Catching {Up}

 

So...since I have been MIA for just a couple of weeks,

I decided to catch everyone up real quick before we kicked off 2013!!!!

 

:: What I missed blogging ::

 

We saw Christmas lights

(this is my favorite because I keep telling Z I need a travel trailer like this)

 

Cut about 4 inches off of my hair and dyed it dark

 

 

Took the boys to have their picture with Santa for the first time

(don't mind me in the picture - Louie is not a fan of the fat bearded guy)

 

I made my first ginger bread house with Z

 

We celebrated Christmas

 

 

My best friend got ENGAGED!!!

 

(Super sweet - Chase painted that picture and when we were done with our byob painting class he pulled that out on stage! So romantic - every girl in the class cried!)

 

I did a little redecorating in our guest bedroom

 

Then my other best friend got ENGAGED!!

 

(Sweet Hiedi got engaged on Christmas Day! What could be better than a diamond ring and your man on one knee for Christmas?!?)

 

Then we had our girls annual Christmas ornament swap!

(PJ's required this year!)

 

and lastly we rang in the New Year!!!

 

 

Whew - that was a lot of catching up to do!

 

Hope you all had a very merry Christmas and an amazing New Year's Eve!!

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"

 

Just Call Me {Cupcake}

 

First things first....we mailed out our Christmas cards on Friday!!!!

 

Sorry for the bad iphone pic...google is threatening me that I need to buy more storage space for my blog so I had to take this with my phone...I have since figured out how to add without paying! yay!

 

Friday night we went to Z's so called company Christmas party....it was a bunch of drunks who drank for 3 hours straight and danced to someone's playlist on their laptop...not.even.kidding.

 

As soon as Z and I walked into the party, one of his co-workers, whom I have never met, yells "hey your the cupcake lady!!"

 

See I made these amazing Oreo Cupcakes for my Christmas Happy Hour and not one was eaten, so I made Z take all of them to work.

 

Needless to say everyone loved them, my new name is cupcake and I got asked 50 million times when I would make cupcakes again.

 

We did get some cute snapshots in front of the pretty Christmas tree!

 

 

Z's co-worker Michael, his wife Mintara and Z's Boss Mike.

The Maxfield's

 



 

I made two new friends at the party and one of the ladies has the cutest children's boutique that you can purchase from via Facebook called 3 Little Birdies Boutique - seriously if I had children they would be dressed in all of her creations!

 

However the best story of the night, thanks to my husband, since he decided to party like it was 1999 and drink like we are still in college. He could not understand while stumbling behind me to the cab why I did not think it was a good idea for us to go out with his co-workers after drinking for the past 3 hours....he also "thought" he could make it to the bathroom to throw up and that is why he did all of the household chores on Sunday!

 

I am the meanest wife in the WORLD!

 

Saturday I ran 10 million errands and drug Z out of bed to shop for our Angel Tree Child! This is something that is very special to us, we have been participating in Angel Tree since we very first started dating!

 

It also made both of us have baby fever even more as we were buying for the little two year old!

 

Sunday consisted of church, Z cleaning, eating some AMAZING blueberry biscuits and finally watching Love Actually for the very first time!

 

 

How was everyone's weekend??

 

It is officially cold in Texas and I am loving every bit of it!

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"



{Christmas} Card Pictures Sneak Peek

 

 

Drum roll please......

 

 

 

 

Everyone looks happy in the first picture except Ace!

 

I love our little family and can't wait to get out our Christmas cards!!!

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"



Do {You} Think I'm pINTERESTING??

 

I have not linked up with Michelle from The Vintage Apple in a while and I have been pinning Christmas like crazy lately to get ready for my 2nd Annual Christmas Happy Hour!

 

Here are some ideas I am kicking around!

 

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I love these chalk boards and will definitely be stealing one to decorate our chalk board!

 

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This cheese ball is so stink'n cute!! It does not look too difficult but it may be too cute to eat!

 

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The most perfect play list to be on repeat!

 

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And yummy Christmas treats!!!

 

What are you pinning for this Christmas??

Do you have any fun things you do for your friends around the holidays??

 

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"