Picture Time!!

Happy Thursday! Today I had no appointments until 11am so figured I would blog ... again... for the 3rd day in a row! :) I'm off to a good blogging start for 2013 don't you think? hehe Real quick ...  two things that made my night last night, after a semi-stressful day: Exhibit 1:

Does anyone else's fur-child ever sleep like this?

The "back legs stretched out", army crawl look ... my ABSOLUTE favorite thing Frankie does!

So stinkin cute. I want to squeeze his little back feet ha! 

Exhibit 2: 

Who knew Chris was such an artist with chalk? ha ;)

So sweet ... I walked in the kitchen last night and saw this on the pantry door!! 

(I won't tell you what I was going in there for, it may or may not have been a box of chocolate coveried cherries I am obsessed with at Christmas time! Must stop eating them!!)

Love him, so nice and sweet and I just love when he does random little things like this ... not all guys are like that, I am lucky enough to have one that is ;) 

Lastly before the real moral of this little post ... 

New Year's Pics!

I don't know how I forgot to share these two, but they are too cute not to share!

Right at midnight ... lol ... I think you can even see the confetti on the TV in the background!

WILD at midnight, but so fun and funny! :) 

My Facebook card I shared to all my friends :)

Love me some Red Stamp ... if you don't have this app on your phone you should get it ... perfect for creating e-cards that you can share as a photo by email, text, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Super cute!! 

You're welcome in advance, you will obsessed! 

Alright friends ... I am excited to share today some
Engagement Pictures!!

First and foremost, shout out to Alicia @ Aesthetiica for her talented work!
She is awesome, but that's not new news to any of you I am sure! ;) 

Ok ... here we go ... total photo dump ... 

Love this one! Chris looks so handsome and the lighting is my fave!! <3 

Total model and little sweet angel Frankie is ;)

**Sweetness**

Love the horses in the background of this one, you can barely see them but they were so pretty! 

What do you think?? :) 
I have GOT to order Save the Date's today but am having a hard time deciding which one?
Which is your favorite?

Can't believe we are getting married in 5 months! 
Ahhh!  So much to do, but surprisingly enough, I am not really stressed ... yet. Ha! 

XO, 

Weekend Update Link Up

Well it's Monday .. Wah Wah Wah!

Ha ... today is super rainy and dreary and I am just really wishing I could stay home and be lazy and wrap Christmas presents, but unfortunately that is not happening today :(
Too much to do today, and then tonight is my Christmas dinner/Ornament swap with a few of my girlfriends!

Today I am linking up with Sami over at
Sami's Shenanigans for the ... 

So here goes my weekend ... 

Which was very kid-packed and fun might I add ;) 

Our Elf, Mr. Jingles, was up to no good this weekend! 

His sister however is the good one :) 

He TP'd our Living Room and it was a mess, which he didn't clean up haha

It was funny to see the kid's faces when they woke up and saw what he did! We were a little shocked ;)

Next on the agenda... 

We surprised the kids with "Pajama Night" on Saturday and left their PJ's on their beds with a note that said "Meet us in the car" ha and then Chris and I had our pajamas on too, along with Frankie of course, and we had snacks in the car, blankets, and Christmas music playing ... then we drove around and looked at some awesome lights for over two hours ha! It was SO much fun for all of us! 

We found lots of Christmas lights and then went to Fire Station for them to run around and play, and then to Orange Leaf for dessert ha! 

(Which happened to be packed, and we walked in with our PJ's on lol, oh well!)

Next on the weekend front ...

We got ready and took a few pics ... 

 Love this picture of Ella & Ava <3 

Then ... 

We saw Santa!

Pose 1 ... the smile pose

Pose 2 .. the "I'm thinking of what I want for Christmas" pose 

And... Pose 3 .. the Reindeer Ears Pose, lol 

It was funny, but they all were so excited and couldn't wait to tell Santa what they wanted, which actually was ALL different from the things they already told us they wanted ...? We were like say what?? I thought you wanted blah blah blah .. "no we changed our minds" ha. Gotta love that. 

Looks like Chris will be the one fighting traffic and doing some last minute shopping ;) 

(jk babe, I know you're not the shopping pro like me, we will do the "you drop me off at the door and I will run in while you circle the parking lot" number! lol) 

Lastly, 

WE GOT TO SEE OUR ENGAGEMENT PICTURES!!

Oh.My.Goodness.

The talented Alicia @ Aesthetiica Photography took the most beautiful pictures, more beautiful than I could have imagined! 

PS. Be sure to check out her blog, she travels ladies ;)

I know this will be a tease, but because we haven't picked which one we want to use for our 

Save the Dates,

I can't share them all yet :( 

But these two I have to share ....

I love this one with my love ...  

And this one with my other love ... ;) 

hahaha

 We should get our disc in the mail this week and once we pick a Save the Date pic, then I will be able to share the rest of them! Can't wait!!! Ahhh!! So exciting!! :)

Ok I am off to do some work and run errands today ... 

Please don't forget ... 

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