Friendsgiving and apple pie!

Fall is my favorite time of year! The colors, the smells, the food, the clothes, everybody seems to be more giving, and the holidays!

Our first celebration of the season was our Friendsgiving with most of our closest friends! Cody and Lisa were nice enough to host us all and it was a blast!

I somehow only took a few pictures-

Spurs plotting with the kids- something about hiding pies :)

Jason, Thomas and Whitney

I brought the Pioneer Woman's Mac and Cheese and it was a hit like always! http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/04/macaroni-cheese/

I also brought a apple pie and tried my luck making it with a cinnamon roll crust- very easy and delicious! I just picked my favorite apple pie recipe for the filling and bought the premade crust... I know, I know, its the easy route, but its a busy time of the year!!

 I rolled out one of the crusts melted about 2tbs of butter, basted it over the crust and sprinkled the cinnamon all over.

I then rolled it up, wrapped it back up and let it sit in the fridge for awhile.

After it was firm, I cut it up and placed it in a pie dish.

I filled it about 3/4 full and pressed down on the little rolls forming the side crust and sealing all gaps.

I sprinkled a little more cinnamon over the top ;)

Fill it with your favorite apple pie filling.

I then topped it with little stars.

I brushed it with an egg and cinnamon sugar mixture

Sprinkled more cinnamon sugar on the top

Covered the edges and tossed it in the oven!

The finished product!

Spurs with his slice!

What I'm Thankful for: Days 15-22

Days 15-22

Day 15- Cocktails!

Day 16- Trashy T.V.! Love!!

Day 17- Naps :)

Day 18- Books

Day 19-My grandpa Dick and Grandma Shirley! They are truly the most amazing people in my life and would do anything for the people they love.

Day 20- Chapstick- I probably go through more than most people- what can I say, the dryer loves it :)

Day 21- Every bad decision I have made- they led me right where I need to be :)

Day 22- Chocolate frosting! Just DTB (Don’t tell Bryan :))

What I am Thankful for: Days 8- 14th

I've been slacking on my Thankful posts, surprise, surprise! But I do have a lot to be thankful for!

Days 8- 14

Day 8- My Job. It’s by far not the greatest, but at least I have one and it helps pay the bills.

Day 9- Hadlie and Hagen- they always keep a smile on my face whenever they are around.

Day 10- Our home- its close to some of my favorite people :) Grandma and Grandpa, Brandi, Kirk, Hadlie and Hagen and Whitney and Jason.

Day 11- My 4 legged babies!- I don’t know what I would do without them!

Day 12- The Loop! Nothing clears my head like a trip out west!

Day 13- Luke Bryan! Need I say more?

Day 14- Glitter, sparkles and bling! Can you imagine a world without it?

What I am thankful for: Days 1- 7

Since its November and to be honest, I have a pretty good life... I want to post daily what I am thankful for... In reality since I kinda blow at being constancy on this blog... I will post weekly about the wonderful crap in my life :)

Day One- I'm thankful that we live in a wold of Octobers. So many excited things have happened this past month. Births, weddings, anniversary's, birthdays and so much more to be great full for.

Day 2- I'm thankful for my family. I can not say enough about them, but I do know how lucky I am to have every last family member. We may be crazy, dysfunctional like no other, but we love like crazy and would do anything for each other.

Day 3- I'm thankful for old friends. I have been so blessed to have the same group of friends for so long. I don't know where I would be with out them. They put me in my place when I need it and always have my back and are truly my chosen family.

Day 4- I'm thankful for my handy dandy glue gun! Love that thing, who needs to learn how to operate a sewing machine when I have a perfectly able glue gun!

Day 5- I'm thankful for new friends- I must say my friends sure know how to pick significant others. I'm so great full for these amazing people who came in my life the last few years. Thank you for making my favorite people so happy 

Day 6- I'm thankful for Pinterest- What would I do at work with out it. Gotta love all the crazy ideas I get from it. I gotta say, I don't know what I did for ideas before Pinterest came along.

Day7- Day 7- I'm thankful for the "Justine Song" its kind of a stalker song,, but it says my name and put a smile on my face lol
http://youtu.be/38t6I0XdaBg

Whitney's Kitchen Bridal Shower!

My Pumpkin is getting married in 5 days!!! So i thought I would share her bridal shower. I love this girl and was so excited to help throw her the perfect shower. She loves cooking so we decided go with a kitchen theme. I love how everything turned out.

all the printables were from http://www.mkkmdesigns.com/

The tables

A few close ups- Flowers were purchased at the local Farmers Market

Mini Rolling Pins from Hobby Lobby

Cupcake pan with some snacks

All of us bridesmaids brought over our kitchen aids to fill up with a flower arrangement- love how they turned out!

The gazebo ended up being the perfect place for the gifts

The beverage table

We did a different take on the don't say "Blank" game. instead of using the usual safety pin or boring object, we used cute bangle bracelets that I got at Forever 21

Lisa and Whitney whipped up these adorable favors

Close up on the chicken rub

I cant believe we are now less than a month away from the wedding!

~Sign was made with a black foam poster board from the dollar tree and chalk markers

The printables were purchased from https://www.etsy.com/shop/MKKMDesigns 

I sent out a recipe card with every invitation so all the guest could bring their favorites for Whitney to fill up her cookbook

Our two year anniversery

Two years ago I married my best friend. It sound lame, but Its true. I can not imagine my life with out him.

Then by Brad Pasily was our first dance song :)

and here is to 50 more...

Got Wreaths

Since fall is upon us I was inspired to jaz up my front door a bit with a new fall wreath. I saw a burlap bubble wreath on Pinterest 3 years ago when the wonderful world of Pinterest sucked me in lol. I was to intimidated to try making a wreath myself. It looked way to complex. A few weeks ago I purchased all my supplies and gave it my best try.

I was very impressed so I posted a picture a picture of my hard work on my Facebook.... And everybody loved it. They all wanted one of their own. At that time I told them no. Aparently I found the hard way to make them, with the tutorial I followed a wreath took 1hr and 45min just to do the burlap.

My grandma wanted one and I just couldn't say no to her so I went searching for an easier way... And I found it! I will add my own tutorial soon. I kind of went crazy after that. Here are a few of my creations.

Grandmas

My cousin Tara's San Francisco Giants Baseball wreath- complete with some of the years they won the World Series and the names of everybody in her house- including her dogs.

I ended up adding a "do not disturb" sign to this one for my two cousins who work graveyard shift. I forgot to get the finall picture :(

Sorry some if the pictures don't hane the best quality.

Love this one

This is everybody fav! I love how it turned out.

I love the color pop :)

This is another favorite. But I couldn't get any more of these signs.

Construction theme wreath for my favorite little guys 3rd bday :)

What my arm rests on my couch has been looking like lately. Lol

Some of the signs I have been collecting these past few weeks for my wreaths.

I'm hoping I don't get burned out on all this wreath making cause so far I'm loving it! I can't wait all the other holidays now :)