October 31st, 2017

Happy Halloween!! 🎃



This year Mike had work all day long, so the dressing up had to be on the simpler side. However, I still found a cute pair of costumes for us to rock! I was a deer while Mike was the hunter...whom I obviously converted to a vegetarian, because I was just far too beautiful for him to ever want to shoot! ;)

October 30th, 2017

These were the clouds this evening! It was so gorgeous it didn't even look real!!

October 29th, 2017

I am basically like the paparazzi for the squirrels around our complex, lol.

October 28th, 2017

Dad said he wanted to do a corn maze for his birthday today, so despite the cold weather we headed out and did just that! 🌽 And boy did we have SUCH a great time together! My team won the corn maze race—naturally. 😏 We also played in a huge pit of corn, ate yummy fall treats, picked out pumpkins, and fed/pet some cute barn animals. Definitely a successful birthday. ☺️🎂🎃🍂












We ended dad's birthday with family pumpkin carving back at the house! 🎃 It was Mike's first time ever, though with how awesome his turned out you'd never know it! 😊 I made a carousel horse pumpkin, Mike did a classic scary face pumpkin, dad made a "pumpkin eating a pumpkin", Jax made Kermit The Frog pumpkin, and Mitch & Tommy made a B-Latte pumpkin, lol.







Later still, the boys and I watched Wish Upon together. Ahhh, what a fun day it was!!

October 27th, 2017

My Winter Thanksgiving treats from Angie came today! Look at the cute chocolates she got me!!

Also today, after work was finally finished, Mike and I spent the evening making Halloween-themed cupcakes for my dad's birthday (which is tomorrow). They turned out so awesome! We made chocolate tombstone ones, and vanilla knife/blood-spattered ones. I think my dad is totally going to love them. :)

October 26th, 2017

Today while I was relaxing on my couch, I suddenly heard a humongous CRASH! I looked out the window and directly in front of my complex there had been a terrible wreck! Someone flying down the drive hit someone who flew backwards out of their parking space without checking. The car that had been going straight wasn't too bad, but the car backing up (pictured above) was totally smashed! Thankfully, no one in either car was harmed. However, hopefully this will serve as an example to people in our complex! So many people fly down the drive, so hopefully this will get people to slow down a bit. The aggressive driving is so dangerous...one of these days someone is going to get really hurt if things don't change!

October 25th, 2017

Today we headed over to my parents' house so we could use their (much larger) kitchen to bake our annual apple pies! This year, Jax was around and offered to help us out with some of the steps too. The three of us had a nice time working together to turn the apples Mike and I had picked the other day into yummy apple pies!



After we had finished (and enjoyed some of our delicious creations), we decided to watch a movie. Mitch joined us in the living room where we all watched Amityville: The Awakening together. The movie ended up being pretty bleh overall, but it was still nice to just spend some quality time together with my brothers. :)

October 24th, 2017

"If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they're yours...if they don't they never were."

October 23rd, 2017

Angie got her Winter Thanksgiving treats from me today! I am so thankful for her and our little holiday. It means so much to me that we both keep celebrating it together year after year!

October 22nd, 2017

Look at this stud!

I am making a "how-to" booklet for my Typography class, and in it I need to include step-by-step photos of the process (I choose "How to Tie a Four-in-Hand Knot"). Mike offered to be my model for the photos, so of course I couldn't say no... ;)

October 21st, 2017

Happy Sweetest Day!! 💘

We went on our annual trip to the All Seasons Apple Orchard today!!

After the fun at the orchard was over and done, we decided to continue our lovely day by heading to downtown Naperville! We got a yummy dinner together at Features, before walking around together and enjoying the nice weather. Eventually, we came across Barnes & Noble and Mike insisted we go in. As we browsed the shelves, he told me to pick out a few books—as a Sweetest Day present from him! :)

Best Sweetest Day presents EVER! 😍📚 The History of Love is one of my newest absolute favorite books, which I was dying to add to my shelf! (I still want a beautiful hardcover version. 😉) Murder On The Orient Express was so wonderful, and this novel comes with two additional Hercule Poirot stories! (Also, I simply ADORE B&N's exclusive Leatherbound Editions. Seriously...I want like all of them...they are so gorgeous. 🤤) And Dear Luke, We Need To Talk. Darth. looks so brilliantly hilarious—I can't wait to dig into that one! I am so incredibly thankful for these completely thoughtful gifts! My sweetheart knows this book nerd pretty well. 🤓💗

October 20th, 2017

He never fails to hit me with a surprise selfie when I'm in the middle of getting ready, lol.

October 19th, 2017

When you're up way past your bedtime & are struggling to finish the rest of that movie... 😴

October 18th, 2017

Pretty proud of myself for getting my incredibly thin hair into two mini buns today! It actually looked pretty decent, too. :)