Corn Maz'n

Every year our family takes a day to spend at
 Dell'Osso Farms.

We are super lucky to have this just down the street from us! There's a HUGE Corn Maze (this year, the field had 3 separate mazes!), General Store, Kiddy Rides, Tram, Hay & Train Rides, Punkin' Shootin', Gem Mining, Pony Rides, and the list goes on!

If you're ever in the area between the first & 31st of October, you NEED to stop by!

Believe me, you'll be glad you did.

Here's an album of our day on the farm.

Enjoy! 

Nutella Pecan Pie.

Recently, our church held a Chili & Pie contest. It was so much fun!

Would you believe I won 3rd AND 2nd place?! Crazy, right?! Who knew I could do that? lol!

I knew I wanted to enter 3 pies - a fruit, a creme & a nut. I also wanted to enter at least one unique pie, so I searched Pinterest & came across a few recipes for a Nuttella Pecan Pie!

It's simple, really. You take a traditional Pecan Pie & smother the bottom crust with Nutella.

Easy Peasy!

Silly me, I didn't take ANY photos when making the pies for the contest, so I've got nothing to share with you about the Apple Pie or the Mocha Creme Pie. BUT! I totally over bought nuts & had another single crust, so I'm whipping up the Nutella Pecan Pie for the hubbs.

This time, I remembered to take photos. Yay!

Blessings...from a bag?

Over the last week or so, the Lord has blessed me with bags!

No, not the ones under my eyes or around my waist....lol!

But, bags filled to the brim with thoughtfulness, generosity, encouragement and love.

You may be thinking to yourself: "You can't put those things in a bag...".

But, take a look for yourself!

Here's what was inside the first bag, given to me last Sunday evening at church.

Super Cute! And *exactly* what she needs!

Then, Wednesday night after we got home from church, my husband came to me and said: "Oh, Honey, Mrs. --- gave us a bag full of stuff. It's in the van." Check out what was in that bag!

There is easily a week's worth of food (we already used some!) and a couple months worth of cereal!!!

Then! After the boys were done with their slumber party shenanigans (post coming soon), Dan Jr. says to me: "Oh, yeah, MOM! Mrs. --- dropped this off for you!" Here's what was inside!!

There is still so much more inside, I only pulled out the first few things!

AND THEN! 

As I was putting all of these things away, I discovered some things that were given to me at my shower and after Gen was born, that I had put away for "later". Well, guess what?! It's later! lol!

2 of these were purchased for $2 each at our local thrift store....betcha can't spot 'em!

Isn't it amazing how the Lord provides for His children? He doesn't always do it with money, and He doesn't always do it exactly how or when we ask, but He ALWAYS does it!! 

I am grateful for far more than the tangible things that were in the bags, but what they represent.

I will praise Him for His provision, the thoughtfulness and generosity of our friends, the encouragement they were/are to me, and the love they have for us. 

"But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus." Phil 4:19

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17

"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall man give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." Luke 6:38