The day has already been filled with ghostly and witchy phone calls to wake my nephews. Here’s a little something to make you give a ghoulish smile on this spoooOOOOoooky day…

And, my favorite…

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Last night, we finally decided to give our pumpkins faces. We were pretty pleased with ourselves.

We love toasting the pumpkin seeds

Please notice our aprons are from both of our high school jobs

Transformers meets goofy Frankenstein. Someone in our family is a nerd…

Our Halloween festivities are in full swing. The next few days will be spent [...]

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Yes, we’re a split household and proud of it; we’ll let you guess who is for who.

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This morning we packed a picnic and made the 3 hour trek to “the mountains” as it’s deemed by the locals.
The quaint town of Blowing Rock is located in northwestern North Carolina, nestled between Tennessee and Virginia.  The town is named after an Indian legend of lovers and the rock itself gives some incredible panoramic [...]

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Is there a chill in the air? Are you in the mood for something cozy?
Then you must cuddle up with this yummy Broccoli-Potato Soup with Greens I made tonight from Better Homes & Garden.

This is a stock photo and not the soup I made.
2 med red potatoes, chopped
1 14 oz. can reduced-sodium chicken broth
3 cups small [...]

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This was Steven’s FIRST fair experience so we knew we had to do it right. What does “doing it right” mean at a Southern State Fair? Well, fried food of course!
The preparation: Fast for three days, get tape worms and take laxatives
The game day strategy: Get one of everything so we could try more
The result: [...]

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An infamous “tag” from Yvette & Jen:
*Disclaimer: The following personal endorsements are in no particular order*
8 Television Shows I Like to Watch…
1) Grey’s Anatomy
2) Project Runway
3) The Hills
4) The Bachelor
5) America’s Next Top Model 
6) The Amazing Race
7) Biggest Loser 
8 ) Private Practice
(Goodness, I sound so shallow already)
8 Things That Happened Yesterday…
1) Worked Out
2) Cleaned house
3) Laundry
4) Study for Stats Test 
5) [...]

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Saturday, we drove a couple hours West to Mooresville (not to be confused with Morrisville where we currently live) to meet up with Yvette & Brody. Yvette flew into Charlotte to visit her sister Iris so we met them at a petting zoo on roids. The kind of petting zoo where you drive your car [...]

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Friday evening, we went to Steven’s “Team Off-Site” Party. Essentially Cisco gives each team in the program a generous amount of money to have some kind of group bonding activity after work hours. His team elected to go to a Teppanyaki restaurant and then bowling.
We love watching the skills of the teppanyaki chefs but the [...]

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