Brandi Carlile

Way back in September I had the chance to go and see Brandi Carlile. She is one amazing singer. I absolutely love her voice. Brandon, JJ, JK and I met up at the Depot and danced the night away! I've never been to this venue before and would strongly recommend it to anyone who wants to get close to the band and have great sound. Here are some pictures from the night:
Brandi and one of the twins (her guitar players are twins):
I though this one was cool looking:
Rocking out with the other twin:
Thanks for an awesome concert!

24!

I know two blogs in a row! Go me! September came and so did my birthday! I turned 24 and boy was it a fun day! My friend Kiley and I have been talking about doing a movie in my back yard for few month, but something was always happening so we never set a night. Finally we decided to do it the weekend before Labor day. We got a projector from my awesome buddies Mike and Kim! Got lots of yummy food, I got put in charge of bbq'-ing. I must admit I'm pretty darn good at it! Brandon brought sound equipment so we had some great music playing while we were enjoying our hamburgers and hot dogs. Jesse happened to be in town and he came and took a lot of fun pictures.
We had a little too much fun on the tramp:






My cute dog Whistler.
Before we all got settled to watch a movie under stars my awesome friends surprised me with a birthday cake!I loved it! I felt like a little kid! Thank you guys! It was fantastic!
Making a wish.
Thanks everyone for making my birthday extra fun! I love you all!

Where Did The Summer Go?!

Alright people, I know I'm a total slacker! I've been tempted to delete the blog because I'm too busy having fun and partially too lazy to update it. Crazy thinking! Here is my attempt to catch you guys up on what has been happening in my life. Be ready this is a long one!
In August there were few wedding to attend, one of them was Chris and Brit's wedding! They are some of the sweetest people I've met! Their wedding was beautiful and so fun!
I've discovered the best park to spend my lunch hour. I've had few pic-nics there too. This tree is by far my favorite! It's so beautiful!
I've spent a lot of time listening to some of the best jam cessions in Provo! Meet Coco! In this picture he has some sweet dreads going, they got shaved off the very next day.
Brandon doing his thing on the trumpet!
My family also ventured to another Jackson trip! This is the best place on earth, I love it! It's like a mini heaven on earth! My beautiful sister Sarah and sweetest little niece Hannah. Love them both!
A lot of fun things happened on this trip. One of them was Thom water skiing with a moose. If you look closer you will see a moose! He was swimming to an island and we just happened to be boating by it. I was really funny, the moose was ok and made it just fine to his island.
Brandon showed us his slalom skills! Seriously look at this place! It's gorgeous.
There were few stormy days.
I was sad to leave but there is always next year!
My friends and I attended few fun concerts at the Gallivan. JJ's friends Tanya came with us. She is a russian girl and we had so much fun chatting in russian! I miss it.
Went up to snowbird with my family. Brandon and I went hiking.
For 4th of July we went to Colorado and I saw the best fireworks! We were seriously right under them. It was a blast!
I'm sad summer is already gone! It went by way too fast, but I guess that is what happens when you are having fun! Thanks everyone!

California - Catching up!

I'm so behind on this summer. In June Brandon, JJ, Hillary, and I went on a road trip to Cali. We drove to pick up Hillary at the aunts place that is close to Zions park. We drove by a little Inn that is names: Marianna Inn. I've never in my had that chance to see anything with my name on it. The little tourist stores never have a key chain or a cup with my name in it, so my friends have a joke going on that if they ever come across something with my name on it they have to buy it. I guess I'll have to let them off this one. We spent a lot of time on the beach. I learned how to surf and we played a lot of beach volleyball.
JJ and Brandon kept jumping around and got a fun idea to see how high they could jump. I think this is a funny picture. Brandon jumped over JJ and no one though he could do it. He was so high!
The longboards we used to learn how to surf. Thanks to our awesome friends in Cali that taught us how and let us use their boards.
Leaving the beach to go to a friends wedding!
We also made a stop at Sprinkles Cupcakes. They were delish!
One thing that I really wanted to do while we were in Cali is to go to Santa Monica Pier. It was my favorite!
We all rode the Ferris Wheel and watched the sunset.


Our last day in Cali we went to the fabric district in LA. I've never seen so much fabric in my life. every store was draped in fabric. We loved it!
It was such a fun trip! Thanks Brandon, JJ and Hillary for making it so much fun!

Way Back In June

Way back in June we celebrated Brandon's and Jaclyn's birthdays! We threw a party in back yard and had lots of fun people come join us. It was a really chill night and it was great to hang out and listen to good music. We played with sparklers.We hung lights in the back yard they looked really cool. I especially like the skateboard ramp in the back of the yard.
Brandon got his trumpet out and played some Jazz.
Its a tradition to sing a really loud spanish song to the birthday person. Jaclyn got sung to and then Brandon and Josh broke out JT's song and people couldn't stop laughing because they were being silly.
Happy birthday Brandon and Jaclyn! You guys are my favorite!

I REALLY miss this boy....

Its true! I miss my little brother Stephen! He is volunteering in Cambodia and will be back in October, hopefully. Summer is little boring without him. I miss my little partner in crime!

Oh wait! Its Friday!

Yes it's 1:43 am and its friday! Why am I awake, you ask? Well it's simple really. It all began about a month ago, my laptop decided it had enough and is now throwing a tantrum. I can't get anything to work: pictures wont show up, music wont play, and for the past hour I've been trying to figure out the cure for my trusty lappy.
On the bright side:
-Its friday and I get to sleep in and go to Lagoon!!! It's what fun is!!
-I have a ton of pictures on my camera that are waiting to be seen. (gotta fix lappy and I'll show them off)

P.S. I have lots to blog about! You will just have to wait a little bit!
** here's a little snapshot from my Cali trip, more to come soon **

I return....and I have pictures!

Ok, ok, I've been slacking! Apparently I have 5 people who follow this blog and I should probably keep them happy. So here, I am back! Oh and did I mention I have pictures!?! Well here you go my lovely readers! I've been up to some fun things! This summer has been full of adventures and really good road trips. Here are pictures form my Colorado trip way back in May. Brandon, Jeff and I made our way to Colorado so see their families. I've never been so it was great to go on a road trip with my friends! Brandon and I went on a drive and saw the most beautiful sun rays peeking through rainy clouds. Enjoy the pictures!
Brandon and I
Me wondering in a field.
Brandon and the cute red barn.
Pretty sun rays after the rain storm.
We went to Tocabe a Native American cafe and had really delicious food.
Downtown Denver. Really cool place!

Stay tuned for pictures form various celebrations and California road trip!