HAPPY 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO BRENT AND I!!!

As of tomorrow, December 20th, Brent and I have been married 2 years!!! and will have technically been together for 7 1/2! i cannot believe how fast it has gone! i feel like i have known him forever (in a great way :)) and we're still a "fresh pair"- its a wonderful feeling! i am soo incredibly blessed to have such an amazing, funny, caring, all around FANTASTIC man to call my husband. we learned new things about each other everyday and appreciate the funny little quarks that make us the interesting people that we are! to marry your best friend and be even more in love with him every day is an incredible thing!!! thank you lovemunch for choosing me! :) love you!

Also, 2 years ago Brent and I had the MOST AMAZING WEDDING EVER! the weather, the ambiance, my WONDERFUL family and friends, the staff, the place, the decor.....THE ENTIRE DAY was incredible and i wish i could relive it over and over again. I could not have done it without my amazing mom and dad, supportive sister and friends, supportive husband (obviously), awesome in-laws, i could go on and on! i really cannot express how thankful i truely am! :)

aaaand my amazing wedding photographer who took pictures that we honestly still look at on a daily basis because they are just that INCREDIBLE! as a toast to the day heres a little Lauren and Brent wedding day viewing for the blog world!

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id also like to do a little bragging if i may. Last Friday my alma matter the Henderson Lions won thier first state championship in school history!!! aand it was in Cowboy Stadium which was AMAZING as well. My dad has been coaching there for 34 years now and will prob retire before this opportunity comes around again so i cannot even begin to express how PROUD and EXCITED  i am for him and my mom for all her support throughout these years! dad even got to be the "toter of the trophy" for the drive back from Dallas... honestly, if it werent for that beauty we prob wouldnt have the picture below....the only reason we got the star cowboy treatment was b/c dad was holding it lol. even better....we had practically the entire town of henderson in attendance to witness it and i got to see a bunch of my family that i sadly will not get to see at Christmas this year so that was really special as well! CONGRATS to the team, coaches, coaches wife, faithful fans, etc... it was an awesome night

ooooh i have been sooo bad!

sorry for my absence blog world... i have been thinking about you i promise! and i have been making all kinds of good things however MOST of those things are Christmas presents so i cant really post anything till after it has been gifted to that special someone. but i do have some exciting things to show you..... for one..... Christmas decorations! this year i was determined not to spend any money on any Christmas decorations because Lord knows i have PLENTY (getting married around Christmas gives ya a good excuse). however due to the absolute LACK of holiday both at Thanksgiving and what will be repeated next week for Christmas, i was not able to get all of my decorations from the rents house to fully go all out...regardless its still a jolly merry Christmas at the Lows so lets get to the showing.....



our lovely little tree and fireplace



now a little TV mantle action.... and of course muppet christmas carol is on... only my fav :) and a little wedding duck shout out because after all tis anniversary season as well :) i cant believe its almost been 2 years since our amazing wedding!!!


now over to the kitchen mantle



i actually constructed this tree myself! super easy and turned out really cute! all i used was a little paper mache tree, used the cricket to cut out "balloon" shapes in different paper and glued them on...tad da cute paper tree!!!



Merry Season!!

oodles of doodles

okay, sorry for the uber cheesy title but it made me laugh...therefore...the title stays. done and done. anywho not much to say on this one ive just been in a "doodle-mood" lately which basically boils down to whatever is on my mind, in my sight, or just something i like to draw.... enjoy!

Its beginning to look a lot like FALL

So it has been very busy and stressful over the past few weeks so today i decided i was taking a PERSONAL DAY! basically, this is the first time in a L-O-N-G time where i actually didnt have something else that needed to be done first. You know, when you want to do something just for fun but in the back of your mind theres that something that would be the more responsible, sensible choice to do...and for me thats what i go with lol. so i took this "free day" as a little present and i snatched that opportunity and had sooo much fun... i even made time for just me in my planner ;)



first i went over to the Farmers Market where i got some fresh veggies for the vegetable beef soup and grilled cheese dinner i made tonight (you know, middle school style ;) )and snagged the cutest baby pumkin in the process...not too worry, he's just for decoration....thats it and thats all baby...just for decoration. (whistle tip reference anyone? no? ok..moving on)

then i took a little trip to michaels to browse and get my creative juices flowing, then i came back home to create a little Fall ambience in our tiny little living room
Fall is by far my most favorite of seasons....cool weather, less humidity (= straight hair days), leaves changing color, football games (get a little nostalgic from my cheering days), and a flurry of holidays all packed in! Since Brent and I are on quite a tight budget this year my challenge for myself was to spend as little as possible on decor and be resourceful with what i had/found around... heres the finished product....

First a little corner shout out to halloween.........




now over for a nature-themed fall display


i collected leaves behind the apt to display in the frame, found pinecones, twigs, and acorns for accents and even made pinecone flowers for a little extra something ;) i made a little sign from my cricket and some twine i had, fun random-shape flower vases, and even a refurbished picante jar ;) ta da





the only $ i spent on the whole project was for the baby pumpkin at the market...everything else i either had already, found out back of our apt, or on excursions to stonebriar mall or odessa ;)

Weekend doodles!

A nice, lenghty rain storm across the state Sat. morning provided some AH-MAZING fall weather! we have all been praying, crossing fingers, weather dancing, whatev...and our collective hard work has finally paid off. Sunday Brent and I decided it would be a travesty to waste the day inside doing prob the same things we'd do in the apt......doodle, read, hang out :). we'd been wanting to check out White Rock Lake for a while. From some info id read (on the internet) it was a quite a find for Dallas!

We headed over to check it out for ourselves. the lake is nestled only miles from Downtown,

does not allowing swimming, and from what i
gather does not allow motor boats (or at least motor boats over a certain speed). This makes it sooo peaceful! This place had great views of the city, tons of wildlife, outdoor enthusiasts abounding, and it was relatively quiet! they did have cute little sailboats and kayakers though (def. something brent and i will be coming back and doing in the near future)


between the weather and scenery i got a small sensation like i was back in my love Seattle! of course this is nothing compared to say Kite Hill but it was totally a fantastic thought! hopefully one day i can post pics from there as my "daily outting" !!

then we moved around the lake some more to find where the Dallas arboretum was and find a nice little spot to read/doodlle.... heres my wonderful hubby sunbathing....
i am sooooo lucky to have a man who loves exploring and nature as much as i do!
All in all i would def. say a nice find for a nice day!

now to the main event of the post....my lovely Lake Day doodles..... for your enjoyment pleasure i give you not 1, but 2!! peices of art from the Lauren collection.......





aaand i know what you are thinking, yes, it is Brent and Lauren in that Love balloon in the corner....
so all in all the day was def. not as educationally productive as i had intended but id say it was not a loss considering my naturistictivity ;P.....( you know you like that new word, dont kid yourself )
till next time!

crafty addition

and just to give you a little something fun that i "made" recently, heres so eccletic cupcakes......



ok so let me clarify...ive been wanting to make fun cupcakes for about a week but i wouldnt let myself until i finished everything...including a test i had last night in my class..... so about 9 i decided i want to make sunflower cupcakes..... cupcakes with sunflowers made of oreos and yellow/orange icing on top. it was a great IDEA...however i remind you i started this venture at 9....that means running to the store for supplies, then running back to walgreens for eggs that i forgot, then baking, cooling, mixing icing, etc..... so about 11 im ready to decorate and i realize my icing got a little too warm in vacinity of the oven..but i was a little OVER it at this point and decided to try my art out anyway.... the flower is yes, a flower (bottom right one) but it looks as if its had a little too much time in the sun ;( womp womp. so after looking at that i SHOULD HAVE just chilled the icing and tried again later or tom. but NO- i wanted to relax and be done so i said screw it and just did my own thing on the rest.... the result..... 2 suns, the inside of a lightbulb (top left), what s ideally satelites (or space ships) orbiting above the oreo earth (bottom middle), and a brent-cake ;) TAD-DA!!!!


ps..and to clarify in my previous post "ghetto lunch" refers to me taking the challenge of not going to the store this week and being creative to make lunches and dinners... so i am really getting a little low on my lunch stuff. turns out i made a pretty great little meal.... with the remainders of 1/4 jar of totamo sauce, 1/4 cup penne pasta and some biquick i made myself a nice little italian meal and cheddar biscuits! mm mmm good! ;)