My Fun Fall weekend....

Okay...okay..i give up! I have been trying since Monday to upload a slide show from flicker...but I can't seem to figure it out!! So I will have to settle for photos. Here is a glimpse of my fall fun weekend.

Friday I took the girls to the zoo..the zoo is so pretty in the Fall.

I think I spotted the very last flower at the zoo!

Of course...we had to get our ice cream..remember my pre-confession??

Anna playing in the leaves on Saturday

Our annual pumpkin patch trip On Sunday

"You are putting this big orange thing in front of me why???"

My beautiful amazing Family!

Pumpkin Bread....YUM

Allie's first time on rides!

The kiddos on the train ride

Sunday night....carving our pumpkins

Of course...I had to make a spectacle of myself! I wish i had pictures of me pretending to cut off my finger...i had fake blood everywhere...the look on my husband's face was PRICELESS!!!

Did you know that raw pumpkin guts are poison??? LOL

Happy Fall everyone!

A glimpse of Colorado in the Fall....

On Saturday My husband had a brilliant idea! We took the kids up to the Mountains to see the leaves and the Elk. We took our little Coleman grill and had an awesome picnic...with the most amazing scenery surrounding us. It was just a simple...beautiful day that I will never forget! Here are a couple of pictures of Colorado in The Fall! So beautiful.....

We saw hundreds of Elk that day, this one was bugling at another male

I love this picture...how Allie is looking at her big brother!

Okay...I am off to whip up some candles! Have a wonderful Monday!

October is almost here!!!

I cannot believe that October is just a few days away!! Me and my girls dug out the Halloween decorations today! This year was a challenge because my daughter Anna demanded that we do not take down the "regular fall" decorations because even though it's Halloween...it's still Fall too!! I usually take down the fall stuff during October and put it back up after Halloween for November. Here is a picture of the front of the house. My sweet corn did horrible this year...but at least I get to use the stalks for decorating!!

Here is what I will be busy with this week! I have some orders to complete with these adorable Hallowween candle holders. I bought extra...they will be in my candle store by the end of the week! They are 3.50 a piece or 2 for 5.00. They will be filled with pumpkin spice candles...they smell wonderful!! I make my candles with soy wax, so they will clean up with just a bit of soapy water so that you can reuse them for votives!! http://www.crazydaisycandles.etsy.com/

Okay...I am off to watch It's the Great pumpkin Charlie Brown with my girls!! Oh and happy Birthday to my lovely Jenny Kate on Oct 1st!!! I hope your package makes it on time! Love you

Get your Fall Candles!!

One of the things I spent time doing this summer was perfecting the art of candle making. I have to admit...when I started this venture of mine, I had no idea that it would actually be an "art". I was thinking I could throw a wick in a glass mason jar...melt up some wax..add some scent and let it cool! Well....ya...you can do it that way if you don't mind the candles hollowing out in the middle with a max burn time of...say like 10 min! Or if you don't mind having to literally stick your nose in the flame to smell the scent (which i do not recommend doing!) OUCH

So anyway....after months of trial and error, I finally got my candles just the way I love my candles to be! Beautiful and so strong that the scent lingers throughout my whole house! I am so proud of them, and I must say that I am quiet addicted to creating new scents!

I now have several Fall scents in my candle store just waiting to cozy up your home! I make my candles very decorative and they make a perfect gift! I just added SOY candles to my store!

http://www.crazydaisycandles.etsy.com/

Harvest Fest

Oh how I love the Fall! This past weekend me and my husband took the kids to the local Harvest Fest. It was such a great day; watching Anna on the ponies, seeing Allie's face light up in the petting zoo, seeing Michael's face light up when he saw the kettle corn booth (so yummy)! The best part of the day was when we got ready to leave and instead crying for more, Anna looked up and said, "Thank you mommy and daddy for taking us today". **sigh** Me and my husband must be doing something right!! Days like these remind me what's important to me in life....My family and enjoying the simplicity of life!




I asked my husband, "Please honey can I get a baby goat?"

Anna looking so proud on the pony ride, with her daddy by her side!

Of course she had to go for the pink bucket!

Michael is the ultimate big brother!

Remember to count your blessings and enjoy the simple things in life!

Fall flower arrangement

Okay so I was at Michael's searching for the perfect Fall arrangement for my kitchen table. I really did not want to spent $75.00..thats how much the one was that I really had my eye on! I decided to make my own...not from scratch though...because that still would have been like $40.00 (geese...i sure am getting cheap). So I was thinking that maybe I could buy a couple of berry and fall leaf twigs and just add them to my existing summer table arrangement!! It worked...I think it looks great and I ended up spending only about $8.00! Woo hoo!!

Happy Fall...and be sure to go to http://theinspiredroom.net/ for other fall decorating tips!!

~Melissa

Fall...Fall...Fall...Oh how I love the Fall

Fall has arrived...my most favorite season of the year! Me and my daughter started our Fall decorating.....and this is what we have so far! Check back soon...we are so not done yet!! Happy Fall! Please check out this wonderful website for other fall decorating ideas: http://theinspiredroom.net/