Day 12

: movies. Today I saw ”Crazy, Stupid, Love,” and now Maegan, Amanda and I are watching ”The Notebook.” Awww chick flicks.. And Ryan Gosling. I love it.

Day 11

It's 11/11/11 and Veteran's Day!!

: finding and discovering beauty all around me.

and new music, thanks to Hannah Joy.

Day 10

: friends.

Today I am thankful for friends. All of my friends. But specifically, I am thankful for the idea of friends from different parts of my life coming together and all being friends! This last weekend I went to Vegas with Maegan and a bunch of her best friends from home and we all got along great! They all welcomed me into their little group with open arms, and not once did I feel like I didn't belong.

Now this weekend Amanda Noel is here and I love that her and Maegan totally get along like they've known eachother forever; and it's not just with Maegan! All of my friends here at school know and love Amanda (and they are the same way with Maegan's best friend Melody). I am very thankful that all of my friends (from home, school, or otherwise) are all so great and can all be friends with eachother. I love it.

Day 8 & 9

: the cold. I am thankful that today it seemed to be cooling down a bit. I love being able to stay inside with coffee, wearing a cozy sweatshirt (I wore my Disneyland sweatshirt today) and just enjoy warming yourself up. I would be more than ok living somewhere where it's cold and rainy the majority of the time. I can't wait for more rain.

Day 9 (it's already 12:35 am) : trips! I know I already mentioned traveling the other day what I said I was thankful for experiences, but I am also thankful for trips. If it weren't for trips my best friend wouldn't be getting here tomorrow afternoon, and she is!! I get to spend a weekend in So Cal (Northridge and Long Beach) with my best friend!! I am so so excited. I don't get to see her near as much as I used to since she graduated and moved home and let me tell ya I've missed her. I am so excited for this weekend!

Day 7

: the holidays!
(first of all, I am so sorry that my last few posts were so short, and didn't include my "30 days of Thankfulness" or my linking up, I went to Las Vegas for the weekend for Maegan's 21st birthday and it was INSANE! so I did what I could to post from my phone.) Anyway! The holidays have always been my favorite time of year. In my home town, it is always cold (or at least cold enough for jackets and boots) and sometimes even rainy and that is my favorite weather! (I'm actually not a big fan of the heat at all, believe it or not).
The holidays always bring along lots and lots of laughs with my crazy family..

and lots of pretty decorating. It's a big deal for us to put up all the Christmas decorations in my house, it pretty much needs an entire day (maybe 2) to get it all up!

My brothers always get in the best holly-jolly moods. We always partake in traditions that we have had almost my whole life and we always have the best time doing them!

(I know i've posted this picure on a blog, or two, before.. but it's probably one of my favorit pictures of our family, EVER.)

Grandpa with Cameron's favorite gift from last year.
This is our very Christmas(y) front door during Christmas time!


Last year our cousins were able to come out from Colorado for Christmas and New Years and it was INSANE!! We had 5 extra people staying at my house, but it seriously completed the holidays. My cousin Nolan (below in the red) is probably one of the funniest people on the planet and my cousing Chelsea (the one with her mouth wide open) and I are sooo much alike it's scary.
Cameron was so stoked on this hat! He wanted it so badly and was so happy to have gotten it that i'm pretty sure he wore it every day for a month after Christmas.. and I'm not exaggerating.

Thanksgiving is in only 16 days and I am sooooooooo excited!! Casey will be home from Florida and it will officially kick off the holiday season! I cannot wait!

Day 6

: Music. Music is my life. I would not be anywhere near the person I am today if it wasnt for music.

Day 5

: Experiences. I went to Vegas this weekend for Maegan's 21st birthday and it was amazing.