The trees are turning....

The one thing I love about Fall is watching the trees change color! There such pretty trees out there that change to such pretty colors! I could spend all day taking pictures of the beautiful trees.

This year we finally have our own trees that we can watch change colors and see how pretty they become in the Fall. Last weekend when I was outside I noticed the tree in the backyard was starting to change to a pretty red. I was so excited that we had a tree changing and it's going to be so pretty when it's done changing! I can't wait for it, but we will have ton of leaves, LOL. 

This picture was taken Sunday 10/7/2012

These were taken 10/9/2012 (just a few days later) And you can so see the difference I love it! 

And these were taken today with the sun shining on it 10/10/2012

I need to keep an eye on the front one as well. I noticed today that it's slowly starting to change too! :)

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Last week I finished the last book of 50 Shades. I was very sad to see this series end by I heard there will be a 4th book! If that's so I'm so excited and I can't wait to read it! 

But until then...

I have started Dexter. I love the TV show and I heard these books are really good as well. So, I decided this would be my next series I ready. I started this last Friday and so far I'm enjoying it. It's kinda weird to think I'm hooked on a show and book of serial killer and I'm enjoying it. LOL. 

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

I look forward to reading all the books in this series and see what it holds! 

Pumpkin Brownies

This is another recipe I found off Pinterest. My hubby and I have really been into baking this fall and we are loving every minute of it. We have decided we are going to try a new recipe every weekend. So get ready for lots of postings of yummy foods! 

We made Pumpkin Brownies on Sunday. They actually turned out pretty good! 

Everything you will need (We added pumpkin pie spice to give it a little more pumpkin flavor)

 Mix it all together. You can either make the brownies as direction then add the pumpkin or you can just use the  brownie mix.
We just used the brownie mix this time, but next time we might make the brownies as directed and see how that turns out.

 When they are finished. I added cool whip to mine and it was very tasty!

Ingredients:

• 1 box brownie mix
• 1 can of Pumpkin
• 1/1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (Optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix brownie mix, pumpkin and spice together
3. Spread in greased baking pan
4. Bake for 25-30 mins until set

Pumpkin Beer

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope everyone is having a great day!! 

About a week or so ago we went out with some friends and Shane ordered a pumpkin beer. He asked if I wanted to try it and I did and to my surprise I really liked it! Now if you know me you know I'm not a big beer drinker. There are just a few I like and Bud Light is my go to beer always. So, me liking a new beer really came to a shock. I always try Shane's beer and I never like them, Gross! 

Last week we stopped and got a 6 pack of it so we could enjoy it. I'm really liking this beer and I wish they would have it all year round, but I guess now I will have something new to look forward to every fall!! 

I've only tried one brand of pumpkin beer so, I guess it's time to branch out and try other brands to see if I like them! 

As I try more I will try and post them on here to see if I liked them or not and share. :)

Pumpkin Pie Almonds

I recently have download the Pinterest app on my phone! I love it! I have always liked this site but hardly was on it since I didn't have it on my phone. Well things have changed and I'm on there everyday! 

When I was scooping out things I found this recipe called Pumpkin Pie Almonds. My husband loves Almonds and pumpkin pie so I thought these would be great for us to make and try. 

Last weekend we decided to try these so we got everything we needed at the store and came home and made these. They turned out really good, but we did decide next time we are going to add some sugar to them.  

Everything needed 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups raw almonds
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 4 tbs honey
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Sea Salt

Directions:
Couldn't find the actually directions so we just made up our own...This is how we did ours.

1. Preheat oven to 325
2. Mix the cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice & sea salt together, then mix the almonds in to coat with powder spices
3. Mix in honey and vanilla
4. Mix until all almonds a coated
5. Bake for 20 mins

Photo Shoot: Mandy's Maternity

Back at the beginning of September I had the chance to do my very first Maternity shoot. 

I actually decided to give a photo shoot to a friend as a gift for her baby shower. She LOVED the idea of getting maternity pictures done before her baby boy arrived. We set a date and location and made it happen. We decided to do the shoot in Riverside. There is a cute little place that has a pond and waterfall. It turned out to be really pretty and a great spot to do the pictures. The day was perfect too it wasn't too hot or too cold it was just right. 

 

I look forward to meeting her little man Zander and hopefully getting to do new born pictures with him soon!

To see pictures from shoot please visit my Facebook Page.

Landscaping

 I know it's been awhile since I posted about our house but I have been side tracked and being lazy about blogging. I need to get on it I have lots I want to post about. LOL

After we got all settled with moving in we decided to tackle some little landscaping projects. 

The first project we did was making the tree look nicer under it.

(Before) - We did the tree project over 2 nights during the week. It was still a little warm outside but we sucked it up and got busy making our yard look nice. Well besides the grass that is dead in the pictures. LOL

 (After) - This is how our tree turned out and I just love it. It makes it look so much nicer. I got the solar lights on sale at Target. They aren't super bright at nice but it gives enough off just to show off. :)

(Before) - The next project Shane really wanted done was putting a flag pole in the front. We also knocked this out over a couple nights work throughout the week.

 (After) - Here is our wonderful flag pole. I love it!! It looks so good in front of the house and perfect for the spot we picked to put it. Now we just need to find some spot lights to put up so we don't have to keep taking the flag down every night.

We have one more big project we want tackle in the front and it will be complete. We have decided to wait until the Spring to do this one. So once it's all done and ready to show off I will be posting about it! 

I mentioned that our grass was dead in these pictures...Well I'm pleased to say that our grass has come back nicely in most spots and is green. We did decide to seed the yard this fall to hopefully get all the brown patches gone and everything green! Sunday we seeded the backyard and tonight we did the front yard and put the fertilizer down all over, so now we just need to start watering it and hope it grows nicely. LOL Wish us luck on our first try ever to grow grass. Haha!