A few very awesome crafts

I've been working on these for a week or so and they are finally finished!!
The first is our last name to hang in the house, and the second a wood set that reads "give thanks" for my table for thanksgiving:) like it?

Updates on life

So it's cold here now. Cold enough that when Jackson decides he wants to go outside, even though he is bundled up, he's out there for 3 min and then comes running in saying "Cold! Freezing mommy!" And so that's the sum total of the time we've spent outdoors the past few weeks.
I am working on some pretty sweet fall decorations that I will post when they are all painted and pretty. There's a new craft store my friend opened called crafty wood cutouts, and its exactly what it sounds like. And I love crafts, so I'm totally loving it!
The following pictures are from the one day last week that we bundled up and went to the park. He loves the monkey bars: