♥ Shutter Love Tuesday ♥

This Weeks theme is {COLLAGE}

Be sure to check the link above for up coming themes! And if you would like to suggest a theme, please let us know.

AND don't forget to vote for your favorite photo too! No Anonymous Voting!

Tara & Jamie will be picking the Top Ten as well as sharing some of our FAVORITES too!

Have Fun!

To learn more about this party and our other linky parties, please visit here.

Winners will be announced Saturday 3 pm pacific

And don't forget to grab a Button to place with your entry!

Tara's "COLLAGE" Photo

On our way home from visiting family we took the kids by Bass Pro Shop. This collage shows just a few photos we took there. The kids loved the family workshop the best because they were making smores. We got a lot of great photos there. It's one of our favorite places to visit. We picked up a smoker there too and some yummy lemon drops. LOL

Jamie's "Collage" Photo

This series of photos is from a wedding that I photographed in June.
These are friends from church and I love that they were willing to
leave their reception for a bit to go outside and get some fun photos!

Now don't forget to grab the blog hop code so others can join in the fun.

Don't forget to vote for your favorite in the comments section.

And please remember NO ANONYMOUS voting--keeping it fair for everyone. Anonymous voting will not be counted.

GET {VOTES} FOR YOUR ENTRY....share with your readers and friends and let them know you need their vote. Send them the link so they can vote for you!

Also, please only vote for one. We will only be counting the first nomination. Thanks!

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♥ Shutter Love Top Ten Photos ♥

Our theme this week was "A Story in Pictures"

Our #1 pick goes to....

{Our Family of Four}

This story was creative, fun and beautifully shown. Thanks for the great entry!

#2 - Mother's Love

#3 - Love & War

#4 - Inspire Me Photography

#5 - Balloon Fiesta

#6 - {My} Perspective

#7 - Schrocksters Live

#8 - Live Every Moment

#9 - Me in the Mix

#10 - Erika B

Viewers Choice this week for the theme "Babies" is....

Laugh Until You Cry

Some of Tara & Jamie's Favorites that didn't make this weeks top 10 are...

Thanks to everyone who entered in our fun "A Story in Pictures" week.

Don't forget to go grab your award buttons if you see your photo above.

WE HAVE NEW BUTTONS ~ GO UPDATE YOURS NOW!

Make sure you get your photos ready for next weeks "Collage" theme.

Remember to share this {Party} with friends so more can join in.
If you are a winner, go pick up your {Prize Button}

 

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Slow Cooked Pulled Pork

What you will need....

• Pork Roasts
• Bottle of RED wine
• Garlic Salt to taste
• Minced Garlic to taste
• Slow Cooker

First I started by putting all the pork in the slow cooker and sprinkled Garlic salt on both sides of each roast. Next you want to pour in your bottle of RED wine.

And I {LOVE} garlic so I added in some minced garlic....

Now just step back, set the slow cooker to 250° and cook for 5-7 hours.

Make sure you check it through out the day and baste the pork with the sauce in the cooker.

You can see from the pic below how yummy its beginning to look. ;-)

After your pork is cooked....enlist the kids to help you start pulling the pork. My kids loved it and loved eating it too! It was fun watching them giggle as they thought they were sneaking bites. LOL

To make things easy on pulling, we cut the pork roasts into thin slices then used a fork to pull them apart. It was very easy.

Here is a pic of all the pork in the cooker. We put it back because we wanted to keep it in the marinade and also to keep it warm. Oh and this makes a lot. You can scale it down. We like to make a lot to freeze and use over time.

You can.....

• make sandwiches with this pork by adding a little mayo and BBQ sauce. Pickles would be good too.
• Add them to your tacos, tamales or enchiladas
• Make a stew with your pork
• and many many more

What do you suggest for this pulled pork?

Hope you enjoyed our easy recipe for pulled pork!

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Paper plate halloween crafts

Here are two SUPER simple
yet cute and
not TOTALLY cheesy looking
Halloween/Fall crafts that
you can do with your little kids.

Candy Corn Banner
What you need:
paper plate
orange marker
yellow marker
scissors

Grab a paper plate and draw two circles on it
one inside the other.
(I like to use the back of the plate so the candy corn curls back)
Color the outside ring orange and the inside ring yellow.

Let the 2 year old scribble to his hearts content

Here are the colored circles all finished.

Then just cut the plate into 8 "pie" pieces.
I also rounded the corners to make it more "real" looking.
And hang them wherever you'd like!




Jack-O-Lantern
What you need:
paper plate
orange marker
black construction paper
scissors
glue

Color the whole plate orange.

Glue on black pieces of paper that have been cut out
to be the eyes, nose and mouth.
Simple. Fun.



Oh and it doesn't HAVE to be orange!


Happy candy corn making!

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