It’s Your LUCKY Day!

It’s Fall Ya’ll!
And you know everyone loves a little pumpkin spice latte in their life right?
TO ENTER:
I’m trying to reach a personal goal on this here blog by the end of 2012!
1000 Follows.
If even possible…I’ve been blogging for 7 years & to reach 1000 would be the googly moogliest thing ever!
Can you help me reach my goal gals????
Giveaway is for {2} $20 Gift Cards to the Starbucks Lady
LEAVE ME A COMMENT LETTING ME KNOW YOU FOLLOW THIS BLOG
via Google Friend Connect-aka over on the right hand side bar.
I’ll choose a winner next Friday 🙂
Also- You can TWEET for an extra entry!
“Enter to win some #Starbucks from TheJavaMama! www.thejavamama.com
Have a great weekend friends!

Fall Nail Polish & Scarf Swap

I totally spaced and forgot to link up today with my fall nail polish and scarf swap!!!
 
 Typical.
 
Thank you Jessica & Ashlee for organizing this fun swap! 
  
My partner, Ricci, did a fabulous job 🙂
 
 
Love the nail polish she chose.  I bright red/pinky hue with a glitter multi-colored bottle too!
 
I love me some bling bling!
The scarf is so me.  It’s got sparkles through it too.  It’s a pink as well….and obviously I love pink!
Thank you Ricci for making my day with these wonderful goodies!
 
Swaps sure make for fun mail days!
 
Now we are off to bed!
 
TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!!!!!

Kind of Obsessed

Good Morning all!
It’s been a crazy busy week at work and at home!
But such is life and I just love this time of year 🙂
I love these super soft long sleeved shirts from the Gap.
They were on sale for $12 this past weekend and they have so many bright colors!
 Snuggles with my sweet boy!
I left my hair curly….we kind of look the same now…ha ha!
 La-La-La Leopard wine glasses from Zulily….LOVE.
Blake Lively’s engagement ring….drooooool……
I love that oval shape with the rose gold.  Gorgeous!

I saw these frames at Christmas in Cowtown and I’m in love with them too…unfortunately they are a whopping $275!!!  I wish I could justify that?  But they are HUGE and would take up good space on a wall.

 Don’t you just love these OMBRE glasses from Coach? 
So funky and fun!

What are you obsessing over right now?

Life Moments: A Birthday & Engagment

I’m thankful to be off today with my Connor boy. Thank you Lord for federal reserved holidays! I have prepped our meals for this week and done some laundry! Now if I can just get this kid down for a nap I’ll be golden 😉
 
Friday night we celebrated Terence’s cousin Macy’s boyfriend aka NOW fiance’s 30 birthday!  She had no idea he was going to propose and he had no idea she was throwing him a little surprise get together.  We were so excited to be there and share their special time.  Also, very nice to have an adult night out.  We are so thrilled for them and they’ll have beautiful red headed babies someday!!!  ha ha!
We also celebrated Benjamin (our nephew)’s 3rd birthday!
 
 
Connor just loves going and visiting his cousins.  It’s always a great time when we get together.
Oldest nephew Thomas
Hannah & Terence
Hannah & I writing HAPPY BIRTHDAY on the chalkboard!
Terence and Connor
Connor eating some Spider Man cake
Opening presents
I hope that wasn’t my piece???
 
Thank you all for having us!
 
We are also going to be welcoming a niece and another nephew this next year!!!
 
These three boys will now have a little sister….they better be nice to her 🙂

Everyone knows I am a little picture happy.  I just enjoy capturing the moments through my camera.  I’m so thankful I have all the photos to look back on and reminisce.  Perhaps that’s why I keep this blog…..

Why a lot of us blog, to capture life moments and share, support, and love…..

This weekend a sweet girl named Julee lost her husband, Matt, in a car accident.   I’ve been reading her blog for a few years now and have enjoyed reading about their journey to parenthood. I cannot imagine how she is feeling and how much her heart is aching right now.  They have a precious little girl who is almost a year old.  Each day we get up and go about living our daily lives….never thinking anything more.  Truth is this life and time here on Earth is precious.  It’s short.  It’s not eternal.  It’s a flicker of what is to come.   I know someday this family will be reunited, and that gives me peace.  It also makes me re-evaluate my own life whenever a situation like this comes up.  It’s horrible losing someone, especially your soul mate and partner in life.  We don’t know God’s plan for us…only He knows.  Would you please join me in lifting this family up in prayer right now as they are going through the unthinkable? 

I know several people have put together fund raisers for Julee and Preslee.  HERE & HERE

Julee know we are thinking of you both during this time….

Much Love, The Branch Family

I Love to Wrap!

It’s no secret around these parts that I LOVE to wrap!  I also use lots of tape???  I guess I am just a paper lover in general.  I just went to Christmas in Cowtown- A local Christmas market.  While there I visited my favorite booth called Under Wraps.  The best thing is they now have an online store!!!  
 
Woohoo!!!
 
Here are some of the lovely things they have:
 
Great prices too!
 
I was not compensated in any way for this post I just love to wrap! 🙂