happy fall

this was our last weekend in houston @ the pumpkin patch (WITH the underwoods!).  it was a great way to say goodbye to houston.  fall, pumpkins, friends, heat, & humidity :) 
anyway, when i saw these pics, i immediately thought we could do a "happy fall card" for the holidays - perfect!  i love the pictures, i'd be early...  then the gypsy journey began & i forgot about everything other than
a.  how it's possible that every pair of hudson's socks could have gotten lost between houston & kerrville.
b.  whether or not it's wrong to drug your children just to get them to sleep.
c.  how many times a week it's okay to eat blueberry donuts.

so here you go.  happy fall :) 
i realize hudson has a bat on his shirt in the pics & that's so october, but i hope you can overlook that & accept the pumpkins as holiday-appropriate for november. 

(thank you.)

*christmas card photo session from last year

halloween thoughts

today is september 8th!
really.
i'm so excited about fall.  the high is 94 today & i can hardly believe it.  i think i can call that a "cool snap" since it's 10 degrees cooler than it has been around here lately.  how can that even be?
anyway, with the coooooler weather & all, i've been thinking about halloween.  i'm not sure what we'll do this year for hudson's costume.  i think we all remember last year, don't we?
oh, you forgot?
well here's a small reminder...

yeah.  awesome.  i'm sure i don't have to tell you that i haven't made hudson a halloween costume this year.  i'm not really looking to add to the list of costumes he mysteriously hates. 

the other day he said he wanted to be a duck this year.

a few days later he said maybe a super hero.

i think we'll be throwing something together the week of. 

& that's fine by me. 

really it is. 

yep, mmhmm. 

i'm fine. 

really. 

i'm learning to be laid back (ha!).

but i did have to laugh the other day when hudson & sis put their cowboy hats & ran around the house with the stick horse.

oh reallllly????  so you DO like cowboys???!!!  hmmmmmm :)

stinker.

fall bunting

feeling the need for a little fall festive-ness in your life?

me, too.

and since i love burlap so much,

and twill tape, for that matter...

i combined them with my growing love for all the handmade banners i see all over these days.

and now i have some fun fall loveliness.

if you're needing a little fall in your life, too this banner is in the SHOP.  ($10/3yds)

**ps:  here it is in my house...

pps:  if you didn't see the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT i made yesterday, see HERE.