Wednesday, November 6, 2013

The Magic wears off at the stroke of midnight... or 3 am...

I wish I had a Fairy Godmother who could make a beautiful ball gown and get me to a ball. The only bad thing would be that the party would end at midnight! This Halloween party did not end until 2 am! LOL!! Even then we had to get "tacos" at What-A-Burger. 

So, after last year's awesome costumes as the Big Bang Theory, my friends decided we should be Disney Princesses! How is this Disney Queen going to say no to dressing up as my favorite thing? I'm so grateful to have such amazing friends who go all out with Halloween costumes! I think we had every princess and a few of the princes represented this year. Here are some of the pictures from our Day After Halloween party! 

Celeste and I as Princess Aurora and Cinderella (complete with Gus Gus)



Churchills in Downtown McKinney

Mary Poppins, Aurora, Cinderella, and Merida!

Bert and Mary Poppins! Step in time! 


Rapunzel!! 

The awesome GARAGE! 

Princesses and Mary Poppins

The guys! Rufio (from Hook), an army dude, Bert, the Beast and Prince Eric

The Disney Group




Thanks Matt for always letting us use your garage to hang out in! 

Monday, November 4, 2013

October Weekends!

Is October over yet?? I've been so busy that I haven't had time to clean my apartment or do laundry in awhile! I've had to get creative and search my closet for "new" clothes. The past 2 weekends have been SUPER busy, not to mention work has been busy as well! So here are the fun things I've been up to! 

Two weekends ago we threw Eden a bachelorette party in Ft. Worth! It was so much fun and very different from any other Bachelorette party I had ever been to. We stayed at this swanky hotel called the Worthington which was walking distance from the restaurant and the bars we wanted to go to. We had a painting party at the hotel where we got to do some fun sketches. The token male in the picture below was our art specialist! 


We then left the hotel to get some dinner. We ate at Reata which is a very great steak place! The mashed potatoes were excellent and I had the filet. My sister had chicken. We also ordered the mac and cheese which was to die for! We sat on the roof which had this awesome dome ceiling. It was really cool.


After some dinner we hopped over to Pete's Piano Bar for some singing and dancing.

Here is my beautiful future sister-in-law.

After some loud singing we made our way to the Library... bar... not as quiet as a real library. We had a blast.

This poor soul had too much fun... I'm sure his Sunday was spent recovering from the night before :)

Here is the lobby of the hotel...

And the Valet area. It was a beautiful day outside!

This past weekend (the 26/27 of October) was super busy with friends! On Friday I babysat a former student and his brother. I just love that family! I got to play Mario (or should I say they threw me in the lava and laughed at me) and we played Mario Party (which I am a little better at but still let them win a few times). I even was given a "Rainbow Loom" bracelet which is all the rage right now. 
On Saturday I went to a bridesmaid luncheon at Ocean's Seafood in Plano. The owner is so sweet and a friend of Eden's. 


After lunch I got ready for Evening Under the Stars which is a charity dinner for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. We had a great time. Here are some pictures of my friends and I at the event: 
My BFF and I all dressed up for the charity event :) 

The beautiful Hanvey sisters. I am so blessed to have these ladies in my life! 
Some of the garage party gals
My group of friends. I am so lucky to have so many amazing people in my life. These are just a handful of the people that make my life what it is. 
Some of my book club ladies 
Some of the garage party peeps #realfriends



Oh, did I mention that it was raining outside? 


The weekend was not complete! Celeste's annual pumpkin carving party was on Sunday, October 27. I look forward to this even every year! I don't like to carve pumpkins but I love spending time with these guys. This year we had a new addition: Rachel and Kyle had a little baby girl. Charlotte got to join in the festivities this year! Also, my sister Christy was invited to come. I can't wait until next October! 

The whole crew

My friends are sooo creative! I don't take credit for any of these pumpkins. 
Smith sisters and Hanvey sisters