Pumpkin Carvin' Party

Claire and I decided to go all-in to the fall weather (there are snow flurries outside right now, so we are actually now in winter weather) and host a Pumpkin Carving Party at our little red home.

Our friends came over and we had cider, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin pie, and peanut butter and chocolate brownies (all of which were delicious). Now, if that's not a recipe for a fantastic night, what is? And to top off the night, we gathered in the garage for pumpkin carving! Below are some pictures of the event. Please enjoy.

The gang on a carving frenzy.
Here we are, posing with our creations.
They look much better with the lights off.
Claire's and my creations. Mine's on the left, Claire's is on the right.

Bad dog. Very bad dog.

So....Rob and I left Baby at home for a few hours yesterday afternoon while we went out with some friends. Upon our return, Rob entered the house while I lagged behind in the garage. Tipped off by Rob's repeated refrain of, "Oh, no. OH, no. OH, NO!", I knew SOMETHING very bad must have transpired in our absence. Here is the scene we were greeted with:

And here's the culprit...

Turns out, yours truly left the baking goods cabinet open before leaving the house, and Baby...well, I guess she just could resist. I don't even want to think about how much sugar and flour she ate, but I know for a fact that she ate almost an entire bag of chocolate chips. (I frantically called the vet to make sure she didn't need to have her stomach pumped or something - large amounts of chocolate can be toxic to a dog). Turns out she was just fine - she got most of it out of her system by leaving us a giant pile of barf to clean up along with everything else.

I was LIVID when I saw the mess and calculated how long it would take to clean it all up. I was a few minutes into sweeping, though, when I just gave in started to laugh. How could I not, after looking into these adorable guilty eyes?

Fallicious!

After a busy September and a break from blogging, we thought we'd get everyone back in the loop! We spent Labor Day weekend in Memphis with the Singletons, which was both fun and relaxing - especially with the lovely new guest room furniture that now fills what used to be "my" room. Unfortunately, we don't have any proof that we were ever there, because we failed to take any pictures. :(

Even more unfortunate is the fact that we failed to take pictures of the next two events as well.... You'll just have to believe us when we tell you that we took a week-long beach vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC, which was deee-lightful. Many thanks to Mom W for letting us use her time-share, which made vacation affordable and therefore possible. :)

Another highlight was a visit in early October from Mom Singleton - she flew solo to come visit us! We spent lots of time enjoying the first days of fall and planning her redecorating projects together. She was almost as excited to see us as she was to see Baby, who followed her around the house the whole time she was here.

I'm convinced that Boone has to be about the prettiest place on earth this time of year. Autumn has come in full force, painting the mountains in the most vivid array of colors I've ever seen. We've included some pics for your viewing pleasure! Some are from our street, some are from a rollerblading excursion Baby and I went on while Rob was out of town, and others are from a hike Rob and I went on yesterday up some giant rocks in a mountain stream. INCREDIBLE!!

This is the view coming down our driveway...


Here's the view across the street...

I stumbled upon some wrestling, writhing snakes while rollerblading!!!

We'll try to post again soon - thanks for reading!!