This was our last day in Dallas! Or in Las Colinas, thats where our hotel was.

I took a few photos around the area, there were literally like 5 or 6 photographers, I would have gotten photos of them taking pictures but I didn't want to seem creepy hahah.

Hm, this may be the perfect spot for this place.

Oh ya know, being a cool guy and all.

This reminds me of Spirited Away! Anyone else see it??

I swear this girl is crying in more photos than smiling hahah.

I really hate that she's blurry in this but for whatever reason, the other photos didn't show up. :(

After this we went shopping, I plan on taking photos so I can do a mini haul of what I got, it wasn't very much but I think it'd be kinda fun! I can't wait to develop the roll I just finished cos I got a good amount of photos in this spot. Hope you guys enjoyed these photos from our 3 day weekend!

Memorial Weekend pt.2 : Olivia's first trip to the zoo!

Sunday we went to the Dallas Zoo! This is where I took the most photos! I don't think I used my film camera once here, so all of the photos on my DSLR are the only photos I have. Man, it was the absolute best watching Olivia get so excited over the animals!

[If you don't care to see a million photos of Olivia you should find a different post]

What better way to be welcomed? I was actually scrambling around so much to take this photo from the window hahah.

Olivia actually speaks Spanish and English, so when she saw this she immediately started screaming "agua, agua, agua!"

I promise she was excited about the zoo, just not excited that mom and dad wouldn't let her jump in the agua.

What a hunk.

This would be Adrian, Gabby, Emmanuel, Jose, Livi, Jose's mom, and his dad. :)

I really loved these, they remind me of the plants out west!

We ended up getting her an umbrella of her own as soon as it stopped raining. -.-

A play area that was too wet to play on.

Olivia kept going from excited to scared when the goats would come near her hahah.

This little room was insanely cool! I'd love to hang a few of those on my wall!

I know what you're thinking at this point-no, there weren't any photos of animals. Coming to the zoo as an adult-it isn't fun. For me anyways. They all look so sad and depressed. I guess I would be too if I had to stay in a place that wasn't home. Sure, some zoo's are doing what they can to give the animals a habitat they're used to, but they can only do so much. I just didn't care to take a photo of an animal through a fence or wall of glass. That isn't how these animals should be observed! 

To end this post, I'll leave you with another photo of Olivia. This time, she's a free butterfly. I hope she never feels tied down when she doesn't want to be. Mentally, physically, financially, anything. I want my girl to only be happy. I know she won't always be happy 100% of the time, but a mom can dream. Watching this girl grow up has given me more joy than I could ever imagine. She makes every single struggle more than worth it.

I hope you enjoyed a couple photos from her first trip to the zoo with family!

Memorial Weekend pt.1 : Saturday

I'm not sure how many parts to this there will be, but I figured it would be safe to just go ahead and section it off anyways cos of the amount of photos I took. 

Okay so first off, Friday night I hung out with my friend Cari, we got some Chuys and talked about the book I'm currently reading (1Q84) [Btw, if you've read it-lets talk about it!!] and we went to Walmart and then we took her home. 

Saturday, Olivia and I slept most of the day. Or maybe just me, I'm a huge sucker for naps hahah. We left Tyler around 6pm, drove to Dallas-the weather was horrible. Luckily Olivia slept the entire way cos she's terrified of the rain.

That night we went to Chuck E Cheese! Olivia was big enough to get on rides and run around!

After Chuck E Cheese, we went back to the hotel room! So here are a few shameless hotel photos.

Okay, this bed was super comfy. Makes me beyond excited to get our california king, We're currently sleeping on a queen so it'll be a huge change!

This little desk was just absolutely precious! And helped me get all of my blogging done!

It was dark out and this was all the light I had, so don't give me trouble for the quality! Haha.

Yes, I took one of these photos hahah.

Nothing exciting here...this was actually the closest I came to this kitchen the entire weekend hahah.

Just looking at this photo makes me sleepy hahah. 

I hope you guys had a great weekend, I'll have Sunday's photos up soon! 

Ch-ch-changes

I saw this on Tumblr the other day, and I couldn't stop thinking about it throughout the week. Although I am thankful for my job..I don't enjoy it. I don't like the medical field. I miss making coffee and spending the day at home even if I have to sacrifice weekends. I miss my free time. I'm still unsure what I want to do as a long term career, but I know that right now, I want more time with my girl and my family-and to be young. I'm 21, not 54!!  So I may have to take a slight pay cut, and we'll have to make sacrifices, but being happier will always make it worth it. I'm still going back and forth with this idea, I haven't made any changes yet. I've applied a few different places, but so far nothing has changed. I guess I just need motivation! (Which is where you come in.) I also feel incredibly selfish. I've been trying to push myself, but at the expense of my family, maybe a pay cut wouldn't be best. I just have to weigh the pros and cons. What do you guys think? Happiness, or living comfortable? I don't mention God very often, but I'm a firm believer and I honestly think that someone watches over us, maybe I just need something to believe in so that I'm more positive. Or maybe God protects us in one way or another. I think I have someone that helps guide me, and I think as long as I stay hopeful, something will come my way.       The end of this post wasn't intended to offend anyone.

Carnival fun ft. another blogger!

So I recently went to Longview, which is about 45 minutes away from Tyler-to go to a carnival. We ended up being way too busy to go to the one in Tyler when it was here so we took a quick trip over there. While I was there, my friend Juanita and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to do a blog collab. So here are a few photos we took together! 

Ahh, an outfit photo-I really want to get around to posting more of these.

I really love how blurry the photo on the right is. 

Olivia's first merry-go-round!

Who doesn't love funnel cakes and cuddling?

After splashing around for about 10 minutes she finally grabbed a fish. 

And picked out a little mermaid, I think her Godmother has gotten through to her. ;)

I don't know if I've mentioned this on here but Olivia is obsessed with Thomas the tank, so her first ride on a mini train was a big success, every time she passed us she waved. We were super nervous about letting her sit on the ride by herself cos her uncle was too big to ride, but she did just fine. 

Does this look familiar? B)

Jose's little sister actually took this photo for us, I think it turned out fine considering she didn't know how to work my camera!

I hope you guys enjoyed these photos! Don't forget to check out Juanita's post here.

Also, if you're in the East Texas area, Juanita does photography so please check her out and message her on facebook to get work done by her!

Her personal facebook.

Her photography facebook.

Snowed in!

Outside the front door!

 So I got to go home early today because of the weather. Unfortunately I was absolutely terrified driving in the slush on the highway. But so so glad I got to spend the day with Jose and Olivia.

Today we got all of our cleaning done! We were very productive.

Someone wanted to help mom clean!

 

I thought this photo was kinda cool. B)

I hope everyone got to stay safe at home if the weather was terrible!