Pumpkin Dinner

The closer to the holidays it gets the more excited we get about moving into our new/old house. We can't wait to decorate it and have parties.  We've been pretty busy lately and were a little late on getting ready for Halloween.  It's the day before Halloween and we were sadly unable to find a pumpkin to carve so we decided to eat it instead.  I made three recipes that I found using Pinterest and soup that was in one of my cookbooks.  

The pumpkin cake is really easy all you need is a can of pumpkin and a box of cake mix, mix together and bake.  The hot mozzarella caprese dip was also very easy to make just put mozzarella, basil, and tomatoes in a dish in the oven. The spiced pumpkin and shrimp soup called for two of my favorite things: cilantro & ginger and the pumpkin dip is great for dipping fruit. Our finished meal was delicious!!!

We hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!!! 

DIY: Suitcase Tables

Quick confession, I didn't actually do this myself, but I would have helped if I was home. My Mom and Dad were kind enough to make these cool side tables for us out of old suitcases. They used a piece of plywood inside the bottom of the first suitcase to stabilize it and attach the legs. The legs were taken from an old table that already had an antiqued red finish should go in the living room nicely. The second suitcase was placed on its side and shelves were added for storage and stability. A piece of round glass was added to the top to become a table!

Kitchen Layout in 3D

After imagining the kitchen layout in our heads we wanted to make sure everyone else was seeing what we were and came across Lowe's virtual kitchen designer where you can practically do whatever you want (although it takes a while).  For the most part it's exactly what we want!