HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Did I ever mention that I love holidays? Especially Halloween! It's nice to see all the little kiddos dressed cute, some scary, and some mommies and daddies walking the neighborhoods with them! Halloween is awesome! It's so much fun!

I remember when I was still dressing up at the age of 13 or so, I was a clown! My mom and dad always went out of their way to buy my brother and I a high priced costume! Of course, now looking back on it I regret ever having them spend so much money on something that I would only wear for a little while, but it was fun for the time being! I remember being a kid and it puts me in a happy mood!

Yesterday I had Morgan and her sister over to carve pumpkins with Aidan and I. We had so much fun! I heated up some frozen soup and made grilled cheese! It was perfect for the weather. I also picked up some pumpkin cupcakes! Needless to say, there isn't many cupcakes left! Not because of Morgan or her sister or I, Aidan is to blame! 14 year old boys can eat like they haven't had a meal in over a month! I can never keep food in the house for too long. I don't look forward to having 14 year old boys of my own later in my life! I guess it's just that age..

Aidan, eating a cupcake

Morgan carved a kitty cat pumpkin!

Payton carved a ummmm... pumpkin!

and I carved a silly pumpkin!

It's hard to label all of the pumpkins! We did not use a stencil and poke holes in our pumpkins. In my opinion, that's cheating!!!!! Lol. Of course, those kind always look nicer, but that takes all of the fun out of it! Besides, those are always general pumpkin carvings that everyone has because you can just buy the kits at wal mart and what not. We found our pumpkin carving ideas on google! Maybe one year I will grow pumpkins and we won't have to buy any! Wouldn't that be nice?!

I searched all over town for pumpkins yesterday. Thankfully my mom had bought one about three weeks ago and hers was pretty and perfectly round. I went to wal-mart yesterday and they were out, to Liberty Baptist Church, and they didn't sell on Sunday, and then to the farmer's market where they were dollars a piece only to watch Aidan completely ruin his and then throw it and smash it! It was overall a good night though and ended with lit pumpkins on the porch and me watching the Twilight movies on TV!.. and then passing out early!

My pumpkin lit on the porch!

Aidan's pumpkin on the porch before he threw it.

and a sweet sleeping Bella!

xoxoxo,
Lauren

Weddingggg!

I went to a wedding back on September 24th to help with decorating and everything that morning before the wedding. Lord knows how I love to decorate and do arts and craft stuff. So I was dragged along for the fun! ...and of course to watch the wedding later on that day! It was Justin's Mom's good friend! Tiffany's wedding was just beautiful and in a perfect place! I believe that she enjoyed every bit of it!

The bridesmaid's dresses were just gorgeous and I absolutely loved the colors she picked out. Perfect for September if ya ask me!

BRIDESMAIDS!

GROOMSMEN!

After Tiffany walked down the aisle!

I have always loved doing jobs that require much artsy thought! I work in a banquet hall where we prepare beautiful settings for fruit layouts, cheese trays, crudites, etc, so I thought maybe I could help in that area. In the midst of this all, the place we were at did not provide any utensils or things like that. I had to use a pocket knife to cut a watermelon! Guess what? I did it! :P Don't ever underestimate the power of LAUREN! We didn't have a lot to work with on the other hand, so we made due with what we had!

My fruit layout

The cheese layout

The kids with Tiffany and Brad pouring the sand.

So sweet!

The Bride's cake! Beautiful!

The toolbox Groom's cake! How cute!

I've always loved old-fashioned type weddings. I love when people use old fashioned traditions and layouts.. etc... The whole riding up in a buggy behind a horse is becoming more and more popular as the years go by. Tiffany and Brad rode away in a nice old truck that was just perfect for the occasion! I loved it!

Bad area to pull out at. Needless to say, Brad zoommmeeedd! haha

The gorgeous picture layout.

These were pictures from their parents weddings.
Lastly, you know there's always a throwing of the bouquet. I always love this part thinking I'm going to catch that dang thing and it never happens. Seems like these bride's purposefully throw that bundle of flowers at someone. What happened? I did not catch it.

I had a wonderful day and some great experience working with the decorating and stuff. It turned out to be a beautiful day with the sun shining thoroughly. Tiffany and Brad are now happily married with many years to come!
CONGRATULATIONS!

xoxoxo,
Lauren