I'm wearing my birthday suit today!

I didn't really plan on writing on the blog today because I didn't plan out this awesome birthday post, and I didn't have to reveal my fear of dying at a certain age like last year...

But, yes. Today I turn ... dare I even type it...Twwwwwweeennntttyyyy...gulp...SeVeN.

I'm three years away from THIRTY!?!?!? Seriously!? Didn't I just graduate high school and college yesterday!? Somebody hand me a Depends and a sack of moth balls! I'm OLD! ;) (Jk, kinda)

It is seriously unreal how fast time flies y'all.

Anyway, I am going to be celebrating today with DDHP. He's off of work today and he is spoiling me rotten.

Last night I was laying in bed watching Sons of Anarchy trying to drift myself into la-la land when Drew got up out of bed and said he was going to get a water. It was a little stuffy in the room so I asked for one too.

I was looking super cute too. Big, baggy t-shirt, no make-up, glasses, and toothpaste smothered all over my face. I mean, I looked GOOD if ya know what I mean.

Next thing I know, I hear, "Happyyyy Birthday to youuuu..." coming from the hallway by our bedroom door. DDHP had a piece of cake with a pink candle lit and he was smiling ear to ear.




He sang the song to me and then jumped on the bed screaming, "It's your birthday! It's your birthday!"

The dogs started barking like crazy and I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt.

It's seriously those small little things that make my entire life. He woke me up this morning with a bouquet of roses and breakfast burritos from my favorite hole in the wall in town. (They are SO good y'all!) I am so thankful for him.

Talking about being thankful...do you know my gorgeous, sweet, thoughtful and AMAZING friend Sabrina? 

Well you should. She and I met via blogging back in 2010 and we have become incredibly close. She inspires me on a daily basis and last year she created THIS VIDEO for me. It had me in tears. Never have I seen something so thoughtful...

And this year she has done it again.

I cried, laughed, snorted, and kept saying, "OMGOSH" throughout the entire thing.

Have a look :)



The outfit. The cupcake. The Snow. The dudes in the background. All of it. Friend of a lifetime.

It's official. I am blessed with some amazing people in my life!

Do me a favor and treat yourself to a glass of bubbly, wine, a cupcake, Mexican food, Sour patch kids, and sweet tea for me! Make today a good one!!! :) 

Go Blog or Go Home: Bawston/Salem (Part III)

Ahhh. Have you ever heard of THE Salem Witch Trials? Of course you have! When Erica tossed the idea out there that we were going to SALEM...as in THE Salem Witch Trials and where parts of Hocus Pocus were filmed...I first thought, WHOA and then got REALLY excited. I mean, HELLO!? I was going to be in SALEM on Halloween weekend! Talk about crazy cool! There were SO many people there, dressed up, and in the complete spirit of Halloween. Some took it a little too far as you will see in a second, but overall, it was the most awesome people watching experience EVER. We got up early that morning and took a train (my first train ride, might I add) up north it was just, too cool for words.

 

 

Look close. I know we got a little too close for comfort and I just sat there and scratched my head. I don't think she fits the meaning of "lady" bug.

As we were walking back to the train...I looked up and there was a rainbow with prism like shapes in the sky. KINDA creepy right? It was directly above the middle of downtown Salem. (Insert eerie music here)

 

 

 

We took the train back to Boston and snuck in a little nap to get ready for Halloween. We dressed up as Honey Boo Boo's and Drew and Kurt were blind refs. If you follow any of us on instagram, you will see that we had a blast! We also met up with one of the Blue Man dudes from the show the night before. He was so nice and a good time was had by all! :)

The next morning, we took (sad) showers and packed our (sad) bags to go home. I seriously HATE goodbyes or "See ya laters!" because if I had it my way, these girls would be living right next door to me. Erica and Kurt were THE best hosts and the trip was just PERFECTLY planned. On our route to the airport, Hurricane Sandy was starting to sneak in slowly but surely and the skies were gray. I like to think it was just Boston's way of saying, "NO! Don't go!" We stopped by Fenway Park (baseball lover, right here!) and hopped out for a few photos.

 It was then time to hug it out and in Kurt and Drew's case...chest bump. Erica and Kurt, THANK YOU SO MUCH for one of the most amazing vacations I've ever had. I just love y'all! AND Kurt, if you'd hurry up and put a ring on it, we will be out there A LOT sooner don'tchaknow? ;) I miss y'all so much and I can't wait to come back and visit again. Sabrina...I love you. I had a blast in a glass with your pretty little self and can I just declare that I'm really looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks!?  :) :) :)

 BAM! & that's a wrap people! :)

Go Blog or Go Home: BAWSTON (Part II)

I took WAY too many pictures on my trip to Boston, but what else did you expect!? :) Day two in Boston was just perfect. The weather, the company, the food, the leaves, the...just, everything. I want to go back right now and just experience it again. We started our day with showers and coffee, which was later followed by a day of walking around Boston and soaking it all in. That night we also went to Blue Man Group where Sabrina got pulled up on stage. It was awesome and Sabrina looked like she was a professional. TOO. MUCH. FUN! Anyway, instead of a lengthy paragraph talking about all the fun we had, I'll let the pictures do the talking.

 

 

 

 

 

I have also found that I am obsessed with taking pictures of old couples...like obsessed. Are they not the sweetest things ever? I hope and pray this is me and DDHP in 50 years.

I have so many blog posts lined up y'all *WHOOT WHOOT* so stay tuned for tomorrow! :)

Have a happy and blessed Wednesday sweet friends.

Go Blog or Go Home: BAWSTON (Part I)

Happy Tuesday Love Bugs!

I've been staying busy with work and life lately, so blogging has been taking the backseat. However, I'm here today to play a little catch up! :) This past weekend while Drew was at the deer lease, I was in Houston photographing some awesome couples (I seriously didn't think it was possible to love photography more than I did...but I fell even MORE in love with it after my last two sessions...like, WHOA, Joey from Blossom style!) The beautiful Mrs. Stephanie also opened up her beautiful home to me and we had such a great time! I absolutely love that girl so much! (Thank you again Steph for your hospitality, letting me write in chalk at the new house being built, the sausage, letting me snuggles withchu, allowing me to take Beau's place for a night, taking me to this bomb.com Mexican restaurant, introducing me to Magic Mike, shopping, letting me sing, "I'm a Cat, I'm a Kitty Kat! And I dance, dance dance" to this poor stranger in Urban Outfiffers, and for my gold heart earrings...I LOVE them...but not as much as YOU! Adore you so much and I can't wait to come visit you in your BRAND NEW BEAUTIFUL home!)

So, I guess it's obvious that I've made some really amazing friends through this blogland we all visit so often. I've met girls that literally just make my heart burst. I'm so thankful for the friendships I've made here...near and far. I know some people don't get it...(pshhh :)) but if you're reading this, you probably do. ;)

I've been back from Boston from a big bloggercation for, oh, 2 and a half weeks now and I've yet to BLOG about it!

Guess what? I'm blogging Part I today. Yeehawwww! Raise da roofs! It's a miracle! ;)

If you follow Erica and Sabrina, you will see that they've done their blogger duties and have deserved an A+ with their recaps here, here, here, and here. I just love those girls!

There is so much to be said about my time in Boston, y'all. Last year when Erica and Sabrina came to Texas to visit me, I remember being SO nervous but after that weekend I knew I had friendships that I'd cherish forever. When they left here at the airport we made a pact to plan the next trip a year from then and guess what? We did it. We decided on Boston so we could also meet Erica's boyfriend Kurt and explore the beautiful east coast! :)

Let me tell you...We. Had. SO. Much. Fun. I needed this trip and so did DDHP. We counted down every day and then BAM! It was here before we knew it.

Drew and I left Austin and had a layover in Baltimore, MD and as soon as I landed, I texted Rissy, who just moved there for her new job:

AND y'all...I literally was at the back of the plane jumping up and down. I kept saying, "OMG! I'm about to meet Rissy babe!!!! OMG OMG OMG! She's REALLY coming!?!?!?" Talk about random and spontaneous and freaking awesome! Rissy and I have been trying to meet for oh...forever!? We walked RAN down to baggage claim and we literally just started squealing and running toward each other like crazy girls.

It happened. And my little blogger heart was full.

She is THE cutest thing on the planet. I just kept hugging her and saying, "RISSYYYY!!! You're REAL!" Don't worry, she didn't think I was a freak. Atleast, I hope not. But I am proud to say I was the FIRST blogger she's EVER met in person (patting self on back now). I hope I didn't ruin it for ya Riss! :) Let's just say another meet up is very, very soon. ;) We said our goodbyes and hopped on our flight to BAWSTON where Kurt and Erica were there with open arms.

After big hugs and a few screams, we made our way out of the Boston airport where Kurt and Erica gave us a quick little mini midnight tour of the city. We headed to their precious apartment and talked and talked and talked until 4 in the morning. We woke up anticipating the arrival of Sabrina, but sadly the airlines were being major turd buckets and kept her from us until MIDNIGHT. SO, we ended up driving around Erica's hometown and that's when I spotted leaves...but just not ANY leaves...a freaking HEAPINGHUGEBIGGIGANTIC PILE OF LEAVES THAT WERE SCREAMING MY NAME. I asked Kurt to turn around and he was all, "You're serious!?" "YES! I'm so serious Kurt!" *Insert tire screeching noise here* BAM.

 

 

My little Texan heart was so happy.

And yes, you saw that right. I got lost in that sea of leaves...and my shoe disappeared for a bit. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time; Makes me laugh just thinking about it. I felt a lot like that old man in the commercial (Hoovearound, anyone, anyone?) "Help, I'm falling and I can't get up!"

After we brushed ourselves off, we headed to the beach for a little photo session with Erica and Kurt. I plan on posting these separately, so be looking for those really soon! :)

We had so much playing around, being silly, and admiring these precious little pups I wanted to take home with me named Pebbles and BamBam.

 

 

 

Okay...so I lied. Here is one picture from our shoot...Just for you Erica! :) 

Love love love you guys. 

We then went to dinner with Erica's friends from childhood (they were SO nice!) and then we headed to the airport to pick up our little Washington love muffin! We headed back to Erica and Kurt's, & exchanged gifts... I gave the girls sweatshirts that I designed and had made (new and improved from the ones we made in Texas) and Sabrina won the boys over with Superman costumes. They loved them a little too much ;) and they didn't want to take them off. Needless to say, the first day and a half in Boston was SO fun. And now that Sabrina was there, it was complete. It's unreal how much love I have for those girls...and you too Kurt! :) 

Stay tuned for Part 2! :)