiting for our golden ticket!  Slowly but surely we are moving steadily forward!  Please keep us in your prayers:)

We are also in the middle of construction on our kitchen.  Remember all that wood I showed you?  Well it is going up as I type this.  Here is just a little sneak peak.  I feel incredibly blessed to be given this gift in the midst of our adoption.  Even though the house is in a bit of chaos it has literally kept me sane as it has kept my mind off of how long it is taking to bring Sergey home.

Also in the midst of all this lovely, beautiful chaos we have been loving the change in the season and have been making some yummy treats!

I had a lot of fun baking with my girls, Prestin is not in the pic because he would rather eat them than make them:)  

White November

I think it's pretty obvious that I like to decorate with whites, creams and neutrals. Here are some pics I'm drawing inspiration from this month and hope to incorporate into my home.

Love the old rakes and the planked wall.

I love this farm table and the different white painted chairs! Someday:)

I made something similar a couple years ago, super easy! I will be making this one for sure.

Simple, yet elegant.

Cover your table in blankets, throws or quilts, very inviting. Imagine sitting here with a cup of coffee or tea on those cold November mornings. We can all do this one, easy peasy.

Sweet and simple, and again so easy to incorporate into our own homes.

So pretty.

All the pictures above are courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens.

And look at these adorable prints. Jessica over at Craftily Ever After lets you print them for free. She has a ton more designs that are just as wonderful, I printed the "Gather Here with Grateful Hearts".

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!