Happy FALL Y'all!

There is no denying it...

Once September rolls around, my heart goes FULL SWING into FALL!

Craig & I have both always loved this season.

Quite possibly for different reasons:

I love ~ the colors, the smells, the leaves falling, pumpkins as well as all the yummy desserts you can make from pumpkin, sweaters, candles, cozy blankets, etc...

Craig loves ~ Football (especially WVU), the cool weather, Hunting, Riding up on the hill behind MawMaw's on the four-wheeler, camping, climbing....

No matter the reason for our excitement of the season... I decided to bring Fall to India by decorating our home:

This lovely wreath was my birthday present from Craig's sister, Jodi

Thanks-(I LOVE IT!)

Of course... my favorite PUMPKIN of ALL!

(Look he even picked flowers for me! Such a sweet boy)

" What Mama? You thought these were for YOU???... Silly Mama- hehehe "

We decided to have a little Fall Ladie's Brunch as well @ Beth's one Saturday morning:

Pumpkin Bars, Quiche, Fruit Salad

on some fun fall plates :)

 

And then we dove into some Fall Crafting:

The essentials = Fall colored daal, glasses, fabric, scissors, paper, and....

toilet paper (what- I said essentials didn't I?)

The RESULTS:

Some Lovely Pumpkins & colorful candle holders

My Pumpkin trio & candle creations

Sarah's Pumpkin trio & candles













Beth's Pumpkin trio & candles

When I got home- I busted out my FAVORITE Fall decorations that I had brought with me

(Thanks Jodi for reminding me!)

And went to town decorating the house:

My pumpkins- oh how I love them!

(They look even more lovely with my new candles, don't they?)

 

Fall table cloth (I found this fabric at the market- oh sweet surprises!)

and YUMMY MacIntosh Apple scent filling the air 

My pumpkin Trio's new home & Fall candle plate:

 

Best of all...

A precious reminder to be THANKFUL to the Creator of ALL things!

Philippians 4:6-7

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in EVERYTHING by PRAYER and supplication with THANKSGIVING let your requests be made known to God.

And the PEACE of GOD, which surpasses ALL understanding will guard your HEARTS and your MINDS in CHRIST JESUS" 

AND in Hindi for our guests:

I have so many reasons to give THANKS to the one who created me and saved me.

Fall is just ONE of the MANY precious ways that He bestows His LOVE and creation upon me-

He is such a precious & caring Father who LOVES us deeply.

~With Gratitude in my Heart Lord~

My LIttle Guy & "The Guys"

Levi's love for the TV and him standing RIGHT in front of it, called for some intervention:

The real problem was he just needed a place to drive his trucks while he watched and the TV stand was just SO convenient... haha.

But we created a little desk for him- so he had a place to SIT and PLAY and WATCH all at the same time AND at a further distance from the screen!

AND he always LOVES when his "dost"-"friend" comes over... 

it's quite hilarious how much he LOVES to play with his HAIR!

I can't figure out why he thinks it's so abnormal for a man to have hair ;)

Sweet snuggles with PAPA:

THEN this is what became of the "desk" idea:

BUBBLE ~ AUNTIE

 Our house helper has been given a new title:

"Bubble Auntie"

And here is why:

 One day she decided to share the "bubbles" from her mop bucket 

(don't worry it was a fresh bucket)

and the result was ONE happy boy who would not stop saying:
BUBBLE-BUBBLE-BUBBLE!

She carries the name proudly now :)

It's pretty cute.

. A Little Taste of MawMaw's .

One day we were missing home, and especially missing MawMaw...

so we decided to make some new memories that brought her along with us :)

I found a recipe for "Canned Beets" written in MawMaw Fetty's own handwriting,

and we went to town:

Heating the jars, the lids, and cooking the beets down to peel

*Note- we took it way back to the 'old school' days b/c we didn't have 'mason' jars & fancy lids... we had been saving our spaghetti jars so we could make beets & pickles- we MAY have been pretty impressed with ourselves. LOL.

 

Once they were peeled we cut them and dropped them into the pot to "pickle" then filled the jars:

Then our next adventure... PICKLES!!!!

Gosh we had missed these.

We cleaned the cucumbers, cut them and filled the jars

Once the "pickling" mixture was ready, we poured them into the hot jars and put the lids on to seal.

Amazingly enough- all of the jars (but one pickle and one beet jar) totally re-sealed!

We were SO excited to have PICKLES back in our lives, and were a little proud of ourselves for accomplishing the task 'all by ourselves' - haha.

*We may be bias (or pickle deprived), but we think these were some of THE BEST pickles we had ever tasted!!!!

Thanks MawMaw for you recipe, and the LOVE with which you make SO many yummy dishes to share with us (and everyone else in the family).

We miss you A LOT, but it sure was nice "having you" in our kitchen with us ;)

We LOVE you!

. Feeling Better Already .

Ok this was from a while back, but it is too hilarious not to share.

While we traveled to Thailand for some R&R, Levi also brought along an ear infection :(

So we were blessed to be able to see a great doctor there and get some meds for him that helped clear it up in no time.

The best part was how they recorded his name:

"MASTER" Levi Elliot Eggleton

Yep that will make anyone feel better in a jiffy!

 

 Sleepy eyes and all- still smiling :)

 "Yep, you can call me 'Master' too if you want- I don't mind "  

-Levi  

Patio Playtime Discoveries

Just as we were sipping on some water, pushing the trucks around... along came a suprise :)

We heard a little noise so we went on the search to find out just who/what had joined our patio:

"I see it Mama"

 " Here- I'll corner it in.... "

 

"Do you see it? "

"It's big, but I think I'll take a closer look"

 "Maybe a little CLOSER..."

 "Whoa- this bug is cool, Mama, what is it?"

So we learned what dragonflies were that day- Gotta love learning through real life discoveries.

If you look closely- you will notice that it's on its back, but totally still alive.  It kept flying into the wall, then just chilling there for a while but would never fly away.  

Levi got brave once and touched it, but once he felt its little legs on his finger... he had enough, so from then on- he would just WATCH... very intently:

He is SUCH a BOY!!!

(And I love it ;) )