{Five on Friday // Thanksgiving Feast // Family Pictures // Blog Life Community}

Happy Friday friends!! Linking up for Five on Friday.

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Yesterday was the Thanksgiving Feast at his school. This was our very first one to attend. His previous school didn't have one. And let me tell you, it was amazing. It was so sweet to see all of the little kids with pilgrim and indian hats on. It was a time Iwill always remember.

 
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After Mason's Thanksgiving feast we had Nate's brother snap a few pictures of us with my camera. I need a good picture for our Christmas card and I think we got one?! Sneak peek...

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Yesterday I also took over the Instagram account {here} for our Blog Life Community facebook group {created by Amanda}. Are you following us there? And, if you're a blogger come join us. We'd love to have you.

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I'm so ready to decorate for Christmas. However, we normally get a real tree every year. And well, those don't come out until after Thanksgiving. I know that's only next week, buuuuuuut I'm ready. So I may just put up our artificial tree! It's going to rain all day tomorrow, so that sounds like the perfect time to decorate to me.

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Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week? I sure can't! I've been asked to make a green bean casserole. I haven't made one in years, but I think I remember it being pretty easy. Anyone got a good recipe for it? Share?


What's on your Five on Friday? Have you decorated for Christmas? Big plans for Thanksgiving?

{Fall Pictures of Mason // Updated Fall Bucketlist}

I am almost certain that I add "take pictures of Mason" to my seasonal bucketlists...I just never know when I'll actually get to cross it off my list. It's hit and miss with Mason and pictures. Sometimes he's totally okay with it and other times he'd rather cut off his dang big toe! The life of a four year old...

But! Oh but this year I get to cross "take Fall pictures of Mason" off my list and I am so incredibly happy!! And it didn't even take much bribing other than telling him we were going downtown to the area by the big red train. He gave me about 7 minutes before he was totally over it and ready to climb on the red train! I snapped as many as I could with what he gave me and prayed I'd have a few good ones!

And I did manage to get a few good ones! They make me smile and they make me cry. So much of his personality shows through these pictures and he looks so darn grown!























Oh my sweet little Mason Lane!!! I just love him so. Those pictures of him making faces? Totally him and his personality right now. He is quite the character and loves to make people laugh and smile. I have a feeling we are going to have a lot of notes sent home when he is in Kindergarten...He will for sure be the class clown.

I also want to post a little bit about what Mason is up to these days...at 4 years and 5 months. {I can't believe he's almost 4 and a half!!!}

Height - 42 inches
Weight - 38ish pounds
Size - 4T & 5T shirts // size 4 pants {from the big boy section} or size 5T for the length
Shoe size - mostly 11's

Loves -  Legos, playing with anything and everything, his iPad, playing outside, driving his jeep, tormenting the dog, Ninja Turtles, Paw Patrol, fishing, The Sandlot, Little Rascals,  going to the park, and reading books. Favorite foods are grilled cheese, milk, yogurt, queso, cinnamon toast crunch, and macaroni & cheese.

Dislikes - chocolate, peanut butter, waking up early, having to stop playing to bathe or go to bed, not getting his way.

He's so incredibly sweet and has the biggest heart...but is also a smart alec and talks back quite frequently! It's wild. He will use his manners every time, but he will also turn around and tell you no and talk back. So frustrating! But all in all he is a very kind little guy and we love him something fierce.

Updated Fall 2014 Bucketlist

+ visit the pumpkin patch

+ go on a hayride

+ make caramel apples

+ decorate my porch {crates, hay, pumpkins, etc}

+ carve pumpkins

+ make fall crafts

+ decorate the house for fall

+ pick out halloween costumes

+ stay in a cabin somewhere

+ make a thankful tree

+ share the Thanksgiving story with Mason

+ bake fall goodies

+ go to fall festivals

+ go to an aggie football game

+ roast marshmallows

+ lots of fires in our chiminea

+ have a scary {but mason friendly} movie night

+ make lots of crock pot meals

+ do my bible study on the porch

+ host a fall party/get together

+ make a pumpkin chunkin' game

+ stock up on my favorite fall scentsy bars

+ take a scenic drive {where the leaves actually turn pretty colors}

+ go to the farmers market

+ go on a nature walk

+ take fall pictures of mason
+ camp at Jellystone Park for Fall Fiesta

What's on your Fall Bucketlist this year?

{Carving Pumpkins // Fall Bucketlist Update}

We are having the best October and I am so sad that it's almost over! Last night we checked another item off our Fall Bucketlist...

"We" {as in mostly Daddy} carved a pumpkin last night!! It was a great evening. The weather was cool and perfect, we had Pandora playing through the iPad/speaker and we just enjoyed our time together. 

Mason was so excited to carve the pumpkin....but the sweet little guy could not stomach the smell of the inside of the pumpkin. He was gagging! He said, "Daddy can do this part". haha! I mostly took pictures. And Gunner....well he ran around like a wild banshee playing with this soccer ball and anything else he could find.

We went with a pretty standard jack-o-lantern face because we didn't have any stencils to use! 















And a couple of outtakes...because my guys can't be serious about anything! :) Love them!




Did you carve pumpkins this year? How did it turn out?

Fall Bucketlist Update

+ visit the pumpkin patch

+ go on a hayride

+ make caramel apples

+ decorate my porch {crates, hay, pumpkins, etc}

+ carve pumpkins

+ make fall crafts

+ decorate the house for fall

+ pick out halloween costumes

+ stay in a cabin somewhere

+ make a thankful tree

+ share the Thanksgiving story with Mason

+ bake fall goodies

+ go to fall festivals

+ go to an aggie football game

+ roast marshmallows

+ lots of fires in our chiminea

+ have a scary {but mason friendly} movie night

+ make lots of crock pot meals

+ do my bible study on the porch

+ host a fall party/get together

+ make a pumpkin chunkin' game

+ stock up on my favorite fall scentsy bars

+ take a scenic drive {where the leaves actually turn pretty colors}

+ go to the farmers market

+ go on a nature walk

+ take fall pictures of mason
+ camp at Jellystone Park for Fall Fiesta

{Pumpkin Patch with Mason's school // painting pumpkins}

This is going to be two posts in one. I'm trying to wrap up all of our Halloween festivities...ya know...before Halloween.

Last Wednesday Mason had a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch with his school. I was able to take the day off and go with him. He was so tickled that I was able to ride on the bus with him. 

The pumpkin patch was at a local church not too far from his school. And it was so adorable! They had volunteers from the church there to pull hayrides, tell stories and even a little lesson that included pumpkins! We had such a great time. There were 5 parents from our class alone that were able to attend. I was able to chat and make new friends!! Such a blessing.

Mason came home with me after the patch and we spent the day together. We went to lunch and then back to the house to hang out. We cranked up Pandora {Mercy Me station = amazing!!} and and had the best time doing nothing. We laid on the couch and he watched Netflix on the iPad while I edited pictures. We had great conversations and cuddled so good! Time with my sweet boy that I will cherish always!















I just love that he gets to go on field trips in Pre-K.

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Last night we painted pumpkins after school. Mason painted the little pumpkin that he got from the field trip and I painted the pumpkin he got at Jellystone. Of course Finn {class pet} helped us! Mason was going to paint his like a Frankenstein, but changed his mind and just wanted to paint it all different colors.  He kept saying 'this is fun' and 'my pumpkin is so awesome'. :) Love it!














I painted mine first with chalkboard paint and had intended on using a chalkboard marker to monogram it. But, the chalk marker had dried out. Bummer. So, I just painted turquoise polka-dots on it. I free-handed it...so it's not perfect...but Mason and I loved the way it turned out.




Have you been up to any Halloween shenanigans lately? Tell me about it!!