stockings and pumpkin pie (from a pumpkin)

 thanks mom for helping me make stockings for our house!

 jarrod's super cool birthday chair

 i accomplished one of my life goals- to make something pumpkin from scratch (none of that canned stuff i usually use)! a woman from work gave me the recipe and i made a pumpkin pie for jarrod's birthday. 

it actually turned out pretty well!

 these were pretty and fall-like so i took a picture of them...

B.Y.O.P.

we carved pumpkins at allison's house last night... 

and it was quite sucessful!

(amy)

 (katie k. & josh)

 (leigh anne)

 (brooke)

 (allison & kelly)

(jarrod)

 (mine)

 i love how different they all are!

typical! 

someone else took a picture of the whole group, 

i'll work on getting a copy!

almost one year later...

we finally finished painting our bedroom and bathroom! oh hey!

jarrod was a champ and painted all of the ceiling! amy was also a star helper!

smart moves!

i'm so glad that this is socially acceptable (and even somewhat normal) to wear socks like these to work with shoes that don't really require socks!

land of a thousand hills, yet again, this time to read...

...a book for work about child development.

we tried...

amy and i decided to go to the ellijay apple festival... this is a look at our successes and failures of the day!

chickfila = SUCCESS

(no roadtrip (big or small) is complete without it!)

major traffic = FAIL

the not-so-scenic-view = FAIL

 pumpkins = SUCCESS

(although we didn't buy one!)

apples = FAIL/SUCCESS

(these are not actually from ellijay, rather trader joes in sandy springs)

man date = SUCCESS

(jarrod & james also had an fun day!)

visiting allison's new house

her new best friends are the pandas, flamingos, and 

the snake that got busted out!

sunshine & flowers

i love sunny days. and the back door open. the end.