I have never gone to an ugly sweater party before so we thought why not have one this year! We invited our friends and they came in their ugliest. I think mine was too cute to be ugly but that’s okay since we had a prize for the ugliest and I didn’t want us to win since it was us giving out the prize. I made a reindeer and hot glued it to an old sweater. Tyler did the same thing but with a Christmas tree and little presents underneath the tree.

Cheerio in his cutest as Santa! :)

We served cranberry margaritas in these jars with striped straws that I bought on Etsy a while ago.

I can’t get enough pictures of our poochie!

My parents had a palm tree that they didn’t want to use this year so we hooked it up in the backyard for the party.

Voting station for the ugliest sweater!

Look at my dad. He said he didn’t have an ugly sweater and had a hard time finding one and ended up buying this ninja shirt from Walmart, haha.

Tyler and his DIY sweater!

Pretty much all of us…some left early.

He won the ugliest sweater and got a $15 gift card to Starbucks.

See if you can find me!

All of us with Erwin’s famous ugly glasses!

It was a great Birthday weekend with friends and family. Anyways, I hope you all had a great weekend too!

Tyler and I have been wanting to adopt a dog for a few months now. Thanks to Missa Lee for telling us about Paw Placement, a no-kill organization. They have a Facebook page with a photo album of dogs that are up for adoption. Browsing through the album, we fell in love with Bennett {a 1 year old dachshund & terrier mix}.

Yesterday they were having an adoption day at Petsmart so we went and met my parents there. We talked to the foster mom for Bennett and as much as we would have loved to adopt him, we all agreed that Bennett wouldn’t be a great fit for us since he is the smartest dog ever and is really active that he would need to be with someone who is home most of the time with him to keep him active.

So we went back outside and saw this cute corgi mix pup and Lucy {a toy fox terrier}. We went into a private room with both dogs. Lucy was so cute and house trained. Tyler was sold on the corgi mix pup and convinced me that we should adopt him over Lucy* since we wanted a pup that was more playful.

We met with the foster mom and learned the story behind the pup. He was found running the streets of Phoenix. They located his owner and found out that their dog had puppies and they didn’t want them so they let all of them go. All of the puppies had been hit by cars or just disappeared except this little pup.

It made me feel good that we were adopting a pup that needs a home and I knew we were going to spoil him for sure!

We did the paperwork and bought toys for him, a cute green polka dots collar & leash, a crate and some other things. How exciting is it to buy him things? I almost went overboard and bought him a outfit!

We were trying to decide on a name for hours yesterday. Tyler and my parents kept on suggesting typical names like Toby, Willy, and so on.

Really? Have they forgotten our cats’ names? Coconut & Cozy.

Anyways, I thought of Cheerio because of the color of the pup and just because I like the name! Tyler and my parents were not on board with the name. After a while, I finally worked my magic on Tyler.

So let me introduce you to Cheerio!

He was afraid of the cats at first but this morning he was trying to get Cozy to play with him. Last night we went on our first family walk and he really enjoyed it. We’re looking forward to having him and training him!

*We later found out on their Facebook page that Lucy was adopted by a woman. I’m so happy to hear that she has a new home since we couldn’t adopt her!

Today is one of those days where everything is going wrong! I’m so grateful for Missa Lee who is an awesome friend. We work together so days are never boring anymore. But today her problems were mine and my problems were hers.

This is just one of the many things that happened today.

Missa Lee was telling me that her engagement ring was too loose on her finger and as she was explaining it, it went flying off her finger and fell under the filing cabinet.

This was just what I needed….to laugh! I managed to take pictures of her. So hilarious!

Seriously, I’m so ready for this day to be over. Friday better be sweet & easy!