Category: Favorite Things

My Lil Prancerciser & Holiday Finds

I got Connor these slippers the other day at Target.  They were $7 bucks….best money ever spent.  He loves “Prancercising” all around the house and he asked to wear them to school…but ya know…we don’t want him to get a reputation or anything!  Here’s my little Prancerciser….. D7K_8934 D7K_8933 D7K_8932 OMG.  Have y’all tried these Muddy Buddies?  It’s sort of like puppy chow, but you can buy it now instead of making a mess in your own kitchen.  Another Target find.  These are the peppermint version, and my favorite, the peanut butter chocolate.  SO GOOD!D7K_8930 Loving Bath and Body Works “Snowday 2013” candles.  Does it sound like I’m ready for Christmas anyone?  How many of you have your tree up???  DON’T LIE NOW!  Ha ha!  I will probably put ours up in a couple weeks….I can’t wait 🙂  Happy Hump Day! D7K_8929

 

Glitter Christmas Photos

We took some Christmas photos this past weekend with my sister-in-law’s family and Connor’s BFF Ellie.   I call them the “twin cousins” because they are less than a day apart in age.  They just adore each other.

I’ve been slammed on the weekends with photo shoots.  If you want to see some that I’ve been working on click the “PHOTOGRAPHY” tab at the top of the site.  I love watching these families grow and I just love taking photos period.  I just LOVE it!  Maybe one day I can do it more….but for right now it’s just on the weekends.

So, I wanted to try something fun with the kiddos & picked up some glitter confetti.  You have to be quick like fox to take these type of pictures.  I may try to take some again when I have more time…..but here are the kids and their “glitter” photos!  So much fun!D7K_8911

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Beautiful Work & A Beautiful Heart + Win a Custom Christmas Ornament

I wanted to share some pieces of beautiful work done by my friend Sarah.  She’s SO talented!  Not only does she make beautiful things, but she has a beautiful heart to match.
D7K_7924Sarah and her family are currently raising funds for their second adoption through her shop Popupandadopt.   She also specializes in porcelain and gold work in her shop unwhiteheart.D7K_7928
Sarah can pretty much make whatever you love.  I just adore this personalized heart ornament…everytime I put it on our tree I’ll think of her 🙂  Praying God blesses them with another baby soon!D7K_7935
If you would like the chance to win one of these personalized ornaments, Sarah has generously offered to give one away to a reader!  Just follow the instructions below on the Rafflecopter form and be sure and check out the shop links above.  xoxo and happy weekend!!! Becky
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Weekend Wrap-Up

We had a lot of fun trick-or-treating this year.  Each year as he gets older he understands a little bit more and he did really good at saying “Thank You” to all the neighbors.  I think he enjoys passing out candy just as much!  He would just run to the door and get so excited to see all the other kids.  Here’s me and my little fishy 🙂D7K_7094Terence bought a coconut at the grocery store the other day because Connor wanted to try that.  His favorite show is “Jake and the Neverland Pirates”.  They always talk about coconuts on there, so he wanted to try a real one…

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Thanks to everyone who participated in the fall mug swap!  I have another partner, Jessie, and I got her package on Saturday!  Jessie, yours is a coming too…I’ve just been super busy with photo shoots this time of year! Thank you so much!!!  I love the oversized “Coffee for ONE” mug and Starbucks coffee 🙂 So so so sweet of you! xoxo Becky

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Back to the grind tomorrow….Christmas count down is officially on!!!  Wahoo!!!!

Fall Mug Swap: Reveal

I had so much fun doing the fall mug swap with y’all!  Maybe we’ll do it again next year?  But please…PLEASE…if you sign up to do a swap follow through….mmmmmmkay?  So, I ended up getting emails from a few of you and swapped with ALL of yuns!  So I’ll share my mugs below and then be sure and share your link too 🙂  Thanks everyone for joining up and HAPPY FALL!!!

My first mug was from Amber.  She’s so precious!  I love me some Seattle’s Best coffee. Duh.  And the statement mug is super cute!  Thank you Amber!
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The second mug was from Kate.  She thought of everything!  She knew I LOVE owls, chocolate, and Starbucks!  YUM!  She even sent Connor some treats and stickers.  Thank you so much Kate- I love everything.D7K_6442

And last, but not least my sweet friend Tracy sent this adorable OWL mug and glitter “B” ornament.  Now that Halloween is over I’m gearing up for Christmas and girrrrrrrrl….I’m going to be sipping out of this mug during the season!  Thank you Tracy!D7K_6449Now it’s your turn to share.  Link up below with your mugs.  I can’t wait to see what everyone got 🙂  Yay!!!

 

Fall Mug Swap *An UPDATE*

image2993I’ve heard from a lot of you that you either haven’t been able to get in touch with your swap partner or you haven’t received your mug yet.  I’m going to postpone the coffee mug swap reveal link up until NEXT FRIDAY.  That should give you plenty of time.  Also, if you did sign up for the swap, but never heard from your partner leave your name and email address in the comments and we’ll find someone for you to swap with 🙂

xo Becky

Sometimes You Need to Slow Down…

I’ve got so much going on that I’ve got to slow down a little bit before I run myself ragged. It seems like every weekend something is going on. I’m finally getting my hair done after neglecting it for the past 5 months. I’m really trying to be patient and grow it out….but it’s in such an awkward phase right now.

The one thing I don’t want to do is put my family on the back burner…as soon as mid November hits I’m just going to relax and really start hitting the gym hardcore. I was doing really good at going, then we went out-of-town and this week I’ve had a good life long friend visiting. We had a great time & I’m trying to get her to move here 🙂  *hint* *hint*

I went to my annual lady visit and seriously nearly stroked out when she weighed me. Something had GOTSTA change. I’m just not gonna let this happen dang it!

So I was driving down the street the other day and I passed a farm stand with the most gorgeous mums. I keep telling Terence how much I love mums and wanted to get some. So I peeled into that parking lot like a hot tamale and got me one! Purple, TCU purple ya know…because that’s how we are around these parts.D7K_6421 My love bug in the back seat rolling. He loves wearing those sunglasses.D7K_6435 My friend Ellen (the one who came to visit this weekend) makes the most GORGEOUS jewels. Go check out her site HERE and show some bling love!D7K_6447 My October Birchbox finally arrived. It was a tad late. I like it “okay” I want more MAKEUP!!!! Eyeshadow, lipstick, blush….blah blah blah. MAKEUP. Okay I’m done. D7K_6483
Hope y’all are having a fab Thursday…don’t forget the Mug Swap linkup is tomorrow if you signed up and and haven’t sent yours out or recieved one yet please email me!!!! xo Becky