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.Pumpkin Carving. Every year our kids beg and plead as to when we are going to carve pumpkins!! I like to wait until 1 week before Halloween so the pumpkins don't get icky before it's even time for the big day! My son was the first one to go outside to pick which pumpkin he was going to carve!  Cleaning out pumpkins is apparently hard work, he was trying really hard to get out all the pumpkin slime & seeds! She was excited about her pumpkin as well, well until the neighbor girl showed up and wanted to play. So she helped for a bit and then played for a bit, then helped some more! haha The look in her eyes is priceless, she is telling me without words: this is gross!  After he gutted his pumpkin, he started his Jackolantern drawing.  Mom & Dad helped with the carving, but he was so proud of his pumpkin creation! Mom's creation! I went with EASY- triangle eyes & big toothy grin! We carved pumpkins after a 2 hour family nap, I look a bit sleepy!  All of our ...

HI! Welcome to  Currently ! This post series is a great place to share what we are up to and share your post through the link up below. We can make new friends & encourage each other in this thing we call "Life". Please join me!  This is my  41st   week hosting this  Currently  link up, please join me this week or next or the week after, or any time  you can join in, I would Love to hear from you! Loving... the gorgeous fall weather! The tree  in our front yard is almost bare, so we decided to play in the leaves at my parents house this weekend while we were finishing their garage. The weather was beautiful, so we ran & played outside! My son loves doing funny things for the camera! Enjoying... another beautiful fall day! We had a gift certificate to use at a local outdoor restaurant & winery before the end of the month, so it was a perfect day to use it! We had a delicious lunch, played bean bags & walked near the river! We were e...

I hope you have had a great week so far, and if not...let's start Friday off right and make it a great weekend!   I am looking forward to Friday night football, helping our parents finish their garage & dinner with the family at the vineyard on Sunday! I hope you have a great weekend too! Today, is my sixth  Links I Love  post! I am posting some of my favorite links from this past week, thanks for joining me! \\ As a Wisconsin girl born & raised, I am a lover of good cheese. I grew up next to an amazing cheese factory & now again live near a great cheese factory as well.  This article was hilarious & so I have to share it. It says that "Cheese really is crack" & the study reveals it is as addictive as drugs! ha  \\ YES, YES, YES. I read this last night & completely agree. We grew up in 4H families & want our children to do the same. "It's time to teach our children was is truly important in life!" \\ " I probably say, thin...

I enjoy checking some of my favorite blogs  The Pleated Poppy   &  Curly Crafty Mom  every week to see all of their adorable & easy outfit ideas! Now it's my turn! By taking photos of my outfits a few days a week, it makes me feel a little more accountable for what I put on before I walk out the door.   The Perfect Outfit for Family Winery Tour Day!  Olive Skinny Jeans: Target Tank: Old Navy Sweater: Old Navy Boots: Nicole Riding Boots Necklace: Silpada Linking up with   The Pleated Poppy- What I Wore  &  Curly Crafty Mom  Check it out--You won't be disappointed!!

HI! Welcome to  Currently ! This post series is a great place to share what we are up to and share your post through the link up below. We can make new friends & encourage each other in this thing we call "Life". Please join me!  This is my  40th   week hosting this  Currently  link up, please join me this week or next or the week after, or any time  you can join in, I would Love to hear from you! Forty weeks, that is quite the accomplishment in my eyes! I am so thankful for all of you that have been following on & joining me these past 40 weeks!!! Enjoying... a beautiful fall day with family to tour wineries in our area. We had so much fun! We laughed, we enjoyed new wines, we ate delicious appetizers that we brought & shared. It was such a great time & I can't wait to do it again! Concentrating... on how she might use this bow someday. She was so excited to go hunting with daddy on Saturday evening. My baby girl is only 4 1/2, but she...

Happy Friday Friends! Today's post is a little a this, a little a that...pretty much a whole lot of randomness! But, hey...I am pretty random, so it fits!  My Monday Currently posts usually entail what I was up to over the weekend or things of that nature, but today I decided I would talk about random things I think about that are not necessarily big enough for an entire blog post. Lately, my brain is not properly putting together sentences...so bear with me, it's been a long week! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- //Motivation// hello, hello?? Are you there?? Oh...I need motivation for so many things right at this moment. Working out- check, House cleaning-check, Organizing my house-check, Getting my blogging routine back-check, I could go on...but I won't.  I am going to work on a few of these things little by little & get myself back on track. It is so easy to fall off the wagon ...