I had to write this letter

Dear Paul Walker,

You don't know me from eve. I never had the honor of meeting you. I was one of your biggest fans though, you were hands down my favorite actor. I didn't know you personally, but I felt like I "knew" you. You have been on my TV for at least 10 years, I have followed along on your social media, I have laughed, smiled or gushed at the things you would post. I may not have actually known you as a friend, but your death shook me. I have never cried over the loss of a celebrity before, but I can't tell you the amount of tears I have shed over the loss of you.

I don't understand how I can be this upset over someone I didn't personally know, how I could feel this kind of pain over someone I didn't personally know, but I am and I do and I'm not alone in that. Facebook is crawling with fans mourning the loss of you. You are only to look up #rippaulwalker on twitter and you can feel the pain and read the hurt. Your death shook the world Paul. I still can't warp my head around the fact that you're gone, I desperately want this to not be real. You died too young, too soon.

I hope you know how unbelievably loved you are. I hope you know if prayers and tears could bring you back, you would have barely been gone. I hope you know my love of fast cars is because of you. I will always think of you and your role in the fast and furious movies when I climb behind the wheel of our Honda civic. I hope you know your memory will live on forever, not only by those who knew you, but through your fans too. You were more than an amazing actor, you were an amazing person too. You were put on earth to show the rest of us how a person should be.

I couldn't not write you this letter. You'll never get it, but I hope you see it from heaven. I will always remember you as the cute popular high school guy in she's all that. As the gorgeous man who wanted his treasure, but not at the risk of loosing his girl in Into the blue. As the hard and fast bad guy who wound up trying to fix his mistake in running scared and most of all, I will remember you as the sexy cop turned bad, who wanted respect, who fell in love, who put a friend above his career and who found a family in the Fast and furious movies. I will also remember you through your charity, through all the money you have donated to help those in need, for the big heart you had.

I wish I could reach out to your daughter, your family, to Tyrese, Vin and the rest of the fast family, I wish I could hug them all and take their pain away, but if there is one thing I've learned about death - is the pain never really goes away, you just learn to live with it and most of all they will live for you because you showed them how to really live.

Rest in peace Paul Walker
You will be forever missed.

I take no credit for the pictures in this post, they were all pulled from facebook.

Angry Birds birthday party decor

Over the weekend, we celebrated Kage turning four. I really can't believe he is already four! He requested an Angry Birds birthday party this year and I was totally down for that. I knew I didn't really want to have everything angry birds, but I wanted the colors of the angry birds and of course a couple of things that showed it was angry birds themed. I'm breaking this post into two. I wanted to share the decor today and the rest of the pictures from his party tomorrow. Here is Kage's angry birds party decor.





For the red and blue back drop cut a piece of string to the desired length, cut equal pieces of red and blue streamer to desired length and hot glue said pieces to the string. Yes, it was seriously that easy. ;) For the goody bags, I created goody cups instead. I got the cups from Walmart for $.89 a piece and they were the perfect touch for the angry birds party. I filled them with small little toys that I found from the dollar tree and then I created little candy bags to put in each cup along with the small toys.







The jars of candy you see on the table were made from Christmas jars that I picked up from the dollar tree. I simply wrapped the streamer around the jar several times to cover up the red and blue Christmas decor on the jars. I secured the streamer with tape & then filled the jars with matching candy. Green had green candy, red had red candy, etc.



I knew we were going to put presents on the fireplace so, I knew I needed to add a little decor to it. I hung 3 little twirly things from the fireplace and tied string onto balloons and taped them to the edge of the fireplace and wa-la.



The cake is from Walmart, that's normally where we get our cakes because they are so cute and taste so good! The balloons you see on the wall are thank you balloons for the kids and each are filled with a piece of candy. Every kid loves balloons and when it's time to pop them, there is a treat waiting inside. Yes, they got goody cups and a balloon! What can I say, I like to say thank you in a big/fun way!



We found that frame at the dollar tree as well. I didn't have time to get an actual 8x10 picture printed so, I simply printed it on regular computer paper and wrote in the remaining white space of the paper then stuck it in the frame. I loved the way it turned out!

I can't even tell you the amount of compliments I got on the decor of this party! It blew me away how many of our friends and family members were saying they loved it and that I did an awesome job! #winning

All of the other decor you see - red & blue plates, red cups, red forks and knives, red & blue napkins and green tablecloth are all from Walmart. The two red tablecloth holders in the back are from the dollar tree. :)

Photo dump - Life lately

Hello friends. Happy Monday. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and an even better weekend. Hubby had four days off & Jay was out of school all last week so, I soaked up every moment I could with all three of my boys and it was glorious. Since I was pretty quite on social media these past four days - if you missed any of my posts you can check them out here - Scavenger hunt Sunday // A letter to Kage // Thankful post // DIY Advent calender. Now, on to life lately.



If you live under a rock and haven't heard, Paul Walker passed away November 30th. I can't wrap my head around his death. He was hands down my favorite actor. I've seen almost every movie he has been in, especially all of the fast and furious movies. He is the first actor that has died that I have actually cried over, he is the first one that I feel absolutely devastated about it. I seriously wish this wasn't real.



I am never going shopping the day before Thanksgiving ever again // our yummy appetizers on Thanksgiving // Hubby & I ended our Thanksgiving with leftovers and a game of life.



Loving these leggings I snagged from Walmart for $5 // Planning, planning, more planning & to-do list making // I can't wait to get these leggings in from Kiki La'Rue



Lots of shopping bag filled with stuff for the party // A little glimpse at his party // Kage opening one of his presents on his birthday. {He got the rest at his party on Saturday}



I knew the presents were going to be put on our fireplace so I wanted to add some decor to it // Kage's favorite present // Cousins all laying in one bed



Daddy & Kage // My sweet Jay playing a game // Daddy & Jay



Cousins playing {Jay & Little H are only two days apart} // Kage & his uncle on Thanksgiving // Grocery shopping with the boys



Christmas movie time // The tree is nice and decorated // we put a little tree in our room, it gives off the most beautiful glow when the lights are off

I have way more pictures on my actual camera that I need to sort through and I can't wait to show you Kage's birthday and our Christmas decorations. These last four days have been amazing and I'm more than a little bummed it's back to reality today. I can't wait for Christmas break.

How has life been for you?

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

1. Some deliciously sweet cheesecake.
2. My longhorns beanie - Texture.
3. I am so blessed to be able to have the birthday party Kage wants to have because before we couldn't always do that.
4. The warmth from a candle.
5. I went shopping the other day and found these adorable wine glasses.

I am linking up to Scavenger Hunt Sunday.