Thursday thoughts

It's funny how time flies. The older I get the faster it seems to go. As a kid I always wanted to grow up and now I just wish I could go back to being a kid with no worries. I wish I could go back to being carefree and running around the neighborhood with my friends being hooligans together. But we can't go back, all we can do is live in the moment we have now and enjoy it.  Come what may and love it. 
Sometimes it's tough and everything we had planned falls apart leaving us scared and unsure of what we are doing, yet life keeps moving forward and propels us into new opportunities both good and bad. Life can be such a scary thing. Scares me more than I try to show. I guess how we handle that fear is what helps make us who we are. Maybe Taylor Swift said it best, "Fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.”
I guess I'll still always miss being a kid when time seemed to pass by slowly and I felt fearless.

P.S. I cut my hair! Well, I didn't...Court's Mom did. But I cut off quite a few inches. 

It's nice and healthy now :)

And now I'll leave you with one of my new favorite quotes!

A little birthday post for my Mom

It's my wonderful Mom's birthday today! That's right ladies and gentleman, today is her day! Birthdays are usually a big deal to me, so if I was there I would try to make it special. I kinda hate not being there but oh well. We talked off and on all morning (she was so popular and kept getting other phone calls throughout our conversation) and then the siblings and I all 3 way (but with 5 people so I guess a 5 way?) called her! It worked out much better than any of us expected and it was surprising that we even were able to get in touch with all the siblings considering it was mid-afternoon and they all have lives. But it worked out and we sang happy birthday to her and it was great!
My Mom is the greatest. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and how much I miss her. I also think every day how grateful I am that she was there to raise me and if I may say so, she did a pretty great job. Really though, she did such a great job of raising me right that sometimes I look at other people and I just feel bad for them that they didn't have my Mom around to help them learn how to act and think.
She has just the perfect amount of humor and seriousness. While knowing how to be clean, organized and ready for anything but still knowing how to have fun, when to be lazy and the knowledge that life doesn't always go as we plan. She is the perfect example to me.
So thank you Mom for everything! And Happy Birthday :)

April Fools!

As I've stated in earlier posts, I love holidays. This one is on the lower part of that list...but I do still like it. I've had some pretty hilarious memories with it that, while embarrassing, I still wouldn't trade for anything.
I grew up with 2 brothers in the home while I was still pretty young, so they got me plenty of times. The best one that we all still remember was when Kevin tricked me.
We always woke up early to read scriptures together as a family. So it's around 6 AM on April Fools. I'm not prepared for the day at all. I open my door to see a note that says something along the lines of "sorry I've  been teasing you lately," or something like that from Kevin with money attached to it. (in my head I remember it being a 20 dollar bill. In actuality it was probably more like a 1 dollar bill, maybe 5, but I was young so it seemed like a lot) Anyways, I reached down to get the money and letter (all happy and smiling in my half awake state) and the money pulls away from me right as I reach for it. I'm confused and I try again, and again...and shamefully...again. Until I notice my brother laughing in the bathroom across the hall pulling on the string attached to the money.
Embarrassing but hilarious.
And here we are now at the Festival of Colors we went to this weekend. But there will be a post on that later!

So Happy April Fools to everyone! I hope your day is fantastic! :)

One of those college experiences

I feel like college is one of those times where you do stupid things just because it's fun and just because you can. We've all done those things that people ask why and we don't really have an answer other than because we felt like it. Because we were caught up in the moment and made a decision without thinking, just living.

Last night was one of those experiences for me. It was a spur of the moment decision which are the ones that usually turn out to be the most exciting. 

It wasn't anything huge....it was buying a baby duck! 

                                               

Her name is Poppy and she is adorable! She swims around the bathtub and is just the cutest little thing :)

This is one of those times I just know I'll look back on and smile. 

13 things you probably didn't know about me

I've been meaning to do one of these posts to point out how many of you don't know as much as you think you do about me. hah just joking. If you do know these things then congrats! and stop stalking me :)

1. I only ever pop (crack?...whatever you call it) 2 of my fingers. My thumbs and my middle fingers.
2. I cry. All the time. For those of you who have seen the Kristen Bell sloth video...when she says if she's not between a 3 or a 7 on her emotion scale then she is crying, I freaked out! Because that is me. If it's too sad or too happy, I'm crying. It's who I am. I have feelings. Embrace it. (for those of you who haven't seen the sloth video.... click here. It's hilarious)
3. My life is a dance party. I dance everywhere. Cars. Grocery stores. The shower. Shopping. School. Work. By myself in my room. Everywhere. Also, I'm not really a good dancer...
4. I almost always sneeze in twos and I sneeze like a mouse (or as my friend says "that sounded like a mouse fart.")
5. Around 6 years ago I started sleeping with earplugs in and ever since then I haven't been able to sleep without them.
6. I like soda when it is a little flat. Not completely, but about halfway.
7. The Bellagio fountains in Vegas are the most beautiful thing in the world to me. I'm just amazed every time I watch them. I don't care if it's the same song within 15 minutes of each other, I could still watch it for days and never get tired of it. It's somehow relaxing and exciting. It's beautiful and magical.
8. I have a bucket list for the year and a bucket list for my life. I feel incredibly happy when I get to cross something off of it.
9. I like cold Mac & Cheese leftovers. But I also like it warm. So I usually end up eating half of the bowl cold and then warm up the rest before I eat it all cold.
10. I'm a firm believer in the idea that everything happens for a reason. A lot of people laugh at me for it. But I stand by it and it comforts me.
11. I love holidays. All of them. I always make a big deal out of them.
12. As much as I love food, I'm an incredibly picky eater. Especially with green things and vegetables. I absolutely love sweet potato fries though. Those are so delicious.
13. I have a birthmark on my middle finger on my right hand. It's red and takes up about half my finger.I love it. When I was younger I asked my Mom what it was and she said it was because I got kissed by an angel. I loved that. I was so afraid I would wake up one day to find it gone. If it's rubbed it fades and comes back but I still get scared it will just fade away.

Birthday Party!

For those of you who didn't know, my birthday was a few weeks ago! I had a fantastic party including, a blacklight, a strobe light, glowsticks, streamers, loud music, dancing, lots of treats and a pretty darn fun photobooth. 

Really, the photobooth was the best part. Shout out to the lovely Laura for using her magic Cricut (not to be mistaken with a cricket...like Jiminy. As cool as that would be, and magical for sure, she does not have one of those) paper cutter to cut out the props for the photobooth. And from there, it was perfect, because who wouldn't want to hold up funny props and make funny faces with your friends to capture how hilarious you really are? 

After the party (and definitely after looking at the pictures you will see below) I was just amazed at how blessed I am with the people around me. A lot of people came to my party and it meant the world to me. They are all such wonderful people and friends. It's not always the easiest to find people who are good friends, hilarious, crazy and will act weird with me, but are also sweet, down to earth and so caring. I've been very blessed to have all these qualities in the friends that came to my party and supported me and most importantly-laughed, acted goofy and danced with me! (It's also really hard to find girls that are not petty or competitive. So a huge shout out to the girls here and the ones that partied with me because y'all passed that stupid girl test! And I love you for it!) 

So my birthday was fantastic! It was so much fun, with really great friends. The next morning we woke up and went to VEGAS! So a blog about that will be coming soon (and it's a good one! so keep an eye out!)

 And now enjoy these pictures of how hilarious the wonderful people in my life are :)

Stylin with my friend

My beautiful friend Courtney and I had a little photoshoot today! 

So here's another outfit post for y'all!

Shirt: Vanity, Pants: DI, Boots: Payless, Earrings: Forever 21

P.S. I just bought this shirt yesterday and I'm absolutely in love with it!

Jacket: Rue 21, Shirt: Rue 21, Pants: JC Penny, Earrings: Splurges

Happy Friday :)