Farm Visit

We met up with friends at Larriland Farms for their annual fall festival on Sunday.  This farm is about an hour and fifteen minutes from us but totally worth the drive.  Why, when we have so many farms around us?  Two words: APPLE FRITTERS!  Such yummy goodness that we only get once a year.  They went so fast I couldn't even get a picture of them.  Here is one I found online that most closely represents:

Here are the farm helpers making them.  Some have to peel and core the apples, the others make up the dough and toss the apples in.



That wasn't the only experience to be had at the festival.  We also ran through the straw maze and rode on the hayride with all of our friends.  Here are some pictures from the day:

Peek-a-boo!

The kids were very interested in the goats:

Snuggles with Daddy

My First Sewing Project

My mother bought me a sewing machine for my birthday and Im ashamed to say it took me over a month to get it out of the box.  So much to do with vacations, a first birthday party to plan, and everything else that the summer throws at you. 
I had so many ideas for my first sewing project but once I got the Pottery Barn Kids Halloween catalog in the mail I knew what it would be. 

This banner seemed like a good first project because it was simple and something that I could take and make my own with different fabric and measurements.  And at $29 I figured I had to be able to make it cheaper than that!   So I got everthing together that I needed: ribbon, Halloween fabric, black fabric, white stiff felt, and thread.  Total spent was $15 and I have enough to make 6-7 banners!

And here's some pictures of T-man playing in the yard:

Peek-a-boo!!  I see you!!

Bridal Shower Planning: Indian Theme

A friend of mine is throwing her sister an Indian themed bridal shower complete with yummy Indian food, gold bracelets, henna tattoos, and bright colors.  Here are a few of the paper items she asked me to create:

The invite:

The Thank Yous:

And cards for a game called "Secrets of a Happy Marriage" where you write down words of wisdom for the bride and groom:

OBX Vacation

We had such a great time with our friends in OBX.  It was definitely not a relaxing vacation, but it was tons of fun!  The kiddos had us up at 6:00 AM every morning and we tried (and mostly failed) to stay up late to have some fun without the kids.  Our days were filled with lots of trips to the beach, back to the house for lunch, back to the beach, then to the pool. 

Our lovely house

We booked through Brindley Beach Vacations and got an amazing deal.  Overall, our experience with them was great. We were missing an outdoor gas grill when we got there and they came right out with a brand new one about an hour later - now that is service!
Each family took one night to prepare a meal.  Our night was grilled steak and chicken tacos with homemade key lime pie for desert.

Mmmm...key lime pie about to go in the oven!

Jeff making/consuming the margaritas

We even made it to the Wright Brothers Museum on our way back from taking Tyler to the urgent care center in Kitty Hawk. 

Turned out he had a double ear infection, poor little guy. 


Waiting to be seen by the doctor. Doesn't he look so sad?



Stoller Brigade

 It was a great vacation and we are already looking forward to next year!

Lazy Summer Evening at the Pool