{Shabby} Chic

So I have happy news......I'm going to Australia!!!!!!! I'm leaving in December and will be there for a few weeks. I'm going with my best friend Amy and we are so stoked. We are going just for kicks and giggles and while we are there we are going to a Young Sinlge Adult Convention thingy for 4 days...which is totally going to rock by the way...I mean hello spending time with Aussie's all day yeah life's good. I do need your help though...we are going to be there on New Years Eve...I know right....anyway at the Young Single Adult convention they are having a New Years Ball so I need a pretty party dress so keep your eye for me please, I'm kinda picky about my style, I want something different and yeah just me, If that makes any sense. I love Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters and just little boutiques that are just different ya know. Anyway send me suggestions:)

The {Princess} and the {Frog}

Word on the street is I look like the princess in this movie......

{L}ava {L}ava {L}ava

lava hot springs. left thursday night. packed kara's truck to the max. made 502 pit stops. stopped at creepy idaho bathrooms. arrived at lava super hyper. wind storms knocked everyone's tent down. froze the first night. soaked up the sun at the pool. sunburned. got "dare to square" ice cream. nap time. fireside. bag o' skits. died laughing. good girl talk with kara, amy, and lindsey. awesome nights sleep. poured all night. packed it up. slept the entire way home. showered and felt like a girl again. may not sound very exciting but it truly was an epic weekend:))))
{i only had my camera for the first half of the trip so you get jipped on the skits and other adventures}

{Finally}......

I'm starting beauty school in September!!! I'm going to Fran Brown Marinello School of Beauty. I will be in the Master Esthetician program and I'm so stoked. I'm going to learning things from lash extensions to chemical peels. I finally feel like my life is progressing in the right direction and I couldn't have done it without the support of so many...you know who you are. When I'm done with this program in a year, I'm going to take an advanced 2 week makeup course at Taylor Andrews:) I'm excited and I will probably need people to practice on while I'm at school so let me know if your interested:))))

{a}dore

Love. Love. Love.
Old Navy.
Slouchy Tee.

A {Gift}

So I watched this show on MTV called '16 and pregnant' and I'm sure a lot of you may have seen it as well. One particular episode focused on a young couple that decided to put their baby girl up for adoption and an absolute darling couple was blessed with a baby due to a courageous decision. I just sobbed because it made me think of my birth mother and the courageous decision she made 24 years ago. A lot of you probably do know that I was adopted and I have been so very, very grateful for this experience. My birth mother was 19 when she had me, when my birth father found out she was pregnant he left her, so she had to go through this alone. My family got a call and they jumped at the opportunity and flew to California to pick me up when I was two days old. It was a private adoption so I have never met my birth mother but oh my goodness she will always hold a very special place in my heart. I hope to meet her one day to tell her thank you for the life I have now. My family is absolutely incredible and I couldn't imagine my life without my mom, dad, and sweet sister Nicole. I was able to be sealed to them when I was 6 months old and because of it, my knowledge and testimony of the temple and this gospel has progressed tremendously. I just felt compelled to share this:)


The day I was sealed to my family (dad is taking the pic)and excuse the faux hawk


In front of the hospital I was born in California

Happy Birthday {Mom}

beautiful.
hardworking.
loving.
hilarious.
knowledgeable.
caring.
attentive.
fashionable.
honest.

i love you mom!!!!!