New blog!

Hello everyone!

As promised I want to share my new blog with you. I know I'm weigh late on announcing it but better late than never.

Check out my new blog at
ourpreciousjewell.blogspot.com

I think you'll find this one too be way more fun and interesting.

Xoxo
Shelbie

Update!!

I know I have been absent for like ever!! But I am planning on getting back into the swing of things here pretty soon. I have decided to dedicate more of my time to my blog. That's one of my resolutions this new year. 

I am working in a new name, new look, new theme and new ideas. I have not yet decided if I am going to keep this blog active or if I am going to start from scratch. I really want a freh clean slate and since my new blog is completely different than the randomness of this one and since it will be my main calling, u want no regrets, mistakes, or let downs from this one to carry through to my new one. 

Within a few weeks I will be announcing my new blog in here and then I will no longer keeping this one up to date. It's a possibility in the future that I will revisit this blog, but I am not making any promises. I hope to gain more readers, friends, and sponsors through my new endeavors. 

Thank you!!

Halloween!!

So there has been a bunch of hocus Pocus going on around my house lately, especially with getting ready for Halloween. 

I initially was not planning on dressing up or partaking in Halloween this year. Although I did want to carve pumpkins. That didn't happen-turns out it is more fun to carve pumpkins when you have kids. :( I'm not there...yet. 

Halloween morning I decided I would dress up and try to be a little festive. I didn't want to buy an expensive costume. Not to mention they probably only had the hideous gorilla costumes left. So I ended up with a DIY costume. 

I was a vampire for Halloween. Spooky! Spooky! My niece thought I looked scary, but I don't think I did. 

I already had the purple corset and I paired that with black leggings and black boots. Add some perfect Vamp makeup and I had the perfect DIY costume. 

 

Hubby wasn't feeling the dress up mood I was. 

Next year I will definitely be more prepared. I have big plans for getting us both into costumes!! 

He did put on my nephews mask after the night was all over. It was pretty creepy how big his body was compared to the small skeleton mask. 

Today is the official kick start of the holidays and I could not be more excited!! Thanksgiving is right around the corner and then a over the hills and through the woods to Christmas!! 

Fall Decor

My love for fall would not be complete without some decorations, right?? We'll now that it is October First, it is perfectly acceptable to start decorating in extreme. I already have a few pumpkin displays around my room, but that's as much as Casey would let me do before today! 

 

He also allowed a few clingys. 

 

Now, that it's officially Fall I am going break out some of my Pinterest ideas. I will do tutorials on them as well so you can see how it's done. 

October is going to be a great month! I can just feel it. 

Apple Orchard and Corn Maze

Today Casey and I took a couple of our friends and there children to Erie Apple Orchard. This was there first time to an orchard ever! Whaaaa???

We had so much fun and so did the kids. The girls got to ride the ponies and feed the goats. Haley went on the jump jump. (ever since 4 Christmas' came out, its so much easier to say jump jump) 

We also got hot apple spice donuts and cider slushies! We got to listen to live music as well. 

I think one of our favorite parts was getting lost in the corn maze and and throwing corn kernels at each other. 

 

   

They also got to play in the kids play hay house. 

 

 

And of course it was so nice to spend some quality time with my love. 

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If your in the Erie Area, you have to check them out! This is not the orchard I was referring to in my Fall Favorites post, we will be going there as well. But for now, this one is much closer to home. 

Following the Fall theme here, I have started to put my pumpkins out! I bought some really cool ones for outside the house and then I bought a bunch of cute little ones for our room. I also got gourds and Indian corn. I had to, I felt bad leaving it behind. =) 

This is by far the beginning! I cant wait to get the rest of my stuff out and put all over the house bedroom. My husband says it looks like were living in a pumpkin patch!! I'll take it!! 

Little Miss Sicky Pants

So I have been laid up in bed for the last 2 days with strep throat. All in thanks to my mother in law. She has been sick as dog and we even had to take her to the ER on Thursday night. So I am nursing myself, my husband, and my MIL back to health.


Hospital ER from 3 a.m. till 5 a.m.

The side of our bed looks like a snow peak mountain top of tissues. Not to mention the endless water bottles, and McCafe smoothie cups. That has really been helping the throats out around here.

We are all on amoxicillin and doing better. We still have the ickies, but not as bad.

There are some MAJOR differences when your sick as an adult then when you were a child. When I was little, my mom would keep me home from school, make me stay in bed and watch all my Disney movies, and serve me chicken noodle soup with stars. I loved it!!

Now when I am sick, it is a little different. I stay home from work, lay in bed all day, make myself soup and put my own movies in. Which means I have to get out of bed, often. And if my husband is sick also?? I do it all for him too.

The only difference about this time being sick is my husband is recovering from surgery so he has been extra cuddly!! This is my ultimate happy place! Non-stop cuddling for 2 days.....so far!

In other news tomorrow is the official first day of Fall. I cannot be any happier! The start of cool weather and my Fall Festivities (last post) list!

I hope you all stay happy and healthy!

Fall Favorites

Every year I make a list of things I want to do during the different seasons. Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. Lots of reasons-its cooler; which means you can dress in layers and still be comfortable. Its also not so blistering hot where you dont want to go outside and do anything.

Here is my list of MUSTS for fall.

1. Go to Uncle Johns Cider Mill and Pumpkin Patch. They have the best of the bests. Ginormous pumpkin patch, acres of apple trees, petting zoo, caramel apples, bake shop, kid corn maze, and so much more! I cant wait to go this fall and maybe even take a few friends.

2. A fall picnic is an absolute! With the changing of the leaves and crisp air, its beautiful.

3. Hiking through the Marsch. With all the trees and and wild life changing for the season its 1) absolutely beautiful and 2) its cold enough for all the ticks bugs to be dead.

4. I would also like to get Fall family pictures taken with my sexy husband. Like I have said before, i love the color scheme. I also have a photographer in mind to do my pictures this year. Modern Belle Photography does amazing work. I have been following her work for years. I can't wait to see what ideas we can come up with for our family photos.

5. Decorate! Decorate! Decorate! Guess what I want to do??? Decorate! My Pinterest is over flowing with ideas for this fall.
                                                 how adorable and easy does this one with the pumpkins look??

6. DIY. I have a few crafty ideas, that i would like to attempt. I am not super crafty but I really wish i was. So this is me starting my crafty journey.
                          

7. Along with some decorating and craft ideas, whats the fall without some delicious treats. I have a few recipes that I am dying to try.

  

These apple cups would be perfect for our picnic and the little pumpkin pie cheesecakes?? Thanksgiving contribution!

8. All Hallows Eve! This is the first year, that my hubby and I will be attempting to dress up. We were invited to a Halloween party last year and didn't dress up. I know, shame on us. My husband isn't one for dressing up, unless its a really good costume or I beg starting in January. I don't want to spend lots of $$ on a costume so I think I am going to attempt homemade. yikes!

So far my ideas include, thanks to pinterest,- minions, soap and loufa, and milkman and housewife.

9. The clothes!! Leggings, tights, boots, over-sized chunky sweaters and scarves!! I have been stocking up on leggings since July. Our weather here is teasing me. Last week it was all in the 60's now, it is in the high 70's. Then back down to 60's next week. What??????? Hopefully it stays cooler..


I'm sure this list will grow as the colder weather comes, but I think this is a good starting off point. As for now, I can't wait to get started!

*picture links can be found under the pinterest link in number 5*