until i can get the darn blog figured out

thank you all for your kind words and for all your advice on the blog...

i'm so not computer savvy so most of what you guys mentioned was pretty foreign to me... so i'm going to have dan read all the comments and help me figure it out this weekend sometime.

thanks so much for your love my friends... i have the best readers!

if you want to keep up with the goings on in my life (until i can get the darn blog figured out) feel free to follow me on twitter (although, i don't tweet that often anymore) or find me on facebook... just make sure you send me a message so i know you're a BacWoods Fern reader!

AND

if you're in need of a super quick and easy costume idea for yourself or your child, i just posted the easiest project on my facebook page... a hand sewn felt mask - check it out. easy, fun, free and you can get the kiddos involved!

i hope you all have a bootiful halloween weekend

xo,

kass

one and done

well guys, i had a post all planned for you but blogger is being lame and telling me that my storage for photos is full and that if i want to add more photos i need to purchase more storage... what the heck?! i don't have the money to waste on this (sadly) so therefore i just might be ending my blog...  since i HATE writing a post without a photo in it... and i'm not a fan of using other peoples photos... bummer. 

so on the day of my one year bloggiversary i just might be calling it quits

one and done

UNLESS

any of you can tell me how to get around this... i'm not sure how to delete the photos that are already in storage to make room for new ones (and yes keel, i tried what you said and didn't work) - have any of you come across this? and if so, how did you go about deleting photos?

we'll see if i continue this adventure or not...

i've enjoyed the ride, 'meeting' you and interacting with you via the web... it's been fun. thanks for a fun year my readers and friends.

till next time

xo,

kass

fall decor

you may or may not have noticed these little pumpkins in the previous post...

i wanted some fall decor, found this tutorial and decided to try it out.

they were fun to make but they would have been more fun if i had had the proper tools... i ended up chipping a chunk of my tooth pulling the needle while making the lines on the pumpkin.. that's the last time i pull a needle using my teeth!

so this morning i noticed daniel staring at me with a really ugly expression... he proceeds to reach for my hair as if he was going to get some fuzz out of it or something.

this is what happened next...

daniel (in a really disgusted tone): "you have a gray hair!" 

me: "ahhh don't pull it, i love my gray hairs!" 

daniel: "but it's nasty... it's so long"  

me: "don't touch me! leave it alone!" 

daniel: "ewwww that's just gross"

bummer, my plan was to just go gray naturally... guess that isn't happening anymore!

the fam and i are headed to santa barbara to see my dad tomorrow. my aunt from wisconsin is in town and my brother and his family will be in town from san francisco. we'll be celebrating my dad's 61st birthday. i love going up north and seeing my family! on sunday tyler has another WSA (world surfing association) contest in ventura so we'll be there bright and early for that. 

speaking of surfing, at our old local spot where my boys would surf (surf beach in lompoc, ca) there was a fatal shark attack on a sponger (body boarder) - scary! he was a twenty year old UCSB student... so sad. whenever we go up to lompoc to stay with my mom, my boys always surf near there... now it makes me more nervous than it normally does. ugh. 

my prayers go out to that boys family.

okay, that's about all...

oh wait...

happy birthday dad!

my dad and my sisters daughter, edyn, the summer before last

you are the BEST dad ever and an amazing big papa. i love you more than you know!

xo,

kass

joy laughter love

homemade banner made last year for tannyn's birthday

six years ago i delivered you

with my own two hands

after fourteen and a half hours of labor

with no drugs

and since that day

you have brought me so much 

joy

laughter

love

i feel so blessed to have you as my daughter

and i love you more than you will ever know

happy birthday my sweet and precious Tannyn Farrin!

tannyn, age 4

i love you mucho mucho grande!

xo,

mom

all its glory

 what fall looks like in california... well at least in my backyard

remember in this post how i mentioned my mossy tree stump? well, there it is in all its glory - i love looking at it while sitting on my patio having my morning quiet time and drinking my coffee.

it's been rainy here the last few days but let up for an hour so i took advantage and trekked up the hill to get these photos - stupidly i wore flip flops and got my feet covered in mud... 

today is the last day of tannyn being five. my little girl is growing up so fast.

xo,

kass

fall fun

this past weekend we took the kids (and tannyn's friend) to the pumpkin patch -

here are a few photos of the kids, dan and i having some fall fun. 

(1. scary man 2. the girls pretending to be scared 3. jump house fun 4. giving dan a titty twister 5. mock boy fights 6. skipping)

 tannyn loved her crown... and it fit perfectly!

(present time at tann's family party this past sunday)

today is my kind of day... pouring rain and magnificent lightening and thunder - perfect fall weather if you ask me! 

enjoy this lovely day

xo,

kass

*all photos edited using picnik

inspired

 i had to step outside to get better lighting... it's dark in my house today due to fog and drizzle (which i love)

i got inspired by a post over at elsiemarley - she made a pretty birthday crown for her daughter so i thought i would do the same for tannyn. mine didn't turn out nearly as pretty as hers did... but i'm hoping that tannyn will like it. tannyn turns six next thursday so this weekend she has a friend staying over for a sleepover and we're going to take them to the pumpkin patch (at tannyn's request) on saturday then on sunday we're having a family birthday for tannyn at our house where i'll give her the crown - i hope it fits!

what are your plans this weekend?

xo,

kass

ps. thanks for all the compliments on the new hair - you guys rock and totally made me smile!