Fall Decorating

So just in case anyone still doubted, yes, we actually do have a sofa (two in fact) I know it took ten+ years, but isn't it pretty... well, it's nice but it needed some color... so here is the before-And here is the after--- the pillows added the much needed pop of color, and even though I made them for fall, I love them so much, they might just be my new colors for that room...
Here are the pillows close up... and I've trained my kids well- they were ALL excited about them
And here is my mantlescape... it makes me smile! It's so fun having a big blank canvas of a house

My house is beggin' for fall decorations, since most of my main living area colors are fall related anyway... I got the bug to make it cute and add some color, and luckily for me Chris was on board too so last weekend- he actually went with me to Robert's and had fun picking out some garlands and stuff to spruce up our family room (I know, T, it's not Seeds when he's earning bonus points...) So, here are some pics of the results... There is more, but I didn't want to completely bore you- ta da, autumn has arrived at the Maloy house.

"I think he's turning Japanese, I really think so..."

Chris has been on a camera kick lately... Ever since he borrowed my new camera for ComicCon and found out how great it was and how fun and easy it is to use- he has been snapping random funny shots of mostly us... for anyone interested, I did my research when I got my camera, and I LURV it a lot! For anyone in the market- it's Canon PowerShot SD870 IS... love, love, love it! (and apparently Chris does too!)

Knifty Knitter

Isabelle won some money from the bake-off and earned some more from pulling weeds, and decided that with her hard earned cash she wanted to get a new artsy fartsy project- she ended up getting the Knifty Knitter rings from Roberts and has been knitting hats like an old lady ever since! She must be my daughter...

All Is Right With The World

When Kemari saw my blog and discovered that it wasn't all cute and creative, she was sure I had the flu, or had lost my mind, or that something definitely was not right in the world... so I've decided that since I'm cute and creative, my blog (at least background) should be too! So... here is the big unveiling of my autumn blog... what do you think?? Nicole, it is funny that your creative self has a simple blog but if you are interested, there is a link to the CUTE website that has the layouts for cute blogs... beware, you will find something cute and fun...wow, I just reread that and I said "cute" way too many times... have a CUTE day!

Fringe

Ok, so you probably all saw it anyway... but if you want to check out a cool new show- check out Fringe (Fox)... weird, fringe science stuff plus intrigue and action and everything you would want from an entertaining drama. It was created by JJ Abrams (Alias, Lost, etc) Anyone see it? Want to share thoughts, opinions, criticism--- be my guest. Be warned though, if you haven't seen it, there are some gruesome body decaying scenes... so don't come back and blame me if that's not your thing. (It was easy for me to ignore, I was also hand stitching a Halloween wall hanging, which is turning out SO cute by the way).

Pie-lette!!

Okay, most of you already know about this but just in case there is anyone who doesn't... I LOVE the show "Pushing Daisies"- the bummer is that I started watching last season on the internet and the powers that be decided to drive us all crazy by posting every episode EXCEPT the season premiere! Ughh!! I was waiting and watching and searching and could only find bad links to the elusive "pie-lette" only to have it die or stop every five seconds... so I've been patiently waiting (sometimes not so patiently) for over a year, and now FINALLY, with the new season getting ready to premiere, they FINALLY posted the series premiere! Yahoo... so for anyone that missed it like me, go to http://abc.go.com/player/?channel=27721 and select the "Pie-lette" episode! You won't be disappointed, I promise! Love it! I can guarantee, because I've been trying to get Chris to watch Pushing Daisies with me for that long... but he promised if I ever got the premiere, he would watch it with me, so a year later, he kept his promise and of course loved it, and now has to catch up on the rest of the first season- chalk that one up as an I told you so... Now, Go watch it!!

Payson Onion Days

Every Labor day weekend, Payson holds it's annual Onion Days celebration... something to do with their onion crops during the depression?? maybe... anyway, our family tradition is to always go to the Carnival on friday night (family night), and we have a lot of fun... the girls were excited to be tall enough this year to go on some of the scary rides and it was Zach's first year to go one some rides too! Claire's favorite ride is the MerryGoRound and was SOOO excited that they had one (but I think my camera died before I got pics of her on it with Kate and Caitlyn, oops!) Some of the other festivities (that we took part in) was the Onion Days parade, we became part of a new tradition, our friends (and new Bishop) live on Main street on the parade route, so a bunch of us brought chairs and a potluck breakfast before the parade, fun. I have to say though, this year was the first year the parade was rained out (in at least 35 years- we even got hail) So as we all retreated to watch from the garage, it was almost more entertaining to watch the riders of the floats ducking under whatever they could, pieces of the floats, baskets, whatever. The funniest thing was the football team from our new local high school hovering together shivering and whining, yeah, they are tough! And of course we felt bad for the princess courts in their skimpy formals in the hail, and the barefoot Lavender days fairies! hahahahaha... entertaining. And of course, Chris, Isabelle, and I entered the Onion days bake-off--- for more on that, check out Chris' blog... all I have to say is we all came home with medals, and if you want something sweet- come visit me! What a fun weekend.