Day 9~ A picture is worth a 1000 words...

Day 9~ A photo of the last thing you purchased.

Okay so there has been a good sized gap in between days, but with it being Christmas time who really has time to blog. :)

The last thing I purchased was my nephew's monkey pillow pet. I looked everywhere for that silly thing for him. I am really glad that I found it though because the look on his face was priceless. :)

Day eight~ Music soothes the troubled soul.

Day eight~ A song to match your mood.

Once upon a dream...

Day 7~ My dream wedding.

Like most girls I have been dreaming of my wedding since I was little. My dream wedding would take place in the winter and I would be married in the Salt lake temple. I have always wanted to get married in the winter just so I could wear a big cloak like Belle wore in Beauty and the Beast. I just want to be a beautiful bride. =^) After pictures we would go to our reception and dance and enjoy the night with our family and friends. Honestly we would be lost with each other and everyone else would be a nice bonus. Then we would leave amid sparklers and bubbles. I don't know what our colors would be and I don't know what my cake would look like, but I know that I would be happy because I would be with the one I loved. And after all, what else matters.

Day 6

Day 6~ a photo of an animal you would like to keep as a pet.

I would love to have a couple of white tiger cubs. I mean, look at them, they are so cute and sweet. The only catch is that I would want them to stay cubs. When they are cute and little they would be fun. Not so much fun as they got biger though.

Day 5... Days gone by.

Day 5: A photo of yourself two years ago.

This was when we went to Vegas for our girls trip in 2008. :) This was at the indoor amusement park behind Circus Circus.

Day 4

Day 4~ Your favorite picture of your best friend...

This one was hard for me to try to narrow down, So I didn't. I don't have just one best friend. I have been blessed to have many people in my life that I consider my best friends. So here are some pictures of my favorite people.

This is my sister. I think she was my first best friend though it took me a while to realize it.

Ben, Kyle, Amy, and I. What a fun night.


Tami, April, and Ally. These girls are so great.
Becca and I. Oh the fun of high school. This girl is amazing.

Amy, Tami, and I.

There are many, many others that I consider to be my best friends. The tragedy is that I can't list all of them. So for those of you who aren't listed, and you know who you are, I love you and my life has been blessed because of you. :)

Day three... Three can you believe it. :)

Day 3: Your idea of the perfect first date...

Hmm my idea of the perfect first date... Right now I am thinking that any first date would be good. It has been a while since I have been on a date. :) I think that the perfect first date would have to be something fun and active. I am not into the whole movie thing for a first date. How are you supposed to get to know anyone while you are sitting in a movie theatre.

I once heard of a date that someone went on that intrigued me. I think it would be a great first date. You go to a book store and give each other 15 minutes to find books from different sections that mean something to you or describe you in some way or another. Then after you get back together you explain why you picked each book. I think that paired with food and mini golf would be a really fun first date. It would be a great way to get to know each other. :) :)

Day 2... A picture of something you ate today.

Tacos and egg nog... weird combo yes, but it was really good. :P

1 down... 29 to go.

Day 1~ A photo of myself and a description of how my day was.

This picture was taken a la self portrait almost a month ago.

Today was a good day. It started with me sleeping in. That is one of the best things about Sundays. After I got up I hung out a while and debated going to church. I shouldn't say that, I know, but I am having a hard time with my new ward. It is weird. Lots of good people, but weird none the less. After I decided to go I got ready and then ended up going to my friends ward today. I left after sacrament. When I got home, my sister and her family were here watching Holiday Inn with my mom. I love that movie. Really, I just love Bing Crosby.

After that was over we decided to go shopping for Christmas trees. YAY!!!! There is nothing like the smell of a fresh Christmas tree. We found a cute little tree and bought it and brought it home. It took lots of creativity and rigging to get it to stand in the tree stand, but a couple of hours, two kitchen towels, one plastic cup, and lots of duct tape later, it is standing all on its own. If it is still standing in the morning victory will be mine. Then came MythBusters and blogging and next comes sleep. What a good day. :)

30 days of Blogging... Sure why not.

So, my cute friend Nikki, copied something from her friend that I am copying from her. It is an awesome idea and I am glad that i found it. It is the 30 day blogging challenge.

The whole idea behind the blog challenge is to learn more about yourself while giving others the chance to get a glimpse of who you are also. I hope that my friends will take the challenge as well because it is always fun to learn new things.

Here's the list:

30 day blogging challenge

Day one~ A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

Day two~ A photo of something you ate today.

Day three~ Your idea of the perfect first date.

Day four~ Your favorite photograph of your best friend.

Day five~ A photo of yourself two years ago.

Day six~ A photo of an animal you would like to keep as a pet.

Day seven~ Your dream wedding.

Day eight~ A song to match your mood.

Day nine~ A photo of the last item you purchased.

Day ten~ A photo of your favorite place to eat.

Day eleven~ What's in your makeup bag?

Day twelve~ A photograph of the town you love in.

Day thirteen~ Your favorite musician and why?

Day fourteen~ A TV show that you are currently addicted to.

Day fifteen~ Something you don't leave the house without.

Day sixteen~ Your celebrity crush.

Day seventeen~ A photo of you and your family.

Day eighteen~ Something you crave a lot.

Day ninteen~ Another picture of yourself.

Day twenty~ The meaning behing your blog name.

Day twenty-one~ A photo of something that makes you happy.

Day twenty-two~ A letter to someone who has hurt you lately.

Day twenty-three~ 15 facts about you.

Day twenty-four~ A photo of something that means a lot to you.

Day twenty-five~ What's in your purse?

Day twenty-six~ A photo of somewhere you've been.

Day twenty-seven~ A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?

Day twenty-eight~ Your favorite movie.

Day twenty-nine~ Something you could never get tired of doing.

Day thirty~ A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past.

Now comes the really fun part. Tomorrow I start my 30 day blogging adventure. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I am going to enjoy doing it.

P.S. Now it's your turn. :)

Snow

Yesterday we had our first real snowfall of the year. The first to leave a blanket of beautiful, fluffy, white snow on the ground. As I watched it fall yesterday it got me thinking about how out of the trillions of snowflakes that have fallen in my lifetime no two have been found that are exactly alike. Beautiful little things that even when they are clumped together are still individual and unique. I started looking at pictures of snowflakes and out of the hundred or so that I found each one was different. Some were similar, but not an exact copy. Each snowflake is perfect even in it's imperfection.

Now what does this have to do with anything? Well, it also got me thinking that we are like that. There are no two people on this earth that are exactly alike. We are all individual and unique. Some of us may look similar, but there are no exact copies. Some of us are simple. No bells and whistles. Nothing entirely spectacular. Not as pretty as some of the others. Some of us are grand and beautiful with many amazing details.

If we have a Heavenly Father who is detail oriented enough to make it so that no two snowflakes are alike, doesn't it make sense that we, who are His children are just as special. He made us in his image and he wants us to be happy. Being happy is easier said than done, I'm afraid. But those moments of unhappiness are what I like to call make or break moment. We are forced to either turn over all of our worries and fears and have faith or give up and try to do it alone. I have tried both routes and still find myself fighting to do the first. Having faith is hard sometimes when things are hard to handle. Case in point, I am 27 and single. I never thought that I would be one who was single for this long. Most of the time the optimist I thought I would find someone who could look past my plain outside and see the beauty within. That hasn't happened yet. Sometimes my faith waivers and I left in a make it or break it moment.

And so, even thought I feel like the snowflake above, kind of simple but possessing a beauty all of it's own, I wait. Knowing that I have a Father in Heaven who loves me. Who made me to be like Him. A precious and unique queen in my own right. Born to stand out.

And some day, maybe there will be someone who sees me like the snowflake above. Beautiful and grand.

Harry Potter Rocks

Professors Trelawney, Sprout, Flitwick, Lockhart, Umbridge, and Moody.

Okay so you have to forgive me while I geek out a bit. Last night was the beginning of the end of Harry Potter. I love Harry Potter and going to the midnight premire is tradition for my sister and I. It is so much fun to go and dress up and see all of the other Harry Potter fans. This year we decided to do something different with our costumes. We decided that we were going to be the Hogwarts professors. These were by far our best costumes to date.

All night long we were told that we had the best costumes of the night and random groups of people kept asking if they could get their pictures with us. It was so funny to see peoples reactions as they realized who we were. We were a hit.

This group was my favorite. They were so fun and they were so excited to see us. Then as we walked into our theatre to watch our show we were applauded. BY THE WHOLE THEATRE!!!! It was so totallt awesome. I loved the movie. Seperating it from the book like you have to with these movies wasn't bad at all this time. Not gonna lie I got teary eyed a couple of times during the movie. But on the upside, the Weasley boys have all grown up to be good looking boys. :)

Second Best....

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST IS EXTREMELY PESSIMISTIC. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS QUIT NOW. If, however, I have peeked your interest keep reading.

Ever have those moments when you feel like you are second best to everyone and everything... That is how I have been feeling lately. Now I am not blogging this to get sympathy or pity from any one. I am blogging so that I can get it off my chest and hopefully feel better about it. I have been having issues with certain people who have it all. They are better looking, smarter, quicker to learn things, make friends quicker, and are over all more than I am. These are the type of people that everyone is drawn to. The ones that can have friends and people love them all without any effort on their part. It is a natural talent that they have and it makes me so darn mad sometimes. How is it that one person can have it all? Have the friendships that everyone wants? The personality that makes them irresitable? The ones that can seemlessly integrate themselves into any situation? Are the types of people can just bat their eyes and have whatever they want? It makes me doubt just about everything about myself. It makes me doubt whether my friends really like me or if they just feel sorry for me. It makes me doubt whether I am of any worth in job situations. It makes me feel like I am invisible. After all, if they are better than me at everything, why wouldn't everyone like them more and have more use for them. These are the kind of people that it would be far easier if I could hate them, but I can't because I want to friends with them too. I am drawn to them like everyone else and if I could hate them I wouldn't have these issues. But I can't hate them... Looks like there is one more thing I am second best at...

Happy Halloween

Kyle, Me, Tami, Tami's zombie boyfriend, Amanda, and Curtis

This Halloween has been a really good one. Some of my friends and I started out the season by going to some haunted houses. I love haunted houses. I love Halloween. It is my favorite holiday by far. Nightmare on 13th was our second haunted house. The first one we went to was the Haunted Hollow and after I fell on my face nothing was that scary. :) I am such a clutz.
Mom and her friend were Mr. and Mrs. Potatohead for their bowling league's Halloween party. It was fun. We even had changeable faces for them, but since we just finished them before she had to leave their faces never changed.

Cute Audra

Audra and I took it upon ourselves to have a Halloween party this year and it was a lot of fun to just get to be with my friends. I have the greatest friends on the world. They are so amazing and I am so blessed to have them in my life.

Tami, Kat, Kyle, Me, Amanda, April, Ben, and Lindsey

This was after the party when we came over to see my mom. Kyle snuck in the backdoor and sat in the kitchen until my mom went in there so that he could scare her. It was really funny. He is lucky that my mom loves him. :D Halloween ended with movies at Amanda's and games at April's. What a fun holiday this one has been. :)

ALOOOOOOOOOOHA

This last week I went to Hawaii with Claudia and Briana and Aidan. :D It was absolutely AMAZING. It was so much fun. We went to Oahu and pretty much drove EVERY road on the island.

We found our way to a lot of beaaches, this one was taken at Sandy Beach. The waves there were really intense, a lot of fun, but intense. It definately lived up to it's name. When we left I was covered in a layer of sand an inch thick. :)

RUN AIDAN RUN!!!!

On our many journeys we passed through this tunnel and it was always so funny to see the kids try and hold their breath through it. Both of their eyes look like they are going to pop out of their heads. :) Haha. One of the many things we did was go to the Dole Pineapple Plantation. It was so cool to learn how pineapples are planted and harvested. MMMM plus we got a sample of fresh pineapple. On Saturday we went to the saturday market that is around Aloha Stadium. It was a great place to get presents for people.

Isn't this just beautiful. I fell in love with the beautiful water and beaches.

On Sunday we went and hiked up to the Makapu'u Lighthouse. It was a beautiful hike. Aren't those three just the cutest people ever. I love them. It was really fun to see how excited Aidan got doing a lot of the things we did.

After that we went to church in the Waiamanalo Ward. It was an awesome meeting. It was fast and testimony meeting and it was cool to hear the testimonies of the Hawaiian saints. We also sang the hymn "Secret Prayer" in Hawaiian. Well, I just listened to everyone else, but it was neat nonetheless. On Monday, we went to Pearl Harbor. It was an awe-inspiring experiance. There was just this sweet reverance while we were on the U.S.S. Arizona memorial. A very sobering event that re-enforced my gratitude for my freedom and an overwhelming love for those men and women who get up everyday and proctect that freedom, so that I can get up every day and live my life. After Pearl Harbor we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center. That was a lot of fun to learn about the different islands and cultures.

During our trip we spent a lot of time in airports. So needless to say, we did a lot of this....

And this... It was so worth it though and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I had a blast with my family. I love them. :D

Rescued By a Cute Boy

This is the cute boy who saved me today.

On my way home from work and my friend Sarah's wedding I got a flat tire. I needed new tires anyway, but this just pushed it further. I started to change the tire myself, in a skirt no less. Before I could get very far a VERY cute guy stopped to help me. It was awesome. I had been there about 10 minutes when he stopped. At one point he asked me if I had ever changed a tire... I told him yes, but that changing a tire in a skirt adds a whole new degree of difficulty to the task. Well, he changed my tire then when I got in my car to go home, my car wouldn't start. So I called a tow truck for a jump. I waited 45 minutes for them. So, it is all better now.

Lesson learned today: 4 new tires ~ $292.00... jump start ~ 45 minutes of my life... Being rescued by a sweet, cute guy ~ PRICELESS!!!!

Remembering the 90's

Remember what it was like when we were kids. This video made me laugh. I remember EVERY thing that is included. I may not have owned all the toys, but I remember them. Enjoy!!!!

Best Birthday Ever

This weekend was the best ever. It was my birthday and it was so much fun. That morning mom and I went to breakfast and shopping. It was nice to spend the morning with her. I really wanted to go to Disneyland for my birthday, but that didn't happen. So, I decided on the next best thing... Toy Story 3 at the drive-in with my AMAZING friends. They are so good to me. It was such a blast.
Look at how cute we all are. My friends are
GREAT!!!

My friends thought that they were funny and sang Happy Birthday very loudly to me before the movie started. It was kind of embarrassing, but really fun.

The next day we went to Cowabunga Bay. I totally turned into a kid again. We were there for 4 hours and by the time we left we were all exhausted. Not to mention sunburned. It was so much fun though.

My cute sister and I after our Cowabunga Bay adventure. I am so glad that I have the greatest friends and family in the world. They made my birthday the best EVER!!!!

What if...

So a couple of my friends posted things about "If I Was..." I loved it and I am eventually going to do it too, but it got me thinking about other what ifs that are all around.

What if... it never rained, would we appreciate the warmth of the sun?

What if... we were never sad, would we ever know true happiness?

What if... we never lost a loved one, would we cherish the time we have with them?

What if... we were given everything. would we learn the value of working for what we want?

What if... we never went anywhere, would we develop the Spirit of Adventure?

What if... we were always afraid to fall, would we ever learn to soar?

What if... we never spoke our minds, would we ever be independent thinkers?

What if... we never left our circle of friends, would we ever discover the joy of new friendships?

What if... that one person never broke our heart, would we recognize true love?

Sawtooth

This weekend I got the chance to see my sister run in the Sawtooth Relay. It was really fun. I felt like I was in a car for three days straight though. Sawtooth is a 62 mile, 6 person relay and each person runs two legs. It was awesome to be a part of. :) My sister's team is named the Marauding Monkeys. Those six people were amazing. This year the team consisted of Claudia (my sister), Brice (my sisters friend and returning monkey), Danny (again friend and returning monkey), Liz (my sisters assistant track coach and first time monkey), Rusty (head cross country coach and first time monkey), and Launa (first time monkey). There was also Seth (the monkey gone mad). Seth decided that he was going to run it on his own this year. They are all amazing. I was so inspired by these awesome people. Now, like I said before, I am not a runner, but watching these crazy, determined people I was so moved that I have decided that next year I am going to run Sawtooth so, my training starts today. Slow and steady wins the race right, so that is how my training starts. Slow....

Infinate worth....

I don't know if I am the only one who ever feels this way, but sometimes I feel like I have no purpose or direction. I sometimes feel like I am wandering. At one particully difficult time in my life I had a very dear friend invite me over to watch this movie and she made me pay special attention to this song. It helped me remember that I needed to rely on the my Heavenly Father more. To this day when I am struggling I think of this song and it makes me remember that although I can't see what the Lord sees and I often don't understand what He is doing or His timing, I know that He will pull me through and I will be better for it.

Don't forget to pause my music and enjoy this wonderful song. =^)

I believe in Miracles

So this week has been an interesting one. Mom went in for a knee replacement on Wednesday and I would be lying if I said that I wasn't a little bit nervous about it. She had an amazing doctor and the staff was just as amazing I am sure. Everything went well though and she has pulled through like a champ. She was in the hospital until today when we were finally able to spring her out. =^) While she was in there she had two of the best CNAs. Mark, a big, burley, bald guy and Ren, a smaller, younger kid. Mark was loud and funny and made me laugh and Ren was quieter, but still funny. They were amazing because, even though they were as different as night and day, they both had a knack for putting me totally at ease. They were attentive and caring and they made sure my mom had everything she needed. Miracle #1.

Also while my mom was in the hospital she had lots of love from those that we love. She lots of visitors and well wishers. Flowers littered her room. The flowers that mean the most to me came later last night. A very kind and loving friend, who has never met my mom, sent her flowers. A beautiful reminder of the kind of love Christ has for all of us. Miracle #2

The best miracle of the week though came from a very dear friend of ours. One who for a long time mom and I thought that we had lost. It has been months since we have talked to her and we thought that we would never hear from again. While we were at Wal-Mart filling mom's perscriptions this friend texted me and asked if she could come and see us. Tears filled my eyes as a door that I thought was closed swung wide open again. She came, we talked, and the air was cleared. Miracle #3.

Thank you Heavenly Father for the tender mercies that fill my life and bless my soul.

Change is in the Air...

Why is it that just as you get used to something and think you have it figured out everything changes??? I don't know that I like change... I mean I accept it and I move forward, but I am not sure I like it. It takes a bit for me to warm up to the idea. My ward recently lost A LOT of members and we are gaining A LOT of members. I was not very happy about it at first, but now that I have warmed up to it I am kind of excited. The anticipation of a new adventure makes my heart beat a little faster. Change is what makes or breaks us. It is how Heavenly Father helps us to grow and makes us the people he wants us to be. It's a good thing He knows us so well that He how best to help us along our journey.

Happiness Is...

Happiness is...

• A warm hug
• A smile from a friend when you need it the most
• Family who love and support you
• The laughter of a child
• The smell of rain
• A good book, warm blanket, and a cup of hot chocolate in the middle of a snowstorm
• Homemade cinnamon rolls
• The first flowers of spring
• The feeling of accomplishment after you finish a project
• Midnight movies with my big sister
• Talking to mom
• Meeting your favorite Disney characters
• Laughing until your stomach and face hurt
• Talking all night long
• All night video game marathons

And most important

• The gospel of Jesus Christ
• A living prophet who leads us
• A testimony
• Knowing I am a daughter of God

I wanna be a runner...

So I have decided that I want to be a runner. Now looking at me, runner is not the thing that one would think. I don't know what has suddenly drawn me to running other than being told that running makes people skinny. I hate running!!! I hate it with a passion, but I would like to love it. I see my friends and family who love it and I am a bit jealous. My sister has always been a runner and now a few of my good friends are really getting into it. I think it is amazing and it takes an incredible amount of determination to be able to have the will power to do it. How do I start being a runner though??? I am in no shape to just go out and run. I might die if I did. So I have a dream of being a runner and a hope that I will figure it out and be able to start and that I will eventually love it.

Go BIG or go home

Last week my friend Amanda and I went to the Biggest Loser auditions. It was definatelty an interesting experiance. The day before we went, my friend and I were joking about how funny it would be to be eating McDonalds in line. Well, Amanda and I were in line at six in the morning and the girls in front of us had a bag of McDonalds. I just had to laugh. We got talking to the girls in front of us and by seven we were pretty good friends with Drea, Rosie, Lisa, Melissa, and Rebecca. Also at 7 a man came around passing out campain flyers for Mike Lee. To be totally honest I have no idea who Mike Lee is, but this guy had a captive audience in us, since we weren't planning on going anywhere. He ended up being really cool though. He brought us gloves.

Any way three and a half hours, lots of honking horns, lots of laughter, and lots of cameras later the line finally started to move. They took us in in groups of 10 and told us that we would have seven minutes. Not seven minutes individually mind you, seven minutes as a group. We were told to be our selves and have fun when we were talking to the casting director. When we sat down, a couple of people asked serious questions and then we spent the rest of the seven minutes talking about past seasons of Biggest Loser. After our seven minutes were up we were told that we would know before the night was over if we made callbacks. Although I am still not sure how they managed that. They saw 1250 people that day. How do you remember who all you saw and what stood out. I didn't get a callback, but you know what, I am okay with that. We have a second chance by making a video and Amanda and I are starting that tomorrow. Life is good and no matter what, it was fun.

Who do you think you are????

I watched the new show Who Do You Think You Are today and it really struck a spot for me. I have been feeling like I need to do my family history. I am kind of at a stopping point though and I don't know where to go from here. I don't know where to start. There has been a lot of work done on my dad's side due to my wonderful uncle, but my mom's side is a virtual mystery to me. I know my grandma and I know her parents. My mom's father though is a totally different story. All I know about him is his name. I can't find anything on him other than that. It is kind of frustrating. I just want to have an idea of my history. So that I can answer the question who do you think you are...

Here's to hoping. :D

Sticks and Stones...

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me...

I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you...

Simple words that we know from childhood. Most of us probably said them more than once. I think that they are completely wrong. It should be: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can hurt the most. I had an experience tonight that hurt my feelings a bit. Words were said in passing that in no way were meant to be hurtful. I know this because the person who said them doesn't have a mean bone in his body, but they hurt me none the less. I smiled and walked away, because what else could I do. I am not confrontational when it comes to something about me. He will probably never know that his words hurt me. He'll never know that I cried the whole way home because of it. It is for that reason that I am blogging tonight. We need to watch the words we say, because we never know what simple words can do to a person. The wounds that are inflicted by sticks and stones will heal. The wounds that are inflicted by words tend to have longer reaching results. Long after bruises and broken bones are gone the hurtful word lingers...

Big Changes...

There might be some big changes happening for me soon. I am not going to go fully into it just yet, but this might be the direction that I was looking for. I will continue to keep you posted on what is going on. I have a month before I find out if it will work for me. There is light at the end of the tunnel and I am way excited. I hope that this is the will work out for me. I will continue to let you know.

I need a plan...

Recently I have had all of these grand ideas and designs, but I lack the know how, the funds, and the direction that I need to begin. It is kind of frustrating not knowing what I want to do with my life. Or better yet, where to start. There is so much that I want to do and no where near enough time to do it all. How do I start? I just want to have a path, a direction to go. I want to do something that I love. Something that I look forward to doing every day. How do I decide? And once I decide how do I find the motivation and keep it propelling me forward? These are just some of the things on my mind lately. Take it for what it is worth.

Forever Friends

I was talking today with a guy I work with about his relationship with his girlfriend. We talked about how he felt like they didn't get the opportunity to be friends before they started seriously dating. As we talked I started thinking about all of the couples I know that have good relationships and I discovered that they all had one major thing in common... They are all married to their best friends. All day today I have been thinking about friends and the role that they have played in my life. No matter what time of my life I think about my friends are tied in there somewhere. My friends have played an intergral part of my life. They were there for the good times, they were there for the bad times, sometimes causing both. I have been blessed to have the friends that I have. Not all of them have stuck around in my life but they had an impact no matter how short they were part of it. I think it can be summed up by the lyrics to my favorite song from Wicked...

I've heard it said That people come into our lives for a reason

Bringing something we must learn

And we are led To those who help us most to grow If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit As it passes a sun Like a stream that meets a boulder Halfway through the wood Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you I have been changed for good

It well may be That we will never meet again In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me Is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me Like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring By a wind off the sea Like a seed dropped by a skybird In a distant wood Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you I have been changed for good.

I just love that. I love my friends. They are amazing. And someday, I want to marry my best friend. And then we will be friends forever.

The Happiest Place on Earth

I totally geeked out when I met these two.

Sometimes I am an accident waiting to happen.

My cute Mommy and I.

This last week I got to go to Disneyland. It was the first time I had been there since I was 6 and it was AMAZING!!! I'm 26 and being there made me feel like I was six again. I was so excited that I was there and it showed. I bought me an autograph book and really enjoyed finding my favorite Disney characters. I geeked out when I found some of them. I am sure that there were people there who thought I was crazy as I screamed for Goofy and Chip and Dale. Mom, Ann, and I spent 3 days there and at California Adventure. My favorite ride out of all of it was Tower of Terror. Although while mom and I were waiting in line my hands were shaking and I thought I was going to die. It was such a good vacation. I loved being able to see my Uncle Lee. He is such a sweet man. I am convinced that Disneyland really is the happiest place on Earth. There is such a magical feeling there and no matter how old I get the inner child in me will continue to geek out when I meet my favorites or when I stand in line for my favorite ride.