FALLing.in.love

I LOVE the season of Fall!  The warm colors, pumpkin scents, apple ciders, and crumble deserts get me every time!  It is such a warm and fuzzy time of year to get together with family and enjoy a football game, brisk walk, or cup of cocoa.  This post is dedicated to many of my favorite fall items whether it is food, clothing, or hobbies.  Enjoy the season!

1.  Scarves: Infinity scarves or regular scarves, all are amazing, warm, and add a great accent to almost any wardrobe.

My Favorite:  Target 

2. Fall Jackets:  Lightweight enough to wear for the entire day, yet warm enough when it cools down. 

My Favorite:  Target

3. Squash: Mash it, make a soup out of it, or set it on your counter or in a basket assortment for fall decor. 

My Favorite:  Butternut Squash (back right)

4. Yankee Candles:  If you don't have one, you haven't lived.  The best scents EVER!

My Favorite Fall Scent:  Spiced Pumpkin

5.  Nature:  The colorful leaves, cool winds, and of course...hunting!

I Love You, Fall

*Check out the Good Eats tab for my favorite fall drink recipe

Meet Zoe

Luke and I are lucky enough to have special little people in our lives.  We have 2 spunky nephews, and 2 fancy nieces (one still in the belly).  There are lists and lists of funny stories that we could tell you about these kids.  They definitely keep us on our toes, and VERY entertained!  Zoe, who is our niece, is also Luke's Godchild.  The second-to-last time we saw her, she had just learned how to walk and was still a little wobbly on her toes.  This past weekend that little girl was zipping around the house like there was no tomorrow!  She likes to race if you say "ready-set-go", give kisses, high-fives, and wave.  Some of her favorite snacks include goldfish crackers, fruit snacks, and pretzels.  She likes to nap with the radio on, and her purple sippy-cup isn't far from where she is.  She likes to play with leggos and trucks (her brothers' and cousins') while wearing her "Little Black Dress" shirt.  She has wavy blonde curls that match perfectly with her cute shirts and little animal-print leggings.  She recently got a new pair of purple Nike's which could explain her talent of running around and "racing".  She has quite the personality!  Even though we don't see Zoe often, we could tell you so much about her because humans tend to remember details about the things and people they love.  We Love You, Zoe!

 

Stay tuned for upcoming features of our other little pals

    

Birthday Boy!

Happy Birthday to my man, Luke! 

You're my best friend, my guy, my "wook"

You're an amazing person to all around

You and our love is what I'm glad I found

Today is your Birthday, another year older

I'll be here for ALL of them, leaning over your shoulder

I can't see you today, and it's something I hate

But I can't wait for Friday when we go on our date

So Happy Birthday to you, Luke Adam Sipple

The only thing to rhyme with has to be...nipple :)

*Happy Birthday to the best guy a girl could ask for!*

  !Love you lots!

love.life

After my recent incident of falling off of a step and having a sprained ankle, I have found myself extremely grateful for what I do have in my life.  Although I find myself complaining about using crutches and not being able to walk for the time being, I feel very lucky that the situation is only temporary.  There are some people out there who don't have the ability to walk, see, or perform their every-day life functions.  I admit that sometimes I have to scold myself for complaining when there are others out there who have it MUCH, MUCH worse.  What I do have to be thankful for:  health, an education, parents, sisters, a "love-of-my-life", a place to live, a car, clothes (really cute ones), food and water, values, friends, nieces and nephews, in-laws, pets, grandparents, and SOOOO much more that this would be the biggest run-on sentence you have ever seen!  I have a great life, and sometimes we all just need to sit back and look at what we have and the gift of life that we were blessed with.  Although my "bum ankle" seemed like such a tragedy, it is just a tiny road bump in my life and none of my blessings disappeared because of it.  So I leave you with this:  falling down hurts sometimes, but the ground will catch you, you WILL heal, and Life's blessings will be waiting for you when you get back up.