Meet Katie.

My little sister.  She she graduated from Nursing School at OU (Boomer Sooner) and just got her first job as a nurse.  She's all grown up now and I cannot believe how fast time flies.

I remember wanting to stay out past my curfew in high school (my sister was two years younger at the time) and calling my sister to ask her if she'd turn off the lamp outside my parents bedroom. My parents used to turn on this tiny lamp outside their room and would wake up in the middle of the night to see if it was still on to judge if I was home or not. After a while I figured out if I got my sister to help me then, I'm sure me being 21 before her would come into handy.  Not that I promote under age drinking ;)

Then she was in high school getting serious boyfriends and calling me with all the juicy details and girl drama.

Getting her heart crushed by her serious boyfriend going into college (A**). But rebounding strong and living up her college years like I wish I would have (running college track really just took up a lot of my social life and mistakes I would have otherwise made....).

Going through our parents awful divorce [insert unfaithful father here].  And her being my go to when I would get upset about it and knew she could relate to exactly what I was feeling at those exact moments.

Fast forward to today, with her graduating from nursing school, going on bad dates that she calls to tell me about (fist pounder included), and starting her very first job.

She is ultimately the most amazing sister a girl could ever ask for.  Gorgeous. Smart. Funny Hilarious. Down-to-Earth.  Shy until you get to know her. Lovable.

So without further ado here is my little sister Katie.

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I See, You See.

I always get so excited for Tuesday's purely for the challenge of taking on a challenge of a different theme each week, and seeing what Meggy comes up with compared to what I come up with.

Shall we see what is on the chopping block for this week?

Theme: GLAMOUR
 *Provided by or co-worker Jenn via Twitter after our ISUS the other week 

Now I by no means feel like I have anything "glamorous" to take pictures of in my every day life...I was kinda worried after realizing my cat wearing heels would not cut it for the post this week. But, after taking an impromptu trip home this week, I realized very quickly what I could do for my "glamour" shot.

My sister Katie! She is drop dead gorgeous in my opinion.  She mentioned she was going out to a party this Saturday night so I chased her around the house with my camera hoping to get a glamorous shot of her.   Yep... I got exactly what I wanted. I actually ended up with two, but felt this photo had more of a glamour feel to it.. I'll show off my other picture on Wednesday so you will have to come back and check it out!

And here is what Meggy saw this week:

Glamour to me is such a broad term. I think you can find glamour in anything, even in something so simple - for example - I recently "pinned" a simple, yet elegant outfit to Pinterest and then my photo for today is more of the glitz and sparkle side of glamour.  I love a little sparkle in life, why not?  Even if it's adding a pretty necklace to a simple outfit can go a long way.

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Houston. No, not Texas.

Well I have some very exciting pictures to share with you all (ya'll according to my friend Bosa) today.

My friend Angela (Bosa) got her brand new baby boxer puppy this weekend! His name is Houston (hence the title of the post).  This is where Angela is from which I think goes perfectly with Bosa's personality.

She told me the other week that she wanted to get a boxer puppy.  I asked what she was looking for in a little pup and she said she wanted a white boxer, but she also loves spots. I was on a mission.  Find her a dog ASAP. Yep took me all about 15 minutes of searching and started emailing her puppies (including this one!) After showing off her puppy options we all encouraged her to get him! I mean how can you look at this puppy (especially when it was five weeks old - so even more tiny) and not want to get him right away?

She came by the office today on a surprise visit to show off her new love. He was just the cutest thing I have EVER seen.  I don't think anything can be cuter than a puppy to me right now, I'm dying to get one, but just isn't the right time in my life for that and the BF would KILL me knowing he'd have to help me out more than I think :) God love him, he's probably right!

Now onto the most important part of my post.  The puppy pics! Ah.... I couldn't pick just one of course, so I opted for several for you to swoon over. So, so cute!

I mean how cute is he!?!

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Just a Walk in the (Dog) Park

Sorry I've been a little incognito the past couple of days.  Between going to the "Mad Men" event at Banana Republic on Thursday with Katie where their strategy to give customers free drinks and shop worked...

...and making the last minute decision to drive to Tulsa through torrential down pours on Friday afternoon to visit my mom and sister (and their 4 little monsters), I haven't left much time for posting!

To make up for it, I thought I'd share my Saturday afternoon with you while it's still here.  Trying to avoid shopping to save some monies, we opted to take my sisters two boston terrorists and my mom's fluff balls to the dog park.

Result: Enzo got harassed by some schnauzers which inevitably made him overly cautious when any other dogs approached him and turning him into a barking maniac. Max was totally lame and sat right by my mom's feet the entire time (smart considering there was a huge lab and great dane running around).  Harley was sprinting all over the place making friends left and right. Beau apparently was supposed to be born a large dog instead of a small one, because he couldn't stay away from all the big dogs pouncing on every one that walked into the park!

Of the two that did stay still for more than two seconds, these are the quick pictures I got.

Enzo dug himself a hole to cool off in the shade 

Max being a lazy bones just chillin'

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Bracelet Swap

The more I get into the blogger world, the more inclined I am to meet/make new friends.  The idea of blogging at first scared me because of what people may think about what I have to say.

After doing this for the past 7+ months, I feel like I have made so many new friends and appreciate all of the support I received over the months.  You all are GREAT!

When Meggy over at ChasingDavies announced she was having a friendship bracelet swap I was pumped! I am always up for adding new jewelry to my collection and making a new friend so sign me up!

I was paired up with the sweet as can be Shelly of GS Lillian. Megan told me how she loves Shelly's blog and was so excited that I got paired with her which made me even more excited. BUT, also nervous since she is quite the jewelry maker herself! Talk about pressure... she is awesome at making jewelry and the last time I attempted to make something was so far back I can't even remember. Pressure aside, I was thrilled to go searching for a bracelet Shelly would like and would be something I could actually make!

Meggy recently received a bracelet similar to this from another bracelet swap and I loved the look.  I tracked it down on her Pintrest from Honestly WTF.  They made it so easy!

As you know I was out of town all weekend, and on my way to Denver I get an email from Shelly saying she sent her bracelet. I was like a little kid on my flight back to KC so excited to see what Shelly made me.  Not surprisingly her bracelet was AMAZING! Not even kidding.  This gal's got talent! It even came with a cute little GS Lillian tag which made it her own and special that she took the time to do all the finishing touches.

Check it out!!! I wore it to work on Monday and got tons of compliments on it. Sending them your way Shelly!

Thanks so much Shelly for the great looking bracelet.  If you love it too you should check out her shop, there is plenty more for you to choose from!

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I See, You See.

You know what day it is!!! I See, You See with Meggy over at ChasingDavies.

If you're new to my blog, this is a post I do every Tuesday with Meggy. We choose a theme for each week and both take a picture of what we see that theme meaning.  I am open to any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment and we will take a stab at it! In fact, we are DYING for suggestions.  Trust me, coming up with these themes every week gets difficult!

Last week we made it a little easier on ourselves and picked the theme OLD.

The week prior we did something new, so wanted to stay in theme.

I got lucky this weekend going to the BF's family wedding.  His sweetest little grandma, Mi Mi was there and cutting up a rug.  I looked over from the dance floor and saw her watching all of us dancing around like complete crazy people having so much fun, and thought she should get to have fun too! I ran over to her and we had our own little dance party.  She actually was better at moving her hips than I was.   I am by no means a good dancer, especially when it comes to being on beat, but dang Mi Mi can shake those hips! After we were done dancing the bride's grandma came and joined us.  They were the cutest old people I've ever met. To be honest, I hate using the word old when showing you this picture, because if you met them in person, the first thing you would think of wouldn't be old, it would be AWESOME.

Mi Mi on the right

Here is what Megan saw this week:

There is the beautiful church in my neighborhood that's been around as long as I know.  It's made of stone and I wanted to capture it.  It ended up being harder to get in the picture than I thought - but the thought is there.  My something old is St. Agnes.

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I'm Almost a Pro....

After attending my SIXTH wedding this weekend in Denver.  I think I've almost become a pro wedding dancer.

This wedding was for Walt's fun cousin Brady and his super sweet (now wife) Jamie.

To sum it up I will take the bulleted approach tonight:

• Wedding was outdoors at a country club, basically the moment they said I do it started to pour and we JUST missed the rain.  Talk about good timing. 
• Inside it was beautiful with the lights over the dance floor
• The bridesmaid and groomsmen walked in together each doing their own dance. Walt fell over trying to do mission impossible and almost took out an old woman.  AWESOMENESS and so Walt
• Brady and Jamie's first dance was choreographed to "Everybody Dance Now." FANTASTIC and you can see it >here.
• Speeches were great, Jamie's sister should be a comedian

Then the traditions on her side come into play:

• Her mom did a tribute dance to the happy couple to "Grease Lightening." See pictures below
• Their family built a pyramid with Jamie on top.  I can't believe no one was injured, I was highly impressed
• They did their family dance, I think it's called the "Elephant Dance," where Brady (groom) is the trunk and then everyone grabs each others hands and walks around the room to a fun song (eeek too much to drink by this point so memory escaped me to what it was)

Lastly, the second the music came on, the ENTIRE wedding was on the dance floor.  Not only that, they were there until the very last song was played.  Of all the weddings I've been too I don't see this often, so that was pretty great and assured me Walt has one heck of a family! 

Now they are sitting on the beach on Cabo San Lucas! So jeal! 

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Mamma Mia!

Yep. You heard me right. Tonight I went to see "Mamma Mia" at Starlight theater with some friends!

Now I will be the first to tell you that growing up I was not a fan of musicals and singing and all that jazz.  My sister was the drama/choir/musicals gal, I was the sporty one. She would go around singing musicals EVERY DAY! I remember the days of screaming... KATIIIIEEEEE shut up! If you ask me now, I will say that every time she sang in shows I cried.  Don't tell her that ;) But around the house.... that was my time to relax, not listen to Grease musicals!

I saw "Mamma Mia" a few years ago and thought it was okay, but when someone at work offered up free tickets front and center, I couldn't resist.  I've grown tired of the crap TV on lately, so resorted to watching "Glee" on Netflix before I go to bed.  Again, not a musicals person and not sure what's going on with me.

The show was great, weather wasn't nearly as hot as I had imagined it would be.  So all and all a good night!

You are probably thinking what I was thinking..."Definitely don't remember men in scuba gear in the movie!" 

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Trying to come up with themes EARLIER like we should have been doing oh say... for the past six months, Meggy and I decided this week's theme should be....

NEW

As in something old and something NEW.  Hence, next week our theme will be OLD. Easy peasy, right?

So onto what we saw this week.

I saw this yummy looking NEW bottle of red wine. Given to Lisa and I by our neighbors across the street. Is it sad our neighbors know we love wine that much??  A few weeks ago the Trader Joe's opened up in Kansas City and basically everyone and their mom has made a trip there, except for me! I get frustrated with crowds in grocery stores and lose my patience QUICKLY. But I may make the trek over there to get me some more Charles Shaw ($2 buck chuck) after I finish this NEW bottle of wine!

Want to see what Meggy saw?  Her NEW baby bump! She is 20 weeks along so her baby boy is still so new.  Even to me it feels like it was just yesterday she was having a glass of wine with me and now she has a little baby boy inside her!


Everyday my belly is something new.  It's constantly changing and growing to make room for baby boy.  He loves to move around, flip his legs up above his head and swing his arms around.  And I love feeling him do so.  This is all new to me and I am loving every minute.

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Play by Play...

...of me getting my butt kicked in a bouquet toss.

Remember when I posted pictures of the 5th wedding I went to (the one I was in) with Mandi and Matt?

Well, when I stopped by Mandi and Matt's house tonight to drop off something, I hung around a played catch up for a while.  Then we got started talking about the wedding and the wedding pictures etc.  Mandi then goes on to say that the photographer got some pretty good pictures of the bouquet toss.  I was like, "WHAT?!" I don't know how much I had to drink, but I definitely don't remember seeing someone taking pictures during that part of the wedding. Little did I know she was standing right in front of Mandi taking pictures of the crowd (a.k.a single/not engaged ladies such as myself).

I couldn't resist showing these after we had a good laugh of how absolutely ridiculous this play by play of the bouquet toss was at Mandi's wedding.

Erica May was her photographer and since these weren't featured on her site, I took some screenshots of them to share of Mandi's album.

If you will notice... that is MY long arm reaching across the entire crowd

Ooop... there I am! Yes my arms are a span of 5'9'' (VERY long)

I realize that the bouquet is actually coming my direction... shoot why not try and catch it?

I caught it... or did I? Oh I DID. Keep an eye on my friend Sarah who's back is to the camera... 

Yep. She STOLE it! Right out of my hands!!!!

What the!?!

Did you really just take that out of my hands?!? 

Yep... I did it.  I stole the bouquet and kicked Laura's butt! 

Walter assuring me that it's not the end of world that I didn't catch the bouquet (as I put on my sad puppy face). So Sweet! 

So needless to say. This is embarrassing for me, but I love you all so I will show you as your source of entertainment tonight.

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