Happy Halloween!

October 31 has always been a day that I have been so excited about. It's almost like Christmas for me! You get to dress up and be someone you are not just for one night! Two years ago today, David and I spent our first Halloween together. It really has been wonderful to dress up and hang out with our friends.
Our First Halloween, we went to a friends Halloween Party and even found out way to 6th street in Austin. And WOW! there are some amazing costumes out there every year we go. The way we work as a couple usually ends up in thinking for months about a costume for myself and planning it out every step of the way and for David I usually think of an idea for him two days before, he says sure and I spend the next two days running around town making his costume perfect. :D Maybe that is the only reason he actually dresses up. So, our first year together I found David a Penguin Costume. He was so happy about it since a Penguin is his favorite animal and something it also has something to do with some sort of computer thing that I really don't even remember. Yes, he's told me about 4 times but sometimes I just can't hear him correctly so I just ignore it. Anyway, David was a Penguin and for some reason every single person we saw on 6th street loved his costume. If you ask him he would probably say "Because It's Awesome!"


And well, in all honesty, it really was awesome. The man in the picture as a 'dead person?' thought David was so cool for wearing a Penguin Costume he had to have a picture with David. I think he saw that David had a little Hard Rock in him and had to respect the confidence. The second picture is one of my favorites because right there is a joke for all to love. A penguin, a banana, and a gator walk into a bar.... I think you would have to finish on that one.

That year I dressed up as a very well known figure. The pregnant virgin mary. Now I can only imagine that anyone's reaction to this could be "Haha, what a great costume!" or "How could you!" And if you know me at all, then you know I never play it safe. I love having a costume that makes people give a second take, because well... that's just me. I even had some random man run up to me saying "My goodness, that is the most beautiful pregnant belly I have ever seen! Congratulations! May I touch your belly? I can tell you what you're going to be having!" So what did I say? If you know me at all, I said sure, and asked him what sex he thought the baby was. He told me I would be having a girl, I just laughed and told him was a pillow and thanked him for his psychic reading. Going downtown with that costume was even more fun than I thought. So many people ran up to me to get a picture, because really... how many Virgin Mary's do you see on Halloween? Even the Christians protesting with their signs that the world is going to end on 6th street gave me a smile. I really loved my costume, and even though it did get me trouble with some people I am related to, I can only laugh at it since I had an amazing costume for under $15 and I rocked it!

Last year was even better! David and I decided to be a 'White Trash Couple' I was a little worried about what my relatives would say about another year as something a bit out there, but when my Mother in Law came over to the house before a Halloween Party we were heading to, her laugh definitely made me feel better about it. I got David some Dale Earnhardt Pajama Pants and cut them into cargo shorts. He also wore his cowboy boots, a white sleeveless undershirt, a Coors Baseball hat with a fish hook attached to the top, and the topper was a coozie attached with twine to hang around his neck so he wouldn't have to hold his beer. I think that might have been his favorite part of the costume. The Halloween Party we went to we even decided to have him bring our backpack on wheels cooler. He filled it with Lonestar and really played the part. I had the big hair with the blue eyeshadow. The bathing suit top as bra support, an ugly pink panther tank top, a bright yellow unicorn purse and a baby wearing an Aggie shirt. C'mon! I had to, we live in Austin! :) We had such an amazing time, and yet again, everyone loved Davids Costume more than mine!
So I hear you saying... "What are you two going to be this year?" Well that is an answer that I can not give to you. Sorry, I know but it is a surprise. One thing that I can tell you is that David and I are not on a theme, but you will love it! And we will have pictures up soon and you will be able to see everything we did tonight. And another hint is this is the first year we are not going Downtown. There really is no point in dealing with all of those people, parking, cabs, and the Police. But I can promise we will have a good safe time, and we wish you the same! Happy Halloween to All!

I don't Hula, I Hoop!

About few months ago David and I came across a little bar near our house called The Red Shed. It's a nice little neighborhood bar with a good kitchen and cheap drinks. We would visit frequently, mainly for the music. Every night would be a different genre. One fateful Wednesday Night we made our way out and the best music in the world was playing... Reggae! A spinner named Dr. Dubbist was playing some of my favorite of Dub Music and right in front of the stage was this woman that I could not keep my eyes off of. She was a Hooper. With a good ol fashioned Hula Hoop she spun around with it on her hips, knees, arms and even in the air. I was mesmerized at how amazing she was at hooping. So interested I decided to give a hoop a try. She actually ended up recommending a certain size for me to try out first and the second a spun that hoop around me, my world had changed.
The Hooper is named Aradia, her and I have become very good friends over the past few months. I get to go over to her house and practice new moves on the hoop and I do have to say, I am getting pretty good at being a Hooper! She found out that I am a Photographer and expressed to me that she needs some pictures for her website. So the best part of everything is that I get to take pictures of her hooping, and she makes me amazing new hoops and I get lessons! The best part of everything (even the free hoops) is the fact that the pictures I have been getting are amazing. Aradia and I will be starting on Hooping Series around Austin of her hooping in amazing known places. This is a new idea in my Photography that is going so well that hopefully in less than a year I will have enough work to have a gallery showing with all of my work. It's looking more and more possible after ever photo shoot I have with her.
I had no idea that Hooping could change my life for the better. It's a new amazing, exciting thing that I thank God everyday for finding its way to me. Here are some more pictures of Aradia hooping. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Mum!

Saturday on the 24th was my mother's birthday. :) I had been wondering what I could get her, but anytime I actually get her a gift I sometimes here "You shouldn't have! You don't need to spend money on me for my birthday, save it for yourself." So I thought what could be best as a present for my mom. On Wednesday I had called my dad at his work and talked to him on what he would be doing to celebrate my Mom's Birthday on Saturday. He said they would be having a Bar-B-Q with some of her friends, so I decided what a great way to come surprise her. I had talked to my mom earlier that week and planted the idea in her head that I was so behind on some of my photo shoots of an architectural series I am working on and that I wouldn't be able to even come visit her, but i would give her a birthday call! On Saturday Morning when David and I woke up (around noon) I gave my brother a call to remind him to give our Mother a Happy Birthday call. Then I proceeded to call her about 15 min later. As sly as I thought I was she caught on pretty quick that I had given my brother a little nudge to make that birthday call possible. I talked to her wishing her a wonderful happy birthday and got off the phone quickly, since my story to her was that I had to get all my pictures in that day.
Her party was starting at 6 so I left Austin around 4:45. Got to Austin right at 5:45 to see my dad in the driveway leaving to the store to get food for the party. My mom heard me talking to me dad outside, and right when I walked up to the front door, there she was opening it for me. There was a huge smile on her face and a surprised shout of "Elizabeth!" She was so excited to see me for her birthday. I explained to her how dad and I had planned this even to surprise her for her birthday. I even brought my Hula Hoop, and even though my mom got another year on her, she was still able to give that Hoop a run for it's money. We even got to go see my grandmother and show her my Hoop tricks, and even Ma gave a twirl on my new Hula Hoop. We had such a great time with yummy fried chicken and a chick flick called 'The Proposal.' I had to leave that night to get back home to my husband, but going back to San Antonio to see my Mom for her birthday ended up being a great idea! We had so much fun and that is a memory I have with my Mom that I will never forget!

Our little girl isnt so little anymore

Well hello there! Long time no... blog? I have honestly just been to lazy and busy to keep up with this blog. And I kept thinking about it and here I am taking up this little piece of the Internets and not even using it! I felt so wasteful! So now I am going to try my hardest to keep up as much as I can. A lot of new things are going on in our life and I hope to keep you informed as much as I can!

This blog is dedicated to our little Ella. There was a post before when we just got her and looking back at all those cute pictures of how tiny she was, now shes bigger. A lot bigger. Last time she got weighed she is at a total of 32 pounds and now bigger than her older brother Johnny. But with all honesty she still thinks shes a little puppy. With those little green eyes that just look up with a look of "C'mon! You know I'm too cute to ignore!" Taking her to the dog park is more interesting than it used to be. She completely ignores ever dog in the park and goes up to every single human possible to get attention. Whenever David or I try to pay attention to Johnny or Copland, there is little Ella scootin her way to to grab the attention away from them.
I think the best way to describe Ella's personality is in one name that I hear David call her daily. That would be the word 'Brat' because really she is our little brat. To give her credit she is learning so much i.e. hugs, sit, lay down, down, stay but if she wants something she usually finds a way to make you notice her, then a little snort or grunt that she lets out usually gives us a hint of what she wants. I like to think she found a way to talk in her own way and when those little snorts come out and just pat her on the head and call her 'my little piggy'. So here she is, 7 months old, our little girl that isn't so little anymore.