Hosting an outdoor Autumn Party



With autumn comes the last few days to get outside and enjoy the nice weather, in the case of an Indian Summer or a cool, crisp fall evening, with family and friends. One of the best ways to do that is by having a get together in your own back yard. Have it on a cool crisp evening in late October or early November. Here’s how.

INVITATIONS: A back yard party is meant for fun, food, and socializing. For this type of party you can invite friends via facebook. Call or e-mail friends or family who are not on facebook. Be sure to let people know when you will be having your fest.

FOOD: Every great party has to have food. Plan to have burgers on the grill and plan to have a fire where people can roast their own hot dogs and make their own smores. Make a list of items you will need from the store. Remember to get drinks, like bottled water and pop for people to drink. You will need a ring for the fire, firewood, a way to light the fire, and roasting sticks for people to roast their food on. Remember to be safe with the fire and watch kids closely.

GAMES: Plan games for everyone to play. Set up a net for racquet ball. Have a dart board for people to play. Have a corn hole game tournament. Have bubbles and games for kids to play with as well. You could set up an apple bobbing contest for the kids also.

PARTY TIME: Have your party! People will be arriving ready for fun games, great food, and plenty of socializing. The day of your party start getting everything ready early. Make sure the food and the fire are ready plenty early, so that when people arrive they can start eating and roasting their food.

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Make Raking Leaves fun for kids



Raking leaves should and can be fun for kids. Kids love to play, so give them these game ideas to play while they rake up leaves. Here is a list of games and ideas to do with the leaves you are raking.

LEAF HOUSE: Carefully rake the leaves into lines forming an outer wall for your house. Do not make it as big as a normal house. When your outside walls are done, start putting walls inside to separate your rooms. Make a living room, a kitchen, and bedrooms. Kids will love this leaf house to play house in.

LEAF SHAKE: Get as many kids together as you can. Get two large sheets, lay them out in the yard about 10 feet apart. Make the teams even, have 5 or 6 people on each team. Have each team get around their sheet. Dump a garbage bag full of leaves onto each sheet. Have each team pick their sheet up and bring it to waist level. When an adult, who is the judge, says “Go” each team has to shake their sheet and get all of the leaves off as fast as possible. The first team to get all of their leaves off of the sheet wins!

LEAF WALK OR BIKE RIDE: Find a trail or road lined with trees. When the leaves start falling the trail will be covered with the leaves. Take a walk or ride your bikes through the fallen leaves.

JUMPING PILE: Rake all of your leaves into a big pile. Run and jump into the leaves, throw the leaves in the air, and have fun flattening your leaf pile.

Best tasting crock pot roast!



This recipe for a crock pot roast is delicious! It's so easy to put together and the best part is it cooks in your crock pot and is ready to eat when you get home at the end of the day!

You can also use this recipe for any other meat. I cooked pork chops in it and they were very good. You could also use a venison roast or you could try chicken as well. One of my favorite things is to play around with different recipes and ideas in the kitchen.

So here are the things you will need:
1 packet of Ranch seasoning
1 packet of Italian seasoning
1 packet of Brown gravy mix
2 cups of water
1 pound roast (or meat of your choice)

You could use more than 1 pound of meat if you wish, just add more water to make sure that all of your meat is covered.

Simply add the water with your 3 packets of seasoning and stir it up in your crock pot to make sure all of the lumps are out. Then add your meat. Cook on low all day long and it will be ready for dinner when you are.

As for the mashed potatoes and gravy, (I cheat). I use the Idahoan potato packs and Kroger brand Country gravy pouches. Easy, peasy and yummy!

Colorful water wedding centerpieces - DIY



These beautiful colorful water wedding centerpieces are very easy to make yourself & can be put together a day or so before your wedding or reception to make things a little easier. I would add the water to the pieces until you have set them where they are going to stay put, to prevent spilling.

You will need some wide mouth vases, you could find these about anywhere. And to make it budget friendly look at a dollar store first.

Simply get some submersible led tea light candles (found here) and put them in you wide vases, then add some food coloring to water, you can make a large batch to your desired color, then simply add the water to the vases and viola! You have beautiful, expensive looking centerpieces.

Add any kind of ribbons, flowers, lace, or anything you would like to decorate around these pieces on the tables.