Twilight Lullabye

Awhile back, I asked my brother Josh if he would record

"Bella's Lullabye" from the Twilight soundtrack.

I have always loved this song

(and remember it from the first time I saw the movie-) and being

the great brother he is, he learned it and recorded it here .

If any of you know Josh, you know

he is the opposite of a Twilight fan,

but he is an amazing pianist and plays it beautifully!

Thanks J- you are the best!

p.s. Anyone excited for New Moon??

Halloween recap...

One of my favorite things about Halloween
(actually- one of two; candy is my second)

is seeing the kids in their Halloween costumes.

And this year at Grandma & Grandpa's Halloween Bash,
the costumes did not disappoint!

We had our very own Taylor Swift at the party

The Charlie Brown family made an appearance

And an elk (named Ellison) came out from the woods to join in on the festivities!

(Mack on the left, Morgan on the right)

And a couple of M&M's were just enjoying all the excitement-



These boys truly are a sweet treat in my life!

Fall Time

For some reason, every fall I get nostalgic. I am always reminded of walking home from school and the smells and sights of fall.

Even after 23 years, this view NEVER gets old to me.

( I wish my camera did the colors justice--)

Toby and I finally decided to take one Saturday afternoon off, and just spend it together. I can't tell you how much we both needed a break, and luckily it was a beautiful day!

So...we took advantage and went to the driving range (guess who's idea that was?)


And then took a drive/walk through the leaves.

We truly live in a beautiful place!

And finally- to end our day, we went to the pumpkin patch and picked out our perfectly imperfect pumpkins...

Just a few reasons I love the fall!

Homework

One recent assignment in school was to duplicate a sample wallpaper using these 5 basic colors:

And with the guidance and encouragement coming from my sister Sarah and my mom-
I finally finished:

I had a hard time choosing any other wallpaper sample when this sweet little flower was an option. I will forever love this flower because of Grandma Simmons.

This grueling task (which I probably could have continued to work on for another 5 hours) truly gave me the appreciation of mixing paint, an artist's ability, and most of all
the already pre-mixed colors you can buy at Michaels or any other art supply store.
I can't tell you how many times I was tempted to just go buy the matching colors.

But I didn't...

Capturing those Chi O gals...

Congrats to the Chi Os for winning Songfest this year!!

If you haven't seen it on the blog, here it is...

rsvp custom invitations

If any of you are in need of 

baby shower invites, 

wedding announcements, 

party invites, 

etc. 

you need to for sure use rsvp custom invitations. My good friend Jayne can truly take any idea you have and turn it into something you absolutely love. She is so talented and has the most creative mind. Not to mention she is incredible to work with! All my sisters know I like to be in charge of the invitations to events, and I can't wait for the next opportunity to use Jayne! 

Check out her talent here 

White Coat Ceremony

Toby survived his first week of medical school.
He didn't want me to take a picture of him
on his first day of school....

But I couldn't resist...

Then later in the week,
we attended his white coat ceremony.

(sorry) the picture is dark,
but it was very exciting.

After receiving their white coats,
his whole class stood and said the
"Hippocratic Oath"
(very official)

Congrats Tobe!