The Color Run

Katie, Amy, Lynn and Kelly

On Nov. 3rd, Katie and her friends ran in the 5k Color Run.

As you are running along the designated route, there are color stations.  People throw colored chalk on you as you pass through.  They had a ton of fun, but Katie said that all that chalk was suffocating at times.    

It was the first time any of them had participated in any kind of run and it is a wonderful bonding experience they will share forever!

 Good job girls!

First Fall Decorations Are Up

 I thought I would share with you this years pumpkin topiaries for fall.  I used some leaf garland and fall picks from Michaels.  I bought all the supplies about a month ago (you have to buy way in advance for holidays because when the holiday gets close, the supplies are sold out!) at Michaels.

Things are a little sparse at the moment, painting starts on the 12th and I don't want to put out a bunch of stuff only to have to take it down and put it back up again.  Looks like I have a leaner on the right, I'll have to fix that.

Happy Fall!

Halloween Porch

 I wasn't going to decorate the porch this year, I wasn't feeling good, we just had a bunch of work done in our living room and painting was starting next week.  Halloween morning I woke up and decided I would just get out a few things to decorate the porch for the little trick or treaters.  

 I used two spider webs, my black crows and this spanish moss stuff I bought years ago at Roger's Gardens.  

 As I was attaching the crows to the branches, one fell and he looked dead.  I decided to go ahead and keep that design. It looked creepy.  I don't like to get too scary because we have little kids on our block and I don't want them to be scared. 

The jack-o-lantern was easy and fast to carve and I put spiders all crawling up him to get to their web.  

I'm glad I decided to put out some decorations, I just felt better about things.  When the kids were little, I had a reason to decorate, but really I like to do it, so I should just do it for me.