Have a happy weekend!

At Halls Pumpkin Farm in Colleyville :) Love this boy.
Our first pumpkin carving of the season went down last night and we had such a great time! We had a full out photo sesh at the pumpkin patch near our apartment beforehand and it was just hilarious (more photos to come). Designs of the night included an intricate flaming pumpkin, a traditional Jack-o-Lantern complete with dentures, a dog, and some brand marketing. We had quite the variety and I am looking forward to painting some, soon! Have a fun weekend!!

The pumpkin crew: Us, Sam & Amanda, Jonathan & Lacey :)

Pumpkin Poppers and Palm Trees

Two treats I am excited about today: 


1. Pumpkin Poppers from Einstein Bros Bagels.


When I checked our mail after work yesterday, we received a coupon for a free bagel from Einstein Bros Bagels (PS - I think their website is cute!). Since AdvoCare, we do not eat anything other than our breakfast shake in the morning, so this coupon did not appeal to me. However, what kept me from chunking it, was a pretty fall-ish little picture of what EBB deemed to be the bagel that is "Perfectly In Season" aka "Pumpkin Poppers." Boy, as soon as I saw it, my tastebuds started screaming at me to head to Einstein Bros immediately. This is quite odd because 1) I have only been to EBB once in my life and really do not care for bagels all that much and 2) I'm not even 100% sure that I just loooove the taste of pumpkin flavored foods. (I know, I heard the gasp in so many of you out there regarding those to points! I'm just speaking the truth, people.) Those two things alone have to tell me that gosh, am I a sucker for creative marketing and alliteration or what?!? Good job, marketing department of EBB. Anyhow, our apartment is within walking distance to an EBB so I immediately headed over so I could try out the scam EBB I knew was trying to pull on me with this snack (they just couldn't be as good as my mind was telling me they were). Unfortunately (or fortunately), Einstein closes early in the afternoon and I was unable to try them out. But, since I have been thinking about them since that moment rest assured that if I am near one today, I will include a full review of this seasonal bread-y treat tomorrow :)

This is not the ad I saw, but the only pic I could find of

this little bite-sized treat :)

2. Palm Trees in October, you say? 

Yep, I said it. And I am thrilled to say that 20 days from now, instead of dressing up in our Halloween finest to celebrate in the DFW, Justin and I will be trick-or-treating in our bikinis and speedos on the beach (jk, but no...really)!! Our destination is Puerto Vallarta with some other couples and everything has just fallen into place. Rather quickly, too, which makes it even more exciting! Though it feels like we were just in Mexico, we could not be more pumped for a little get-away and are thankful for some incredible friends that have completely hooked us up with essentially every aspect of the trip. Can't wait! :)

I guess this is in case you forgot what the beach looks like?

Happy Thursday!!! 

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It's Wednesday! Gooooo Rangers!!

How to do the runningman

Refer to previous entry points #6....and 5. :) (Re-watching this, I sound like I am being a total slave-driver of a dance coach...sorry, Justin!! Love you! Just call me Jillian from Biggest Loser!)

So, you think you can dance?

We had a great weekend - hope you did, too! It was part relaxing, part busy but the best part was that I was definitely given further confirmation as to why Justin is so incredibly perfect for me (as if I needed that!). Hands down, he is the best dance partner I could ever dream of. And I get to dance with him for the rest of my life...yahoo! We attended a wedding in Dallas on Saturday night and just had so much fun on the dance floor together. So much so, that people were coming up to us telling us that we need to keep dancing that way until we are 80 years old (which, I completely intend on doing!) The band was awesome and played a little bit of everything that we love to get our groove on to. 

Dancing is something that we have always enjoyed doing together and I really never thought that I would find someone of the opposite sex who enjoys it the same way that I do. Enter Justin :) I loved every second of our wedding reception because we got to do what we love the most...dance!! All that said, we are not phenomenal dancers...and we are aware of this. We have a minimal amount of spins and turns in our back pocket, we often trip over (or on!) each other, have been kicked off a dance floor because of our sillyness at a wedding (by a grandma, no less! funny story:)) and there has been the occasional tumble to the floor. But the common denominator through it all is that we have a blast doing it. And laugh, a lot. 

There are many times I glance around the room while we are dancing, notice people standing and think to myself...how!! How do you stand still?! :) I know there are probably a slew of reasons they might throw right back at me, but I think dancing is therapeutic, an easy way to break a sweat, and shoot...life is just too short to NOT dance! A few quick thoughts on conquering the boogie fears and getting out on the dancefloor: 

1. You just cannot care what people think about you. Whatsoever. Not to burst your bubble, but chances are, people are not paying attention to the moves that you are trying so hard to execute. People just want to see that you are having a great time and if you are doing #2 below, that's not what they are looking for.

2. Don't just stand there. Shuffle your feet, snap your fingers, slightly move your hips (Think "Hitch"). Any sort of movement is good. 

3. Steal. It is ok and encouraged to copy what your neighbor is doing if you've got nothin'.

4. Make ridiculous faces. Ours tend to look like we're constipated, but it seems to work just fine. (Duck lips are NOT your friend, however)

5. Sport confidence. Be bold, confident and whatever move you chose to go for....don't do it 1/2 way. Commit to the move and your crowd will be pleased.

6. If all else fails, resort to the running man like Justin (ok, he is still learning, but I just know he's going to master it any day now). **I have a great video of him doing this last week but for the life of me I cannot get it to upload. Believe you me, I will post as soon as I can get that puppy up. 

So, all in all, I hope you dance (cheesy? you betcha). Really, though, it is so much fun and I am so thankful Justin loves it as much as I do! I can't end this blog, though, without giving credit where credit is due. A shout out to some of my all-time favorite dance partners throughout the years: Kirbi (you were my musical pioneer and earliest dance friend - thank you for paving the way), Carly (some of our Native moves after breakfast for dinner are simply indescribable), Ellen (one of the more energetic dancers I know!), Swilley (I have learned some of the most fantastic, life-changing moves, and lil' jigs from you), Lindsay (we have some Boys 2 Men routines that would rock your world!) and my beautiful seeester Hailey (she is the two-step QUEEN that I aspire to be) We have all shared some glorious dance memories together that I just cherish ;)

Happy dancing, everyone!

Santa, I want this.

It was definitely a 'love at first site' kinda feeling with this empire chandelier. 

Like we even have a place for this in our apartment!! I'm could sure find one quickly, though, given the challenge :) 

Have a great weekend!!

Do the claw!

Though the "W" was not absolutely necessary tonight, the Rangeeeees said hello to the win column once more and we enjoyed the game from some pretty awesome seats thanks to some friends (3rd baseline, couple rows up!). It is so fun to cheer for a team that is on fire and winning....so glad that's the Rangers this year. It's about dang time :) 

I do believe now that we are worthy, the Rangers deserve to have Scotty write OUR team a song....what do you think?! I can just hear his voice singing "Come onnn Rang-eee-ahs make uuhhs paroud." (If you don't have a clue what I'm talking about, you need to check out his video from your favorite ex-Creed member and just let me know how ya feel about it. We think it's hilarious!)

I am ready for the day I can blog about an Aggie win. I still (and always will) love the greatest school ever, though, regardless of wins on the field. Don't you?! :) Gig 'Em!!