Weekend Wrap-Up (Plus Pumpkins!)

Happy Sunday, friends!  The weekend officially kicked-off the start of several birthday celebrations for me. I guess turning 50 is kind of a big deal. 😉 Here are a few of my favorite snaps:

First up on Saturday … a golf date with Joe and Teacher Man. Thanks to my tennis elbow issues (ugh!), I haven’t golfed much in two summers but I’m starting to feel better about how my game is coming along. I am impatient and can’t stand when I have struggling moments, especially with my fairway shots, but I have to remember I can’t expect to just spring back to my old form … it’s a work in progress!

Next up … a trip to the farm to hang out with my family and celebrate my birthday a little early. I never tire of this view of the backyard … fields and bins in the distance and my mother’s beautiful gardens everywhere. 

Another sister selfie in the books!

A break after supper for the dogs … this is just 3 of the 7. My parents have a Siberian Husky named Lobo (isn’t she gorgeous?!) and my brother’s family has the English Bulldog and French Bulldog seen here. 

Here’s Princess Leia, who loves a good tummy rub! We dogsat Leia back in August and she was definitely ‘my girl’ – she followed me everywhere!

Here I am hanging on the back deck with Teacher Man.

And the lovely Miss Morgan. 🙂

My mom made my favorite homemade spaghetti and (turkey!) meatballs along with homemade bolognese sauce from her tomatoes. So delicious! And the meal was capped off with my favorite cookies and a luscious white cake with lemon curd and cream cheese frosting. (It made a very tasty breakfast this morning too!)

My mom made this birthday card using artwork I did when I was in elementary school! She also surprised me with a big bag full of other art projects she had saved from my school years. What fun to go through these and reminisce!

This one in particular made us all laugh! Apparently it was fate that I work for Minnesota’s turkey farmers – I was wishing for Thanksgiving all the time when I was growing up!

Later, my siblings, their spouses, and Teacher Man and I went out to continue the celebration. Here, you can see these very interesting three-part shots — first was butterscotch schnapps and Jameson, second was plain orange juice, and third was a piece of bacon. 

On Sunday morning, we all descended onto the huge pumpkin patch and picked A LOT of pumpkins and gourds – an annual tradition with Grandma, Grandpa and the grandkids!

These snake gourds are so cool!

The big pumpkins were fun to find in the pumpkin patch – and this one in particular was a perfect upright shape!

It was definitely a bumper crop this year!

All packed up and ready to head home – golf clubs and pumpkins and gourds, oh my!

I’m certainly feeling blessed as I head into the work week. I hope you enjoyed your weekend as well!

xoxo – Lara