BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE I'M ADDICTED TO READING BLOGS,

Here are some of my favorites:

FOR THEIR WORDS:
all my love, addy
c. jane kendrick
heart distance
nat the fat rat
the diaries of a fly on the wall
in the head of al fox

FOR THEIR PICTURES:
alexis mire
matt clayton photography
definitions of chelsie
rebekah westover photography

FOR THEIR CRAFTINESS:
cotton & curls
dear lizzy
rainbows in wonderland

FOR THEIR CLOTHES:
awkward girls
pink peonies
the daybook

FOR THEIR ALL AROUND CUTENESS:
hunter's dialogues
something devine
smile me pretty
rockstar diaries
the girls with glasses
the m(squared) story

I FOUND THIS POST IN MY DRAFTS. IT'S REALLY OLD. OH WELL.

It's time to get real here, okay guys?

If I'm being completely honest, these last couple months have been really sucky. Like in a everything-little-thing-is-going-wrong-but-i-don't-really-have-a-good-reason-to-think-my-life-sucks kind of way. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I don't either. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm a big baby. Lately I've been finding myself complaining about the little things and not trusting in God and his timing. I could sit here and name off all of the dumb things that have happened since school started, but I wont, because that would be obnoxious and no one would want to read it. Instead, I'll share all of the things I am thankful for. Because it's November, dangit. And looking on the bright side of things always helps. 

  

THINGS THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR:

//taylor swift and her new cd, because it's perfect in every single way//friends that make me laugh//the temple//movie marathon parties//oregon in the fall, because i'm pretty sure this is exactly what heaven will look like//dutch brother's peppermint hot chocolate//a loving family//my three best girlfriends, and talk about a little 'last hurrah' in disneyland//having my licence and a car that i can drive in//a mom that will take me out of school for the day to go shoe shopping//playing the guitar and piano//hunter hayes//real, paying photography jobs//missionaries; past, present, and future.//the new missionary age change, and other answered prayers//sweater weather//my advanced junior english class, because we're basically like a family and i've never, ever laughed that much in school//instagram//blogging//the talents i have been given, because they make me special//seminary//journaling, even though i am terrible at it//pink hats that i am pretty sure are magical//cherry vanilla sprites//"no school november"//the beatles//boys with nice hair//

a few of my favorite things

in honor of president's uchtdorf's message about turning the mundane into the majestic,

 i would like to list off a few little things that have made me very happy this week.

being the oldest kids at skate world.

making brownies in a mug.

cute handouts from young womens.

 the weirdos i see walking down the street. :)

my handsome little brother.

my friend Tristin, who wears bow ties to school.

"ode to CasiDee" {written by the wonderful Whitney.},

 a pola of me from efy,

a letter from my favorite missionary,

 the most awkward photo booth strip of Laura and i from OMSI,

 and my favorite poem called "In Life."   

 this hunky man.

and this beautiful quote from Gordon B. Hinckley.

Thank Heavens

Thank Heavens for crappy pictures of my new Swatch watch.

I love it with all my heart.

I cant take it off.

(I totally bought this Amsterdam. Woo Hoo! 

I could have bought it in the states for half the price,

but that wouldn't have been as cool...Right?)

Thank Heavens for Adele and Meiko 

and the new Joshua Radin song

and the mixed cd of Muse B-Sides

my friend made for me.

Thank Heavens for my family.

Thank Heavens that I now have an Iphone

that actually works.

Thank Heavens that THE SUN IS OUT.

Seriously.

It's about time.

Thank Heavens for

Nat The Fat Rat's posts on The New Testament.

I have read these over and over again.

So funny and so inspiring!

I wish I could write like her.

Thank Heavens for frozen yogurt.

Chocolate with oreos and Carmel sauce, to be exact.

Thank Heavens for Zumba.

Funnest workout ever.

Thank Heavens for blogging.

Because I am really really horrible at keeping a journal.

Thank Heavens that EFY is in TWO WEEKS.

Thank Heavens that my friend Laura has cool Manny Pacquiao

and Star Wars T-shirts that she lets me borrow. :)

Thank Heavens for Modern Family.

Thank Heavens for bow ties.

Thank Heavens for spell check.

Thank Heavens for my friend Caroline that

teaches me fun sayings like

"Thank Heavens".

Thank Heavens!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Friends who pick me up from school early and take me to P.F.Changs, just for the heck of it.

 

Cheetah...ummm I mean, Tiger Woods. (ha.i kid, i kid.)

Seminary!

The beach.

My (fake) boyfriend, James Dean.

Happy Sunday dudes!

Kate Freaking Spade

(From:Kylie Nixon.)

I love Kate Spade! I love Kate Spade! Everything about Kate Spade is just plain lovely.

It's times like this that I wish I was a buhzillionaire so I could buy everything Kate Spade.

Because I freaking love Kate Spade!

(I dont think I have said that enough in this post..hehe..)

Speaking of loving Kate Spade, Have you seen this ADORABLE video?

LOVE IT.

5 Things I love Sunday!

1. The other day a friend of mine handed me a piece of paper with this picture on it. She told me she saw it on the internet and thought of me.
I laughed. really hard.

(Whitney, Cassidy, Nathan, Me)

2. Stake Dances!!

3. Okay, okay. I know this picture was in my last "5 Things I love Sunday" post, but listen up dudes. You see how I am missing a tooth in that picture? Well, not any more! Hallelujah!! I now have both canine teeth in my mouth. Which means I am that much closer to getting my braces off. Heck.Yes.

4. This song. Its a pretty awesome cover of a already awesome song. I'm loving Lady Danville nowadays.

5. The adorable blog, Nat the Fat Rat. I've been sick the past few days and I've spent alot of time looking at her blog. This girl cracks me up! ( I really like one of her older posts about red lipstick.)  

THE END.

I will now go forth and watch Glee.

Happy happy Sunday everyone!

5 Things I Love Sunday!



1. The Uke Song by Lady Danville. They were one of the opening acts at the Dashboard Confessional concert I went to Friday night and I absolutely loved them!

2. Mini Dr. Peppers!

3. My cute friend Elsie.

4. The Beach.

5. And of course, James Dean. :)

Happy Happy Sunday!

Things I love

 My new dress and my Cole Haan Loafers.

 The long walk to Heaven.

 Pizza parties with the girls.

 Fall in Oregon

 This hunk of a man.

My adorable little sister.

Everything about this picture. :)