JSQUARED: winston

Since moving to Dallas we have made some pretty wonderful friends from our new ward. Heather is a genius and decided to throw a DOG Halloween party. Because we love dogs. Obviously. Also, they came up with some AMAZING costume ideas ( and I will be the first to admit that ours sucked but to be fair we planned our entire costume around Winstons...)

Lynda + Sean + Teddy & Scotch = A football player, cheerleader and her "pom poms" ;)

see what she did there? Yes, genius. We thought they couldn't get fluffier. But we were wrong.

Sierra + Chase + Ollie = A hot dog, a "dog mom" ( Sierra dressed as ollie) and a very cute dog who is enjoying a bone.

Sierra was working all morning so she said they would have to throw some costumes together and frankly, I was still impressed.

Heather + Aaron + Vivian & Crosby = Bob and Linda Belcher & 2 little hot dogs.

If you haven't seen Bob's burgers stop everything you are doing and go watch it now.

Amanda + Joe + Pig = awkward 80's family photo.

This one seriously killed me. I was laughing at everything Amanda did all night because of that wig. And can we take a minute to look at pig. She is a ROCKSTAR. Still dying.

Krystle + Michael = A robber and a blueberry.

Krystle tried to give out change at trunk or treat and kids were NOT having it. ( They are still learning the value of money over candy...appparrrenntlyy ???) and sometime ago Krystle posted a snap chat of Michael with the raspberry filter. Many hilarious things ensued and here we are. Also some child proclaimed at Trunk or Treat " a blueberry is not something you can be for Halloween".

Kids. They say the darnedest things.

Jovanna + Chase + Winston = A family of cowboys.

See how lame that is? Yes. But look at that little man on Winstons back. Winston is the fatest horse to ever walk the earth. That justifies it for me.

Please take a moment to enjoy these very awkward photos we took late into the night when we were kind of losing it.

Also this scary photo of Michael in blue face. And Sean staring off into the distance on the bottom right. AND Krystle running off with a liter of Diet Coke.

Greatest awkward family photos.

LOLOLOOLOLOLOLL. PIG.

Chase and Vivian. A beautiful love story.

VIVIANNEEEE. Shes 16 and the funniest dog on earth.

Fre$$$h

Now we arrive at the random Trunk or Treat photos.

Winston loves Chillens. ( Children for those of you that missed that.)

That train costume. I can't. SO CUTE.

HAPPPYYY HALLOWEEENNN!

So I don't write reviews about dog stuff often because
A. they don't really make that much of an impact on our lives and
B. I don't think anyone cares (but maybe I will now? Because I love taking pictures of Winston)
I saw a post on Facebook from Amanda where she said she was making dog toys and it sparked my interest! Unpoppable, and soft. Two things my dog loves. You could choose from so many colors and 3 different sizes so I messaged her to ask about which would be best for Winston (he is 35-40 pounds) and he doesn't seem to like toys that are a little too big for his mouth. She gave me some advice on what her dogs like and I went with a medium. It is perfect! Details below...

I absolutely love that it's a toy that goes with our home. It doesn't look cheap or hokey like the other dogs toys we buy. It can pass for a pillow in both rooms of our house and it's the one toy I don'€™t mind if he leaves lying around. DOG MOM WIN.

I was really worried that we could get the toy in he mail, that I would love the way it looked but he wouldn't want to play with it (this happens often. I get more excited about toys than he does???) But luckily for us he LOVES it. I mean LOOOOVESSS it. It's the only toy he's played with since we got it and he carries it around with him everywhere he goes. Chase even looked at me the other day and said "good purchase" accompanied by a high five. GUYS. I got a high five from chase for spending money. I don't even know how that happened.

I really love supporting small businesses but I love it even more if it's a great product that someone made with their own 2 hands. There is something so great about people's various talents and I love having bit's of those cool talents scattered all around my home.