Easter weekend

This weekend was a lot of fun. Fletcher got to do a little modeling for a local clothing company, we got to visit our favorite coffee shop in Tulsa and celebrate Easter!

My dad and I dyed eggs like we do every year. This year we only dyed a few but it was still super fun. Then, Fletcher and I went out and found a pretty pink redbud tree to take some photos in front of. I'm so excited that the trees and flowers are blooming and the weather is getting warmer. Fall will always be my favorite but Spring is a very close second. 

Advent: day 19

Day 19: Spend the entire evening with just the Christmas tree lights on.

DIY Bokeh Filter

I have seen DIY bokeh filter tutorials before but today I saw one on The Friendly Fox and I finally decided to try it out.

I decided to make a heart and after three tries of cutting the right size heart I finally got the right size down. These photos aren't perfect examples but I think they came out pretty cool. 

This last one was an accident. I was zoomed out too far and got this shot. It turned out pretty cute though. 

Here's the link to the tutorial. It's super easy and takes just a few minutes to get started. 

Advent Day 6

Day 6: Make a paper chain.

Today the hubs finally got his cast off! YAY! We got to go to Starbucks and get celebratory drinks. 

We also went to Hobby Lobby and got some new ornaments and a few other decorations. 

We ended up making two paper chains. I made this one and hung it on the Christmas tree.

Fletcher helped me make the big one and it's hanging above our couch. Our house just keeps getting more and more festive!

this past week

The other day at Wal-Mart I heard some familiar sounds. I turned around a saw two tv's playing two of my favorite childhood cartoons. One tv was playing Beauty and the Beast and the other was playing The Berenstien Bears Christmas! 

On Thanksgiving day after we ate lunch with Fletcher's Mom we proceeded to get our plan together for  our Black Friday shopping trip. We literally planned all day. It was worth it.

While Fletcher's Mom and I planned he lounged around with Tilly.

We left their house at 9:15 and headed to the tiny Wal-Mart in the town that our parent's live in and we were out of there by 10:15 (no one knew they were checking people out in electronics so we got back there and out super quick) then we headed straight to Joplin, MO. It's about 50 miles from where we were and we decided it would probably be our best bet for our shopping trip. Once we got there we first drove by Target, Kohl's and Best Buy, all of which had crazy long lines so we hit up the mall first and went to Macy's. We started there at midnight and left Joplin at about 4 a.m. We ended up going to Macy's, Bath & Body Works, Target, Kohl's (where I stood in line for 2 hours!!), Best Buy (Fletcher was in there for an hour and a half in line), Macy's again and then we headed home. 

Here's my haul! A couple of those things are gifts but most of it came home with us.

Yes, I got the new Zelda with the cool gold wii remote. It's pretty awesome so far!

This week the weather has decided to get super cold. I'm perfectly okay with that. It gives me an excuse to cuddle up with a warm blanket and some hot tea or coffee.

We brought our Christmas tree home but didn't get to put it up yet. (See yesterday's post)

We bought a new white tree! It only took us about an hour to figure out why some of the lights didn't work but we fixed it!

    

Here is a little sneak peek at some of our other lovely Christmas decorations.

Our nightly rituals.

I was so excited this was on today! It's one of my absolute favorite Christmas cartoons!

oh, christmas tree

This year we have had a pretty difficult time in the Christmas tree department. We got our old Christmas tree and brought it home from my parent's house and forgot all about the pole that holds the whole thing up. We went all the way back and searched and can't seem to find it. My parents are out of town right now so until they get back we can't put it up. So, in the meantime we decided to get a new tree! I've been wanting a white tree for a while and this seemed like a great time to get one. This one was prelit and everything for a great price so I decided to go ahead and get it. We may still put our other tree up once we find the pole...we will see if it turns up.

 I got these really pretty glittery snowflakes for the new tree. Fletcher won't touch them. He hates glitter. Ha!

It's super pretty when it's not lit up too!

This is  a cute little photo that I think Sam took (?) I don't remember if this was the one I took or not but we were making some cute clay ornaments with these little cookie cutters. They turned out super cute. You'll see them soon when I show you the rest of our Christmas decorations around the house.

Have you put your tree up yet?