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Saturday, November 26

Weekly Wrap Up

Before I share the highlights of our holiday, I wanted to take a minute to announce the winners of the Half-Birthday Giveaway!

Extra Large Feature Space w/Post (December) - Carly from TexasLoveBirds

Large Feature Space w/Shared Post - Kristina from From City Corporate to Suburb Mama

Large Feature Space w/Shared Post - Amanda from Pretty Little Life

Congrats ladies! You've all been contacted via email. :)

And now…the weekly wrap up!

Ready for the big day!

First Turkey ever cooked…NAILED it! Mmmmm!

Cornbread & Sausage Dressing

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Spinach Cheese Puff

Butternut Squash Gratin with Bleu Cheese & Sage

My Plate

His Plate

How Zion does Thanksgiving…NOM!

Dessert: Left- Pumpkin Chocolate Tiramisu, Right - Choco-PB Pie

After dinner we took a walk…the sunset gave us all a golden glow!

This might be one of my favorite pictures ever!

I have come to really love and appreciate our neighborhood!

Even though we weren't with extended family this year (for the first time), we managed to have a very special, enjoyable time together! :)

iPhone is possibly R.I.P. so no linking this week. BOO!

Let's Connect!

Monday, November 21

"Pinning!" {Wk. 2} It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

This year, I'm really feeling a Turquoise, Purple & Gold Themed Christmas:

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The reason for the season.

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Have you already put up your tree? Have a Christmas theme for this year?

THANK YOU for Linking up last week...

The Award for Pinning-Est goes to:
Joanna at BrockPaperScissors for this mouth-watering pin:

Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Toasted Marshmallow Frosting! YUMMY! {source}

Grab the button for bragging rights!

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Other Pins I loved:

Sara from 3 Men & A Mommy pinned this ADORABLE headband:

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Kimberly at From A to Sneed pinned this Madden/Turducken picture, which reminds me of living in Lousiana:

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And Jen from Life According to the Streets pinned these fun and free Thanksgiving printables:

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What are you pinning this week?

Are you "Pinning"?

Come on, everyone is doing it.

Join me MONDAYS for weekly sharing of Pinterest finds.

After all, together we are "Pinning!"

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This week's theme: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Next Week's Theme: Dear Santa

Let's Connect!

Wednesday, November 2

Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Fall Festival Edition

We aren't huge on Halloween in our family. I have less issues with it than the hubs, but I respect him for his concerns, especially from a spiritual standpoint. I still love the dress-up part, and the excuse to wear a costume (or put Zion in one for that matter!) We did carve a pumpkin this year, mostly because we wanted to try some things out for our own family traditions, and the hubs has never carved one, not sure that it will be something we do every year.

We usually enjoy the non-scary parts of the festivities and chose to attend the Fall Festival at a local church so Zion could participate. All the way up until the day of, I thought for sure that Zion was a baby chicken….her costume just reminded me of fuzzy little newborn chicks…but I was wrong…she was clearly and most certainly a baby duck. So, I present to you, our very cute little duckling.