Fall decorations

I have never been a fan of the gory/scary side of Halloween, but I do enjoy the "fall/harvest" side of things! The boys, however, are huge fans of everything scary! So I compromised and put up my first ever Halloween decoration! I just used white yarn and Nathan helped me cut spiders out of cardstock. The girl spiders have bows on top of their heads, and each spider is labeled with a name! It was fun, and the boys have been appeased.

Here are a few of my other fall decorations inside the house this year.

oh, and here's my awesome IKEA lamp that I got in the as is section! I am so ecvited to change whatever is inside to match the seasons!

Bread Bowls

2 1/2 cups warm water

2 Tbs yeast

Combine and let sit until bubbly

Then add....

2 tsp salt

2 Tbs oil

4 cups flour

Mix well then add 3 more cups flour 1/2 cup at a time stirring well after each.

Knead and let rise until doubled.

Punch down and divide into 8 sections

shape into nice little balls and place on greased and lightly cornmealed cookie sheet.

Let rise until doubled

Brush with 3 egg whites + 2 Tbs water

Bake at 400 for 15 minutes.

Brush again with remaining egg white mixture and let finish baking for another 10-15 minutes.

Let cool then cut off 1/2 " and scoop out bread. leave about 1/2" - 3/4" thick.

We LOVED them! And they look really impressive and fancy!

ENJOY!