gotcha.

We went home this weekend, and had a blast. We were able to see most of our parents and grandparents, and it was just so nice to relax in the country and spend time with family. On Saturday night, we decided to grill hamburgers using this special recipe from here. And oh.my.goodness was it good! Then I made these cupcakes. yummy. Then we realized as we were about to eat dessert that today is my "gotcha day!" See.. I'm adopted.. by my dad. You can read a little more about it here. October 30, 1996 was the day he adopted me, and in the adopted world that day is celebrated as the "gotcha day" because it was the "day I got you." So my dad and I blew out some impromptu candles and celebrated one of the best things that ever happened to me! Oh, and I have really been wanting a copy of this picture of my dad and I from when I was a kid so we rummaged through old photos last night for about two hours. Total nostalgia. I'm gonna start "Flashback Friday" here on the blog for the next few months to feature some of the treasures I found!
Here are a few pictures of our weekend! Happy gotcha day to me!

My pretty horse, Lady.

Cutie pie.

-Lace

home.

How come no matter where in the world I ever live, how many houses we buy in different cities, or what places we actually make our "home," I always call my parent's city my "home?" Whatever the reason, I love it there. I look forward to going home. It's slower paced, and you're bound to run into no less than a dozen people you know at the grocery store or gas station. It's a little one stoplight town, full of green pastures, pretty trees and backroads. We're going home this weekend, and I'm looking forward to it! Here are some pictures of fall in East Texas last year.

Antique shopping with my mom and nana last year! We obviously had fun!

-Lace

fall.

cooler weather. beautiful colors. boots. scarves. chilly evenings. longer runs.camping. fires. hot chocolate. pumpkins. family.

This is what I LOVE about this time of the year. So to celebrate the 1st day of fall, I made wreaths and planted mums (which will probably be dead in a couple weeks). And I was going to make s'more cupcakes.... buuuuut I bought the wrong kind of chocolate. So ice cream it is.

 

-Lace