"Will you be mine?"

Good morning America!!!

haha.. no.. I decided to wake up early this morning so I could have a little extra time before work to do whatever and it actually feels good! I'm normally not a morning person until I get going. I have been watching the Today show this morning and they have shown the winning dog of the Westminster Abbey dog show.. Would it be wrong for me to say that dog is quite hideous?! butttt... sometimes dogs are so ugly they're cute!

Well it didn't get too cold last night like it has been. I've been at my grandma's for the past like 4 days and when I woke up yesterday I had a text message from Justin saying "Happy valentine's babe! Will you be mine?" He's so sweet! I came home yesterday to

this from Justin's grandma! She always shops for us for every holiday. She loves me!

This is from Justin! That flower, you push a button and it opens up! anddd the bear gives a kiss and says I love you.

This is the flower opened!

I would rather a fake flower that will last forever than one that dies within a few days!! He did great! I love valentine's day! It's full of love and laughter! I never understood why people got so upset on valentine's when they were single. It's not about only loving your significant other... It's about loving friends, family, pets, etc...!

So, I've washed a load of clothes this morning, watched tv, and ate a great breakfast! I  need to get the hang of this!

mwah!
Lauren

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Did I ever mention that I love holidays? Especially Halloween! It's nice to see all the little kiddos dressed cute, some scary, and some mommies and daddies walking the neighborhoods with them! Halloween is awesome! It's so much fun!

I remember when I was still dressing up at the age of 13 or so, I was a clown! My mom and dad always went out of their way to buy my brother and I a high priced costume! Of course, now looking back on it I regret ever having them spend so much money on something that I would only wear for a little while, but it was fun for the time being! I remember being a kid and it puts me in a happy mood!

Yesterday I had Morgan and her sister over to carve pumpkins with Aidan and I. We had so much fun! I heated up some frozen soup and made grilled cheese! It was perfect for the weather. I also picked up some pumpkin cupcakes! Needless to say, there isn't many cupcakes left! Not because of Morgan or her sister or I, Aidan is to blame! 14 year old boys can eat like they haven't had a meal in over a month! I can never keep food in the house for too long. I don't look forward to having 14 year old boys of my own later in my life! I guess it's just that age..

Aidan, eating a cupcake

Morgan carved a kitty cat pumpkin!

Payton carved a ummmm... pumpkin!

and I carved a silly pumpkin!

It's hard to label all of the pumpkins! We did not use a stencil and poke holes in our pumpkins. In my opinion, that's cheating!!!!! Lol. Of course, those kind always look nicer, but that takes all of the fun out of it! Besides, those are always general pumpkin carvings that everyone has because you can just buy the kits at wal mart and what not. We found our pumpkin carving ideas on google! Maybe one year I will grow pumpkins and we won't have to buy any! Wouldn't that be nice?!

I searched all over town for pumpkins yesterday. Thankfully my mom had bought one about three weeks ago and hers was pretty and perfectly round. I went to wal-mart yesterday and they were out, to Liberty Baptist Church, and they didn't sell on Sunday, and then to the farmer's market where they were dollars a piece only to watch Aidan completely ruin his and then throw it and smash it! It was overall a good night though and ended with lit pumpkins on the porch and me watching the Twilight movies on TV!.. and then passing out early!

My pumpkin lit on the porch!

Aidan's pumpkin on the porch before he threw it.

and a sweet sleeping Bella!

xoxoxo,
Lauren

Our 4th of July Celebration!

To start off this blog post, I stayed up all night Sunday night because I was just completely overwhelmed with things to do. I had volunteered to help my friend work a family and friends July 4th party Sunday night for 4 hours, reaching home around 10. I had a little bit of homework due Sunday night by midnight. I had thought about it earlier before the party, so I did two of the assignments and left the easy one for after the party. After I arrived home, I did the last assignment! whew! Thank goodness that was over with. I always seem to stress about homework and things to do with school, and then when they're done I'm asking myself why I ever stressed over something so small!

I always love to color coordinate my outfits with my holidays, so when I realized I needed to wash some clothes that is what I did. This lead me to pulling an all-nighter! I washed four loads of clothes, cleaned the kitchen, living room, and dining area, baked a cake, and watched a movie. When the time came closer to five I began to get ready for our big day! I threw on some blue jean shorts, a red tank top, and a white shirt! RED, WHITE, AND BLUE! I just love it! I went outside and watered my lovely garden, ran to wal mart for a few things, went and fed mom's cat, and came home and baked a breakfast casserole all before everyone awoke! Man, I felt like I had accomplished something!

Hashbrown, sausage, cheese, egg, and crescent roll! YUMMM!

 I had never made breakfast casserole before, but I wanted to try something new and fast. I've never really been much of a breakfast person. If I do eat breakfast, it's normally something like pancakes or cereal; never a REAL breakfast!

Finally, we got on the road headed to Winona! I was plum tired, but made it safely because I didn't trust anyone else to drive my vehicle on 55N on a holiday! I had a feeling we would have for sure gotten a ticket! Boys tend to drive a little on the fast side! So we made it to Winona around 10 something and had a nice little conversation with Justin's Granny. Before you know it we were all starving again, but that was sure to go out the window after a dinner at grandmaw's.

Aidan and Granny before cooking lunch!

The many huge delicious steaks!

YES, you must have a baked potato with a steak! DUH!

I didn't get a picture of everything, but we ended up having salad, steaks, baked potatoes, broccoli and cheese, homemade Texas garlic toast, and banana pudding! Man were we stuffed. That's actually not even the word for it, more like hurttingggg we were so full!

Trevor. This was after eating. Doesn't he look so happy! NOT!

Aidan doing what he does best! This was also after eating!

As you notice, we were all lounging around in the living room! It was really time for a nap!

Granny has many sweet animals! She has three dogs inside, and two baby kittens that I could have squeezed to death they were so cute! I kept repeating the fact that Bella needed a friend since our old cat had passed a while back! Bella sure gets lonely sometimes! Poor kitty. Well, I couldn't help myself, pictures of the animals were a necessity!

This is Breeze!

This is old Winnie! She might have possibly been feeling like us!

I couldn't tell you the names of the horses. There are plenty of them. I didn't get anywhere near the pictures to cover all of the animals, but I just love them! Animals are a delight to have, especially in the country! It was such beautiful land and a beautiful day! We loved every minute of it and hope to have some land in the country ourselves one day! Hope you all had a wonderful fourth of July like we did!

xoxox
Lauren