Halloween Weekend

Saturday morning Sister, DB, and I headed north to celebrate Halloween with the parentals and with the Ferneaus (Aunt Jenn, Uncle D, and Connor) in Huntsville. I can't believe I almost didn't go on this trip...but I knew I couldn't miss DB in her costume. We spent Saturday in Huntsville shopping around Bridge Street and trick-or-treating in Aunt Jenn's neighborhood. Aunt Jenn-thanks so much for having us!! Your house looked "spooktacular" and we loved getting to visit with y'all!

We made it home just in time to order some pizza and watch our Tigers play! I don't think I've ever mentioned how watching AU football games with my dad is one of my absolute favorite things to do. He is like a walking AU encyclopedia...he knows all the stats, history, etc. I think I get my yelling at the TV from him! haha I attribute my love and my sister's love of football to him...he trained us from a young age! And since our season is currently at 9-0, it's especially fun to watch the games with him........WDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what we saw when we pulled into our driveway.....The Bird Girl of Savannah wearing protective goggles!! haha Things are still getting cleaned up from the tornado.

Connor and I took DB on her 1st carousel ride at Bridge Street...she LOVED it!!

Sister and DB....gotta love their owls!

Katherine loved throwing DeeDee's money into the fountain!

The cutest box of popcorn ever!!!!

She did great Trick-or-Treating and didn't even cry!

Aunt Jenn got K her very own monogrammed, light up trick-or-treat bag...she thought it was the coolest thing!

It is a Sunday tradition in the Decker house for my dad to read the sports section of the B'ham news while we eat pancakes....today was an especially exciting recitation!!!

Her slippers are so cute and fuzzy!

I walked into the kitchen this morning and saw this....the DB in my shoes. The 2 year old already has a love for Tory!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Mum's the Word

Fall has definitely fallen at my house! It is my favorite season of the year and I have gone all out with my decor. I love everything about fall....the mums, the colors, pumpkins, chilly mornings, and college football. I mean, how much better does it get??

I like to call this, "Mums on Steroids"!! It's massive!

Of course I had to have an owl somewhere around the house!

This month's issue of 'Southern Living' inspired this display.

I made a pumpkin topiary!

Display on the mantle

If you haven't been to Bath & Body Works recently, go and pick up one of these amazing candles...it smells AMAZING!!

Decker Family Field Trip

The Decker family has "fall fever"! We have been dying to get out of town and take a little road trip. We've been waiting on the weather to cool down and this weekend seemed like the perfect time to head north. Saturday morning, we rose bright and early to head to Lynchburg, TN....the home of the Jack Daniel's Distillery! The whole Decker family has been before, but it's been a few years. I didn't remember it at all!

Mom made us reservations at an amazing restaurant for lunch...Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House. It is an old beautiful plantation style house a couple of miles from the Distillery. We ate "family style" at a long table and consumed some of the best Southern cookin' I've had in awhile!! Mac and cheese, cream corn, fried chicken, fried okra, and fried apples cooked in Jack Daniels.....YUM! We all left with a full tummy. If you want the full Lynchburg experience, you should definitely stop by Miss Bobo's!!

We took the guided tour at the Distillery and I enjoyed learning how the whiskey is made down in the "holler"! Unfortunately, they were on maintenance shutdown while we were there, so we didn't get to see the actual whiskey flowing through the barrells...but we could still smell it!!!

The DB greeted me on the front porch when I pulled into the driveway Friday night!

Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House

Front of the Boarding House

DB was soooo excited to eat some Southern food!

While waiting on the dinner bell to ring, we swang DB.

Dad, me, and Jack D!

Sister had her backpack ready for the tour!

This is where all the barrels of whiskey are held

The grounds of the Distillery were beautiful

On our way home from Lynchburg, we stopped at the best pumpkin farm on the planet. As mentioned earlier, we have fall fever...big-time! I don't remember the name of this farm but it was amazing...we only wished we had a trailor behind the Expedition so we could buy more!! There were so many different kinds of pumpkins...I think Sister and I actually screamed when we saw all of them!!

This pumpkin weighed over 80 lbs!

Row #1

Row #2

We got back to A'ville just in time to watch some football.....War Eagle!! Our little cheerleader needed a water break!!

It was a wonderful weekend at home with the family. Happy Fall Y'all!!!!