My Favorite Season...

I love the colors of Autumn! It is the best time of year to travel too... so much is changing with the various shades of God's beauty all around us. We would love to be in the Smoky Mountains right now. I can picture a nice, sunny picnic on a blanket out in a field in Cade's Cove while witnessing all the splendor of the nearby deer grazing the fields with a gentle breeze in the air.

Mmmmmm...the smell of fresh baked cookies & a cinnamon spice candle :)

What is your favorite season?

Free Photobook

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I finally took advantage of the free photobook offer from Shutterfly. The last one expired before I could manage to make one. I did have to pay a difference of $.43 per page for going over 20 pages. No complaints though, I am very excited to receive this in the mail.

Family Fun Night

We had a wonderful day Saturday afternoon painting. We had bought some wooden cutouts at Michael's as gifts for Uncle Carl's Birthday and for Grandparents Day on Sunday.

We had so much fun together doing this! The girls did not even mind having Mom & Dad help out with the fine details. We talked about buying some of the smaller ones and painting them as ornaments for gift giving at Christmas. I love giving handmade gifts!

Here are the finished masterpieces...

Grandpa- train & plane~ his love to travel
Grandma-butterfly & puppy~ love of outdoors & dogs
Uncle Carl- dinosaur & turtle~ love of History & fun

I decided to paint a picture frame to insert one of the pics from a recent cruise my brother-in-law & sister took to the Caribbean. I used scrapbook stickers to play up the theme a bit.

The finished look...oops...I forgot to get a shot with the picture in it!

It was a very nice day and I was grateful for the time we had together. Painting has always been so relaxing for me and I am glad that the girls enjoy it too. The evening ended with the baking of several dozen Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and two Peanut Butter Pies into the wee hours of the night for our family gathering the next day. Thankful I was to have so much help from my Hubby...he is so good to me!

Thank you Lord for my family and all that you give to me each day!