Pumpkin Carving & Decorating

Tonight we carved a couple of pumpkins and decorated a wee little pumpkin with John Michael. Samuel enjoyed more liberties with the carving tools this year as he is now a big 8 years old so he did 99% of the carving on his. His is the one on the right on the bottom picture and Joseph carved the one eyed dude on the left. John Michael and I did the Mrs. witch potato head pumpkin. He loved playing with it afterwards which gave us a good Christmas idea. We always look forward to carving our pumpkins and John Michael enjoyed his first Halloween carving tradition this year. Hope you enjoy your carving as much as we did!

Some Random Thoughts

I can't believe October is halfway over already! Where does the time go? November is knocking on the door and that means the holidays are just around the corner as well. I really can't believe it! I haven't even thought about Christmas shopping yet. Not even for our boys! I mean I really have NO ideas at this point. Any sugestions? We are excited about Halloween as this is a favorite holiday around our house. We love to decorate, not that we do a whole lot, but we enjoy the pumpkins and scarecrows. A couple weeks ago we were looking at costumes in Target and decided not to purchase a costume this year and come up with our own. This is my favorite thing to do anyway, but the last couple of years Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker have been the choices so we purchased those. But not this year! Samuel has decided to be an Army Soldier and we have plenty of camo around our house to take care of that. John Michael might follow suit and be a little Army Soldier or he could be Big Al and use the elephant costume Samuel wore at that age. We are looking forward to the annual trick or treat hayride we do with our neighbors with chili and a bonfire back at our house afterwards.

We recently had some friends come down from Kentucky for the bama/kentucky game. It was so much fun and we really enjoyed catching up with everyone! We need to do it more often guys!

Last weekend we "Booed" our neighbors and Samuel (and Joseph) had a blast. He and his buddy Tate got all dressed up in their camo and could not wait for the mission to begin! The first target was a success. They knocked on the door, left the goody bag, ran, and had to army crawl across our front yard to keep from getting caught. We watched the neighbors from the window walking around with flashlights trying to catch the little goblins responsible. The next house (target) they weren't so lucky due to an abundance of stairs leading up the front porch. They were busted but the neighbor didn't let on that he saw them. Samuel is already making plans for next year!

Tonight is Fall Festival at school and BBQ nachos afterwards. I am loving the cooler weather we are expecting this weekend. I can't wait to see my little guys in their new Fall clothes from the consignment sale last weekend. Lots of cute things and great deals!

Have a wonderFALL weekend!

Quick, Easy & Delicious

My neighbor gave me a new recipe last week and at first I thought I don't know about the cream of mushroom soup and salsa together. But I tried it anyway and it was sooo good and so easy. So, here it is.

3-4 medium chicken breasts

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 jar salsa

Put in crock-pot in order given and cook on high for about 4 hours or until chicken is done. My chicken was still frozen when I started so it might have taken a little longer. Once done, pull chicken apart with fork. Serve with tortilla chips or in soft tortilla shells. Easy & Yummy!