FALL TO-DO || RECAP

remember the fall-to-do post i did a few weeks back?!
well today i have a recap for you on how many things i actually crossed of the list!
a  winter-do-do or maybe a holiday-to-do list will be on the blog soon!!
setting little goals is a fun way to try new things, and checking off the list is even more fun;)


 COOK MORE MEALS AT HOME

i made this classic meal
tried this new chicken dish
and i gave my baking skills a try with this pumpkin bread

CARVE  PUMPKINS

sp and i carved pumpkins together at the ranch this year and i forgot to take pics - oops!
but we have a carve-off at the mamma lanes house: here is the outcome from that night of fun:

KEEP FRESH FLOWERS IN THE HOUSE

fresh flowers to bring fall colors into the home:)

TRY A NEW RESTAURANT

hg supply co was a date night fav

SNAIL MAIL

i sent out two letters to two new friends this month.. my mail box is eagerly awaiting pretty envelops in return!

WEEKLY WALKS

we managed to continue our weekly walk! might have skipped a week, but even with the cooler weather blowing in, we still kept our goal of at least one weekly walk together!

TRY A NEW COFFEE SHOP

source
this was a fail. i didnt make it to a new coffee shop ...
i have a bad tendency to just keep going back for my favorite coffee in town:
laguna coffee + tea
if you have not been- you should try them this weekend. its on lovers lane (next to cafe express)
and you should order the iced honey vanilla latte (one pump vanilla and skim milk) - 
trust me, its amazing! 

IN MY BAG

w a l l e t || michael kors

i p h o n e 

w a t e r  b o t t le || camelback

s u n g l a s s e s || ray bans

k e y   r i n g  || tiffany's

t o t e  || mz wallace

b a b y   l i p s || maybelline 

on the daily my bag is more crowded than the few items listed above 

but these are the staples that i never take out of my bag! 

additionally i almost always have a koozie with me (camo of course).  a yoga teaching script and a bottle of essential oil (normally lavender). its great to dab on your wrist when you need a clam moment and i like using it at the end of a yoga class when i give the students a nice shoulder massage. 

whats in your bag? 

do you have something you can't leave the house without?!

MUSTANGS AND BLOG UPDATES

there is just something about these wild mustangs i cannot get enough of. 

when i am at the ranch, i always look forward to riding along in the truck and heading out to feed and count the wild mustangs, at least once during a visit. 

even if it means opening and closing the gates along the way!

driving into a pasture and watching these beautiful mustangs run in from all corners is fascinating. 

once they see or hear the truck, its like the dinner bell goes off and they come running as fast as they can to get their first! now, from some of the pictures your might be able to see some of the mustangs have their ears back... they are full of energy with a little side of mean-ness. reminder, therese mustangs are completely wild, not an ounce of tame in their body! so they will 'fight', kick, bite and stomp to make it to the feed first. 

hope you enjoy these pictures- they make me smile just looking back at them!

on another note... 

have you seen the pretty new changes on the blog, in particular the side bar?!

thanks to the beautiful work of aubrey from the kinch life design there are now pretty social media buttons , categories and even a grab button up for grabs to share your love for the life of the lane blog!!

please give a warm welcome to all the lovely ladies on my sidebar! 

i have built a sweet 'blog friend' relationship with each of these darling girls, so excited to share my love for them and their blogs on my blog!

t h e r e s a || from foothills to fog

a m a n d a || the lady okie

b r i t t a n y || happy is a choice

b r i t t a n i || linen & lace

l a u r a || happily ever parker

let me know what you think of the new button!

happy monday and november -- wait, its november already? i.e.: holiday season?!

where did this year go?

x o x o 

FRESH, FUZZY AND FULL OF LIFE

f i r s t : happy halloween!

s e c o n d : meet these cute babies!!!

its that time of year at the ranch.... mammas are having fall babies!

look at these little cuties - they are so curious and full of life, almost instantly after birth.

every morning the cowboys have to feed the mammas and check for new babies born over night. 

yesterday i went out with them to check on the mommas and there was a new addition.. this cute little bull was still sticky and wobbly but cute as could be!

after catching the little guy, they are giving a name (ear tag with mom and dad information)

they are measured, just like babies and then left back with their mamma to get back to nursing and playing around. 

sometimes these little guys are hard to spot. when they lay down in the tall grass, they disappear - but the mamma will always go back and find her little one right where she left him or her. they know their babies cry just like humans.
to date 16 little have been born- only a few more weeks and all the fall babies will have arrived!
they are just the cutest- the little ones run and play around together, cant wait to see all of the fall babies 

BEATING THE BOYS

its been a few days since the last post, but with good reason. 

i've spent the weekend with my cowboy at the ranch - hunting. it's gone from bowhunting (which will last through january) but now it is also muzzleloader (think old school gun powder style) season in oklahoma. 

so before we headed out early early (like 1.5 hours before sunrise) on saturday morning, the boys

needed a little target practice on friday night. since it was friday night, i made myself a hand-shaken margarita (via my uncle laynes recipe) and enjoyed the view. 

that is, until the boys were done and i picked up my boyfriends 223 (handed-down to him from his grandmother) and out shot them both!! 

girls rule, boys drule?!