Lovin' me some lunch dates

Ladies, I am all about lunch dates and spending time with my friends! It's so nice being blessed to be a stay at home mom and be able to go and do things with my other stay at home mom friends. Today I went to lunch with my good friends Rachel and Amy. We ventured out to my newest fav place to eat, "Cruisines to Go"... They actually catered at a church event one night and I have been hooked since. They serve GREAT lunches!

I love spending time with these girls! They always make me laugh! We just sat and talked about our kids, planned fun parties, and talked about upcoming ones! We are the type of gals that are free spirited and like to have fun! Any excuse to dress up and have a get together is what we are all about! And shop of course! I held Rachels new baby who is almost a month old. Bree is just a joy, and beautiful at that! I love her. She was rockin' the crown onesie (which you know I adore that)... and some ADORABLE jeans! And of course the hairbow with the head full of hair. She is just a dollface! Amy's kiddo's were at mothers day out and I hated it because I wanted to squeeze her boys.. Cruz and Maddox are just the sweetest little boys! Check out her blog, she's always got something hilarious going on with them!

Avery is 15 weeks old today... can you believe it??? She is doing all kinds of things but the newest is her giggle that she does on and off. It's just the funniest thing! I can't wait til her 4 month, I will have some awfully cute pictures and major updates on what she is up to.. miss priss!

We are busy bee's the next few weeks... from planning wedding showers, to bachelorette parties, to hog games, (which is this weekend, GO PIGS), Kitchen Queens, Weddings, Girl get togethers, luncheons, Bible Study... this month is looking to be CRAZY for us! Stay tuned for our month full of FUN!

Fall Decor Complete

A few posts back I said I was beginning my fall decor.. well, I finished most of it! Here are a few pics of my fun stuff! I LOVE Fall/Halloween decor and kind of try to mix/match it together!

By this weekend I will have the front yard complete. I buy lots of mums, and TONS of pumpkins! It's ridiculous how many pumpkins I have to have for the front yard! Stay tuned because we will have some fun pics of Miss Avery at her first pumpkin patch!
I like to add a small touch to the mantle for fall, I go all out for Christmas!

I LOVE this pumpkin candle holder:

My most favorite pumpkins this year, sparkly!

A little touch on the front door:

Breakfast table fun- each place has it's own little setting with a pumpkin on the plate:

My dish towels, for looks:

I love this little guy:

My gourds on the refrigerator:

My little scare crow in the kitchen:

My fun Halloween dish towel:

This holds my real minature pumpkins and gourds and sometimes halloween treats:

Simple Monday

Not much to our day.. simple and sweet just the way I like it! It rained so we were in PJ's all day until we had to run to the store to get stuff to make chilli! What a perfect night for Chilli!

Here are a few pics of my princess loving her bumbo seat! I can't believe she is approaching 4 months old, I have a huge list of how she has changed in just 2 weeks and will do a post shortly!

Thai Chicken Pizza- DELISH!

Fall is in the air around NWA! I am feeling it, that is for sure! It was such a nice relaxing day. Chad and I were supposed to get up and go to the big LPGA Golf Tournament that is in our town, while his parents watched Avery. But, it was supposed to rain and Chad is starting to get back sick with allergies so we opted to stay home. Instead, I decorated for fall! I am not done yet at all, but here are 2 sneak peeks. This top picture is going to have a big arrangement in the middle, just haven't gotten it yet!

Following the house cleaning and fall decorating we decided to cook this amazing pizza! We got the recipe from our good friends Chad & Melissa. The last time we hung out they made us this treat and we just LOVED it! Chad and I are a fan of peanut butter (you have to be to like this recipe) so it tickled our fancy! I cannot take the credit, Melissa gave me this recipe!

**Couple things to know, you can make the pizza crust but we decided to just buy ours for time purposes... so here is the recipe:

• Plum Sauce
• Package of mozzarella cheese
• Chicken- Tyson chicken "trimmed" is the easiest
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 2 tablespoons of reduced sodium soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of hot sauce
• 2 tablespoons of montreal steak seasoning
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 1 teaspoon of lime juice
• 2 tablespoons of peanut butter

Take your crust and brush with olive oil. Add the plum sauce & 1/2 bag of mozzarella cheese. Bake on 425 for 10 minutes. Take out and cool. In pan heat the olive oil, soy sauce, hot sauce, seasoning, honey, lime juice, and peanut butter on low. Then poor in your chicken and mix. Once covered poor onto pizza and then cover with more mozzarella cheese. Place back into over until cheese is melted.

It's to die for!!!

A surprise party to never forget

I haven't blogged the last few days because I was scared I was going to say something that could possibly ruin a good surprise. Since everyone in our whole family reads my blog, I thought I better keep quiet for a few days... HA! My husband Chad and his sisters decided that they wanted to throw a surprise 35th Wedding Anniversary Party for their parents this weekend. We have been planning it for months and being very very sneaky! Anyone that knows me knows I am horrible at keeping surprises so I just tried to avoid them all week.

It was at my parents house on the lake. It it all began when my parents invited his parents for dinner and a boat ride on the lake. We were going to take the boat ride and then have "dinner" aftewards. We have everything planned down to the smallest detail. We had invitations sent out that said to be there promptly at 3:30 to yell surprise at 4:00. We sent out around 50 invites to all the family & their closest friends.

When we drove up, we had if all planned out to where we distracted them by taking lots of pictures and filming them. Their backs were to my parents house so they couldn't see what was going on. We ran the boat alongside the shore so they couldn't figure out which house was my parents and by the time we got close, we had them on the other side of the boat taking pictures and they had no clue. So I said, "What is that"? They turned around and everyone yelled "SURPRISE" and they were standing under the huge banner that we all had made for them. The look on their faces was priceless... I broke out in a huge cry and so did they! I believe it was a shock of their lifetime!!

We decorated everything in neon green and red to match the invitations. It was so spunky and fun! We had brisket, pork, bakes beans, cole slaw, potatoe salad, chips, & fruits. To top it all off, our cousin Crystal made this AMAZING cake. She seriuosly is in the wrong business to not be doing this for a living. Not only was it beautiful, it tasted divine. She's so talented!

There were pictures scattered throughout the upstairs of them & we had one table specifically where everyone would write a note to them and put in a jar. We had all kinds of fun pictures of them, my favorite was their wedding picture. We had them toast with their favorite champagne and it was just to precious... tears were flowing from everyone!

Avery sportin her leggings and cute bird dress:

My sister in law Kara and her sweet baby Stella:

Ave & Uncle Aaron chillin' on the bed:

Aunt "SIS" & Aunt "SASS":

Stella was pooped after all the action:

You know, I want to say how truly blessed I am. Me and Chad both come from a family that have parents that have been married over 30 years. I am so grateful for this and the example they both set for us in their long marriage that is lived through Christ in all their actions. It means a lot that we were both raised in this type of home and that God is number one in both of our parents lives. CHEERS to Paul & Jeannie... we love you! May God continue to bless you in all that you do....