Handmade Love

Let's face it, handmade gifts totally kick store-bought gifts butt...am I right?!

Yes, I think I am :)

Last weekend I attempted my very first faux chenille baby blanket tutorial which you can find here!  

The tutorial was great, very detailed and I am so super happy with how the blanket turned out!

Keep in mind this is a very looong project but I just figure it's that more love that goes into it-YUP!

I shipped it off to our old college roommates who are expecting #3 any.day.now!!!  Enjoy the Car seat cover I made for baby Khloe as well, which you can always purchase from my shop!

This may just be my new go-to baby gift.

I've linked this post up over at Casey Wiegand!!

Give Thanks!

Since this is the calendar Holiday month to give thanks I've decided to do - or attempt rather  a 30 day give thanks blogging extravaganza.  Now I feel like I do have to preface this post by saying this: I think we need to be thankful everyday for everyone in our lives, every struggle we face- every success we feel, and every thing we have-even when we think it might not be a lot.  

Remember there are always less fortunate and besides when we do leave this world it's not like we're going to take all of our stuff with us so who really cares if we have the latest Coach purse or the newest Iphone? ...God certainly doesn't.  

Okay, phew now I feel better :)  

Onto the fun!

Since today is November 5th I will play catch up and this may happen again in the near future, I'm apologizing in advance ha!

I am thankful for:

Living close to the beach

Having such a loving & kind church family

My husband's willingness & excitement to do the grocery shopping

Having a job and being able to provide for our family

3 healthy kids

I guess that'd be it for now!  What are you thankful for?

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Bye Bye October

Every beginning has an ending.

I can't believe its already November! 

For October as excited as I was for it to begin by the end I was more than ready for it to be over!  

Now, don't get me wrong I am in no way, shape, or form being a party pooper but man October was downright exhausting!  

The truth is I think October was just the beginning because I don't see any end in sight :)  

We started off the month with a trip to the pumpkin patch and ended it with Halloween night.  

Now what happened in between is the real story, so without further ado enjoy our month of October in pictures. 

What was your favorite event in October?

The boys in the local Halloween parade as Alvin and the Chipmunks

Angel aka Alvin enjoying catching some candy at the parade

My husband and I attended our first Halloween party since we were in college

Angel at his school's Halloween sing-along

Ayden at his school's Harvest Party

Our Trick or Treater's that were too afraid to go outside so we passed out candy instead