Amazing Date Afternoon/Night

I just wanted to quickly do a post on how sweet my husband is! This past week Forrest called me from work to ask me on a date for Saturday. After being excited all week long, Saturday finally made it here and we set out about 3pm for our adventure. First we went to MacQueen's Apple Orchard (pictures to come later). After tasting apple cider and picking up some Honey Crisp apples we headed to our next stop. We wound up at a pick your own pumpkin patch! They also had pansies, which haven't made an appearance here this year until very recently. We picked our own pumpkins, got a hay bail, and got two flats of pansies and violas. Then we grabbed a quick bite to eat and found ourselves at a drive in movie!!! I had never been to one before so I was super excited. We wound up seeing a double feature that included Couple's Retreat and Love Happens. Both cute movies. Any way, we got home super late but it was such a fun afternoon/evening of things I had been wanted to experience but hadn't yet. I have such a thoughtful husband! :)

Baby Shower

No, not for us :)

A few weeks ago our friends the Seen's from our Young Married's group at our church had their first little baby boy. About a month ago, my friend Meredith and I hosted a baby shower for Kot and Laurie. Meredith and I had such a great time planning, buying and decorating for the shower. Below are a few of the pictures from the event. Sadly we didn't get any with the mom and dad to-be. :(

The table in the dining room.

Baby blue punch

Kot & Laurie are missionary interns at our church and have a heart for missions in China so Meredith made panda cookies and bottles.

The chocolate fountain was a BIG hit.

Poor Maggie really wanted to come inside and be apart of the festivities!

The panda bear cake I made and decorated with piped icing. You can't really see it but he has a pacifier in his mouth :)

Renovation Projects

Over the past few weeks we have replaced our flat roof, tiled around the fireplace and front door and refinished our living room floors. We have also had roofers replace our roof. Here are some pictures from our projects. Keep in mind, we are currently waiting the 7 days before we can clean our refinished floors or replace our furniture. We have also not repainted our baseboards or installed the quarter round. More pictures to come once the house is back to normal! I also threw in a few pictures of Dudley and his new winter coat for good measure. Thanks to Walter & Terry for the new coat! Dudley sure does love it :)

A Dudley Video

Here's a little video of Dudley playing for the camera. We're stilling learning what a "bone" is. You can hear the construction in the background. Notice the bad Petsmart haircut.

Updates Around the House

Right now Forrest is on our "flat roof" over the kitchen and here's what it looks like outside our dinning room window. Hopefully by the end of it we will have a leak free roof!

Our flat roof without the railings.

The back corner of our kitchen with all of the mess from a falling ceiling.

More garden goodies!

Our new duvet cover!

When we finished installing the outlets in the bedroom we rearranged the furniture and put out our new duvet cover. Our bedroom feels so big now!

This one's for you Alyse!

Fruits of Our Labor

A couple of weeks ago we got our first cucumber from the garden. Now, I'm drowning in them! Especially since Forrest won't even go near them. I did my first batch of bread & butter pickles today. I was going to try some dill pickles but after reading about how much time and effort they take, I decided I would just buy my own. We are also getting lots of squash from the garden. Here are some pictures of the fruits from our garden.