pecan picking.

last weekend we went around town to gather up some pecans that we hope will eventually turn into trees at our final house.  each family member picked three pecans and we put them into our marked bags.  we read up on pecan planting on the osu website and hopefully our little guys will survive in our refrigerator until spring.

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we are finishing out the month of november and looking forward to the excitement of the holidays!

woohoo!  bedlam game win!

i love that my girl likes to color.  

impromptu santa meeting at wal-mart. 

thanksgiving day view at the lake. 

they still love to cuddle together on the couch.

preschool karate. 

the hat makes the outfit.

style file: date night.

pants: j.crew pixie; sweater: boutique; heels, tory burch; bag: j.crew; jewelry: stella & dot

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so proud of lance.  now a lieutenant colonel.

up north!

lance and i spent this past weekend in minneapolis.  he was promoted in october and his pinning ceremony was scheduled for the same weekend as the ball, so i could attend.  minneapolis is really nice and we ended up having perfect weather.  a big thanks to my wonderful in-laws who kept the crazies so we could have a long weekend away.

see, i told you we needed this trip.  we may have been going a bit crazy lately.

pure amazingness...lemon ricotta pancakes from hell's kitchen.  they literally melted in your mouth and so sweet no need for syrup. 

not much better than an oversized, color-changing LED peep!

for nerdy people like us, the lego store was amazing.  and entire wall of lego bricks.

on our way to the 237th birthday ball for the marine corps.

quite possibly the most amazing dessert EVER.  no doubt it was the largest...the picture is deceiving, that is a regular sized dinner plate.  we shared half of it with another table.  

style file: fair isle fun.

sweater: madewell; pants: zara; boots: born

style file: jaded.

sweater + leggings: boutique; shoes: tory burch; necklace (one of my favorites): stella and dot

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paleo "cookies" - cookie being a loose term since they contain no sugar, flour or chocolate chips, sigh, but they are actually still pretty good.

first time riding his bike without training wheels!  so proud.

hay maze fun.

hay maze fun.

ms. spooky spent some time with me at work.

self portrait by ethan

the last stop of halloween!  grandmother and grandfather's house.

halloween.

happy halloween from my favorite super heroes!

style file: grey.

i love grey and could wear it all the time.  it is such a great neutral.  

top: boden; pants: j.crew pixie (my go-to pants of all time); booties: michael kors

fall fun

fall is my absolute favorite season of the year!  i love the colors, the crispness in the air (whenever it finally makes its way to oklahoma,) the clothes, the food, halloween and the pumpkins!  we do our annual pumpkin patch trip at least once per season, sometimes more and follow up with the hay maze later in the year.

it was a beautiful sunday this past weekend.  lance had to work most of the day and the kids were at each other's throats, so decided we needed to get out of the house to break up the long afternoon.  it was perfect.  the first year i actually got to sit down some.  ahh, we are finally making it to the stage where i can take the kids out by myself and not run completely ragged.  i did have my fill by the end of our visit, but it was still a great way to get the kids out and all of us in better moods.  and of course we got lots of fun pumpkins for our front porch and for carving later this month.

this year ethan's class went to the hay maze as a field trip.  this has been a tradition in our home since before we had kids.  they have a big haze maze in a field with several campfires set out where you cook your own hot dogs and s'mores.  you come home smelling like a campfire but it is totally worth it.  we plan to make another trip back with the entire family.

miles and i will be going to the pumpkin patch this week and we will be getting ready to celebrate halloween night!  looking forward to our little band of superheroes getting excited about candy and spookiness.  

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this was a busy week!  between fall break, disney and an unfortunate visit from the stomach virus (although i guess sooner rather than later is better...now i won't be in fear every time i hear that a kid in class got sent home because they threw up) we are ready to rest and relax.  but of course that won't happen now that the whirlwind of holidays and activities leading up to christmas have already begun.

sleepy princess.  it took four days of hard playing with her cousins to get her to finally nap.

leopard printed dessert at koi in los angeles.

heading back to oklahoma.

my flag football boys. 

our newest family member, miss spooky!

my new treat drink, allowing myself this delicious concoction once a week.  no sugar added (except pure maple syrup) coconut hot chocolate. 

fall baking!  chocolate cupcakes with salted caramel buttercream and a hummingbird cake.

style file: cheetah

shirt + leggings, j.crew; wedges, tory buch; necklace, etsy

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fall season = outdoor running again!  i've missed it.

first trip to the pumpkin patch.

my boys in their columbus day presentation.  it was the day before ou/texas, so naturally the kids were allowed to wear their team gear to school that day.

we are so very sad that our sweet little kitten was with us only a few days.

miles reading his first book to ethan.  

this picture just makes me happy.