CHRISTMAS TREE!

I'm so excited to have our tree up for mine, Aaron & Toulouse's first Christmas as a "family!"

ahaha you can probably tell that I was in charge of the decorating....

Aaron didn't seem to care about how I decorated, so of course I couldn't resist a Hello Kitty tree! 

& here it is with the lights off:

It's so gaudy & cute & perfect & I just love it c:

I'm almost COMPLETELY done with my Christmas gifts,

I finished everything for Australia last month, but I haven't been so great about everyone here! 

I've got a really teensy budget this year, so I've really had to stretch my dollar to cover everyone on my list. THANKFULLY I'm crafty, so almost everyone's gift I managed to keep under 10 dollars!

Pinterest has given me so many good ideas, I just can't wait to watch everyone open up their handmade treasures c:

Look how beautiful my little sister is!

She modeled for my etsy shop today, and of course did a great job!

She's such a natural, all of the pictures turned out great & we had a wonderful time. 

She is SO grown up, & looks so much like Emily, it's really starting to freak me out!

Beautiful, beautiful girl (:

heated blanket

Grandma & Grandpa got us a heated blanket!

As much as he loves the box,

he actually really likes the blanket too!
I was testing it earlier & he was being so cute.

He snuggled under it with just his head poking out and went to sleep!

THANKS GRANDMA & POPPA!

Chuy's Parade

This Saturday Leslie's cheer team was performing in the Chuys' Christmas Parade, so we all went to watch.

It was a children's parade, and you were supposed to bring a toy to donate. 

I had wayyyy too muh fun with this,and ended up finding the most perfect barbie in existence. 

Not only is it an art teacher barbie (that actually paints!) but it comes with a cat!

It could only have been better if it had red hair!

The parade was pretty cool though, there were two big balloons!

Of course Aaron refused to pose in front of the reindeer for me :c

ALSO

there were these REALLY cool Chinese dragon things!

The Texas Parks & Wildlife float was too cute!

(those are giant marshmallows they're roasting!)

& of course I had to get a pircture of the incredible Mater for Allie! 

But the best part was seeing Leslie, even though they didn't end up performing :c

All in all it was pretty neat and really fun.

When we got home our cat came up with the best idea for Christmas card photos!

Such as smart kitty! c:

Milk Tab Kitty

Out of the ridiculous amount of toys we spoil our cat with, his favorite ones are always trash. (boxes, plastic bags, pen caps, even the bathroom trashcan) His current obsession is sliding a milk tab under the laundry room door. It's silly, and eventually he slides it under so far that he can't get it back, but it's still pretty cute! 

next halloween!

As ridiculous as it sounds, I'm already planning my Halloween costume for next year!

Aaron got out of dressing up this year, but next year is a completely different story! 

This year I wanted to be Ash Ketchum & Misty, but I wanted Ash's costume to be perfect & I flaked & ran out of time. BUT NEXT YEAR I'm going to start planning in like July! ahahah

OR I'm thinking of maybe being Kim Possible! Aaron doesn't really look like Ron Stoppable but I don't even care! 

awe! I just google searched Kim Possible & look at this awesome costume this couple had!

& we can dress Toulousse up as the naked mole rat!

(exept probably not!)

Or of course we could be Ariel & Prince Eric! 

Who knows, I still have a year to decide!

halloween!

So I had to work on Halloween this year, (I was so sad, I really wanted to go with Shayne to take Easton trick or treating!) Luckily there was a party on Sunday night so I still got to wear my costume! 

Adin & I with our "DIY" costumes!

(I'm a panda!)

ahahahahaha

My friend Meagan was David Bowie!

 

Sadly I didn't take a full picture of my costume :c 

But I bought a black bathing suit cover up & a white one for five dollars at Walmart, then I detached the tops from the bottoms & switched them (the white on the the black now) & sewed a cute panda face on the top & made little panda ears. It was very simple but it was just so inexpensive & SO cute!

PS: If the house in these pictures looks familiar to anyone else, its because it is! It was right down the street  from our old house, & it's the exact same floorplan! 

Here's a few pictures from last Halloween, my last one to trick or treat :c

All in all this Halloween was a pretty good one! Even though I worked practically all day today, everyone helped make it fun. We wore kitty ears & painted our faces, I brought candy, two people brought cupcakes, & the kitchen manager even ordered us pizza! I felt like I was back in elementary school at a Halloween party! (minus the work part of course!)

FIRST POST!

So last night after stalking one of my parent's friend's blogs for over an hour I decided to make one for myself. I couldn't think of anything to write about, so I'll just stick to the typical "about me," format.

I looked through all of my pictures & couldn't find a single one by myself (where you can actually see my face!) that wasn't taken for my etsy shop! 

But anyway, this is me, and my cousins Olivia and Madalyn, and my Abuelita (Granny Eloise.) 

This past summer we went & visited my cousins in Virgina & it was a BLAST! 

My parents & sisters moved to Australia, and my dad lives in Oklahoma, so it's just me & my boyfriend Aaron!

 (This is us in Louisiana! We went to Aaron's relative's wedding this past summer as well!)

But I can't end this post without mentioning the psychotic furrball that inhabits our apartment!

Yes, he's incredibly photogenic & adorable, but don't let that fool you!

He's the only cat I've ever known who will run up and attack you with his teeth!

He gets in these moods where he just goes insane, he's even gotten on top of our fridge! 

He's definitely a handful, but he's my little Toulouse & I can't help but love him to death!

 

Oops! I almost forgot! I mentioned my etsy shop above, but didn't elaborate!

I am obsessed with this thing! Crafting is my absolute favorite hobby, so naturally I'm going to love getting paid for it! My shop is doing pretty well considering I've only been listing things for about 7 months! Anyway, you should definitely check it out! I'm starting to reduce the prices on some older items & deactivate things because I have alot of new ideas I need room for! 

(click!)