A Very Long Post But It's Okay Because You'll Like It.

I promise this post will be the only of it's kind though. I originally intended to post the pictures I previously promised, but as I was looking through my camera I noticed that there were many pictures that had yet to be posted anywhere. So, now I am going to do that blogger thing where I will post tons of pictures with brief captions and you, the blog reader/follower/stalker will scroll quickly to find the ones that may interest you. I think there will be something here for everyone. Sound good?

But I will first update y'all (See that? Y'all. I'm learnding (<--click on that link) how to speak like the Texans) on what Glen and I have been doing the past few days. After a good full week and one day at the Ellsworth home (Glen's parents') we finally went to our apartment last Thursday and stayed there. We decided we were going to have to put things together sooner or later, and we were probably wearing out our welcome at the Ellsworth home, though they probably didn't have the heart to kick us out. ANYway, our apartment--it took hours! I swear the boxes were like rabbits because each time I emptied one there were three more sitting right there... looking at me. What the what? It went on forever. So on Saturday we decided to take a little break and go shopping.

They do this thing here in Texas where they take the sales tax off most retail merchandise on the weekend before school starts , which is nice because then you save an extra 8%. Yeah, I know, it's not even that much but for some reason it makes the people of Texas go KER-AY-ZEE. So, Cindy (mom-in-law), Brielle (sis-in-law), Glen (husband), and me (me), elbowed our way through most stores, but it was so fun. I think I have it in my genes to tolerate excessive crowds to get a good deal. Take a look at this link: click here. The second picture down from the top on the right is my Aunt Penny, shopping on black friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Since I am still unemployed I didn't feel like I should spend any money, but Cindy was soo sweet and bought me a pair of really nice black heels. I was really needing some for an interview I had and my other ones were totally trashed from working at Allyse's.

Glen officially started law school today, but he was there Monday and Tuesday too for orientation. This meant that I was the one that had to finish putting our apartment together. It's pretty much done! So that is what I did the last couple of days.

Now on to the pictures.
Since I am an organized person, I will post the pictures in chronological order, beginning with the highlights of my summer:

5 Days at Disneyland:
Day 1

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:


Day 5
(I know you're getting bored, but I gotta document):


Okay, enough of that, right? Half of you probably are really annoyed with me and the other half are on Expedia.com right now booking flights to Cali and getting your Disneyland Tickets.

Here are a few more snippets from other fun stuff from this summer, beginning with...

Allyse's Bridal!
Here is some awesome food I got to eat at the wedding of the year:

And then got to crash the reception:

And of course fashion camp!:


Teaching our Sunbeams:

Galan 50th Wedding Anniversary Party, 4th of July, Camping at Camp Pendleton and...
DISNEYLAND FOR THE 6TH TIME!:
Okay, now for the pictures of our first couple of weeks here in Texas
First up, SEAWORLD!:

And then just hanging out and playin' games. And of course, our favorite/only niece (until Oct.), Annie!


Then we had a baby shower for Carolyn:


While we were there Glen's dog died. But since he is part of the family we kept him out for a few days. In this picture we are pretending that he is playing cards with us.

JK.
He's not actually dead, he just sleeps like this. Hilarious!

My BBBDF stopped by on her way from New Orleans (where her BF was doing sales) to Phoenix. I was SOOO HAPPY!

And then we went camping at Canyon Lake. It was very hot but our "shelters" were very well air conditioned. We even got to use a boat one day!

Glen is awesome and can ski:
Trying to drop a ski!

I am not so awesome so I kneeboarded. But I CAN do a 360! (Thanks Rachel for teaching me this useful trick many years ago.)
And then we just hung out some more at the Ellsworth home, doin' the usual, like getting our toenails painted:
...and hanging out at empty movie theaters:
And then everyone went home!

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF OUR APARTMENT!

LIVING ROOM:

Before-Beforeish-Afterish-After

The Study Area:


The Dining Area:

(we'll be getting a frame for that picture and putting it up next to the one on the left)
Our first meal at the dinner table!ATTENTION MOM!! THIS PICTURE IS FOR YOU!

Kitchen Area
Thanks to Coralee!:


The Bathroom:
I didn't really have a before picture, but this is what it is now, thanks to Cindy for arranging everything!

And the hardest and worst part,
The Bedroom:


This is me after the first HUGE round of cleaning


Hooray!

In celebration, yesterday we went to Round Rock Donuts, after hearing SO MANY good reviews from our family members.

It....
Was...
DELICIOUS!!!!!!

And this is how I feel about it.


No more huge posts I promise. I'm going to go eat a donut now.