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!

Do You Ever Feel Like....

Do you ever feel like everybody around you is nuts?
The bag of my pistachios (which were so delicious) pointed out to me. It must be true.... its on the bag!

Happy Week

This week made me happy. Here are few things why:

* clean car, no more dirt form the snow storm adventures
* laughing so hard my face hurts
* random road trips to Provo to see bands, friends, and more bands
* meeting lead singers and laughing at great silly things
* the Soloist
* listening to friends play the piano, guitar, sing to me.
* finally feeling completely free and no longer being numb.
* getting rid of a whole lot of useless pictures
* talking till morning hours
* sleeping in

Life is so good!

This Week Rocked My Beat!!!!

This week has been the best! My family left to Canada (Whistler) to ski and I decided to make this a great week. It all began on Monday.
Monday:
*Learned how to play human foosball, very fun! Especially with a lot of people.
*Discovered a new yogurt place that Liz and I can go to without going broke!

Tuesday:
*Celebrated friend's birthday and listened to little jazz band. Brandon plays in it and they sounded great!
Brandon on the trumpet.
I would truly love to own one of these great chandeliers.
Brandon, Me, and Jeffi (birthday boy). We started the Awkward Hugger Mugger club. We think we are funny!
Me, JJ and Jeffi trying to pull the ugly french face. So hideous but oh so funny.

Wednesday:
*Went out with some girls and got pedicures. We're just getting ready for summer to get here.
Thursday:
My friend Grise got engaged!!!! Congrats! In order to celebrate we went out to lunch and we brought Kevin (her fiance) with us.
Cute couple!
Just showing off our stylin' scrubs!
*I also went to the Ting Tings concert!
They are such a fun band to watch live! The entire crowd was dancing and jumping. Thank you Tyler for letting me know they were in town and for keeping me company.
After the concert we went out and got some sushi. This night was so much fun!

Friday:
*Had the day off, so I slept in!!
*Saw Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D, LOVED it!!
*Went to few parties in Provo with friends.

Saturday:
*Went to Park City to ski! It was so much fun! Thanks Brandon for the free pass.
This week has been busy and full of fun things. My face hurts from laughing and smiling! I'm so high on life!! It's truly amazing and I love the people that share it with me! Thanks for the great time this week!

I'm sure glad today is over. Tomorrow is a new day and a beginning of a new journey, I'm looking forward to that. I was looking through some of my pictures and many of them made me smile. Here are few of my favorites, enjoy!

*This picture was taken in Hawaii at night time (duh!). My brothers and I walked out little further into the water and we didn't see the huge waives coming. It was so much fun!*I love sunsets. There is something very peaceful about them. What a great way to say goodbye to a day.
*Halloween with Keiko is always too much fun. This night was epic!
*New York. I love that city! Jack and I look like total nerds in this picture and it cracks me up every time I see it.
*Jackson Lake is my heaven on earth. I love this place! It has the best sunsets next to Hawaii.
*Jackson Lake, Sarah and I messing around in the water.
*North Carolina. Thom and I are both sunned out. The thing that makes me laugh is my bendy arm. Most of my friends tease me about my gross bendy arm and I usually ignore them, but this picture kind of grosses me out (and makes me laugh).

Once

I've never seen this movie, but the soundtrack melts my heart. I love this one. No one should miss out on this goodness.

I Need Help

I never make resolutions at the beginning of the year, I usually wait till few months after. This month I've decided that I'm going to get back into reading this year. I used to love reading and college ruined that. Now that I have some free time I began to read little books here and there. I need help! If you have a book you like/love and want to share let me know. I promise I'll read it at some point and let you know what I think about it. So go ahead and recommend with a comment. Thanks!

Good Day!

I feel great today! Even the depressing weather can't put me down. I took my dog on a hike in the canyon yesterday. It was beautiful! The snow was everywhere and so high that most of the signs you see in the summer were completely covered up. Whistler had a blast!So did I. There is something really peaceful and nice about walking around in the canyon listening to good tunes.

Whistler kept diving into the snow it made me laugh every time she did it.
I find that there are so many things in life to be happy about and I love it! I have to brag for a minute, I have the BEST friends in this world. They never fail to amaze me and make me feel so grateful for them! Thanks! Thanks for always being there and reminding me that life is great!

This Looks Like Fun

The first FIVE people to respond to this post will get something, handmade or homemade, from me! However there are some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It will be done sometime within a year from now.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be
5-I have to know you so that I can customize the gift!

The catch is if you choose to do this, you must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog!

I'm making my way back to blogging. So far this year has brought many changes into my life. I don't think anyone really likes change, I don't like change. In the last months I've discovered what kind of person I am and how much I'm grateful for amazing friends and family.

It's snowing outside and soothing tunes on my player take my mind to my warm trip to Moab. This was my first time going there and I loved it. I spent time climbing rocks, sitting around camp fire, meeting new people, laughing a lot, talking about skin walkers (I don't think they are real but they scare me), sleeping under the stars, being free, and realizing how great this life really is. This spring/ summer will be filled of adventures and I'm so excited!
My friend Price has been teaching me how to climb and he is very proud of me for climbing the Owl Rock for the first outdoor climb. Here are some pictures from the trip:
Balance rock.Newspaper rock.
Repelling from Owl rock after climbing it.
Price and I after the climb. This was a great trip and this year will be filled with many other fantastic trips. This spring/summer will be filled with magic.