Flowers are a Girls Best Friend

Diamonds are pretty and all but let me tell you... flowers are the way straight to my heart. Roses, lilacs, daisies... I just love them so much! And this boy right here, never ceases to surprise me with flowers at the most random times! Seriously? How lucky am I?! Much love! :)

Only a cheese ball would kneel to give someone a flower... but hey! I love the cheese! ;)

Thanksgiving Break = Way too short!

This break was far too short for my liking! It was an incredible, long weekend filled with hitting the slopes, amusing movies, buying cute clothes, seeing old friends, and spending time with Tyler and my family. So here's the shortest recap of my break I can muster.

Skiing was a blast! I went with my dad, uncles, and cousies. The snow is really icy and pretty much non-existent up there but hey, it was still a blast! I splurged a lot of money on some darling outfits that I adore, as well as some...wait for it... hair extensions. YES! I GAVE IN and bought hair extensions and I... LOVE THEM!!! I feel like Rapuzel! Now I just need a talking lizard ;) Thanksgiving was lovely. I ate way too much pie. I saw Breaking Dawn (Not as cheesy as the other movies sadly) and The Muppets (BEST MOVIE EVER! Please go see it) I hung out with my best friends Jess and Alissa as well as some of my old theatre pals, miss those guys! And of course I loved spending time with my incredible boyfriend/best friend Ty and my amazing, wonderful, impeccable family!  This break was MUCH needed! And now... I'm counting down the days till Christmas Break! Two weeks baby!! And counting... ;) Much love!! :)

 Skating with Ty :)

 The Christmas Tree at the Gateway, so pretty!

Skiing with my Dad!

 Seven Summits Ski Lodge... Classy :)

 Me with my dad, uncle and cousins

 My hair magically grew over the break!! Can you believe that?!

Lissy poo! Love her! I think Jess was getting ready to leave... We will imagine her presence ;)

Simple Things

So I've been thinking a lot lately about all the little things that make me happy, or that I'm grateful for. I love to look for the beauty in everything I see, maybe try to see things in a way that you normally wouldn't. I honestly believe that everything and everyone has a story and learning, discovering, and understanding that story intrigues me. So I've decided to make a list of things that in the past couple weeks that have made me happy or have a certain beauty about them.

Trees that are crying leaves
How the mountains look like muddy buddies after a light snow
Hot chocolate and a warm blanket
Seeing a best friend happy
Getting lost in a book
Seeing old friends
Taking pictures of something you love
Seeing Tyler in the middle of the week
Walt Disney
Warm sweaters, blazers, boots, and scarfs
The smell of crisp air
Calming music

Magical Nights and Lucky Days

So the other day my bestfriend/boyfriend Tyler surprised me with tickets to go see DISNEY ON ICE!! Now I know what you're thinking... isn't Disney on Ice for five-year-olds? But the answer to that is NO!! :) I am obsessed with anything Disney and so is Tyler, so we pretty much had the most magical date ever! (Granted, we DID act like over-excited five-year-olds the whole time... so we blended right in.) OH! and not only did we get to experience amazing disney magic, but we go to see the show on 11-11-11! Ok... you can't get more magical than that ;)

So the show was utterly amazing and I may or may not have cried maybe three or four times out of pure joy. After strolling around gateway, eating asian food (which I almost died from because I'm allergic to peanuts and there were peanuts in the food), watching the most beautiful, magical, disney show on ice ever, Ty and I went back to my house to watch Aladdin. NOW this is where things get pretty crazy! So on 11-11-11 at 11:11 PM we reached the part of the movie where Aladdin and Jasmine have just finished singing "A Whole New World" and then they kiss! SO NATURALLY Tyler gave me a kiss at the same time as Jasmine and Aladdin at exactly 11:11 PM!! It was perfect timing if there ever was perfect timing! I mean... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! You can't get anymore magical than that! ;)

All the disney princes and princesses... so amazing.

The Favorite Holiday.

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday every since I was little. Dressing up as anyone you wish, the endless supply of candy, the costume parties, the decorations, the smell of dried leaves and pumpkin spice, and even the feeling of being scared with your friends after a classic Halloween movie. Halloween? I  LOVE it!

This Halloween was a lot different than the ones in the past. The Saturday before Halloween I dressed up with Tyler and my friends Alissa, Jessica, and Emily as creepy Zombies. It was a lot of fun getting ready and making ourselves look as utterly repulsive as possible.  After getting zombified we hit up a dance party in Provo... let's just say it was a huge let down and we pretty much left the party after an hour. You know what they say! You learn from your mistakes, and we will not be making that one again! Halloween itself was a lot better! My roommate Emily and I went and bought ourselves bags of Candy and then visited some of our friends! It wasn't the most exciting night, but we both thought it was sufficiently lovely :) Well... can't wait till next year!