Fun in the Fall

 La casa!

 At a friend's Halloween party

 Picking out our fall mum.

 We bought some white mini pumpkins at the pumpkin patch.

 I spray painted these since big white pumpkins were $12 each!

 Michael's office.  Wish the sofa was a pullout for the holidays so more people could stay!

 On one of the hot fall days.  It FINALLY got cold December 12th!

I still LOVE the bedding from Dillards.

Seasons Greetings and a Recipe

With Christmas approaching, we have been very busy decorating the house and yard.  Pictures of the house will be coming soon :) We will be spending our first Christmas as newly weds (sort of!) in Longview and are going to Marshall to celebrate the one year engagement anniversary.

I want to wish everyone a simple, relaxing, and joyful holiday season.  One of the items I'm making is this eggnog from Hungry Girl.  I love this rum extract in it. Enjoy!

Nog Heaven!
	It's BAAA-AACK! We couldn't resist serving up our insanely great eggnog recipe now that the holidays are here again. True, there are a few good packaged nogs out there. First there wasSilk Nog -- great stuff with less than half the calories of regular eggnog. Then along came Vitasoy with Holly Nog -- another delicious, guilt-free version. And while we love those, Hungry Girl's super-easy, make-at-home version has just 88 calories per 8-oz. serving!!! And it is super-thick & creamy and tastes as good as the real thing (trust us -- we've now tested it out on 213 people!). So dust off that blender of yours and go NOG WILD! Ingredients: 5 cups 8th Continent Light Vanilla Soymilk (or another light vanilla soymilk**) 1 small (4-serving) package Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Instant Pudding mix, Vanilla 6 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda) 1 tsp. rum extract or imitation rum extract 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg Directions: In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend on high until mixed thoroughly. Refrigerate for a few hours to allow it to thicken. Makes five 1-cup servings! HG Alternative! For some "over 21" eggnog, add 5 ounces of rum to the recipe. With 153 calories and aPOINTS® value of 3* per serving, that's WAY better than an ordinary eggnog cocktail!
	Serving Size: 1 cup (1/5th of recipe) Calories: 88 Fat: 2g Sodium: 350mg Carbs: 11g Fiber: 0g Sugars: 5g Protein: 6g POINTS® value 2*