Easter Weekend

I'm a little late posting since it's already Wednesday, but hey better late than never right?
On Friday night my mom and I went to a local high school to watch my little brother's "After School Program Extravaganza". Everyday after school he goes to this program where they do activities for all the kids. It's pretty great because it's easier than him going to a babysitter. A few of the other elementary schools in the district were planning a movie themed program where they each choose a film and dance to the music from it. Gentry's school did Grease and it was absolutely adorable.
The kids were all so cute, you can tell they were having a blast up on stage.
I was so proud of Gentry, he looked so handsome in his white greaser tee with his hair slicked back. My mom said he had been practicing the hand jive for weeks, and he was awesome!

My cousin's husband was at the show as well and got this awesome shot of little G-man. Isn't he so handsome?

Mom and I waiting for the show to start.

Easter Sunday was nice, it is the second Easter that Taran and I have spent together as a married couple. I put together his basket really quickly because I'm one of those huge last minute shoppers, but it still turned out great. He got mine the same night because he is also a last minute shopper. We both got each other Disney movies which is adorable. After exchanging baskets we watched Frozen and ate chocolate for breakfast because we're adults.
Later that day we went over to a friends house for dinner. I made my first attempt at cake pops which made us pretty late to the dinner party, lesson learned: don't bake something for other people unless you know 100% what you're doing. My cake pops ended up way too moist and wouldn't stay on the stick to dip in frosting, and the frosting made a huge mess. I mean, they tasted fine but they weren't pretty. I decided to just leave them home for us and try again another time. Trial and error. I'll do better next time.

We had a great time spending Easter with friends, Taran and I even helped with the Easter egg hunt for the kids.

Oh, and I can't forget to mention that Sunday was also Stella's 4th birthday. Yes I put a candle on a treat for her, what else would I do?

AND Sunday was also the day we adopted Mila one year ago. (Look how much she's changed!)
We sure love our goofy little fur kids. So grateful we have them in our lives to keep us happy and entertained.

my funny valentine

I'm weird at posing. Whatevs.
Everything but the shoes: Wet Seal
Shoes: Ross

I hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day and got to spend it with anyone they love. Unfortunately Taran and I didn't get to enjoy the day together because of our clashing schedules, but it's ok. We did have the morning together and I got up early to make him a Valentine breakfast. I even made pink pancakes.
It was simple, but it's fine with me, we'll have many more Valentine's together in the future and I spend every day loving him and telling him so!

 

Tik-Tok

Can't believe that Halloween is over now. It means that tomorrow is the beginning of November, and Christmas shoppers will be attacking retailers like rabid wolves. {If you think I'm exaggerating, work in retail for holiday, trust me ha!} Honestly though, I'm going to let myself have a good holiday season. I won't let work consume me and drive me crazy like I have in the past.

Speaking of work, I was there today and we all dressed up! I was not going to wear that gigantic wedding dress for 8 hours while trying to help customers so I did a little online research for something I could put together using things out of my own closet. After browsing for awhile I found something that I could definitely pull together.
Fishnets? Check.
Cut off shorts? Check.
Boots? Check.
Glitter? Check.
Bottle of Jack? Well, I didn't have that but you can get an idea.

Yep, I went as Ke$ha. I threw this costume together in about five minutes. It was funny, and crazy at the same time. I am not a fan of her's, in fact I'm kind of the opposite of a fan but tell me you've never heard "Tik-Tok" or seen her trashy face in tabloids. I got a laugh out of it and had fun drawing dollar signs all over myself.

Here's the full costume. Just keepin it sleazy.

We got to see all the cute little trick-or-treaters going around the mall, but I felt so bad telling them all that we didn't have any candy. My work said "no" to that, so it wasn't even my decision.
But I'm sure they're over it, kids aren't too heartbroken about those things for long.

Hope everyone had a happy and fun Halloween!

Melinda and I. She was a cat :)

Me and Macey...she was Poison Ivy

Me and Mariah, she was a vampire, but the poor thing couldn't get her fangs to stay on. She still looked awesome though!