Reds and Yellows

  

We made our way up the canyon today. And the colors are absolutely breath taking.  

Lily has already convinced me to decorate for Halloween, and the boys are talking Christmas already. 

I even did my first bit of Christmas shopping (which is very unlike me). 

It is for sure not their favorite thing to do, take pictures that is,

but if I promise them an awesome hike they usually will give me some perfect shots.

I wasn't kidding about the amazing color huh??

I didn't do any editing to these photos (if you can't tell from the little black image to the right). 

There honestly is no need when the colors and shadows are this perfect out.

If you could of only seen how many cars I had to dodge to get this picture, you would of been impressed!  

The tripod is in the middle of the road right now ;)

I snuck a kiss at the last second, and got a real smile out of Cory.

I have a ton more, that I'd love to share, but I should got to bed.

Tomorrow is Monday and it's coming whether I go to bed on time or not.

Loves,

Jill

My Candy Corn Wreath and Porch Ideas...

Candy corns line the grocery stores this time of year.  And for some (ok...most) they are a true temptation.  So you can imagine the struggle I had when I decided to make this and not eat all the candy corns before I got them glued onto the Styrofoam wreath.  I did really good, it was my kids and husband who couldn't keep their hands off them :) btw I saw this adorable wreath idea last year in (I believe) a Woman's Day magazine!

 It was really fun to make and super easy.  I bought one of the white Styrofoam wreaths from Roberts.  Then I spray painted it with brown spray paint.  Then my kids and I started gluing the candy corns on in the pattern that you see in the photo above.  This was super easy and way fun to do with kids.  When we were done gluing I sprayed it really good with a clear glossy top coat. I found a brown ribbon in my ribbon stash and attached it. Here it is on my door!

 And the rest of my porch...

  

Time for the summer flowers to RIP

 

My neighbors made this adorable ghost out of a Mason Jar and gave it to us.

Halloween is almost here and my kids are counting down the days! We are enjoying this time of year and bracing ourselves for the snow which is soon to come. Time to get out the winter bin and see what winter clothes my kids have grown out of :)

p.s. If you haven't entered my thinkThin Protein bar giveaway you can do so here  The giveaway ends on Wednesday, November 2nd
p.p.s  Have you heard of the #plankaday challenge?  If you are a Twitter lover search the tag #plankaday and join the movement! 

Loves,
Jill

A Vintage Fall and Yummy recipe...

I love Fall and all it brings. 

I'm sure my Fall fav's are probably yours to so I won't go over all of them, BUT one that I cannot resist sharing is the Absolute beauties around me.  

I love photography and taking pictures.  

I'm for sure NOT a pro or even close to my amazingly talented SUU roomate Angie, 

find her here Simplicity Photography 

or talented like my other amazing SUU rommate Kari who is amazing as well and her blog is here www.karidavisphotography.com 

But I sure love to shoot and enjoy everything about photography (even the editing!).

Monday we took our annual drive up the canyon and I was once again amazed at all the color up AF canyon right now.  It is breathtaking!

(I figured out how to save my "actions" in Photoshop! So I saved a setting and called it vintage and applied it to the following pic's)

 

 (no vintage action on this next one)

Seriuosly, if your ever in Utah during the fall, the mountains are a must on the destination list!

Also I wanted to share one of my FAVORITE and easy recipes.

It is also Gluten and Dairy Free as well, which is perfect for my two kiddo's with intolerances.

Baked Honey Mustard Chicken

Serving size 6

6 Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 c honey

1/2 c prepared mustard

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp dried parsley

(I usually double the ingredients so I have lots of sauce)

Salt and pepper thawed chicken halves.  Mix all ingredients together.  Put chicken in crock-pot and pour over chicken. Bake on High 4 hours or LOW 6 hours.  Serve warm.

For my family, I serve the chicken over rice, or I'll cook up some sweet potatoes to serve on on the side.  Since I try to keep as much white flour and starch out of my diet as possible, I just end up putting my portion over spinach and having a spinach salad which is my FAVORITE!

I hope you are all enjoying this amazing time of year!

(Blogger has been on the fritz lately.  This post took me 5 days to post! rrrrr.)

Loves,

Jill