Last weekend we got to have a lovely Fall party in our backyard. It was so much fun to prep and decorate for it, and I couldn’t wait to show you some pictures.
The guests were our recent Apples Of Gold mentoring group and their husbands. The Lord gave us a gorgeous day and evening to enjoy being outside for the entire dinner.
I used mums and small pumpkins, as well as corn stalks out on the patio area. I covered the three round tables where our guests ate with brown butcher paper. Then I wrote the guest’s names on the paper. Each table had a centerpiece that was a mixture of fall items – pumpkins, candles, apples, leaves and other decorative pieces set on a wooden tray or a piece of barn wood (see pic below).
The menu consisted of:
Artichoke Dip and crackers
Veggie Tray and dip
Cream of Wild Rice Soup
Potato Soup
Beef and Barley Soup
Homemade French Bread
Harvest Salad – Greens, apples, red onion, dried cranberries, walnuts and blue cheese with a Balsamic vinaigrette
Pumpkin Crunch Cake
Texas Sheet Cake
The evening turned nice and cool, making the fire a welcomed place to gather to share testimonies of how the Lord has used Apples of Gold in each life, to sing songs and to be challenged by my husband to “Continue” and “Compliment.” I thought the night was a huge success and can’t wait to host another gathering outside this fall!
Other events of the weekend consisted of a morning in Jonesborough with my daughter, Alli. Jonesborough (the oldest city in TN) is always quaint and fun and beautiful, but add a farmer’s market, a library book sale and fall decorations, and you have a perfect morning!
That waffle with blueberries above was my breakfast – fixed by my sweet husband before I headed out to Jonesborough! Okay, I made the waffles and froze them, so all he had to do was toast them, but he thought of me, fixed breakfast, added blueberries and brought it up to me while I was having my Quiet Time! What a great way to start any day!
One last group of photos below will reveal a kitty who curled up in the wooden tray on my chaise lounge – one I used ot hold magazines! I never know where I’ll find her sleeping!
I was on the search for a gray cardigan and I found the one pictured here clearnanced priced for a whopping $5! Double win!!
The fall sunrises have been so beautiful! I feel like Robert Sheffey, the old circuit riding preacher when he would see the sun setting and would take his sheep skin and go pray because he could “almost see heaven peeking through those clouds.” I use my walking time to pray out loud to the Lord. These cool, beautiful mornings have been such a blessing as I cry out to the Lord, walk and pray!
My week and my heart is full of so many of God’s blessings! I am undeserving, but so very thankful! What fun things did you do this week?
Stay refreshed,
