tapas and martini party

our friends, leah and stevo hosted a tapas and martini party the other weekend.  everyone brought a small plate and ingredients to make whatever martini they chose!

 

i found 2 pinterest ideas for small plates.

 

one was cream cheese and onion pinwheels with red peppers and parsley.  these turned out delicious and i may or may not have eaten about 6 of them after they came out of the oven!

before cooking

 



after cooking

ready to go!

 

my other recipe was pizza balls.  basically, pepperoni and cheese inside of a biscuit and served with sauce.  these didn't turn out quite as yummy as i expected.

 

prepping

 

before cooking.  i forgot to take a pic after they were done!



 

 

 

i also brought ingredients for an upside down pineapple cake martini.  this was amazing!

 

 

 

 

we had a fun time!

fall is here!

fall is my favorite season and i'm so glad it's here!  i was ready to decorate the house in september.  we were so busy wedding planning this time last year that we didn't get a chance to do any decorating or carve pumpkins!  so this year i'm making up for it!

 

inside halloween wreath.  if you look closely, you'll see the glitter spiders.

 

outside halloween wreath

 

 

i'm sure i'll continue to add to it!

 

next, pumpkins!!!



 



sarah and justin are engaged!!

2 of our best friends and neighbors, sarah and justin celebrated their 6th anniversary on september 21.  to celebrate, they took a trip to nashville, tn (so jealous!)  all of us back home had hopes of something magical happening and our wishes came true!  justin popped the question and of course sarah said YES!

 

as soon as we found out, leah, jess, and i got to work planning to decorate their house for their return!  we actually had A LOT of fun doing it and i think they were pretty surprised when they got home!!

 

 

congratulations!!!!!!



tater turns 1!

tater turned 1 on september 14.  we didn't know him a year ago since we adopted him in december so i knew i wanted to throw him a birthday party!  i know it sounds silly for a kitty to have a party but oh well!  we  invited a few friends over, i made some snacks, sarah made tuna cupcakes for tater, and we had a good time!  thanks everyone for celebrating with us!

 blowing out his candle

 the girls and tater

me and my birthday boy!