halloween weekend

friday night we went to my family's house

to carve pumpkins

eat pizza

and watch it's the great pumpkin charlie brown!

my dad did what he does every year

and brought out his power tools to make carving pumpkins a little more exciting...

bennett took a really long time to plan his out and carve it...

to go along with his costume

he carved a jaws themed pumpkin!

we loved on lucy.

a whole lot.

then on saturday,

we went with my mom to the downtown franklin pumpkin fest.

we had so much fun eating and drinking and walking around.

several people recognized bennett's costume

(chief martin brody from jaws)

but no one really knew mine...

(pregnant mommy fashion blogger)

most people just thought i was actually pregnant

which, heck, i was totally fine with : )

*not pictured is the laptop i made to go along with my costume

**thanks steph, for taking this picture : )

i had to take the obligatory belly shot...

a lovely little date night

the other night
bennett and i went on a little date to the franklin mercantile
(one of our favorite restaurants and where we had our rehearsal dinner)
and i had the most delicious dinner of my life.
seriously.
i usually don't care much about food
but this meal....
let me just tell you.

we had a bottle of my favorite white wine
and started off with bruschetta.
then i had grilled asparagus
port glazed salmon
sweet potato cakes
and for dessert, chocolate cake.

i mean, i was freaking out.
bennett couldn't even believe it...
i cleaned my plate!
that never happens.
a few bites into it,
i was already getting sad because i knew it would all be over soon.

after dinner
we stopped by the national folk festival for a bit.
benn grabbed a beer
and me, a glass of wine
and we happened to run into a couple friends and their adorable baby
which was a lovely surprise
(although it made my baby fever even worse...)

it was definitely a date night i'll always remember.
so simple and perfect.

**confession. i used bennett's iphone to take the instagram photos. i PROMISE they will rarely show up on here. please don't hate me...**

christmas date night part 2

last night

bennett took me to franklin to eat at one of my favorite restaurants

and then we drove around the little town and looked at christmas lights

it was probably one of my top 5 favorite date nights

because bennett is my favorite

and christmas is my favorite

and downtown franklin is my favorite

life is good

boo!

happy halloween eve!

tomorrow bennett and i have a full day planned.

we are going to a pumpkin fest in downtown franklin

(which i am SO excited about)

and then a bunch of our friends are having halloween parties

the only problem?

i STILL have no idea what to do for my costume!

and it's driving me crazy

i guess i'll figure something out...

(bennett's scary pumpkin!)