life lately

So, it's been a bit.
Life is crazy. So crazy. Just when you almost have things figured out you realize every day really is just a toss up. Fortunately, the constant changes have all been in my favor, even if it doesn't seem like it at the time.
Since August I've started a new, fabulous job. I have amazing co-workers, bosses and employees. I have stability. I can take my kiddos to school in the mornings and pick them up in the afternoon. It's pretty much heavenly.
The kids are now 10 years (girl-L) and 8 months (boy-Z) (tomorrow). We celebrated that 10th Birthday in a big way. We've gotten our first tooth (Sept 13th it officially broke through!). We had our first Halloween together. I had the cutest little witch and fire fighter. We are crawling...errrr scooting/bouncing. We had our first, and definitely not last, meltdown with L. Homework is not our favorite thing. And just in case anyone was wondering, Common Core SUCKS! I can't even help her with her homework because I still haven't figured out what all of the dots and boxes represent. Needless to say, 23 and no kids to 24 and two is sometimes a struggle, but definitely worth it!
Oh yeah, I turned 24 since my last post! I now consider myself officially in my mid-20's. Kind of depressing, kind of cool...I guess.
I went on another cruise. This time to Grand Turk (Love!), Half Moon Cay (Love, Love!) and back to Nassau (Third time here so not really anything new but still beautiful!). It was a good time but I've definitely decided extended vacations are better spent with friends than family. I love them but I cannot deal with the gripey people that are my family (mostly aunts and uncles). Either way, I got to see new, beautiful places and I met some really cool new people! South Beach is still up there on my list of favorite places, too.
Anyways, there it is. A little bit about life recently. I'm going to get back in to the swing of things now that things are starting to calm down a bit. I'm super excited about the upcoming holidays and can't wait to share my favorite recipes, decorations, traditions, etc.!!
Loves! <3

Almost That Time of Year!

The holidays are so quickly approaching and I, for one, am ecstatic! There is nothing better than Thanksgiving and Christmas! I LOVE spending time with my family cooking for Thanksgiving dinner and then of course eating until we are nauseous! Even more than the cooking though, my favorite part of getting ready for the holiday season is decorating. After moving out on my own last year I finally have the freedom *and space* to decorate how I want and when I want, and that is enough to make me want to do a happy dance!

SO, for the next couple of months I will likely be blogging a lot about the holidays, Thanksgiving favorites for my family, and of course the fabulous decorations I will have up for Christmas. For now I'll just post a few pictures of my Thanksgiving decor that is up now and Christmas pics from last year! Hopefully it will get you in a festive spirit too! (Like, I'm so festive right now I've already starting watching Christmas movies! What!)

 Ok, so I really had to throw back to Halloween. I painted this super cute little bucket for my baby cousin to take trick-or-treating. She thought it was fabulous and absolutely loved it!

 Halloween again, I painted this just because I thought it was cute. It ended up in my moms office. Her co-workers have decided we are having a painting party soon! Excited!

 Ok, now we are getting to Thanksgiving! This was thrown together very quickly but I thought it turned out pretty cute!

 Took my mom to a painting class to prove to her that she can paint too! This was our cute creation for the night!

 My first attempt at painting pumpkins! I kinda like them! :)

 And finally, my favorite! Christmas time in La Casa de Kacie! Reds, Browns, Golds, Blacks, Leopard Print and of course, anything that GLITTERS!!!