Wave as you drive by, the world is such a beautiful place.

{my sisters and I at the Jonsi concert}

Oh my gosh! I've been soooo busy it's not even funny. Between work, school, and trying to maintain a social life, I really haven't had that much free time in which to do anything extra...like blogging. So yeah, I've been a little MIA. But...it happens to the best of us? ;)

Although I have been enormously busy, I've also managed to do some really fun stuff this past couple of months.

Some of my favorite things I've done include:

1. getting to to go see Jonsi. Live. In concert. In Austin. With my two sisters. In two words, that show was life- changing. Seriously one of the best shows I've ever been to. :)
2. spending lots of time with my friends just being ourselves. I'm extremely lucky to have them all in my life and I've been sure to tell them all when we've gone out.
3. being inducted into Phi Theta Kappa (and attending the ceremony accompanying it). It was beautiful.
4. seeing Cirque du Soleil live this past weekend. Afterwards, I got to spend time with my mom and sisters, eat French food, do some shopping, and just enjoy. It was wonderful.
5. reading some new books. Even though I really didn't have time to do it. ;)
6. walking in the Memory Walk for Alzheimer's. I joined my school's team and wore my shirt with pride as I walked for my grandfather.
7. getting caught up on Modern Family with my sister Jessica. She makes it even funnier.
8. seeing my sister Callie occasionally at school. She makes me smile.
9. spending time just talking to my momma and dad. I can still learn so much from them.
10. watching early morning cartoons with my little brother. He's so darn funny sometimes and doing this with him brings back memories of when I was a kid.
11. talking with my best friend on the phone again! Because...she's back in the states again and it's easier now. Yay!
12. taking a road trip up North with my family to watch the leaves change.
13. going on another archaeological dig with the club I'm part of at school.
14. listening to some really great music.
15. eating some really great food.
16. continuing my Starbucks obsession.
17. running outside when the wind is blowing the leaves everywhere.
18. and getting lots of puppy and kitten kisses...from all of our pets. :)

I'm still trying to wade through school and the application process (bureaucracy at its finest, I swear) but there is a light in sight. Ha! I just rhymed. ;) Jeeezzzz. I need to go finish doing my laundry...blahh.

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I certainly did. :) I've missed you all and am going to try and catch up on all the blogs I've been missing quite soon. The next two weeks are going to be crazy though so no promises. :/ See you all soon!

Happy Sunday!

xoxo

Baloney

Drumroll, please!

Presenting my Swap Gift!

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Waaayyyy back at the beginning of summer, my sister Callie decided to host the Crafty Goodness Swap in honor of doing creative things during the summer months.

I quickly signed up because I thought it sounded pretty fun.

Man, am I glad I signed up!

I mean, just look at all the great things I received from My Lady Abercrombie!

AAHH!

I actually received the gifts a while back (sorry Melani!) but have been so busy I just haven't felt I've had the time to adequately post about it all.

I'm so excited. :)

I got:

1. a starfish - to add to my collection
2. two handmade necklaces - starfish and ocean inspired, of course. (are ya sensing a theme here? I love love love them. :) )
3. a Monet printed card (another love of mine)
4. vintagey news- ads (as wrapping! how fun!)
5. and vintage lace! (once again, as wrapping! jeez, this lady is pretty creative. :) )

Aren't my gifts fab?! I love them all! Thank you so much Melani for making it such a personalized and fantastic gift! I've already put all of it to good use. Especially my starfish. Which is now resting in my "seaside jar."

^See.^

I had a lot of fun making my gift too (which I shipped out a few weeks ago too).

Hopefully it brings as much joy to my partner as I received from mine.

Today's Song: "Stars" by The Cranberries. Love this song. Love this band. Enough said. Enjoy!

I hope ya'll are having a great Labor Day weekend.

I know I am.

Talk to ya soon...

xoxo

Baloney

Little Brother Love

My little brother and I were on our own for most of the day, so we decided to still make the most of our time together. We had planned on using our Six Flags season passes today but guess who forgot the passes at home?! ME, that's who! So we were both kinda down but decided not to let it get us down; we'll just try again on Wednesday, eh brother? On the drive home we made a quick stop at Target and picked up some Magically Delicious cereal because my recent post has been making me super-time crave it. We changed when we got home and as I went downstairs to get some b-fast I heard the LOUDEST music coming from upstairs.

Cue Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll."

I walked upstairs and was greeted by this:

I have THE coolest/cutest/most amazingly silly little brother ever, right?!

Seriously. I could not stop smiling! :) He still surprises me sometimes.

After that awesome-ness we chowed down on our cereal. "Yes mom, of course we brushed our teeth!" And then we watched Young Frankenstein. One of our faves. Ever. Mel Brooks and Weird Al Yankovich just really do it for the two of us ;). So, of course, no true brother/sister day could ever be truly complete for us without one or the other (or both even). :D

Truly HE-LARIOUS!

^Oh heyyy, little brother.^

After we calmed down a bit we ate lunch, updated our facebooks, and then headed out to see Killers, which I have to mention was a strictly on-the-down-low event for us. As in, his friends must/will never know about his seeing it. So don't tell. ;)

I mean, deep down, I know he really loves chick flicks. Because, duh! He does have THREE sisters. It comes with the littlest brother description silly boy!

And oh my gosh, Ashton Kutcher. Yum! :)

We enjoyed both the popcorn and the movie and then headed home to spend time with Callie and wait for the rest of the family to trickle in.

All in all, I would have to say that it was a pretty spectacular day. Even though I forgot the season passes and the day didn't go quite the way we planned.

I am so grateful that Michael and I have been able to stay so close over the years. And that we still get to have wacky days like this and just have fun.

I hope you had a great day too. Do anything fun?

See you soon...

xoxo

Kaitlyn

I'm Comin' Up

So.

Last night my mom had a party at our house.

Which was fine and dandy for her.

But, as for my sisters and I, it was a different story.

We were bored.

We had to get out...

J: Ugh, this is so boring. Let's go see a movie?!

C: I wish.

Me: Pero, no tenemos dinero.

J: Well, let's go do something crazy!!

Me: Like...?

J: Um...

C: Hey, let's go to Barnes and Noble.

And so that's what we did.

We got all dolled up and went out.

We blasted music on the drive over there.

We found magazines and books to look at and laugh at together.

We found a table to sit at (in the kid's section) and read our way slowly through the night.

It was grand :).

I know you're super jealous of our night out.

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Sunday is my birthday so I'm gearing up for that.

I hate having Easter birthdays. This is the second stinkin' time this has happened to me. :(

Oh well.

Do you have any fun plans??

See you soon.

xoxo

*As always, click the picture to see the source ;) *

Hello, I Love You

"Oh, Alanis, you speak to my bruised and bleeding heart."

So last weekend I went to Half Price Books with my good friend Roberto. We spent hours pouring through the stacks of books, digging through the CDs and records, and just goofing around. It was loads of fun :).

And bonus, I got one of Alanis Morrissette's earlier CDs. I seriously saw it sitting there on the shelf, grabbed it, and squealed a little. No joke. My life feels oh so complete now.

Have a great weekend everyone! Lots of love.

xoxo

*P.S. What do you think of my new layout? I would love to hear some thoughts... ;)