Christmas card photoshoot with Terra Dawn

This year I wanted to make sure that Chad and I had some professional pictures taken for our Christmas cards since we wouldn't be showing our actual faces at home. It will be our first Christmas not going home and I have to say I'm a little sad BUT the good news is that two of Chads sisters are flying up on the 26th to visit! Lucky for me I'm friends with an AMAZING photographer Terra Dawn and she fit us in for a quick mini session to snap a few shots. The only day that we could take these photos was the same day that we flew back from our LA trip and to say that we were tired is an understatement. However, it ended up being a beautiful sunny and somewhat warm Sunday afternoon in Kirkland and the pictures turned out amazing. We took these in Downtown Kirkland along the waterfront and in the city. PDA overload but what can I say, I like to kiss my husband. Okay, I'll shut up now and just show you the goods...

 

 

 

I'm so in love with ALL of the photos... the Christmas Card winner is still being hidden because I want to TRY and surprise our families. If you are in the Seattle area and like what you see contact Terra Dawn and set up your session! I can't suggest her enough; she's super fun to work with and super fast when it comes to returning the pictures. We had so much fun with her and even though we were both exhausted her positive energy pumped us up and made us feel great. It's always fun when a photographer squeals while taking the photo and says, "OMG these are so good!" I have to say.... she was right!

Terra Dawn has also decided to give any of you guys the hook up if you book with her and mention that you saw it here on my blog!

Mention Crazythoughs blog when booking and you will get $50 off a 1 hour session!
* Regular session cost is $325 but with discount only $275
* Comes with an online gallery of all images available for download at no extra cost
* Must book before 12/31/13 for $50 discount (Date of actual session can be anytime you & Terra agree on does not have to be before 12/31/13)

LA LA LAND

I'm so excited because I only work 2 more days this week and then Thursday morning we head to the City of Angels to play for a long weekend!

We are staying in Long Beach and so far we have the following adventures in the works:

Driving up and down PCH to explore as much of the coast as we can. I fully plan on taking it back to high school and going to Laguna to hang out with girl LC and go eat some of Casey's Cupcakes.


She gives great advice.

Then we are going to head to Newport Beach and find my poor husband some really good Mexican food while I find more cupcakes...maybe Sprinkles this time. Basically I plan on eating as much Froyo/cupcakes as possible and then I'm going to go shopping. Makes perfect sense.



Along with exploring a much of the coast as possible we are also planning on adventuring to Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Rancho Cucamonga, and MAYBE if I'm realllllly into it I'll venture to Coto De Caza and stalk some Housewives. I also might stalk SkinnyRunner on one of her runs... I won't be running of course - I'll be in a rental.

In other Housewife news... come hell or high water we are going to eat a SUR at some point and I really want to go shop at Kyles store oh and DASH... maybe I'll find something to buy under $100.00. Doubtful. If I see Kanye West though I'll barf.

We'll see what else we can squeeze in....lately we have been fans of "relaxed planning." That's what I call it when we have ideas of things to do but no solid plans. In all honesty I'm just really excited about spending FOUR straight days OFF of work WITH my husband.



Now a question for you:
What should we do in LA? Tell me your thoughts and we might add it to our list! If you live in the area let me know - we plan on going out every night and exploring some bars/venues and if you're in town you should come hang out!

Be sure to follow me on Instagram to keep up with the trip. I won't be blogging while on vacation...

Life is busy

I'm so sad I haven't been blogging more but I frankly just haven't had the energy. Work has been absolutely nuts and I came home three different days last week with a headache but I swear it's not stressing me out I'm just BUSY. Things are so good at work customer wise; we have already hit our numbers for this month and it's only the 10th! It's just little things like not having a CSR (my old position) help; the one we did have just quit. That entire situation was really frustrating but I don't want to bring up any negativity so lets just say things can only get better. So, work has taken up most of my life and the other parts I'm trying to focus on working out and eating well. By the time I accomplish those two things the only other thing I want to do is spend time with my husband who works a completely different schedule that me. I miss him so much! I can't wait until our vacation to LA together on the 21st - only eleven more days!

October was absolutely fabulous as usual. It is my favorite month other than December and it was filled with a lot of friends and events. Here are some snap shots of what my October looked like.

I'll try and post more but no promises. Until life gets a little less crazy somethings gotta give and sadly it's been blogging. I also haven't been practicing my photography or my ukulele. Did I tell you guys we bought a ukulele? Yea... it's just sitting by Chads guitars...taunting me.

The first Halloween party - Debauchery Click that link to go to the partys Facebook page. Basically it's a HUGE annual party that my friend Rae told me about last year. You might remember this post about it. Well, this year it was at a new location and we went again and met up with Rae who in my opinion had the best costume - Spring Breakers. Haha I love seeing all the crazy costumes and you know what I love even more? Being the only Voodoo Doll there! Chad was Rick Grimes and surprisingly he was THE ONLY ONE.

 

 

Went to this really fun Southern Bar Witness in Capitol Hill and drank a Bible Thumper and a Son of a Preacher Man. Both were fantastic. I want to go back on a Saturday night when the owner give impromptu sermons and please go look at their website and check out their food. 

 "Dixie Poutine" - Bacon Gravy, Pimento Cheese, Crispy Fries. Say What?!

Dressed up for Halloween at the office... well 2 out of 3 did. #Halloweird

 

Then my friend Angela came into town and we did quite a few activities together...  

I'm obsessed with my Pomeranian.

We went out on Halloween with those two crazy soccer people.

My mother in law sent us her famous cookies and they were delicious.

 We humbly request more for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Then my husband posted this on his Instagram for a TBT. Why do I have no memory of ever seeing this? He swears it was in our wedding slide show but I still spent 10 minuets at work trying to figure out if that was a human or a doll. So freaking cute I could just explode. That really is him in a mask! I want little skeleton babies! Well, not right at this moment but one day... that's another thing that's in the water now. Everyone's getting knocked up. Tis the season! Congrats to all your expectant mommies; this will be the best holiday season of your life if you do it right. It really is the perfect time to announce you're eating for two.  

 

November has already started off with a bang and we still have our LA trip and Thanksgiving to make it through. I love this time of year! Christmas will be here before we know it and one thing I do have to post (mostly for my husband) is my Christmas list. I love doing that post and it will be coming out soon!