Our Pregnancy Reveal!

My husband and I found out a week before he was going out of town that we were pregnant. Based on everything I knew at the time, I was approximately 5 weeks pregnant. He was going to Hawaii for work for 3ish weeks. Since this is our first pregnancy, we wanted to wait and tell family after my first doctor's appointment. I couldn't get into the doctor until I was around 8 weeks. So we decided to tell everyone when my husband got back.

Thanksgiving Kitchen Decor

I have some cute fall/leafy wired ribbon that I used surrounding my ceramic decorative plate and wrote "Happy Thanksgiving" on it.  I have a lot of Thanksgiving and fall paper supplies that I used as well.  I switched out our white plastic ware, and I replaced it with crimson and brown instead.

Thanksgiving Diningroom Decor

Luckily I was able to reuse a lot of our Halloween décor for Thanksgiving!  I used my burlap table runner with our initial on the ends.  For the centerpieces, I reused the orange flowers and vase from Halloween that was used in our kitchen.  I think it worked perfectly with the Thanksgiving colors I am using.  Next the to the flowers is a brown candle holder with an off-white candle.  And to the other side is a ceramic turkey.  Both of those items were purchase by Brad before we were married, but I think they work wonderfully with the rest of the décor.

Pieology Review

As you will be able to tell in one of the pictures below, our first visit to Pieology was a few months ago.  However, we went back recently to try it again, get a few more pictures, and taste their "breadsticks" (more on the quotations to come).  I will say, our second experience was very similar to our first.  So my review will be based on both, but I will specify if there were any differences as I go.

Outdoor Decor

Unfortunately, I waited until it was blazing hot outside to really start working on my outdoor décor.  But everything seems to be holding up pretty good so far, so hopefully this heat won't kill all my pretty pink plants that I am about to show you.  I am not a green thumb by any means, but with it being warmer outside, we tend to grill more and have company over.  I just couldn't let our surrounding porch areas continue with the winter lifelessness that they had.  So below are some fairly inexpensive spruces that I did to liven up our outdoor areas!

BBQ Sauce

This is a simple BBQ Sauce that can be used for almost anything.  It is easy to make and most of the ingredients can be found on hand without making a special trip to the grocery store!

Ikea Pictures Frames

So we made our first trip to Ikea around a year ago and we loved it!  It can definitely be overwhelming at first, but our second trip in April was much easier.  The first time we went, I bought a really cute picture frame that held 3 pictures.  I had a great idea of how to display one of our wedding shots using it.  I wanted to frame a series of pictures from when Brad first saw me in my wedding dress.  Because there were so many shots from that moment, I went with these three shots:

Surf Hut - Destin, FL

Surf Hut is about a year old in Destin, FL.  It is your typical shrimp basket restaurant.  We have been there twice.  This review is of our second trip.  The waits can get long, so arrive early or plan on having appetizers at the bar area.