Pumpkin Carving

So Halloween is almost here. I don't know how many of you carve pumpkins but that is one that I love to do for Halloween and basically just for fun! This is something that I have done for many years and always looked forward to it when I was younger. I think a lot of kids love to do this...we even got a couple cute boys ( Aidan and Dru) to help us this year too! They did the digging out of the seeds and the gooey stuff while us adults did the carving. I was going to save some pumpkin seeds but didn't and wish I would have. If you have ever tried them they are good. All you have to do is clean them, sprinkle some salt on them and then pop them in the oven for around 15-20 minutes. Pretty easy.

And a tip for carving- DO NOT use white pumpkins for carving. They are like twice as thick as orange pumpkins and they take forever to carve. I guess I should have figured that out since they weight twice as much as the orange pumpkins. haha

Here are some pictures of our pumpkins and I also have some cute ideas that I may have to try next year....or maybe you might want to try:)

Ta Da!!

Desiree, Shauna, Aidan, Me and Norman

The boys trying to clean out the pumpkins.

How cute are these?! Fun!


I thought the face mask idea was great.

Don't wanna carve. Draw on a pumpkin.

I LOVE the pumkin tower with all the little stars that glow at night.

I thought this was pretty funny. haha

Veggie pumpkins

Hope everyone has a great week! I know this week-end turned out much warmer than I thought...no complaining here. It feels like fall now:)

Back to the Bourbon Trail

If anyone remembers when we went to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail last year we weren't able to finish it. So it gave us a good reason to go again!! We knew we would go in the fall like last year because these places give you that comfy feel and look so pretty with the leaves changing colors. This past Saturday we bundled up and headed out on our adventure toward Lousiville, Ky. We were pretty pumped because we loved it last year. There are 8 distillery's and we finished the last 4 this time. It takes around 1-1 1/2 hours at each. We had a great time and didn't get home until late that night. If you want to check out the website to find out more it is: http://www.kybourbontrail.com/

Scroll down to follow us on our trail:)

The first stop Buffalo Trace. Inside snapping a shot next to one of their barrells. No bourbon in this one....just empty.

Outside grabbing the Buffalo by the horns.

Inside the storage building. Now these are full and you could defenitely smell it.

A look at the storage building from outside. I love the look of them.

Second stop Four Roses. This was probably our least favorite but it was still very pretty.

During our tour we went inside to see where all the action takes place. The making! Pretty cool to learn about.

Third stop Wild Turkey.

Just driving along and seen this bridge. I had to take a picture!

Last stop Woodford Reserve. This was our favorite stop.

Which chair should I sit in?!

Looking out at the grounds.

Looks like some barrells are headin out.

Another picture while driving. They had so many horse stables it was insane. Most of them were nicer than a lot of homes and all were wrapped with black fences. I think this where all the big shot horses stay. Lucky horses!

And to top it off with my favorite picture. I love this one! There was this amazing waterfall at one of the distillery's.

Hope you liked looking at all the pics! I highly recommend the bourbon trail to anyone. It is totally free to go on the tours and look around. You can learn a lot about the history and the making too. I am usually not into much history but this is pretty interesting. We didn't know what to think last year before we went and we ended up LOVING it.

Hope everyone is staying warm!! I know I am...staying inside today:)

Down South

The title Down South does not mean we are going or did go on a vacation. haha. I know some of you may have thought that. We just went down to Evansville. It is south:) This past saturday we were pretty busy. We were going to Evansville for a wedding and get together! We got to E-Ville a little bit before the wedding to stop at Petsmart. I love that store...especially on saturdays. The humane society is there on saturdays and I get to see and pet all the CUTE dogs there. Whenever we go to E-Ville on a saturday it is almost a must to stop there. After Petsmart we headed to the wedding. Keith Knepp was getting married to a girl (Jessica Wathen) from Henderson. It was an outside wedding and I am sooo happy it did NOT rain for them. It had rained ALL week and then was perfect saturday. How lucky for them! It was a short wedding but very cute. I have never been to an outside wedding. Imagine that after all the wedding we have been to?! But I loved the atmosphere it was very relaxed and laid back. After the wedding we went to the reception and stayed for a couple hours. Had some great food, talked to some friends, even a blogger friend that I never really see (Allison Gish) which I was happy to see there, and watched the cute couple do there wedding things. We would have stayed longer but then it was off to DeAnne and Jhance's house.

DeAnne and Jhance just bought their first home. Exciting!! So they were having some people over to hang out and check out their new crib. It was very nice and I am so happy for them. I know they have both worked very hard to get where they are now. We had a great time there but whenever we get together we have a blast.

Sunday we went to church and then went out to eat for a friend's B-day (Chris Winkler) with his family. We ate at Mi Pueblo. Yummo!! The Winkler's are such a nice family and we had a great time with them. Well, I don't know how much Chris liked them singing happy birthday to him. We just had to ask them to sing though. It is almost a must at Mi Pueblo on your birthday!! And you get FREE ice-cream. Yeah! After we ate we went to Wal-Mart and then just stayed around the house. It was very relaxing! We had such a great week-end. This week we haven't been too busy. I worked monday and tuesday and wednesday went to Jasper. Yesterday we did some major Fall cleaning. Moved furniture, dusted EVERYTHING, cleaned the windows, vaccumed and all the good stuff. It was worth it and it always feel great when you have a super clean house! And another reason we did that much cleaning is b/c we are in the Barr-Reeve home tour!! We wanted it to look really good since there are going to be a TON of people going through our house. So if you have not yet bought the home tour ticket maybe you should think about it?! You can check out our home:) hehe. There are 5 homes and destination yachts on the tour. Hopefully the weather is nice and they have a good turn out for the senior class! Hope everyone has a great week-end!!!

P.S- I am going to have another niece/nephew in June!!!