Homemade Cinnamon Butter Recipe

This made HAPPY Thanksgiving that much HAPPIER!

 

 

 

This recipe is so simple to make and so yummy it's unreal.

& It makes great gift ideas for family and friends around the Holidays!

 

Homemade Cinnamon Butter

Recipe

 

(Thanks to http://littlebabygarvin.blogspot.com/)

 

4 STICKS UNSALTED BUTTER (SOFTENED)

1 CUP HONEY (I use a little less)

1 CUP POWDERED SUGAR

4 TSP CINNAMON

 

COMBINE ALL INGREDIENTS IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL

MIX ON HIGH UNTIL WHIPPED TEXTURE IS ACHEIVED

 

Scoop butter out and put into pint sized mason jars,

I used wide mouth jars (only because the other ones were sold out) but I like them better

since you can really scoop it in or out.

 

It's best when served on warm rolls, toast or whatever your little tummy desires!

If you place it in the refrigerator you will need to warm it to soften before trying to spread on toast, etc.  

 

Hint: This does not need to be refrigerated!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

It's the Final Countdown

Well, here we are... Just days away from the day I will be a married woman!

November 17, 2012 changed my life forever. I cried, I jumped for joy, he took my breath away and I fell more in love the moment I said YES! Now, here we are,10 days away from my wedding day that we have worked so hard to plan and pay for, and create my dream wedding. It's finally.... Almost... Here! 

Day 10

Feelings: Overwhelmed, there is so little to do but it feels like it's weighing heavy on me. So many errands this week.

Are you nervous yet?: Yah, a lot!... Just to get everything done and see it come together, and I'm worried about setting it all up!

Things to do: Pick up chair covers, organize totes, clean garage & spray paint, meet the DJ, pick up flowers, cake... There's too much to list!  

Best Moment: Yesterday my mom bought a beautiful new outfit for the wedding! I picked up my chair covers today and they are beautiful!!! I can't wait to see how they will turn out!

Worst Moment: Nothing, today went well! Whew. 

Day 9
Feelings: Stuffed & Annoyed. Thank you, Thanksgiving. Family get-togethers are a recipe for too many questions, not enough patience and eating too much food. That's exactly how it went. "What are your colors? What should I wear? What can't I wear? Can I bring my kids? Why is there such a big gap in the wedding-reception time? Are you ready to get married... you can still back out ya know!" That one was seriously asked... but I really do think she was kidding. Oh Grandma, you're funny!
To answer your questions: Royal Blue, Silver, White, Black. AVOID Royal Blue - Obvi. No kids, seriously. ONLY kids allowed are the ones I said are okay to come, why? Because I say so ! :) There's a gap because we wanted it that way. We like bar-hopping, we like taking photos, we don't want to stress out OR be late for our own reception. & The last question, YES- I AM READY. :) LET'S GET MARRIED!
Are you nervous yet? Feeling better about it. But, you know good ole' Aunt Flow had to make a surprise visit. Pretty nervous about her leaving in time. TMI? Who cares.
Things to do: Re-do my playlist for songs!
Best Moment: Realizing how soon the wedding is coming up... it's crazy! & Having family remember how soon it is and them doing a countdown with us too!
Worst Moment: Having everyone ask if I am really eating that much and if I am worried to fit into my dress. REALLY?

Day 8
Feelings: Tired! Cleaning out the totes in the garage, making sure I have every little detail I wanted bad making sure it's organized. I'm sure I've done this a million times but I'm sooooo OCD. 
Are you nervous yet? Only to walk down the aisle and read my vows without choking up. I know I will and k don't want to ruin my makeup!
Things to do: Wrap dans wedding gift and my dads father of the bride gift. Make sure they're perfect!
Best Moment: Listening to all my wedding songs to make sure they're perfect. 
Worst Moment: Realizing the songs aren't loud enough on the iPod and having to wait for Dan to get home to redo them!

Day 7
Feelings: Lazy... I don't want to worry about wedding stuff today. I want to sit here and relax and look forward to the week ahead. 1 MORE WEEK!!!!!!! :)
Are you nervous yet? Um, YES! Nervous for my tables to look perfect, nervous to ruin my makeup from crying. Nervous to walk down the aisle!!!
Things to do: Keep calm. I am overwhelming myself... I literally only have a few things left on my "wedding to do" list but I can't wait to get them done so I can finally relax this week and enjoy the massages, pedicures and ME time before I am a married woman!
Best Moment: Going out in the garage and realizing that I have everything organized in their totes ready to be shipped off to the ceremony and reception! But... I still need shots, cigars for the guys, ipod cable, etc. etc. etc.
Worst Moment: Being lazy... I don't feel like spending any more money on the wedding, this week is going to be a lot of money spent on my nails, hair, massage, tan, blah, blah, blah....

Day 6

Feelings: Annoyed & over it! Agh. Sorry, Bridezilla is on the move! 

Are you nervous yet? Nope! Just ready for this to be done. 

Things to do: meet with DJ, meet with photographer, pay the final payments, and finalize everything! 

Best Moment: Going to get my dress today! Final fitting and make sure it's perfect! Talking to my BIFF to have her calm me down because it's the only person who I can vent to without her being mad at me for being a bitch!

Worst Moment: Being bridezilla! RAWR! 

 

It's the Holiday Season

 

"Happy Holiday!
Happy Holiday!
While the merry bells keep ringing,
May your every wish come true..."

This song has been stuck in my head all day!

But, that's probably because I have been playing Christmas music all day,

buying decorations and hanging them all over the house!

"Oh what fun it is to...

be in the Christmas spirit!"

 

& I mean I really decorated all over!

Bathrooms included of course :)

 

Hobby Lobby and I spent more time together today

than most of my relationships have lasted.

SERIOUSLY...

& I think Lennon loved it more than I did.

which is a complete shock because my

ULTIMATE FAVORITE HOLIDAY

is CHRISTMAS!

 

Lennon picked out an ornament for the tree,

of course it was a choo-choo!

She even picked out her very own little tree!

I decorated it for her today

and it even has its own little presents under it!

 

 

My "let's run to hob-lob real quick" trip turned into over an hour of shopping!

Almost $100 later... I got EVERYTHING I NEEDED.

 

 

This is my favorite! Sparkle garland over my soon to be last name.

I love it!

 

 

This is Miss Lennon's little tree. I decorated it and put her presents under it!

All of which she picked out herself at the store.

She had so much fun with it

 

 

Of Course...

I had to find something to put in our glass bowl and wine bottle.

It's become more of a tradition than anything else!

I love making something new with every season for my center piece on our kitchen table.

After all, the kitchen is the heart of the home, right?

 

 

Then I found a wreath that was on sale super cheap...

So I bought it plain and decorated it myself!

I still have to find a "K" ornament to hang in the middle,

but I am waiting until I find the perfect one!

 

Lights in the window...

Too much?

... NAH.

 

Dan was awestruck when he came home from work

and saw that I was not only decorating the ENTIRE house

but I was hanging lights in our windows for our neighbors to see...

At first he wasn't too thrilled but now that our tree is up,

it matches our window...

and our house is feeling a lot more like Christmas,

the Christmas spirit is sinking in.

 

We love it!

 

 

Lennon loved taking all of the ornaments out of the box and handing them to us!

She helped put them on the tree and even found these reindeer antlers to wear.

 

The night is young, our house is decorated, Lennon is in bed sound asleep and I am drinking a hot cup of Caramel Vanilla Crème Keurig.

 

Life is sweet

As I sit here and think,

many of our old friends are out partying,

drinking the night away and sleeping the day off tomorrow...

I realize that our life is perfect.

We have the perfect baby girl,

we have a warm home,

that is beautifully decorated

and we have eachother to cuddle with and drink

hot coffee with all night long!

 

Our idea of fun?

Let's brew some Keurig, make our table arrangements,

get some wedding stuff taken care of...

sit on the opposite sides of the couch from eachother,

while I blog and he chats with the cable guys to get some TV, yo.

 

Goals for a Happy Life

 

 

I found this quote today and it feels so fitting,

Minus the "space of my own" part... It's more like "ours" now.

So, Dan and I have been talking a lot lately about our future.

We will be married in a few weeks and we will be on to our new journey.

Knowing what that journey consists of is the tough part...

 

Everyone has goals for themselves but, when you realize that your life will now be shared you have a new set of goals and they consist of goals for your marriage, your family and your future together. I now find myself brainstorming and writing my own personal goals, which are way different now that I have my daughter than they were before, my goals for myself in my marriage and my goals for me, my future husband and our family.

So many things to think about...

 

What school will our children go to? How far apart will our kids be? Where will we be living? What is our 5 year plan... 10 year plan... retirement plan?

 

My life has been fun, silly, filled with laughter and love and family time!

I will always continue to have fun, be silly, laugh and love and spend countless, precious hours with family but now I will be doing those things with my husband and daughter, and future children. We will build memories together, create traditions, and build a love that I have been taught by my family.

 

My goals are simple...

 

For me

live healthy & simple. eat clean. love life always. smile every day. tell my family I love them every day (at least 1 million times). be a stay at home mom. get a college degree. have healthy children. read more. write more. paint more. inspire creativity in my life and within my children. inspire someone. help others. publish a book. find God. be a strong woman. be the "cool mom". be the kind of mom my mother is. love myself. never try to be anything else.

 

For my marriage

be happy. be encouraging. always kiss my husband goodnight. travel together. take a beautiful honeymoon someday. go on dates. have fun together always. kiss when we clean (like my Great Grandmother always says). kiss whenever, wherever. fall more in love every day. be romantic. never argue over small things. never forget the way we felt when we fell in love. appreciate the small things. respect each other. pray together. go to church together. love. love. love.

 

For my family

go on trips together to the lake, the beach, sledding, vacations. kiss my children goodnight. tell my children how much they mean to me. set good examples. always show my children how much I love their father. read books together. have movie nights with popcorn and bologna sandwiches. never forget to look at the scenery. be a role model. create traditions. instill value and morals. save money. create dreams for my children. never make promises I cant keep. always make Christmas morning fun. never make anything more important. work hard and play harder. focus on my children. never miss a second of their lives. go to plays, soccer games, ballet, and all events.  love. love. love.

 

 

 

 

DIY Wedding

... more sneak peeks on decorations for my wedding!

Weddings can get to be expensive when you start thinking about the

details, details, DETAILS! Decorations... etc!

 

So, I am very happy that we agreed upon a Winter-Wonderland theme.

The winter decorations are easy to make and they are sparkly!

Just what we I wanted! You know us girls, have to have everything

GLITTER,

SPARKLE and SEQUINS!

 

These

DIY Pinecones

fit right in and are the perfect décor to add to the tables,

around the center pieces and everywhere else at the reception!

 

1. Spray paint the pinecones! I used Rustoleum brand spray paint: Metallic Chrome Finish, White, and Gray and just mixed all of the finished pinecones together so we have some variation of color.

*I like Rustoleum the BEST! It coats well, you only have to do 1 coat and it dries FAST!

 

 

2. After the pinecones are dry you will need:

Mod Podge, (Fine) Glitter, Mod Podge SUPER SHINE Clear Sealer

& two bowls!

 

 

3. In one bowl pour the Mod Podge, take the pine cone and roll the ends in the glue,

take the pine cone and while holding it over the empty bowl shake the glitter on all of the ends. Set on a protected, flat surface to dry.

 

4. After the pinecones are dry, spray a light coat of the Mod Podge Clear Acrylic Sealer and let dry for about an hour ... or until they are no longer sticky.

 

 

TA-DA!

Glittery, sparkly, winter-wonderland wedding decorations!

& the best part is I only paid for the supplies... all of the pinecones came from friends & families yards. Thanks friends! :)

 

 

I am Thankful

This year I find myself overwhelmed with ideas of what to be thankful for... Every day there is something new and every moment there is something new. I find that in each and every day there is something that pops up... whether it's my daughters smile, Dan's laugh, the smell of the Fall leaves, my warm home, or coffee brewing in 30 seconds.... (I am SO thankful for my Keurig, does that count?!). 

Nonetheless, my point is, we can all find something to be thankful for in each and every day. 

Here is my list starting with November 1st... Enjoy!

1. I am thankful for a loving family that gets together for random occasions. Lennon dressed up in her costume with all of her cousins and the whole family joined together at my mom's house. My Great Grandma, Aunts and Uncles and all my cousins. It was a blast!

2. I am thankful for babysitters (aka, NANA & PAPA). Dan and I finally had a great date night out with our very best friends. We had a BLAST! The night was filled with fun, drinks, lots... of.... drinks... a Haunted House (I was a HUGE chicken) and finally, Denny's at 1:00AM to top it all off. Perfect night!

3. I am thankful for family and packing them all into my small home for dinner. We made yummy dinner for my in-laws and they loved it! Lennon loves the company and we love having our tiny home filled with love.

4. I am thankful for my BIFF! She saved my life tonight. She reminded me that I have to apply for a marriage license. Not that I didn't know that... I just totally forgot! Whoops!

5. This morning I am thankful for sleeping in & Lennon's kisses! Happy Tuesday! Which means, my alarm doesn't go off until 8:45AM and Lennon gets to run into my room to give me a big, wet, juicy kiss on the cheek to wake me up! Then, of course she proceeds to smack my face yelling "mama!" ... 

6. Today I am thankful for being accepted back into college! I got my acceptance letter today and now I am going to start registering for classes! I am so nervous to begin this long journey back into school but I can't wait to finally do it. HEEEEREGOESNOTHIN'!

7. I am thankful that I woke up this morning to my daughter looking at me and clear as day she says, "HI!" with a kiss! .... and I am thankful that our wedding is now only 1 month away! The real countdown begins, WOOT WOOT ! I am so excited but so sad that the fun DIY and planning is over so soon. Maybe I will take up wedding planning on the side?.... or not. Just a thought. Happy Thursday!

8. I am thankful for my little girl waking up at 3AM. You may think I am crazy but... I love it. I hear her crying and sure, I'm so sleepy and so mad that I have to get up but once I get in her room and I see her jumping up and down reaching her arms out to me. I cuddled her for over an hour and she fell right asleep in my arms. I am so thankful for my sweet little girl.

9. Today I am thankful for hot tea, me time, Army Wives and fuzzy blankets. I spent most of my day curled up on the couch... thank for to whoever got me sick! I am absolutely miserable! But thanks to some hot green tea, and my fuzzy blanket I am content watching Army Wives with my man. Love nights like this!

10. Today I am thankful for team work and forgiveness. Every couple has their ups and downs... We have had our fair share of them too! We are under so much stress and pressure pulling off this wedding in the next 3... or 4 weeks (totally thankful November has 5 weekends)! It's been a tension high, sleepless night, busy-busy-busy time for us. I am so thankful that we can forgive each other for when we scream and act like we could pull eachother's hair out. I am so thankful that we are a team and teams play together to win together... We aren't giving up! I am so thankful that we can sit together and have a cup of coffee, make our table seating arrangements for the wedding and not argue at all. It's been a great day! Happy Wedding count down. Woot!

11. I am thankful for Veteran's Day. All Veteran's, My man, and our Country's Hero. I am thankful for all men and women who have served, who are serving this country today and tomorrow, and I will forever be grateful for all they have done. Thank a Veteran today! We have a lot to be thankful for because of them! 

12. I am so thankful for my family! My dad & his fiancé offered to pay for my chair covers for my wedding! Woot! Woot! Woot! Woot!... Woot! Woot! Okay, too many WOOTs? Nah. I am overly excited. 

13. I am thankful for my best friend, her support and true friendship. She guides me in the right direction, helps me up when I'm down and listens to my stories when I'm Chatty Cathy! Hopefully we will be a lot closer in the near future! Keeping my fingers crossed :)

14. I am thankful for spending quality time with my dad and his family. As we are growing and becoming one big, ginormous, hugemongo family it's so great to see the love shared as two families join together to become one! It's been a long, tough journey with my father and I and I am happy to say we are finally getting back to the way things were. It's a great thing! Lennon and her Grandpa have a great love :) 

15. I am thankful for meeting new people everyday and changing lives. I met a young mom today who is so passionate about her children that she wants to be a better role model and change her life for the better. She was so happy and motivated to make a change. It's great to see the sparkle in people's eyes! It's alive and it can be in yours too! :) 

16. I am thankful for my bridesmaids that I chose, because they're true, real friends! I am thankful for the friends that I have and the enemies that are sulking in their sorrows wishing they were invited to my my wedding festivities because, they truly make me realize why I have a small close-knit  group of friends now! I grew up, why can't they? Ugh! Anyway, I had a good time with my ladies and it turned out to be a wonderful weekend. 

17. I am thankful for Wolfgang's breakfast in GR, coffee, Gatorade, WATER, my BIFF, my in-laws, and my man, and my bachelorette party gifts! Wolfgang's breakfast cured the lingering stomach ache from the nasty hangover I had, coffee, water and Gatorade helped my stay awake and hydrated, my BIFF helped me not go crazy in the middle of the night and call a cab to go back home at 5:00AM because I was so sick and so tired of being awake in another city... Homesick? Yup! My in-laws are amazing because they took our daughter all weekend for us! Lennon loves it there and they treat her like a princess, very thankful for the help so we have friends time! And my man... For getting us greasy wings for dinner, for taking a hot shower with me, and cuddling with me before bed! And my bachelorette party gifts... I am thankful for them because... Nevermind. TMI? Gosh, I love my life. 

Oh! And today is the 1 year anniversary of our engagement! Woohoo! Happy 1 year "engagement" anniversary baby! 

18. I am thankful for short Mondays at work! 9-5 is the perfect Monday schedule!

19. I am thankful this morning that my mother taught me how to handle scary situations. Lennon woke up with croup and the poor thing not only sounded like a baby seal but she sounded like a sad baby seal! I rushed her into a steam bath and thankfully her breathing got better! Thanks to my mother I knew exactly what to do! I was so worried! So Lennon got to stay home with Daddy all day and cuddle.

20. I am thankful that my baby slept all through the night and is breathing better this morning. Dr. prescribed her a steroid treatment for at night and t helped her breathe 10x better than she could breathe during the day time. Croup is the scariest thing I've been through with Lennon besides her asthma when she was a baby. I hope this goes away soon!

21. I am thankful for short days at work, my soon to be father in law and Pooh. Today at work was brutal... nothing happened. No appointments came in, not even one.... UGH! We woke up this morning and realized our "putt-putt" had a flat tire. For those of you that don't know, "Putt-Putt" is our little baby car that is 13 years old and looks like a go-kart. It's cute. But, not reliable! So, soon-to-be father in-law to the rescue took it to get new tires on it and brought it back to Dan at work today! WHEW! Then my dear friend Pooh is on Netflix and Lennon loves it! She grabs her blankey and Pooh and lays on the floor with a bowl of popcorn. It sure does keep the sick baby happy!  PS - 16 days!!!! WOOT!

22. I am thankful for working for a company that values their employees and treats them well. Today we had a corporate meeting at our Culinary school and the food was amazing (of what I could taste), they handed out awards to all top performers, they have confetti and balloons... Streamers and music and dancing. They take pride in our company and they stand up to give you a speech on the last mod, not only was that speech great but more than one time our VP says, "we love you guys and girls"!, "we appreciate you"!, "we are succeeding because of you"! Those words of encouragement are amazing to hear from your VP and your CEO. As we were leaving today the CEO gave me a hug and said, "I look forward to seeing photos from your wedding!" I love he company I work for. It's about damn time!

23. I am thankful for Thanksgiving dinner at my Aunts house, a warm house full of warm hearted people, everyone being together and happy.

24. I am thankful for my bridesmaid, best friend and my fiancé. We spent the whole day doing wedding stuff and filling 100's of boxes with a surprise for our guests, filling vases, making place cards, to do lists, etc. I couldn't have done it without them! Thanks!

25. I am thankful for easy dinners with yummy seasoning! Mac & Cheese, my favorite food ever and a little... Or a lot (A LOT IS A LOT BETTER!) of this delicious seasoning Dan & I found while we were in Ohio! 

YUM! YUM! YUM!

 

26. I am thankful for my healthy family. Meeting people who are going through many things in life that I couldn't even imagine, it makes me cry. I am thankful for my beautiful, healthy daughter and thankful God has blessed her with a healthy heart, and a beautiful life. 

27. I am thankful my boss let me have an early day today! Woot! Which means I had time to pick up my chair covers from http://www.chicchaircoverboutique.com/

Check it out! She's amazing! Now the hard part... Figuring out which way to tie the sashes! 10 days to go!!! Woot!

28. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 

This morning I woke up and realized I am thinking too hard. I think too hard about what I am thankful for but it's right in front of me every single day! Lennon and I snuggled this morning at 5AM when she woke up crying and again at 9AM when we cuddled in bed watching the parade with daddy. I am thankful for my beautiful life. My family Dan and Lennon, my best friend who is there for me no matter what, my mom, my dad, siblings, everything I own, my warm home, my warm thanksgiving dinner, and my wedding coming up in 9 days! 

And the beautiful 5 generations of women in my family! My Great Grandma, (my grandma in Heaven), my mom, and Lennon! So blessed for this family!

Now let's eat lots of turkey and be happy everyone can get together! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Keep Calm & Let the Countdown Begin!

It's time! It's time for the REAL countdown! The time that the nerves settle in, craziness begins, my phone is attached to my hand... emailing, calling, taking notes, finalizing... You name it! 

We are down to the last month of wedding planning and it's happy and exciting but also so bitter-sweet. In the movies you see the fun, energetic bride with her big planner and heading off to meet with the wedding planner... Everything is perfect and stress free. Okay... That's not real life! Wedding planning is stressful, busy, expensive, and loooooong. We have been planning for a little less than 1 year now and it's finally down to the last month. I am relieved, exhausted, happy, excited and sad... All at the same time. You'd think I was a hormonal pregnant woman! I want to keep planning, I want to add more ideas and have a big extravagant wedding day. 

Well, I have visions of my wedding day and I can honestly say that I am planning exactly what I've always dreamed of. I have always wanted a beautiful wedding like the one in The Wedding Planner... Not to mention, having Jennifer Lopez as my wedding planner... But I am so excited for our winter wedding. I want snow and sparkles and glitter galore!  Dan and I agreed on all of our decor and I can't believe it was so easy! (thank goodness!) I couldn't have pulled this off without him. We are making final decisions, putting the peices together and in the end it's coming to life. 

....34 MORE DAYS!

On a more mushy-gushy-lovey-dovey note, I was reading a blog tonight and it really hit home. Getting caught up in the marriage idea can be easy to fall into. It really made me think, "Why am I getting married?".... (Trust me, this isn't bad... But keep reading!)

(Insert from the blog I read. See link below to read full blog... It's beautiful)!

"...My dad giving his response to my concerns was such a moment for me. With a knowing smile he said, “Seth, you’re being totally selfish. So I’m going to make this really simple: marriage isn’t for you. You don’t marry to make yourself happy, you marry to make someone else happy. More than that, your marriage isn’t for yourself, you’re marrying for a family. Not just for the in-laws and all of that nonsense, but for your future children. Who do you want to help you raise them? Who do you want to influence them? Marriage isn’t for you. It’s not about you. Marriage is about the person you married.” 

I realized after reading the blog that I am getting married because...

I am madly in love with this man. The day that we met we hit if off (at the bar of course but it was fun!) We had so much fun together, we had fun with all of our friends... We laughed together, we played and joked and went on a ton of dates. We started dating on New Years Eve and sealed it with a kiss at midnight... He's such a romantic man! We became parents together... It was love at first sight for us both. Seeing him love another human being made me fall more in love with him. Love grows... We all hear the saying but watching it happen, feeling it happen is different. Feeling yourself love someone more each and every day is incredible. We fight and argue like all couples in the world and even on those days we love. We look at each other and laugh at how stupid we're acting. We look at our daughter doing something silly and we laugh, and hug each other. Knowing what each other is thinking, "we created that..." We created the love in our daughters heart and the love in her eyes when she looks at us. That makes me want to marry this man. I want to marry him so we can have a beautiful family... A family that loves like mine does. A family that we can take vacations with, and have fun with like we did when we first met (minus the bar part)! I want to marry this man because I see the man behind the eyes. I see him when he's at his best and worst. I love him through the hard times and I am cheering him on during his best days. I want to marry this man because he's there for me. When I am hurt, sad, or need a friend. He makes me laugh, he makes me happy and most of all he makes me love being a mom and a fiancé. 

Well... Happy wedding countdown month! 34 days and counting! Let the fun begin!!!

READ THE FULL BLOG-

http://sethadamsmith.com/2013/11/02/marriage-isnt-for-you/

Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 

It was Lennons first REAL Halloween experience this year! She dressed up as a little elephant last year... But she was only 3 months old so no trick or treating for her! This year she was a strawberry, the cutest little strawberry ever. 

Lennon grabbed her bucket that nana and Papa got her, dressed up in the costume from GG and we headed to the doors! Lennons first stop was the"next door grandparents". She got a yummy bag of candies! She even handed them her bucket! 

Next stop was a local church! They had an indoor Halloween festival and because it was pouring outside it was a huge hit! Tons of kids came, dressed up as cute as can be and they had a great time playing games to get candy. I have to say, Lennon was a little too young for most of the games there but it was a good experience. Until she grabbed her hat, threw it at me and started to scream because I wouldn't let her back to the duck game. 

But, her and Maci did have a fun time stealing candy from the games they did and didn't play! Too cute! 

After the church festival we went to a neighborhood filled with kids and bounced around to a few houses! We hit the JACKPOT! Lennon loved running up to the houses saying "treat!" and she even got a little too friendly and let herself in to their homes when they opened the door! We pet some pups, barked at them and got some candy. 

GG the minion was cute! Lennon was adorable, Maci the flower was so happy and running up to the houses faster than Byron, the Power Ranger. 

Until next year... Happy Halloween friends!