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Happy Halloween! The day before Halloween we got our pumpkins ready. The kids started by painting a couple. Alli somehow managed to sit on her plate of paint. Then they both helped me carve a few pumpkins. The Mickey pumpkin on the porch is a requirement every year. On Halloween, T and I got off work a little early so the kids could start their trick-or-treating early. The nearby mall starts handing out candy at 4pm, and it gave the kids good practice for later on in the night. Especially to remember their "thank you's". They even had a Minion wandering around. It was a little weird hearing him talk when the characters we meet at Disney are always mute. After visiting a bunch of the stores, we finished by the information desk where they were giving out massive handfuls of candy instead of just a piece or two. After eating a quick dinner, it was time to go out trick-or-treating! T and I donned our Child Detection Agency outfits. We joined up with a group of neighbors with

Jo's beautiful autumnal bouquet included champagne roses, burgundy spray rose, skimmia, veronica, astrantia and wax flower with soft trails of asparagus fern and berried eucalyptus. A very natural and textured look that was absolutely gorgeous for her late September wedding. Bridesmaids carried a smaller and slightly simpler version of the bride's bouquet but without the burgundy spray rose. Lovely with their pale dusky pink dresses A beautifully autumnal buttonhole for the groom using champagne rose, burgundy skimmia, astrantia and rustic style foliages.  Groomsmen wore a simple buttonhole of champagne rose with dusky pink wax flower and rosemary. Jo's mum's corsage of champagne rose, apricot skimmia and a little green leaf. Soft and pretty with a touch of autumn. Rustic style pew ends at St John's Church, Hedge End. We used champagne roses, red skimmia, berried eucalyptus and ivy trails to create this lovely, natural autumnal design. An autumnal floral wreath arou

Thanksgiving marks the last big holiday in the fall season. Without a doubt, it’s one of my favorite holidays because it combines so many of my favorite things – getting together with friends and family to share a savory meal and a daylong celebration centered on the bounty we receive from the earth. To get in the holiday mood, I like to fill my house with lots of beautiful materials from nature. I usually begin by creating a festive fall arrangement, a profusion of flowers in a pumpkin. To create your own display, cut a circle from the top of the pumpkin, scoop out the interior, and insert a plastic liner with saturated floral foam. Using care to cover the raw edge of the opening, arrange stems for a lively tribute to fall.

Happy Sunday and welcome to Disneyland! This morning we were booking it out of the house and made it to Disneyland early. Before much security arrived apparently. With only 2 tents working, the line was quite backed up. T and I are opting to make the walk through Downtown Disney rather than wait for the security line and then the tram line. We actually made it to rope drop in DCA! First thing I did was grab a maxpass for Toy Story Midway Mania, and then we walked right up in the standby line. The benefit of going first thing in the morning, you might just see your score as the Best Today! After exiting, we quickly redeemed our fastpasses and immediately snagged another FP for Midway Mania on the phone. The second time through I set a personal best! Finally I earned the bear! You have to be over 300k and I've been close a few times, but always just shy. After exiting we redeemed our FPs again and quickly snagged another round. In the end, the four of us rode Midway Mania 4 times in