Monday, December 14, 2015

Christmas Shoot 2015

For whatever reason we have never taken Christmas photos, maybe because we figured it wasn't important or just didn't ever make the time. Well there was no way we were turning down an opportunity to shoot our first with our friend Natalie Elizabeth, witness the magic that is getting my husband to smile. Thanks Andy for the help!

Noelle's Christmas glitter headband is from JandGhandmade, of course!!!











Merry Christmas!! 



Sunday, December 6, 2015

I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

Me: AHHHHHHH!!!!!
You: Ahhhhh, what are we screaming for?
Me: I am now a contributing writer for the Denver Metro Moms Blog!!!!
You: AHHHHHHH!!!! That's so awesome, what is that?

Well, I'm so happy you asked! DMMB is a community of mom bloggers in the Denver metro area. The blog community is apart of a nationwide company called City Mom Blog. There are currently 49 cities involved. City Mom Blog has national sponsors such as Lego, Maxi-Cosi, Tot, Baby Bjorn, and Crocs to name a few. Imagine my surprise when I attended my first event, our favorite things party and I got all of this information for the first time.

Yep, that's about right!!

I will be posting once a month on their site and I will of course give you guys the heads up when it's my turn! You will now see this icon below on my side bar so feel free and give it a click and see what it's all about. 


I can't tell you how excited and blessed I feel to be apart of this. It feels so good to be recognized as someone who can give a different perspective to this thing we call #momlife. When I intentionally applied, I thought, "hey it's worth a shot". Getting the email confirmation welcoming me to the team was a huge boost in my confidence and my writing ability. 

I won my elementary school's essay contest in the 4th grade, it was a very proud moment for me. I had come along way from writing (drawing) short stories about death and murder scenes in the 2nd grade. Seriously they were starting to question what was happening at home, it was involved in just about every story. Blood and guts, the whole nine, maybe I was supposed to be a murder mystery author. I had a very vivid imagination and it came to life on paper, in the form of a murder plot. I will never forget being in 12th grade and the class being asked to write about their most embarrassing moment. I gave it a lot of thought and detailed my most horrifying experience as a freshman in high school. I spent so much time on that paper and thought, though a bit "TMI" for my conservative English teacher, it was still well written and funny as all get out if you asked me. I could hardly keep from cracking up at myself as I wrote it. Well, she didn't feel the same and was mortified by my truthful, transparent and authentic account of the incident. She insisted on me writing something else, although I did exactly what the assignment called for. I thought, she doesn't wanna hear the truth, she can't handle the truth. It really discouraged me from writing. God has given me a renewed spirit about putting my words to this keyboard and I promise to not disappoint.

Ok now let me tell you about the goodies I came home with!! These fresh wave odor removers smell so good and work wonders for my small apartment entry way. Though I had no earthly idea what fresh wave was, it has definitely made it's way into my basket on my next Target shopping trip. 
I hit the jackpot with this Fancy Flamingo banner since someone says I "can't" buy anymore Christmas decorations. Check out the etsy shop.
 You can't quite see the full magnificence that is this scarf I have on but just trust me when I say, it's the best I have ever owned. I wore it to Denver's parade of lights last night and you will see much more of it this winter. 
These cool little clay hand painted bowls were made by our editor and passed out during the party. So crafty that Sara!

Thank you all so much for your love and support of my blog! I hope to take this places it's never been before. God has a plan for me and maybe for this blog, I have no idea what they are but I trust Him and I will be careful to give Him all the glory for all He decides to do with it and me. Join me for the ride! Now if I could only get you guys to comment!

Happy Sunday :)



Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Holiday Chill Pill

HAPPY DECEMBER!!!!!

After a very busy month of traveling and visitors we are preparing to settle into a slower holiday season! We recently got back from a great weekend in Orlando and Miami and although we are sad we won't make it back home for a little while we are happy to have a seat. I worked Thanksgiving but the potlucks and kiddos are always something to be thankful for! We are so excited about having Tj's sister and family in town for Christmas!!

We had an early Thanksgiving dinner at my parents and having my mom's cooking was a huge blessing and of course along with seeing everyone.

Miami means Conch Heaven!

 DALLAS vs MIAMI game!!


 You know how it ended!!!

We've started decorating our tiny apartment and I am loving it so far. Tj is putting the kibosh to some of my spending habits so this may be all I get but I still love it!!!



These first couple of weeks in December are going to be really busy and a lot of fun, but the great thing is that they all involve being IN Denver. No plans for travel so we are soaking up all the fun Denver has to offer this holiday season. I have a HUGE announcement coming this weekend, two favorite things parties and a Christmas shoot with our favorite photog Natalie Elizabeth. Stay tuned :)

Any fun and festive plans for the season? Do share!



Friday, November 20, 2015

Double Date Nights

Date nights are always fun right? Wrong, sometimes they are a freaking blast!!!! And we had the pleasure of having them back to back. While our besties were in town we painted it red while the kids slept. Well Liam slept, apparently Noelle was making the babysitter work for her money by coming out of our room and chatting her up for another couple hours past her bedtime. But enough about the kids, the adults had a great time. I love that our friends are able to separate from being in mom and dad mode and really have a good time and talk about adult topics. We have so many memories together before our kids and we are so blessed to continue to make memories with and without our children.

The first night was filled with different foods and yummy drinks!




We loved this speak easy so we had to bring De and Somaiya to check it out!
Bomb.com drink called the 'Coco Buttah'!

What you know bout that petty cab life? 

What I wore night #1



This pink knit sweater from H&M is so comfy and a perfect fit with these acid wash jeans, which by the way I hope I look much thicker in than these models! These suede fringe booties have been my favorite this fall. I paired the look with a feathered necklace that I've had for years.
We weren't sure things would go off as smooth the second night, but everyone behaved for the babysitter and it was parents night out again!! 
We heard of this really cool place called Avanti Food and Beverage. There are seven restaurant concepts housed in shipping containers with a full bar in the front. It was the coolest food court I had ever been to. 

 The food was so good! Some of the items included lamb and grits, pork belly tacos and this shrimp and noodle bowl.



We tried to get to a different speak easy but the wait was at least 2 hours, so Green Russel it was!!! #cocobuttahgang




What I wore night #2




I was so geeked to find something for our date night so last minute because it usually NEVER happens that way! I know I'm not the only one that can't find ANYTHING when you're actually looking. I was even more hype when I walked out of Forever 21 paying only $30 for these black skinny jeansblack fedora and keep it simple tee. I paired it with a short black jacket I already had but here's a similar short jacket here. I wore black booties I've had for a long time but I found a great deal for these cute black booties here. For my makeup that night I had a dramatic winged eye, used format blush from MAC and my favorite fall color on my lips

Any fun plans for the weekend? Tj and I will be heading to Miami for the COWBOYS vs. dolphins game!! You already know!


Team Cajuste Pays A Visit

When your friends come into town and you know nobody can tell y'all nothing…..
The Cajuste's were HERE!!! Our travel buddies came from Orlando to visit us and we couldn't have had a better time. We loved watching our kids play together and even got to have some date nights which I will post separately later today! Our first adventure was snowboarding, or for the Cajuste's, falling!! HA! We made our way to Keystone mountain which we had never been to. It was really cool and Tj and I can't wait to go back now that they have more runs open!






My board is hot, and that moose just set it off!!!! 





The next day we got to the top of Pike's Peak where the song "America The Beautiful" was written.








On Saturday morning we headed for mimosa's and kept it local in Denver for the rest of the day, the kids had enough of the car seats and long car rides. 

Straight chillin'.

These two gave us all the cuteness we could handle for the week. They played so well together and were so very entertaining to watch!


2015 toddlers!



Stayed tuned for the turn up! LOL! Date night post including what I wore will be posted later today!!
 Happy Friday friends!!!!