Let the fun begin!

This has been a pretty packed weekend, and still have one more day to go to wrap it up! 

For now, I'll just post about taking Aubrey to the trunk-or-treat at the church right by our house, so close we walked! :) 

Heading out with my sweet little Butterfly :)

 Lola was there, and they sure were happy to see each other!

 sweet girls.

 Lola I'm sure trying to convince Aubrey to go to the bounce house, Aubrey was not having it. Strange child.

 So, they played the whale game instead :)

 Then, got their dance on!

 Befriending a little strawberry :)

 Our first attempt for the girls' pic. Unfortunately, a crazy/scary looking Gingerbread man was walking around and totally freaked Aubrey. Sweet Lola was very concerned for her.

 

My poor baby.

 

 But, after the Gingerbread man was gone, Aubrey voluntarily asked to take another picture with Lola! Amazing.

 Love them!

 And, of course, our annual group shot.

One year, everyone will be looking and smiling, surely. ;)

 After Natalie and her gang headed out, we started out on the games.

 She actually hit the ball into the cup!

 What an arm! ;)

 Emmy, Sarah, Jeff and Collin also came up there. 

The kids with Aunt Emmy. 

 my sweetie-petey :)

 Unfortunately, she likes Sponge Bob- thanks to her dad. ;)

 Duckies!

 happy girl!

 <3

(to see more pics from tonight, check out Natalie's.)

more tomorrow :)

whats happenin', whats up...

so... looks like i didn't make good on that last promise.
my bad.
:)

guess i'll try for an adequate recap..of the past month and a half.. :/

school for aubrey is going great! have had zero issues with the transition and she loves her teachers- yay!! also, just had school pics taken.. out of the two shown to me, one wasn't half bad- finally! haha.

school for me... not near as bad as i was anticipating, which is such a relief. luckily, one of my classes ends this week, so now i'll just have to worry about the remaining 3. which really, those aren't that bad either! 90% of all the work from all 4 classes has been online, which is way nice! gotta say, i'm so glad that i finally got myself back in gear with all this :)

in other news, my dearest bff got herself knocked up!! intentionally of course! ;) couldn't be more excited for baby #2 on the way!!  and she's not finding the sex out! gonna be total greatness!!! love ya friend!! :)

my birthday is in 2 weeks!! the big 2-6! ;)

now on to the pics, in no particular order :)

(alot of these are from my phone, so, sorry fb'ers and instagramers! ;)

think she's excited?!

:)

 A couple of weeks ago, I was able to help celebrate my sweet friend Alycia at her bachelorette party! Great fun in Ft. Worth!

 L-Crew

 

Bride-to-Be

at pete's piano bar... before we left to get our dance on!

keeping with the wedding theme, this past friday, the big day had arrived!

the gorgeous bride!! and that dress.. hello!! :)

all dolled up at the wedding :)

all dolled up at the wedding :)

oh this child of mine, gotta love her :)

last weekend me and my mom went out to my brothers school, they put on this thing with all the "social clubs" (aka fraternity/sororiety) called Tiger Tunes. basically, each club picks a theme and takes songs and rewrites the words that go with the theme and make up dances to it all. it was really cool actually! haha. my brothers group theme was anchor men- "eta clock news",  because they are the eta's... get it ;) you can youtube it if you want! haha!

robert still dressed up, and, he had to draw that mustache on, ha!! with his girlfriend rebekah :)

 afterwards, his club put on this thing called "muggin'". 

they pass out rootbeers and have a band, its cool. haha.

aubrey has now been referring to lola as "my lola", so sweet.

singing about her sunglasses :)

 just some cute, but random, pics :)

could be my favorite.

or this one. :)

 and, of course, a month and a half long recap wouldn't be complete without some sleeping pics ;)

i will feel so bad for her husband ;)

 side note (for memory purposes): aubrey is totally into watching popeye! so random!

the girl sings ALL day, and i love that she is making up her own songs now, too cute.

she is completely into being a princess. she also wants to fly. she is still calling me laura occasionally, which is kinda cute ;) the girl loves her some avocado! she has caught on that her birthday is coming up and keeps asking for 'happy birthday cake'.. don't rush this momma, please. :(

 well, guess that about sums things up!? 

i'm sure i've forgotten things.. and if its something important that involves anyone reading this... 

so sorry!! :/

hopefully i'll be back sooner rather than later :)

(sorry if the pics are all funky.. was trying something new... didn't work out quite right :)

i still exist.

whoa.... i think this is the longest i've gone without posting. and, its not that my life has been so overly exciting that i couldn't possibly have time to blog, nope, just been busy and not thinking about posting. well, actually i have thought about posting, just haven't actually done it- mostly because i haven't really taken any pictures. but, i did take some random ones of aubrey today, and she looked pretty cute.. so, i guess i could upload them and find something to talk about :)

which i will do... hopefully tomorrow.

until then... :)

First day of school... x2!

I know, I'm a little behind on the "back-to-school-post".

Aubrey started in the Three's class!  

I really enjoyed her being in the Two's class, and after some discussion (mostly on the potty training issue) it was decided Aubrey would be moving up! She is one of the youngest in her class, and according to her teachers "She is here the least amount, but she is one of the smartest!" (had to brag ;) So, once we put her in panties full time, and no accidents, it was clear she would move when the new year started. 

I finally felt like we were really getting settled in the class she was in... and, then its time to move. 

Guess that's life :)

On her last day in the Two's, they had a big party! They always have their parties right after nap time, so, the kids always look a bit on the hot mess side. I'm really glad I have a job that allows me to go to these things with no problem :)

The class. 

 The boy on her left is one of her good buddies, Zachary.

 sweet girl.

 "ball pit"

 the girls are largely outnumbered. but, my girl holds her own! ;)

 Good-bye Two's... Hello, Three's!

Her transition to her new class was a breeze! She tells me often now how much she loves her new teacher. She is really doing great in there :) 

(can you believe she's already in the three's?!)

For the "x 2" part... this momma is back in school!! I wasn't sure if everything was going to get worked out for me to go, but, at the end, it all did. I'm taking 4 classes this semester. I haven't been full time since before I had Aubrey! Just one or two classes at a time here and there. I know I've got to be pretty hard core and on top of things to get done, so I'm just jumping in. I got pretty nervous and started second guessing myself the day before classes started. I just felt like it was going to be too much. But, man.. I think God is really reassuring me! I was able to get 2 online and 2 in class but at the Mesquite campus! (I am going to A &M- Commerce- where I first started off.) My first class is on my day off, so I am able to spend all day with Aubrey, and then I still get home early enough to have the evening with her as well. My other class was scheduled for 4:30-10 once a week.. 5 1/2 hours. What a beating. But, it ends in the middle of October, so I figured I could stick it out. Then, I get to class to find that we will actually on be meeting till 8:30, and then for 3 consecutive weeks we won't meet and just do our work online! Then, we will meet again for the remaining few weeks. What a blessing!! 

My main stress about school is how much time I will (potentially) be losing with Aubrey. This semester has just worked out so well to get me started off. I know not all semesters will be this nice, but, I will be grateful for now :) 

Now, to get things organized and crack down on time management ;)

I am pretty excited though. The two teachers I have classes with are great, which is really nice. 

I know my road to getting my degree has been looonnngg and pretty bumpy, but, I just have to keep reminding myself that there is a light at the end of the tunnel... just gotta keep truckin' through!

So, if my posts are far (even further than they are now...) and few between, you know why. :)

And, I can't help but think that back to school means fall.. which means anything less than 105+ degrees!! 

There is an  end in sight. 

There has to be....

;)