Boo!

Last Saturday we waited in anticipation all day for the football game, bundled ourselves up and went to our first game together this season. Despite the events that followed, we still enjoyed ourselves and we still love our Cougars.


But as a pick me up, we carved some pumpkins with Jane Anne, Colby, Bob and Sue. Everyone did such a fine job! Carving pumpkins can be tough work, but everyone brought their "A" game and their own techniques and tricks and our little pumpkins turned out pretty good! Ry and I did a cute little 'Boo! ghost' pumpkin. We also got a little creative with the little hands we cut out :) Then we watched an Indiana Jones movie and ate some pizza. What a day! I love fall festivities!

Wedding Coat

The best decision I ever made was to have a wedding coat on my wedding day. I was married on December 29th, and it was a chilly one! I think every other bride that was married that day told me how much they wished they had a coat.

The reason why I'm saying all of this is because I want to share it with anyone else getting married on a chilly winter day.

Any brides-to-be this winter, can rent it to make their wedding day just that much better! It's fantastic for pictures too. My email is rebeccafjackson@gmail.com, please email me if you know of anyone that would be interested.

how do you like dem apples?

Football is consuming our television time, the leaves are falling, the jackets and coats are coming out and our tummies were aching for a delectable fall treat. We had our 2nd annual caramel apples with the Perdues. It was so easy and so yummy. Get a bright green Granny Smith apple, lather it in freshly melted caramels, drench it with white chocolate, and mix it up with a few different toppings. We had crumbled up Reese's, graham cracker crumbs and a bit of cinnamon and sugar to top it off. Yummy!

date night

Because of yesterday's awesome weather, we decided last minute to go golfing before the sun went down. Because we didn't have a tee time at Cascade, they said we could do the back 9 holes. She said that it was a little harder, but that didn't scare us. But after I lost 2 balls on the first hole we started to think twice, and decided not to keep score. But Ry told me not to get discouraged, and to just laugh about it and have fun, so we did. It was so much fun. And what's funny is that the more fun we decided to have, the better we played. It was such a beautiful night and such a wonderful course, no wonder they call it the "mountain course". What a perfect night - fun game, great weather, wonderful hubby.

Lil' Pumpkins

Brittany had a cute idea for a little fall craft. So we got a little creative and made a ...

In case you're wondering, those little tufts of burlap are supposed to be little pumpkins. We had fun trying to figure this out. I'm sure if Martha made these pumpkins they would've turned out a lot cuter, but what can I say my crafty skills have many more years to mature. I'm already looking forward to making a little something for Thanksgiving. Any ideas?

Just the girls

My new favorite tradition is making cards while all the men are at priesthood. It was so fun to be with my mom, mother-in-law, 3 sister-in-laws, 2 nieces, sister and cousin! I loved being with all the women that I love! We're missing Shanna, Kenna, Addie and Amy in the picture below, but I loved having them all there. This is quite the efficient card making session. If you've ever made cards, the part that takes the longest is designing it! So we design a few cards in advance, and punch out all the parts for the card for everyone ahead of time. By doing this everyone goes away with a whole bunch of cards instead of just a few. Afterward the men came up and joined us for some fabulous dessert. We love priesthood session.

Gettin' Crafty

The last few weeks I had a bit more leisure time than I was used to, so I decided to try and keep myself busy with a few random projects here and there. I made a baby blanket for brand new Tate Bryant Tingey, some of our best friends' Shannel and Tyler new little adorable boy. It turned out perfect for the little boy.

Then I decided I wanted to figure out how to make those cute little flower bows, so I got my hot glue gun and went at it. They turned out pretty darn cute! I made some bigger flowers too. It's so fun and so easy, and a lot cheaper than buying a bow at the store.



Then, with a hint of Fall in the air I wanted to do something cute for our front door. So I grabbed my mom and we headed to Michael's and got creative. It is so much more fun to make something than to buy it off the shelf! I made this wreath below, and I love it.