{my new car}

So last week, we were looking over how much it would cost to get some new tires for winter and fix the power steering that had started going out and then got our car appraised.... and it was not worth anything! We would have been putting over 50% into our car by replacing the tires and power steering and then not even get it back out.....so we decided to get a new car!!! I got a 2007 Nissian Murano- it's in really great condition and has leather seats and a warranty still on it and they gave us a KILLER price! It will last us for the next 5-6 years once Pierce is out of school and then we can a get a new car but for now, this is a pretty sweet car!!

{Halloween}

Pierce usually doesn't like having holiday decorations around unless it's Christmas, but he is warming up to the idea. So he and I have been gathering some super cute and fun Halloween decorations!

This was a candle holder, which Pierce bumped into last night, so he is no longer with us but was cute for the time being haha!
Apparently I have an obsession with sparkles and glitter, so I just had to get a sparkly orange candle!
Our cute little witch!
This little mummy guy is so cute and again I loved the sparkles!
This picture doesn't do how cute this little decoration is, it's a candle holder that's a spider, but we couldn't find a cute candle to go on it and at Tai Pan they showed it with this, which was really cute!
Pierce picked out this ghost and he is super cute and simple!
Gotta have pumpkins!
Lastly, TJ Maxx has the best decorations for cheap, we found this great fall pumpkin that I will be able to use for Thanksgiving as well!

Happy Halloween!

{we've moved!}

So most of you heard that we moved- it's literally like 100 ft. away from our previous apartment. A 2 bed 2 bath came up so we took it! We really like it and I've posted some pictures below, everything is mostly set up the same as in our old place- but it's a lot more spacious and we are really liking the layout!

The dining room area is a lot bigger which is nice, it's a lot of blank white walls right now until we decide to paint or hang some things.
We now have a hallway which is nice, that closed door is our master bed and the open door is where the 2nd bed (office) is!
The guest bathroom (aka Pierce's bathroom). He did red, black and grey for Miami Heat of course! It is across from the 2nd bedroom.
The second bedroom aka the office setup!
The office, this used to be in the dining room but since it has all the utility things on it, we moved it in here for now!
So Pierce was napping in our bed when I was taking some pictures, so I will skip the master bedroom- it's the same as it was in the other place. We have a little bit more space in there though which is great! Here is our walk-in closet!
My bathroom in the master bath! I loved the curtain so did Blue & White.
So welcome to our new place! And we are up for visitors so let us know if you want to come look at it!

{i heart my sibs}

Can I just say how much I love my siblings?!?

We went to Garret's rock show the other night and while I wasn't loving the LOUD and I mean LOUD music that was playing, I was super impressed that the teachers have all praised my brother as the best in the School of Rock. And this got me thinking about how much I really enjoy spending time with my siblings.

This is a great Rock-A-Billy picture of him. It's crazy to think that he is 18, going to be graduating HS this year AND going off to college- I'm hoping USC. He is a smart cookie too, 4.0 GPA without fail and taking tons of AP classes- a little bit jealous! Anyway besides school work, this kid works his hinney off at Hires Big H and they all love him there. He pays for a lot of his own things like car insurance and phone bill which I find pretty admirable.

This little lady is my best friend in the whole world. She is beautiful and funny. We like the same clothes and get along 99% of the time. She is a pretty great soccer player and pretty much the definition of social butterfly. She is kind- sometimes too kind (liking helping some not so nice "friends" with posters and flyers and even when they were mean back and I wanted to be the big sister she taught me it was ok and it's better to be nice.) She is strong, she doesn't settle and doesn't let boys treat her unkindly which I really respect because that's not always how High School girls are. AND can you believe she will be driving in the next few months- she's pretty good too, for a 15 year old haha!

The littlest man, boy he is my example in life. Always kind and considerate (well ok not ALWAYS- he's a 13 year old). But he is always wanting to make others happy and will go out of his way to make sure no one is disappointed. Others' happiness = his happiness. He is a goof, always showing me funny youtube videos and about 80% of the time I don't get them but he is just laughing away. He is a determined little man, quiting soccer and starting up a completly new sport (LAX- thanks to the hubs) and totally proving all of us wrong by getting tough and actually scoring (twice now!). He also loves it and wants to practice everyday and does, which is something that you can't really coach. He also has been forced to make some new friends quickly which is also a really impressive talent!

Overall, I am glad they are mine and that I get to be friends and family with some of the coolest people ever!

{Pierce & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day}

Thursday I get a call from my husband...

P: "Hi, I got a crack in my windshield and a flat tire from driving over a nail"

Now, those who know Pierce well and even not so well know he likes to tease and there was just no way that could happen to a person all in 1 day.

K: "hahahahaha, ya right"

P: "no seriously"

K: "Oh.... that sucks. (trying to make him sound a little happier) Why did you drive over a nail?"

P: click.

So needless to say, it was a horrible day for my husband....and he didn't drive over a nail, but he drove over a bolt....a big bolt.



Please notice how many fingers that bolt covers- HUGE.



After hearing amounts of $500-$800 because it is AWD (meaning you usually replace all 4 tires- something I didn't know and was not thrilled about), the lovely Jeep dealership took care of us and only had to replace 1! That was lucky.

And the crack in the windshield= not so lucky- it spread like wildfire across the bottom of the windshield and we will be leaving that for a while until we can't see to drive because replacing those are expensive!

Moral of the story: When it rains, it POURS- but everything works out in the end. Now if we could get a magic fairy to fix the crack then it would really work out :)

{the pumpkin patch}

So on Monday, we headed out to the pumpkin patch with Jeff & Liz! Here are some pictures from our adventures...sorry they were all taken with our phones so some are a little blurry.

Us finding some really cool colored pumpkins!

Pierce & Jeff maning the cart (first of 3!!)

My beautiful MIL, Liz!

The "butt" pumpkin- we found LOTS of interesting shaped pumpkins, like the pic below...

We joked that if you flip this gourd upside down, you get a porno movie haha!

More gourds!

Jeffro found some great carving pumpkins!

My husband refusing to smile normally for pictures!

This pumpkin weighed so much! I look a little funny cuz it was so heavy.

Random pic of my hubs!

That big white one on top had the coolest warts- they looked like popcorn!

Well we can't wait to carve this for Halloween and start this great fall season!

{got my hair did}

So about a week or so ago, I got my hair done! I haven't really done anything to my hair color for years so it was fun to change it up a little bit and I really like it!

I was going to do the ombre but was talked out of it by a few people so my hair guy decided to do some carmel highlights! Still secretly wanna try the ombre but that can be for another day!

{more birthday pictures}

So I was looking through some pictures and I forgot that I had more pictures from Pierce and my birthday!

Pierce's family dinner @ Joy Luck!

My husband looking unamused that we were taking photos of him- but he is so cute, how can we not!?

Pierce's family dinner for my birthday @ Fuji Steakhouse (we obviously like Asian a lot haha)

{homecoming}

So a few weeks ago, my beautiful sister went to her first homecoming dance! I got to go over and help her and a couple friends get ready! She went with a really cute boy and I think had a great time.

Our good family friend Shelby came and helped the girls with hair and painting toes at the last second!!

Geez, these little kiddos are growing up so quickly!!


Sydney & her date ( forgot his name) and Bree & Chandler!

Dad with his girls!

And last but not least, the sisters! It's crazy that she is already in high school- sometimes I feel like I am 16 still!

{it's the most wonderful time of the year}

There aren't a lot of things I like more than Christmas, but General Conference is one of them! This word cloud is from 2009's general conference but I love that one for this year would probably have the same words. Can't wait to give you my thoughts of Conference once it comes out in print and I can fully reread and study the words!

Happy Conference!