October According to Instagram

• Why not start off the month with some donuts? Curt and I have a bit of a morning ritual about twice a month (because if we did it more, we'd be 400 lbs) where we head on over to Shipley's Donuts at 6AM. 
• Pumpkin patch fun! We had lots of fun picking out this season's pumpkins, you can check out the post here.
• The beags are always a big part of my life, but one week they got me a hundred on my photography assignment.
• Photography has been a HUGE part of October for me, I started up my own business, but first, a photography exam. I'm happy to say I made a 98. 
• My beautiful best friend, Denise and I went on a fun photography session.
• It's finally gotten a little cooler here in Texas, which obviously means breakin' out the boots and plaid.
• More Aggie football, of course.
• Got to take photos of this gorgeous little girly for her 2nd birthday! 
• Like I said earlier, photography and my business has been a big, big part of October for me, so I decided to document myself creating a business plan of all things!
• I've been taking Curtis to work in the mornings, he's got a gig as a substitute teacher at a local Christian school. It's so funny, all the kiddos call me Mrs. Ross when I drop him off. You guys, that is soooo weird, ha. 
• For Halloween day, I wore my new favorite orange dress and a black cardi. Apparently others decided it'd be good to wear their actual costumes to school.. yeah, sorry, I'm not that festive {or outgoing}. 
• AND, Curt and I's Halloween costumes -- Sims robbers. Twas a great October.

You can follow me on instagram @kristina_ross14, if you'd like. Let's just say..it's my favorite social media outlet, teeeheee. Hope you've all had a great start to November! Thanksgiving will be here before we know it. 

Happy Halloween!

I meant to put this up last night and schedule it for this morning, but alas! I had an exam today and I wasn't up for doing much of anything else minus sleeping and sitting in the bath, trying to make myself believe I didn't actually have a test. Side note: I always take baths the night before an exam, it just helps calm me and keep me stress-free, for the most part at least.

Back to what this post is really about. Last weekend, Curtis and I went to a little costume Halloween party, and this is what we wore! I was determined to NOT spend much money, yet still wear a "legit" costume. Since I don't have sewing skills, anything in that realm was out of the question, but I saw an idea on Pinterest for robbers and I ran with it. Turns out, we looked like the robbers off of the Sims, so that's what I told everyone we were. Way more creative, amirite? It was fun, and it's the first time Curtis and I have gotten dressed for Halloween together.. EVER. What? I know. We've always been wicked (pun intended) busy around this time of year our entire seven years of togetherness. So here we are, a couple o' robbers from the Sims. And no, we didn't manage to steal anything that night, tehe.

Me - Beanie: Wal-Mart // Top: Thrifted // Jeans: Gap // Gloves: Wal-Mart // Flats: Old // Tote: DIY (Hobby Lobby)

Curt - Beanie: Wal-Mart // Shirt: Wal-Mart ($3!) // Jeans: Wrangler // Shoes: Nike (baseball days)  // Tote: DIY (HobLob)

So basically, I spent $3 at Hobby Lobby buying the tote bags and the masks on our heads (they looked ridiculous, so we didn't really wear them), $2 on the two pairs of gloves, $2 for the two beanies, and $3 for Curt's shirt because he didn't own a black/white striped shirt already. Ten bucks for two costumes, I'd call that a success! As for tonight, I don't think we'll be doing much except passing out candy to any little trick-or-treaters, but I always love Halloween.. mainly because it means Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! :)

Thought I'd throw these in here for good fun, I was mainly messing around with the camera and lighting, but hey, at least I decorated the house a little bit! What have you guys done for Halloween? Or do you have any weekend plans? 

Pumpkin Patch

Curtis and I went over to a little pumpkin patch about a block away from our house yesterday. I've been wanting to go to this dang pumpkin patch for a good three years now, and I was so glad to have finally gotten to go. I just never went before because I knew if I left it at my own apartment, I would hardly ever see it.. and if I left it at Curt's, it wouldn't be "mine." So, after waiting for a million years, I finally got my pumpkins! I have big plans for 'em (okay, maybe not..), but taking pictures was fun. Curtis wasn't too excited about me taking a picture of him with the pumpkin, but I actually love how it turned out. OH! and that gourd, its AWESOME, right? It looked like a dragon when we first saw it, so I had to get a picture. We left with one medium sized pumpkin, a small one, and two tiny ones, which I'll share with you guys once I figure out what I'm gonna do to them. Does anyone have any cool ideas they've run across? 

life lately

making: photographs, way too many of them, but I love it. I'd love nothing more than for all of you to come visit me and be models. But seriously.
cooking: Whatever sounds good, breakfast tacos seem to be high on my list lately.
drinking: pumpkin spice lattes and HEB diet root beers
reading: too many textbooks..
wanting: flannels, scarves, crisp fall air, and.. new running shoes
wasting: too much precious study time. procrastination comes easy for me.

wishing: for more courage to follow my dreams.

enjoying: tv show after tv show; Breaking Bad, New Girl, Parks & Rec, Broadchurch, etc.

loving: being married, it makes everything better. 

marveling: all of the gorgeous fall sunsets we've been getting lately. 

wearing: anything comfortable, note last two outfit posts.

needing: more beagle snuggles in the morning. 
thinking: about photography almost every spare second I get, and some that aren't so spare.
feeling: a bit overwhelmed.
bookmarking: camera lenses, shoes (of course), and ideas for shots.
giggling: in a life with Curtis, there's never a lack of giggling..
listening: to Mumford and Sons live tracks. Obsessed, y'all. 

How's everyone else doing lately? 
ps. that's pretty much my favorite photo of Muggles that I've ever taken, and there have been many. 

Thankful

Today, I'm thankful for a husband that lets me practice my photography skills on him. Seriously, he got dressed for this, stayed patient with me while I proceeded to freak out about finding a place to take pictures (Plan A was cancelled by rain, Plan B by a random festival of Mexicans -- no seriously, not to mention the tons of random people out taking pictures), and he made a pretty cute model, too. I loves you, boo. 

There is no fear in love; for perfect love casts out fear.. 1 John 4:18

A Weekend to Remember

Well, if you follow me on any of my social media outlets (or have read my recent posts), you'll know that this past weekend was the Texas A&M vs. Alabama football game here in College Station. You'll also know that I'm way too in love with football to even shut up about it for longer than five minutes. We may not have won the football game, but boy, did I have a fun weekend!

It started off with Curt's parents coming down to celebrate his birthday on Friday. We went "tent sale" shopping for some new Aggie gear, ate out at a local BBQ restaurant, opened presents, and had delicious homemade chocolate cake. We then made our way over to Midnight Yell (click the link if you wanna know more about my school's awesome tradition), where we stood outside Kyle Field.. trying to figure out why on earth we couldn't get into the stadium, with about 4000 other people, mind you. We finally made it in, only to realize that 40,000 other people had somehow beat us inside. Basically, 45,000-50,000 Aggies showed up for this, something I have honestly never ever seen at Midnight Yell. It was crazy, the air was so electric, we were all so pumped up for the biggest game in A&M history. Gosh, I love this school. 



The next morning, we woke up and headed over to campus to check out College Gameday, hosted by ESPN. We were all pretty exhausted from the night before, but ready to have some fun! We saw some famous Aggies, Gene Stallings and RC Slocum, who Curt's dad and uncle about fainted over when we realized who we were all standing near. It was pretty hilarious. Our backs even made national television! Hah. It was a cool experience, although, Gameday hasn't brought us any luck, so if they could just not come next year.. that'd be great, lol. Just joking!


We went back home to eat lunch and pick up the rest of the crew before the game began, and I decided to leave my camera at home. I knew I'd be jumping around and yelling at the top of my lungs while surrounded by a billion other people, so I didn't want to worry about my camera getting trampled. But, I still took pictures with my iPhone, of course. The game itself was absolutely crazy. The emotion in the stadium when our team came out of the tunnel was off the charts, and even though it was hot, we yelled our hearts out. During this play, everyone went absolutely positively BERZERK. You can actually hear it in the video. I mean, Curtis literally threw me in the air! Even though we lost, our team fought to the bitter, bitter end, and it was one heck of a ride. My absolute favorite game at Kyle Field ever, and there have been some really good ones. 

All-in-all, it was a fantastic weekend. Wish we coulda won, but we came dang close! I love my Ags, and am so incredibly proud to be a Fightin' Texas Aggie. It all went by in a blur, but that just makes me appreciate the moments even more. Not everyone gets to experience these things, and I'm so blessed to be apart of such an amazing university here at A&M. Hope you guys enjoyed my little football rant.. Have an awesome Monday!