Blogging Hiatus

So I'm not even going to begin to apologize...I'm a slacker & my friend called me out on it at dinner Mon. night!

Hence, my 1st post in *almost* a year - so here is my personal life in photos:

December 2013:

Making a gingerbread house with Chuck & Noah - to celebrate Noah's 6th!

Christmas painting RVES party!

A new kitten - Elsa (Addi named her)!

Saying good-bye to a dear friend - Clare!

My summer in Phoenix & Mormon Lake, AZ:

Happy 5th Gator - celebrating early at Build-a-Bear (July):

Noah's PRANK - shining Papa's head!!

Getting prepped for Back 2 School:

Just this month (September 2014):

Saying good-bye to Simon, a great pet!

New frames!

Orzo & kale soup

Yummy PSL - just in time for fall!

Receiving blankets for Shawn's baby - Lucas.

And that friends is my life in a nutshell - I'm tired of organizing & uploading...so now you are up-to-date!

I will do better & attempt to post *at least* monthly!  Keep in mind that I am a weekly blogger at my teacher blog: http://crayonconfessions.blogspot.com  Still teaching & loving it - Kindergarten is the BEST!!

Hope to hear/read lots of comments now that I'm BAAAAAAaaack! :0)

Kristan

Thanksgiving

So my parents bought a house in Flagstaff, AZ...over the internet {they swear they didn't - because "they've seen it before" but I say NUH-UH!}.  They asked my Aunt/Uncle to check it out for them & winterize it...they bought it for it's location & well, it needs some work.

Since my parents wanted to check out their "forever home" we spent Thanksgiving in AZ - Mom/Dad in Flagstaff & Shawn/I in Phoenix.  Chuck stayed in CO with Noah.

I volunteered in my sister's room for 2 days:

They had Scarecrow Day

And then we made plans for Christmas gifts, went shopping, ate turkey, watched The Book Thief & Frozen.

Some holiday PJs for Addi-girl.

"Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?"

Then, our week was through & Shawn dropped me off in Flagstaff.  We spent an evening sewing & crafting with my Aunt - she was so excited for her new words:

It was a great week - I long to be close to my sister & Addi...it was nice to spend time just living life together.  Still undecided about moving to AZ, but I know it'll be hard to be so far from BOTH my mom & sis...we'll see - God's timing!

Kristan King

Why hello there Michael Buble!

So, a few months ago I was searching for MB concerts in the Colorado Springs area...found a concert on 11/20 in Denver.

I had 2 friends who committed to attending with me - Cat (my school's art teacher) and Sarah (a friend from church).  Last night we left town at 4:30pm & rocked out all the way to Denver listening to "To Be Loved" via my iPod.

We got to the Pepsi Center & had dinner across the street.  We ate dinner & enjoyed some conversation, we were just excited for a chance to see the concert - even from our nosebleed seats in section 322 {at the tippy, tippy top}.

Once we got inside we decided to do the "concert things" like t-shirt buying & poster pics etc.  So we waited a good 30 mins. between purchases & getting pics:

It took a little help from a few passers-by, but we finally got the pics we wanted.  We headed up the 3 escalators to our seats:

But the story changes, DRASTICALLY here!  We never made it to Section 322...What?!?! you say, WHY is that, you ask?

Well, we ran into Linda - Pepsi Center employee OF THE YEAR!!  She waved us over near concessions & handed us 3 seats ON THE FLOOR!  UPGRADE, YEAH!!

So we head down to Section EEE, Row 11...Hello new seats:

We were 4 rows from the mini-stage & we crossed our fingers that it was set up for him to perform from there!

Enter Naturally 7 - a great acapella group that got us all jazzed for the show.

Now bring on:

Yep, he was basically as big on the prompter as he was from our seats folks!!

Then, he walked to the mini-stage & I about peed my pants:

I swear I almost got to touch him - my cup runneth over!  Look at those pics...that's CLOSE people.

And then came the confetti:

Yep, I am in love - "All You Need is Love" don't ya' know?

BEST. NIGHT. EVER!!

I still can't believe I scored an UPGRADE to the floor - ROW 11!  Cat asked if our tickets included backstage visits - hey, can't blame a girl for trying to score the ULTIMATE UPGRADE!

Kristan :0)

A Little Reno

So excited to be getting rid of my linoleum...

1 down:

Tomorrow the Guest bathroom should get it's concrete floor in...then we start tiling.

Once all the tile is down in these 2 rooms, I will tackle my Master bathroom...I have carpet on my floor in front of the sinks & I HATE CARPET IN THE BATHROOM!  So out it goes...hopefully by this weekend I will have 2 bathrooms fully functioning & a laundry room that works too!

This is how I spend my 2 week Fall Break,

Kristan

Out with the Old & In with the New

So I was sad, my favorite Pink pal bit the dust a few months ago...when I tugged too hard on her zipper!  I've been using her still, but it's time for a purse shopping trip - SEE:

I just love her - but she's seen better days:

So, I will just *HAVE* to replace her & retire "Pretty in Pink" to the great Purse-house in the sky {aka: my closet}!

On to the new - (while glow golfing at Chapel Hills mall) I walked past a Vera Bradley store...I forced walked with Noah inside & found this gem:

So my Kindle is padded & cute...I just need a bag that is {Coach} & equally so!!  Hmm, & maybe another Vera for my iPod & iPad too...

It's fun being a girl {our accessories are the BEST!}!!!

Kristan