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)

I love the snow...I think.

Well, I have now experienced my first "real" northern snow.

Here are the highs and lows of now being a northerner':

Highs:

It's so pretty!

It's so fun to play in!

Olive looooves it!

Makes you wanna drink hot coco!

And take lots of pretty pictures:

This was some full on SNOW. I'm talking those pretty, fluffy, big, and yummy snowflakes that are powder thin. Although, they do cause a bit of a ruckus when one tries to go into work on a Monday morning - which brings me to the lows.

The Lows:

Roads turn to ICE

Cars fishtail and slide everywhere

You will fall when you try and walk outside

Olive will never want to come inside again and begs to be let out every 5 mins so she can go and eat the snow while it drops from the sky. Check out the Video:

Your car will be buried under 10inches of ice and snow

Your hands will freeze from trying to get said snow and ice off your car

You will NOT make it up the big ass hill on the way to work.

You WILL have to call your coworkers telling them to come rescue you from said hill

They will make fun of you for driving a Honda and being from MS.

You will get asked, "Not trying to be an ass but have you ever Seen snow before?"

Why no! I thought the world was ending again my bad.

But Alas, I made it to work and this is what my view looked like from my building:

Baby it's cold outside.

All in all I refuse to drive to work again while there is any snow and/or ice on the road so if we have to work tomorrow (we are supposed to be getting more snow and ice tonight) then one of my coworkers with 4 wheel drive will be coming to pick me up.

In other news, I've started counting calories again and working out more. It's time to drop some weight and get in shape I'm 25 now...it's all down hill from here and I'd like to weigh less going down said hill so it won't go by as fast.

Valley of the Dolls

First off- The Wedding Pictures are IN!!!!

Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy! But now I have to select which ones I want BLOWN UP to go on my walls all over my house. Of course, most of them will just be ME because I like to look at myself and it was my wedding... Just kidding. I'm totally going to let Chad be in a few... maybe. I will be posting a whole blog soon full of wedding pictures and details of that crazy/fun/amazing/perfect day.

Perfect as in My MOH/Best Friend for LIFE Haley Vomited in the middle of my vows.

Yup, that totally happened.

Be sure to come back and read about those details!

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Due to the wedding pictures coming in my mom hightailed it to my house yesterday and is staying with us until she goes through all 1200 and makes her picks. I'm on lunch right now and she has only made it through the bunch one time and is already mad at me because there are just "too many to pick from they are all good" Well, Mom you can't have 1200 pictures blown up on you walls so get to work and make some choices! (I'm practicing tuff love on everyone right now and I know she is about to read this over my shoulder. Haha) Last night we cooked steaks and watched a movie I am kicking myself for not watching before. How did I miss out on this gem for so long?

 It is a Cult Classic after all:

Why did Manson have to murder her? She was absolutely stunning.

Barbara Perkins you are my new idol.

 Absolutely breath taking. I miss classic beauty and timeless style.

I'm going to start dressing like this:

And wearing my hair like this:

I always thought this movie was about pretty girls in California. That's it, I didn't know it was about drugs aka "dolls" or sexuality and stardom in the 60's! Love it. I love movies that have real endings that aren't happy and that really reflect how messed up life can be. (See my love for Closer & Love Story)

Now, I need more suggestions on old movies to watch that I have missed out on.

Also, I promise from this day forward to call any prescription meds that I have to take Dolls.

What are you favorite Classic Movies?

Funny things

I've been doing a lot of fun things this week which totally explains my lack in posting. However, I'm trying to get back in the swing of things and I've even started using windows live writer. I'm confused currently and to lazy to try and figure everything out tonight so, mayybeee that will happen this weekend? Who knows, all I know is that I have been working out like crazy, eating too much chocolate, spending time with good friends, doing shitty new projects at work that SUCK, and I got our wedding pictures in! (That is another whole can of worms that I also have to sit on the computer and figure out how to post in order to please my family and friends.) I swear I will blog more and post those damn pictures by Sunday but during the week I'm just not into it. I'm tired, I'm focused on going to work, tanning, gym, (Hell no to the laundry I make Chad do that shit) watching my shows, and cooking food for me to eat. I'll get to the pictures this weekend (which is already slammed full of activities: shows & football) and I'll figure out my way around windows live writer later... hopefully. I also want to read the latest Sookie Stackhouse book which I've been wanting to do since May. Yea, that has been going good I'm on page 31.

Funny thing #1

However, in the midst of my hectic life I did have time to do something funny today. (Well, I think it's funny) Does everyone remember the Facebook game when all the girls started posting colors as their status and no one knew why for a long time and it turned out to be to raise awareness for brest cancer. Well, there is a NEW thing and it was too good to ignore:

HAHAHA you guys are Hilarious.

Funny thing #2

One of my shows I am obsessed with is Big Brother on CBS. Love Love Love it.

Hate this bitch though and she was Evicted tonight! (Squeeel) It's so FUNNY because she is just a LIAR like no other and she has a little girl that is watching her basically be Satan and she got evicted right after making her BIG move. Dumbass. HA HA HA.

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On another note - Running has been fantastic the last 2 weeks. I did my long run on Sunday 3.5 miles and Saturday I plan on doing my long run for this week 4.0 miles. I haven't been able to do that since right before the wedding back in June. I'm back bitches and I feel great. I really really really want to focus on losing more weight so I need to put the damn chocolate down and back away from the bar. Wish me luck people. However, I'm warning you now I'm totally going nuts Saturday night after my long run with tailgating and drinking (my job rocks sometimes and I get to go to the game in the box suite at my Alma mater the University of Southern Mississippi and party like a rockstar FO FREEE!) so, I can't really expect myself to have much self control but hey, after 4 miles and 800 something calories burned I can have at least 8 Michelob Ultras right?

How busy is your life right now?

Are you going to any football games this weekend?



Wedding Day.

So, We went to the chapel and got married. These are the events/stories before the big "I Do's"

Getting married is honestly something I never thought I would do.

I'm a product of divorce and never really saw a good example of lasting love, ya know the kind where you work things out and don't hurt each other everyday with cruel words and general animosity. I remember telling my mom to get a divorce when I was 8 years old; however, they didn't then dad put new carpet in the house and we went back home. For years I thought we just moved out for the carpet to get replaced... oh what a confused child I once was. The realization that life isn't perfect and sometimes people end up hating each other hit me when I was in high school after I broke up with my first "real" boyfriend and my parents really did get a divorce. I decided that relationships weren't worth the work and the pain that come with them. Then college happened and supplied an endless amount of guys that proved me right every time about my theory of only short term happiness really exists. My motto was "date like a guy" and hey, it really worked for a few years. I had a ton of fun and didn't worry about getting serious because I didn't WANT to. It and they were just not worth it. So, one day after watching Elizabethtown I decided I should be a single, witty, and attractive flight attendant who would have exciting love affairs. Well, I guess I'll just let Kristen handle that job.

Then I met a guy. A really really different guy. A guy I didn't think existed.

I don't know if this is how everyone feels when they are in love but it just doesn't get better than *him* he is the nicest, kindest, most talented person I've ever met and I have no idea how I got this lucky. I really believe that God brought us together because we are exactly what each other needed. Things I lack (patience, ambition, courage, kindness, sensitivity) he possess and the things he lacks I feel the voids for. I won't speak for him but HE MAKES ME A BETTER PERSON.

I fell in love with him and it scared me to death. 3 years later he asked me to marry him (still scared). 1.5 years later (June 4th 2011) we got married. And 10 days later I'm sure it was the best choice I've ever made.

That's just a little overview of our story and really I would crash blogger if I tried to go into details. I just felt the need to give you a glimpse into our love affair and honestly, I just don't know if this happens to everyone. I never thought it would happen to me, or even that this existed in the first place. I'd also like to urge everyone who reads this to never settle for an okay relationship just to not be "alone" I see so many of my friends do this and it's terrible.

Wait for it.

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The morning of the wedding started out with bubbles, besties, mommas, and booze.

I urge every Bride to take a bubble bath in a very big tub the morning of your wedding.

(We got married at 7pm so you might have to wake up extra early if it's a day one!)

Yes, I'm a ham.

I will pose for anything

I swear I wasn't doing anything naughty even though thats what it kinda looks like... eeek!

Then it was time to get pretty and drink pink champaine!

My dream team.

My best friends are amazing.

The following pictures were stolen from Nicole one of my AMAZING bridesmaids. (who also blogs! Check her smartness out HERE)

Putting the dress on!

Almost ready...

Finish product!

 *just one of the sneak peeks from the photographer*

Now, time to get sassy and take some pre wedding pictures!

(Note: the hubs was NOT allowed to see me pre game so these are all missing him)

some of my fabulous ladies

 (featuring Marley who made my dreams come true by being preggo for the wedding! I just LOVE preggo brdiesmaids they are just so BEAUTIFUL!)

Helping Vetter realize he has 3 buttons to button.

AND now time for a little recpetion time!!!

(still stolen shots from tater baby)

The entrance!

First dance

My penguin.

In the words of Porky Pig, "That's All Folks"

For tonight!

Surround yourself with beauty & greatness

I don't know if I ever consciously decided that I would only collect talented friends throughout my life but somehow that happened.

I am the luckiest girl in the world because I have the most amazing and talented friends ever. Let me do a rundown to make you jealous:

Kerri Welch - Besties since high school. She is an AMAZING hair stylist (remember the extensions) and owns her own hair salon in Madison, MS STATIC A SALON (aka the LA of MS)

 Haley Skeen - Besties since 2003. She is an AMAZING make-up artist that has model looks and a heart bigger than Donald Trumps ego.

Nicole Cotten - A one of the kind Head Bitch that would kill someone for you. She is the most intelligent person I've ever met with a heart of gold, oh and insanely beautiful.

Chad Knight - I'm gonna marry this one so that in itself should explain how amazing he truly is. He is a workhouse that does his best every moment of the day and never complains. (that's my job. Yup, I was voted most likely to complain in high school) He will be famous one day I believe it with every ounce of my heart and I feel like I was put on this Earth to help make that happen for him.

Andrea Thornhill- Met in college and fell in love. Yes, I'm serious- I love this girl more than words can explain, we ran the Sociology Department at USM and she is the perfect yang to my ying so to say. We have had some amazing adventures together and even though we might not see each other every week, when we get together we just pick up where we left off. She is the most talented photographer I know. She recently took our engagement pictures (that I'm about to show you) and everything she does she does with integrity and focus. I admire that and so many other things about her.

I'm truly a friend snob. Mine are better than yours.

I'm not sure what they see in me sometimes other than when I'm your friend I'm your biggest fan and biggest support. I'd do anything for these people and all of my other amazing friends that I didn't have time to list. (trust me they are all amazing)

Oh, but don't rule me out - I'm always looking for new amazing people to befriend and in all honesty... I really think every single person in this world has something amazing to offer. Some people just choose to ignore their greatness and others choose to cultivate it.

Here are some Sneak peeks at the FI & I's photo session!:

Newspaper Announcement Picture!

I am in love with this one

excuse the crazy hand

I love this one too

Thank you Andrea for making us look so good and for being a wonderful friend all these years! I love you more than money. (and that's a LOT)