Happenings!

The past two months have been full of several fun occasions. First, was the marriage of Caroline Casy and Aaron Rector. Caroline's mom and dad are some of our best friends and Caroline and Emily have been best friends since "before birth". Caroline and Aaron were married in a very small and intimate wedding in Dallas with family and a few friends present. After their honeymoon, several of us gave them a party here in Abilene. It was a great night and a time to celebrate their new journey together.Pretty cute, huh?

Our prayer for them...

Their "journey" suitcases were loaded with food and goodies.

And a great time was had by all!

Next, comes Thanksgiving. Steph flew in from Denver and we joined Mark's mom and other members of his family at his sister's new country home in Rosebud.

So pretty and peaceful!

Of course our little great-nieces and nephew were there to make it extra fun!!

Now it is Christmas.....I took this picture the other night before I went to bed. I love this time of evening... so peaceful and quiet..so still, but the tree so bright. May we all "Be Still" for a moment and ask Jesus to fill our hearts with His peace, His quiet voice and the warmth of His love this holiday season. Be blessed!

Thought for the Day!

My Fall Mantle: A La Natural

This fall I decided to skip the traditional fall colors and decorate with more natural tones. I love the soft creams and browns and the textures of the ghords, burlap pumpkins and vines that I used.A view down the mantle

I purchased the burlap pumpkins at the Hico Market last weekend and my friend Carol gave me the wonderful ghords from her garage sale stash!!

My wise old owl stands beside a vintage Thanksgiving postcard I found in a box of treasures at another garage sale.

Love the old mirror leaning on the wall.

One of my favorite little statues.

And my sweet angel that stands guard over it all! She is definitely one of my favorite things in my home. As sweet as she is, I know she cannot compare to what the Lord has in store for us with His angels in Heaven. I can't wait to see them face to face. What a glorious day that will be!!!

Garage Sale Time!!!

I know, I'm crazy, but Carol and I are having a BIG GARAGE SALE this weekend. When we returned from Hico, we went to our booths on Monday and totally revamped our areas. Carol closed her large space and I gave her my little space, Bunnytrails 1. I kept Bunnytrails 2 and filled it with goodies I had left from Hico. Well, we decided to part with a LOT of things that we have had for a while. So once again, let the fun begin!!!!!! The sale will be Saturday at Carol's home, 2626 Meadow Lake Drive, in Fairway Oaks. I imagine it will start around 8:00 a.m. Hope to see you there! There really is some GOOD STUFF!!!!!!!

Cute! Cute! Cute!

For many reasons, Halloween is not one of my favorite holidays, BUT I do love seeing the children dressed up and excited about their treats! Having said that, the porch was ready, the pumpkin was lit, and I helped out Walgreens' sales by purchasing a lot of candy!!! About the time I had everything ready,

I look up and see this coming down the street! Kids and parents filled this flatbed truck. It was so cute!

What a clever way to trick or treat. Everyone of them had kind words and "thank yous" as they left my front porch.

As it got a little darker, this table, complete with place settings with spaghetti and meatballs , showed up at my door. Is that not priceless or what??? The trick or treaters kept coming and coming, until all of the candy was gone and I was scrambling to find goodies in the pantry.

This is all I could come up with but it was appreciated by a cute little goblin! However, the cutest of the evening was my new little neighbor who came to my side patio earlier in the evening.

 I asked him if I could take his picture and he was quite cooperative!

He posed....

and he posed...........

and he posed some more!! What a precious little guy.

Let the fun Begin!!!!

Well, it's finally here,,the Hico Antique Market, that is. Here is the trailer we are taking and it is full to the brim...all 22 feet of it!! A very good friend is allowing us to use his trailer and Mark and Brent will drive down and help unload it. Yeah for helpful husbands!!

The trailer is at Carol's house and so is all of our stuff! These are pics prior to loading, of course.

Love those birdcages!

Stuff ......

and more stuff!

The Market is Friday and Saturday in the cute little town of Hico, on Highway 6 towards Waco. Would love to see you there!!

Oh What a Beautiful Morning!

The other morning I walked out to get in the car and the sky just took my breath away. The air was cool and crisp and the sky was exceptionally bright blue. I grabbed my camera, took a pic and proceeded to just look around the yard for a minute. It seemed as if the cool temp and the rain we had last weekend just made everything look so pretty and happy!The blue sky was beautiful with the puffy white clouds. Wish I could have captured the entire sky with my camera!

Bougainvillea.....love the contrast between the hot pink and bright green

Morning glories lifting their faces to to sun.

 Knockout Roses .. still blooming away. The bush is actually very large and full of beautiful roses. If you have not tried this variety of rosebushes, I really encourage you to do so next spring!! If they can tolerate the heat of this past Texas summer, they can tolerate anything!!