Rainy Day Succulents

Full disclosure: I happened upon this beautifulness because I was taking Mosely out to the front yard to poop. It was raining this morning so my front porch succulents caught all of these beautiful raindrops! I ran back inside and grabbed my camera and 100mm Macro Lens and snapped away (while Mosely pooped). I am now the proud new owner of a new computer background :) I feel like this would look great on the iphone as well! Feel free to email me if you would like to use any of these images! 

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Wedding Outfit | Leopard + Black

Blouse: Target, Skirt: Target, Boots: Nine West (outlet), Jewelry/Purse: Forever 21

I'm a dress girl. They are easy, comfortable and cute. You throw on one and it's an instant outfit. But I wanted to try something outside of my dress comfort zone for a wedding we attended recently! I have been seeing these black swing/skater skirts everywhere recently and always just figured they would be too short for me to pull off. Well, I was in Target a few weeks ago and decided to just try one on and it was INSTANT love! Yes it's a little shorter than my normal length but pretty dang cute!!! I decided to pair this outfit with my leather boots to edge it up a little. But then keeping it classy with a pearl bracelet ;) I really like finding a balance between a unique style and a classic style. 

I also had to throw in a shot of Levi's wedding outfit :) I thought he looked great! I love that he can pull off black skinny jeans! 

We had SO much fun at our friends Jimmy and Staci's wedding! It's ridiculously rare that we just get to attend a wedding, and so we live it up when we do get the chance :) I danced more than I knew I could!

This week I'm going in to get my hair colored by Kristi (my sis-n-law) at Doopla Salon. I'm trying to decide what color to get! Levi and I are getting pictures done this November by one of my favorite photographers in the world so I want to make sure it looks like me. I'm torn between going a little darker (dark honey blonde) or something a little lighter than what I have now! 

- Bethany

Recent Movie Watching

Levi and I have a movie problem. We LOVE movies/stories/tv shows/books. Well, mainly I love books. But in general, we love a well developed story with interesting characters! We tend to wait and see most movies on Blue Ray though because we are theater snobs and cannot stand talking while watching a movie. Unless Alamo Drafthouse is showing it, we probably won't see it in theater. Most of our viewing is done through Netflix and Hastings. Although I'm pretty sure we've watched every single decent horror movie on Netflix already. Here are a few new releases from last week that I watched!

The Bling Ring

My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Overall Thought: Perfect casting, perfect portrayal of the lifestyle and ridiculously amazing film work.

I am fascinated by stories like this, so as soon as I saw they were making a movie out of it I knew I would see it and probably love it. I remember when the Hollywood burglaries were happening, I watched multiple Datelines after the arrest, and even watched the reality show "Pretty Wild" via Netflix which centers around Alexis Neiers. After watching the 8 episodes of their show, I can say this casting was SPOT ON. The acting, the voices, the looks. It was actually weird how good it was. Leslie Mann sounds EXACTLY like Alexis's mom. My one flaw with the movie was that I had hoped it would focus more on Alexis and Tess' characters (Nikki and Sam in the movie). They have such an interesting relationship and I was hoping to see these actresses dive into that more! It felt like the main focus though was on the characters Marc and Rebecca. Which really that makes sense because they are sort of the ring leaders in all of this anyways. I won't give any spoilers, but I will say regardless of how much you know about it already it's still interesting to watch in movie form! The filming of this movie is IN.CRED.I.BLE. Sofia Coppola was the writer and director. She is also behind The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation. It's just beautiful to watch, the coloring is vibrant and perfect, the shots are so well done. I want to watch it again right now.

The East

My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Overall Thought: Kept me entertained for 116 minutes, but probably not a movie I would want to see over and over.

What I loved about this movie is that it was so much better than I even expected. I try to go in with pretty low expectations on movies like this, but this one turned out much better than predicted! Levi and I will watch anything that is even remotely centered around a cult or some undercover suspicious activity. The main idea of this movie is that an undercover "agent-ish" type person is following an underground movement called The East. The East is trying to expose environmental errors made by big businesses. They also do a lot of weird culty type behavior at their lair. It has a great ending, which I always worry about. But I felt like we got full resolution with the characters. I would recommend it!

Honorable Mention:

Insidious 2

My Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Overall Thought: Just stick with the first one :( The first Insidious is one of my favorite scary movies EVER. But this sequel seemed like almost the exact same movie, but cheesier. I felt like they just tried to use all the same tricks, only adding in a few new ideas and even then, the result was often cheesy. Don't see it. (Although, Levi LOVED it. So I do have to include that).

Any movie recommendations?

- Bethany

Leopard is my new color

I created a new outfit from my closet this Sunday and I just LOVE it. This year I have found myself gravitating more and more towards black, grey, cognac, army green and cream. I still love my pops of color, but for me this is my everyday wear. It's easy to create new looks from your closet when everything goes together already! And yes, before you notice- I did change shoes. Funny story, my parents were in town this weekend and we left early for church on Sunday. We had time to kill so we swung by Target, which is where both my mom and I picked up these leopard flats! They ended up being just what my outfit was missing. I think from now on leopard is going to be my pop of color ;) 

Vest: JcPenney (last year), Pants: Target (new), Shoes: Target (new)

Also, if you happen to be hyper observant, you'll notice I moved my hair to a middle part! I actually LOVE it, even though I feel like I haven't been able to pull it off in years. I think the key is to curl my hair and style it kind of bohemian-esque. I'm not wearing it with a middle part every day but it's nice to have another option of something to do with my hair!

- Bethany

Hound Dog Problems

A constant look that makes you feel guilty when you've done nothing wrong...:

Making it look like you abuse her:

(it's the droopy eyes that cause all the problems)

Ok this one isn't really a problem because I love lazy dogs:

And then just for fun, coonhounds are very good at enduring:

We rescued Mosely in July of 2012 and she has been such an amazing pet! She's a wild one, with more gas than any dog should ever have, but we love her! Rescue dogs are the best!

- Bethany