Spring Bucketlist

1. Plant a garden
2. Participate in a Relay for Life event- June 27th
3. Go to the farmers market
4. Fill the bird feeders
5. Bonfire with friends
6. Play tennis
7. Barbecue
8. Go fishing
9. Flea market
10. Make homemade jam
11. Go to the batting cages 
12. Paint 

Aunt Joy's Caramel Corn

Aunt Joy's Caramel Corn
-1 cup Margarine-not vegetable spread, it has water whipped in that deflates the popcorn
-2 cups brown sugar, light or dark
-1/2 cup light corn syrup
-1 tsp. salt
-1/2 heaping tsp. baking soda
-1 tsp. vanilla extract
-11/2 cups peanuts-add more or less according to taste
-6 quarts naked popcorn (24 cups)


-Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Place popcorn in shallow roasting pans pour peanuts over top of popcorn. Do not stir.
-In a medium/large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Whisk in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in soda and vanilla. The soda will cause the caramel to rise. Be extremely careful, this is HOT candy and it will burn if you get it on you. Pour over popcorn, stirring to coat.
-Bake in preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour.
-Remove from oven and let cool completely before breaking into pieces.

Pumpkin Carving

Halloween is, in my opinion, the most fun holiday! There's candy, pumpkin carvings, and best of all dressing up in costumes! Michael and I spent some quality time together listening to Halloween music and carving our pumpkins. This year our pumpkin patch picks worked well with our ideas. But next year I think I'm going to brainstorm carving ideas before we go to the pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins.

Above is Michaels ZOMBIE pumpkin

Above is my Jack Skellington pumpkin

Monster Munch

Super delicious Halloween treat! My husband's wonderful grandma Sallie gives us a gallon bag of this every Halloween. It's tasty, easy, and tastes just like a Payday candy bar.

1 cup salted Peanuts
1 cup Candy Corn
Cute Halloween/Fall candy dish

Pumpkin Patch

Bishop's Pumpkin Farm

I visited the pumpkin patch with 2 of my best friends and my momma. We showed up early and beat a lot of the crowds there. We rode the train and hay ride, navigated the maze, picked flowers and pumpkins! We had an amazing time.

How Tall This Fall? with Brittney

Shannon and Momma on the Train

Momma and Me

Posing with the Giants!

Enjoying a hay ride to the pumpkin field

GABI Fall Bucketlist