Family Photo Session #3

Military Family Pictures (ACU's)

Hey Dolls!!!

Hope everyone's week has been a great one so far. 

Mines been busy but good. Getting a little sick since I thought it would be a great idea to pressure wash the outside of my house in 40 degree weather.

I know, I know... DUMB. But to my defense I blame it on my bad OCD lol 

**sigh** 

I wanted to punch myself in the eye but of course I didn't because I don't want a black eye lol 

Anywhoooooo we had another session of Army pictures done in August 2013.

My husband took pictures in his Dress Blues & we also decided to do family pictures in his ACU's (regular everyday Army uniform)

We used our photographer again Billy Rae from Brim Design

Check her work out: 

https://www.facebook.com/BRIMdesign

She took us to an old vintage style train station in downtown Southern Pines in NC.  

We walked through downtown Southern Pines & took pictures in random places. 

One of the places was a restaurant with a Spaniard style. It had a beautiful water fountain so we took a few pics their. 

(The Photpgrapher wanted me to take my heels off uuuuuuugh I have this thing about getting my feet dirty. I almost died  I wanted to scream & cry lol)

We also took pictures in front of an American flag on the side of a building in a alley. We're rebels, we know lol 

This "L.O.V.E" picture makes me laugh every time I see it! 

Because my husband struggled to do this one! This isn't even how we were suppose to take it. But this is what worked best for him lmao

Aaaaaaand as we were about to leave my husband said their was a pose he wanted to do... 

Yep this one! Now let's be honest I'm not a small girl lol I'm thick so I thought I was gonna break his back lol 

But it came out really cute! 

He brags that it was his idea everytime someone says that they like it. 

I'm definitely glad we took these pictures. We did a total of 3 sessions with Billy Rae & now we have tons of amazing pictures all over our home. 

We have a fall session come up at the end of November & I can't wait! I have tons of picture ideas

             (Damn you Pinterest! Lol)

After this NO MORE PICS scouts honor. Well that is until the summer of 2014 comes around then we get to take our traditional yearly family pics. 

                            Smooches ~Bets

 

Family Photo Session #2

Dress Blues Military Pictures

Hi love bugs!!!

Hope everyone had a great week! I'v been so READY for this weekend! 

I'm doing my huge fall cleaning & organizing. We still haven't completely unpacked & we moved in 6 1/2 months ago (don't judge my life lol) 

Iv been cleaning our home like craaaaazzzyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Anywho since Veterans Day just passed I wanted to share some Military pictures we took in August 2013. I didn't have my blog up at that time so I decided to share them now. 

We took our first official family pictures in July so we set two Military photo sessions in August. 

We're an Army family so this was a huge must! 

I'm a big picture person so I wanted to put up Army pictures in our house, as well as send our parents pictures. We live far from our families & both our moms love seeing my husband in his uniform. 

Here are a few of the pictures we took. These are a few of my favorites! 

My absolut favorite is the close up with our last name Alvarez.

Most of the pics are Pinterest inspired **again Hi my name is Betsy & I'm a Pinterest hardcore addict lol**

We took our pictures at an old school vintage train station. It was honestly one of the cutest train station I'v ever seen! 

The setting was perfect! 

Since our house is modern, clean lines with a vintage flare. 

The brick & the train tracks fit right into the theme in our home.

The photographer we used was the same one in our first family picture session. 

Her name is Billy Rae & she's absolutly amazing! 

A young girl with tons of talent! 

Check her out:

https://www.facebook.com/BRIMdesign

These pictures went up on canvasses that I did myself. 

              (Tutorial coming soon) 

 

Some people asked me why did we take military pictures... My answer WHY NOT!

We're an Army family, this is a milestone in our life that we'll look back on & share with our kids & grandchildren one day. 

It's definitely a great memory to look back on after my husband retires. 

To all the ones who gave their lives, to the past & present soldiers 

HAPPY VETERANS DAY! 

                            Smooches ~Bets

Halloween Party 2013

Hi Dolls!!!

Hope everyone had a great & safe Halloween! 

I can't believe how fast this year has been passing by. 

Halloween has already come & gone (Instert sad face here) 

But the one thing I can say is we had a successful & absolutely fun Halloween party again this year!!! 

Life's been so hectic so Ashley & myself (the friend I throw it with every year) didn't get to plan like we did for the 2012 Halloween Party. (check out the post)

But it was so much fun! 

                 (Via Hayden Williams)

We ordered our Halloween cake again & did our Halloween goodie bags for the kids. Unfortunately I was so busy cooking all the food & making custom desserts that I didn't get to take pictures of all the decor. 

But let me tell you that it was a lot of work decorating our new house. 

We went from decorating a 1500 sqft home to a 3500 sqft home & it still looked empty (that's what are butts get for waiting last minute) 

Despite buying $100 dollars more of decorations it still didn't seem like enough! Next year I'm definitely planning this party 2 months ahead & decorating early. 

These were some of the desserts I made with the help of my husbands friend who stayed the night so I put him to work lol & Ashley made the spider deviled eggs. 

All the desserts were Pinterest inspired.

**sigh**

Hi my name is Betsy & I'm a Pinterest addict lol 

(Halloween dessert tutorials coming soon)

This year I swear I thought I wasn't going to dress up... I went to Spirit Halloween 5 different times with no luck! 

But 4 days before the party it was crunch time & I had no choice but to get something. To make it worse my husband wanted matching customers again which made it harder for me (I swear I wanted to punch him in the throat lol)

But it worked out. We went as a Cowboy & Cowgirl Sheriff. I really hated the costume but the pictures came out cute. My husband always makes our costumes look great, he's such a hottie. **blushes** 

And let me tell you he really gets into character lol it never fails!

My friends all looked great! 

It helps that their all hot tho lol they could all wear garbage bags & still look great! 

This year we played a few games with the kids, we didn't get to all the games tho. The kids were all wanting to play with the Wii & PS3. 

We danced the night away like always, we played limbo & OMG it was hilarious to see a bunch of intoxicated people almost break their backs lol 

(That was our friend Jose's ideas) lol 

And don't be alarmed, the guy with the blonde wig (Javi) was Miley Cyrus & he was twerking the night away lol

                      (Taking shots) 

The limbo that almost killed everyone lol 

There was about 10 people doing it & let me tell you EVERYONE got really into it!

We're all in our mid 20's to 30 & with a little liquid courage you feel about 18-19 lol 

Here's a picture of some of the guys in their costumes (on the top)

& a picture of some of my girls in their fab costumes (bottom half)

These are some of the random pictures through out the night. 

I have all the pictures of both Halloween parties from 2012 & 2013 on my Instagram (TheBossBets) &

The guy that caused everyone to have back pain thanks to his limbo idea lol is the guy in the ostrich costume, that's Jose theirs never a dull moment with him lol 

Man I look at all these pictures & just laugh! 

That night was one of the funnest nights Iv had in awhile. 

I think everyone woke up with a hangover thanks to Ashley's jungle juice lol 

We're definitely looking forward to next years Halloween party... I already started planning it. Next year will be epic, that's for sure. 

What's your favorite Halloween memory? 

                           Smooches ~Bets