Ok, I have to admit I was a little shocked when I saw that it had been nearly a month since my last post. I’m not quite sure what happened because in my mind I thought it had only been a week or two. September was one of the busiest months that Michael Luke and I have had in a long time. We knew it was going to be tough going into it but we had no idea how quickly it would tire us and leaving us grasping for some free time. So much so that we took a much needed vacation to Seagrove Beach in Florida at the end of the month just to recoup.
All this brings us to October. A month that I have never welcomed so warmly until this year. Oh, I am so excited for October to be here. I’m ready to embrace Fall and hibernate down for the Winter. Anybody else with me?
If you are like me… when life gets busy the housework gets left behind. And boy did it! There was the changing of the guard from Summer clothes to Winter clothes for the girls, laundry, laundry, laundry, Fall decoration boxes, bags of luggage for our vacation, and general mess from life with two girls, a scatterbrained mom, and a working husband.
So, last week it was refreshing when I cleared off the mantel and began decorating it for fall. Amiss all the chaos there was finally some peace & calming (pardon the essential oil pun). The girls helped me and they loved it. Esther was ecstatic that we were decorating. They helped me pull each peace out of the box and danced around the room as I placed everything on the mantel one by one.
It really doesn’t differ much from my Fall mantels in previous years except for one little piece.
We found our “Not an Orphan Anymore” block in Nashville back in September when Esther got to reunite with her bff from Hong Kong.
You may remember him as the one who wanted a family and went home before her so that she could see getting a family wasn’t such a bad thing. Thankfully, she finally came around.
Anyway we passed by a vendor with engraved wood blocks and boards that were reclaimed from old barns. We immediately fell in love with it and knew that if belonged in our house. Not just because Esther isn’t an orphan anymore but because as Christians none of us are.
he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. Ephesians 1:5
Adoption is a picture of the gospel because as Christians God has adopted us!
So now this little reminder block finds it’s home on our mantel.
Oh and as for the big board in front of the fireplace. He’s going to be moving above the television cabinet… eventually.
Maybe I will actually get around to refinishing the cabinet, painting the walls, and hanging the board this year. Maybe. I will get around to blogging more though because I miss you. I miss typing and sharing. I miss blogging so here’s to letting you know that I am back.
What have you slacked off on recently that you have really been missing? Go ahead and find your moment of sanity and try to sneak a little bit of it back in your life. I dare you!
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Fall is officially here! It’s beginning to look and feel like Fall around here. And I don’t mean just the weather. This past weekend I had a couple of minutes free while Michael Luke and Noah were out running errands. So I rant to the store to grab a few pumpkins, grabbed a few things around the house, and set to work decorating the mantel!
Fall is my favorite season for mantel decorating. Maybe I have a weakness for pumpkins or maybe it’s because I haven’t done anything to the mantel all Summer long so I’m just itching to change things up. The world may never know. What I do know is that I’m ready to share this mantel scape with you and the resources that I used.
My first rule of seasonal decorating is to try and use as much around the house as I possibly can. You don’t have to go out and buy ten scarecrows, a skeleton, or a faux feathered turkey to let people know you decorated for Fall. Instead look around your house for seasonal colors or color groupings that you want to use. Create Unity.
If you followed my blog in years past (Fall 
