A Trip To Roloff Farm

How many of you watch and love TLC's Little People, Big World?  It is one of our family favorites and this year we were FINALLY able to go visit the Roloff Farm Pumpkin Patch.  Ever since I ran my first Helvatia Half Marathon and ran right past the entrance to the farm I have wanted to take my family to visit.

It was pouring rain when we got to the farm, but when the gates opened, we had a little break, just in time for a tractor tour of the farm.  We even got to have a brief visit with Matt Roloff...he's such a fun guy!  It was so cool to see so much of what we see on the show in real life!  Shortly after our tractor ride was over, the skies opened up again, but we kept on having fun!  As we were getting ready to head home, we spotted Amy...so exciting!!  She was so sweet and was happy to let us get a quick picture with her :-)

My boys were amazed by the HUGE pumpkins that the Roloff family had grown...I was too!  Some of them were over 125lbs!!!  That would make one big ol' pumpkin pie :-)

 

This awesome sketch comes from my new favorite challenge site, MDS Monday.  This weeks sketch is by Anita...I love the stripes!!!

 



The Giant Slide

Hello friends and welcome to a new week!  I hope you all had a great weekend and enjoyed the fall like weather that so many of us are {finally} getting!  I took my boys to our local pumpkin patch this weekend and picked out a few pumpkins and played on the giant hay bale slide.  My boys were MUCH more excited about the slide than the pumpkins this year...so much so that I didn't get one single picture of them with the pumpkins.  Not to worry...there will be plenty of those next weekend when we visit Roloff Farms :-)  Even though we didn't get any pumpkin pictures, I DID get some fun pictures of them on the slide and couldn't wait to get into MDS and use them in this months layout sketch over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.

 

I love the looks on all of my boys' faces...nothing but FUN!  My twins still had their baseball pants on from their game earlier in the day and quickly discovered they made them go SUPER fast down the slide!  I was laughing so hard their first time down I was crying! 

 

It's days like this that I am so very grateful for all the little moments in my life...taking time to do fun things like this and seeing nothing but pure joy on their face and in their eyes!

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the layout sketches over at SSINK and don't forget to play along with us!

 

Happy Stamping!

 

All Things Pumpkin ~ SSINK October Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the October Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop!  Our topic this month is PUMPKINS!  For any of you who follow me on Pinterest know that I love all things pumpkin, so this hop was a fun one for me. 

 

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number SEVEN on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop -  Tonya at Stampin' with Tonya If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

 

A few weeks ago I made a fall banner to hang on my mantle and I still had a few extra pieces, so I decided it was time to clean off my desk and use up some scraps!

I had a little pile of cut out pumpkins in my pile of scraps, because we all know we NEVER throw anything away, right?!?!?  I decided to turn them in to itty bitty 3-D pumpkins...they are so tiny and cute!  I'm sure they will quickly become cat toys, as did my original project for this post!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Sahara Sand, Tangerine Tango, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Gold Glimmer, Motley Monsters DSP, Typeset DSP

Other Supplies ~ Spiral Boarder Punch, Linen Thread, Banner Punch, Handheld Stapler, Burlap Ribbon, Venetian Trim, Gold Sequin Trim, Fun Fall Framelits, Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Thanks for hopping along with all of us today!  Be sure to hop along to all of the stops so you don't miss any of our INKspiring creations! 

 

Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Cynthia at Ink-A-Doodle Creations

Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana

Donna at Organized Chaos

Darcy at Dj's Stampin' Place

Erica at Stamping Starlette

Tonya at Stamp with Tonya

Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma

Kim at Stamping with Kim



All Things Fall ~ SSINK Blog Hop

Welcome to our All Things Fall Blog Hop!  We are excited to share our fall creations with you today.  So, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number 6 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Heidi with Stuck on Stampin'. If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

Most of you know I'm a sun-shiny, summer lovin' girl, but I do love the beginning of fall too.  The cooler mornings and evenings with warmer afternoons, changing of the leaves and pumpkins!

My monthly club members made this Curvy Keepsake pumpkin this month and it was a huge hit!  Who doesn't love a cute little pumpkin box?!?!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Sahara Sand, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Motley Monsters

Ink ~ Tangerine Tango, Basic Black

Stamp Set ~ Fall Fest, For All Things

Other Supplies ~ Fun Fall Framelits, Burlap Ribbon, Naturals Chevron Ribbon, Venetian Crochet Trim, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Decorative Label Punch

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Tangelo Twist, Mossey Meadow, Whisper White

Ink ~ Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey

Stamp Sets ~ Gorgeous Grunge, Tag Talk

Other Supplies ~ Curvy Keepsake Box, Fun Fall Framelits, Label Bracket Punch, Linen Thread, Mossy Meadow Satin Ribbon

Be sure to keep on hopping...next up is Kristina at Mama's Sanity.

And just in case you get off track, here is the full hop line up:

Blog Hop Participant List:

Cynthia at Ink-A-Doodle Creations

Diana at Stampin' Fun with Diana

Darcy at DJ's Stampin' Place

Pam at Stampin' in the Sun

Jennifer at Happy 2 Scrap 4 Life

Heidi at Stuck on Stampin'

Bree at Craft-Somnia

Kristina at Mama's Sanity

Shellie at Craft Smashup

Kim at Stamping with Kim