Updates & Apples Galore!

Well once again it has been quite an eventful few months and I have again failed to keep up with the world of blogs and social media networking; are we surprised? I'm guessing no one is at all surprised that I have failed to keep up, but alas I will not bore you with promises of more frequent updates or timely posts. You must however know that I actually sat down and planned a blogging schedule and have set a goal of two posts per week for the remainder of this month :)

If you know anything about me, you know that I have been awaiting the Fall season since May! Finally it has arrived and I couldn't be happier with the crisp weather and invasion of all things pumpkin flavored! I am also excited to pull out the ole crock pot and get some soup in my tummy. It always seems like I spend more time in the kitchen during this time of year and this year is no exception!  So when a friend of gave us a bag of apples I decided to attempt an apple pie, because when you have never made a pie in your life making an apple pie is always a GREAT idea, right? I mean I had the apples to why not make a pie? I picked up a package of pie crusts from Trader Joe's and made myself a pie!

I should probably mention that I don't really like cooked apples and I am pretty picky about apples in general. I absolutely can NOT deal with mushy, mealy apples {yuck}! So I had no intention of eating the apple pie but I knew Dr. Sarah would appreciate the treat and of course an apple pie is only as good as the ice cream you put on top ;) Here are before and after pictures of my apple pie!

Happy blogging, hope you enjoy the post! 

Beautiful Babes in June...

So we spent the first two weeks of June between the beach and home and has the pleasure of spending most of that time with our cuties Harry and Charlie. Here are a few of my favorite moments...

Summer Time at Long Last!

Well it is finally summer time and I am finally able to do some editing that I have been meaning to do for several months. Hopefully within the next few weeks I will be all caught up and will also manage to dust off the old camera and head out on a few picture taking adventures!! Here are a few recent edits, hope you enjoy!

Happiest Place on Earth

Here are a few shots from our Spring Break adventures. We spent the week in Cocoa Beach, Florida and ventured to Disney's Epcot and Magic Kingdom parks. Epcot is currently hosting the Flower and Garden Festival and feature nearly all of the current and classic Disney characters in flowers. They were absolutely beautiful my pictures do not do them justice! The last picture is one of my favorite from the trip and was taken by Sarah.

Beauty and the Beast

Tinkerbell's Butterfly Garden

Glass Flowers outside the Oz exhibit

Sarah and Me waiting in line at Test Track

Piglet and Eyor

Cuddly old Pooh

Cinderella and the Prince

Orchids outside Mexico

Ocean View

Renovation Updates- Living room!

As I mentioned a couple months ago we bought and moved into a new house back in October/November. We have done tons of work and are having such fun updating and renovating various things around the house. Most of the work to be done is cosmetic and has been fairly easy although we have had a few bumps along the way. I'll only be posting on one room at a time so stay tuned for updates!

When we purchased the house the only visible flaw was the lack of flooring in the living room, you can see a before picture here. Since replacing the floor was part of our purchasing contract we had to install proper flooring. We reviewed several possible options but finally decided on a manufactured hardwood from Ikea! Did you know that Ikea sold flooring, crazy right?! Besides the flooring we painted the walls and added quarter round but other than that this room was a fairly easy reno project. Here are a few pictures from the past few months. We love the end results!

Mantle view

Arial view from stairs.

Sweetheart VoxBox 2013

So again I have been MIA for sometime but I'm back for the moment and with some exciting goodies from Influenster. I am sure that most of you have heard of this company and the awesome program they are running. I mean they give you free stuff, what could be better :) I got February's VoxBox which was appropriately Sweetheart themed. I have to say the products I received this month were spot on and among my favorites! Here are a list of the items I received and my thoughts on them thus far, oh and my pics are less than stellar but you get the point, right?!

Group Shot- of course I ate the Skinnygirl bar before I took the picture :)

Olay Fresh Effects {Va-Va-Vivid} Powered Contour Cleansing System & {Shine, Shine Go Away} Shine Minimizing Cleanser

Now normally I am pretty particular about my face and the products I use to care for it, so naturally I was a little hesitant to use this product. The cleanser smells amazing and tingles just a bit so I knew it was working right away and the contour brush, oh the contour brush. The brush really gets in those tight spots around the nose and just under the bottom lip chin area to make sure your extra exfoliated in those hard to reach spots.

Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response

I try not to be pick with my products but to be honest I am pretty picky in the deodorant department. I have really itchy pits, sounds gross I know but hey it happens. I loved the smell of the product but again was nervous to use it, but so far so good no problems with itching or odor!

Skinnygirl Daily On-The-Go Bars- sadly I don't have a picture of this product because of course I ate it as soon as I opened the box. I liked it and I plan on picking up some on my next grocery trip!

Not Your Mother's She;s a Tease Volumizing Hair Spray

To be honest I am a little disappointed with this product but then again I am not much of a hair girl either so I could be going about this all the wrong way. The product smells great but I didn't see much volume happening but I'll keep trying and let you know :)

Hope you all have a fab day and take a few minutes to visit the Influenster website and sign up for some of their awesome products!


*Disclamer- products listed above are compliments of Influenster for testing purposes.

Awesomesauce Winter Photo Challenge

While trolling the web I happened upon this awesome website from Carrie Swails Photography called Photography Awesomesauce (you should check it out). Any way, Carrie is hosting a Winter Photo Challenge and I am super excited to be sharing and interacting with other photographers. This weeks theme was trees and last weeks was thankful so here are the two pictures I have entered so far...

Week 1 "Thankful" for our first Thanksgiving in the new house!

Week 2 "Trees"