movies

day nine: your favorite movies

and so many more....

happiness

day eight: something that makes you happy

thunderstorms
the smell of rain
waking up to a cute text
no school or work
taking a bath
chirstmas
birthdays (mine is on friday!)
food
compliments
the ocean
cute animals
making new friends
holidays
summer
sunshine
wind
sleeping
sitting by the fireplace on a cold day
people smiling at you
being loved
surprises
feeling the spirit
music and dancing
being with friends
being hyper
singing really loud when i'm by myself
going on a vacation
receiving flowers
holding a baby
feeling confident
being with someone you love
laughing

sing out

day seven: your favorite song

I love music.

i really like most any music. except hardcore rap and country. i hate screamo. like really who would enjoy listening to someone scream words you can't understand? i don't get it. i don't have a favorite song at all. that's probably one of the hardest questions to answer. i just like a lot stuff. lately i've been in a nastolgic mood so i've been thinking about all of my favorite music from when i was a kid. when i was little i always listened to music with my dad. he used to sing us songs before we went to sleep every night. my favorite one was always puff the magic dragon. he also got me to love the song american pie. i really don't know why i love it so much but i do.

my favorite thing about music is that no matter what mood you are in you can always find a song that says exactly what you are thinking and feeling.



the boy who lived

day six: your favorite book

Need I say more?

I LOVE Harry Potter.

I have read every book up to ten times.

When I finished the seventh book I cried.

I'm heart broken that they are over.

If I had any one wish it would be to go to Hogwarts.

I've had dreams about it.
I want a wand.
I want to fly.

My favorite characters are probably Fred and George.
They are hilarious.
I cried when Fred died. He was my favorite of the twins.

I love....
Harry
Hermione
Ron
Ginny
Dumbledore
Sirius
Hedwig
Mad Eye
Kreacher
Dobby
Fred
George
Lupin
Tonks
Mrs. Weasly
Fluer
Neville
Luna
Etc...
I love them all.

But my favorite character by far is Snape.
I just can't comprehend how amazing he is.
I sometimes open the seventh book to the chapter where Harry sees all of Snape's memories in the pensieve. It makes me cry every time.
Poor Professor Snape.

Harry Potter is just incredible.
I will never stop loving it.
Long live Harry Potter.

The Meaning of Life

day five: a memory from your childhood

I obviously have way to many memories to count of my childhood. Recently though I have been thinking about one memory in particular. Well, not one memory exactly but a series of them. When Hayley and I were little we were always at our grandparents house (my dad's parents). We would go there every sunday, monday and friday. It was my favorite thing to do. The best part of these visits was when my grandpa would pull out his guitar. Hayley and I would put on long skirts from the dress-up box and grandpa would play songs and sing for us. We would sing along and dance and dance until we were too tired to keep going. I miss those days. I miss being so wild and carefee. 

After one of these times of singing and dancing my grandpa wrote a poem for Hayley. She was probably three or four years old at the time. He recently found the poem and mailed it to her. This is it:

The Meaning of Life

I listen late into the night

for the music of the spheres.

I look religiously at faroff stars

trying to see what matters.

Starts seldom look back.

Last night I saw granddaughters

dancing, all giggle and wiggle,

hips and hair everywhere,

wild as seedling dandelions.

When I came in

Hayley stumbled toward me

arms opening, smile widening,

tongue tripping over "Grampa,"

"Grampa"-- liking me this moment

more than lively music.

Searching for my sould as far as Orion,

trying to distill happiness from starshine,

hungry for the life in constellated light,

I find myself sometimes illuminted

in the stars in Hayley's eyes.

I think this is the cutest poem and honestly I am super jealous that he wrote it about Hayley. This is me and my grandpa when I was little:

I miss being young.

kids

day four: you siblings

I am the oldest of four kids. My sister Hayley comes right after me. We are two years apart. Most people think we are twins which sucks for me seeing as I should look older than her. Hayley is taller than me, and proud of it. After she first bested me in height she had to tell everyone and their grandma the great news. But whatever, I'm over it. Hayley is really smart, a lot smarter than me, but she is an airhead. She ruined my favorite (all cotton) dress the other day because she decided to wash it. It's a shirt now. Me and Hayley share a room... and a bed. Basically it sucks but we get used to it. We are trying to make our bedroom cuter so yesterday we went out and bought some cute blue paint to paint our bathroom! I am waiting for Josh to help me with it though because we are pretty imcompetent when it comes to painting and such.
Kelsey is my next sibling. She is 13 years old. She is in 7th grade at middle school! Growing up so fast.. Kelsey is pretty fun to hangout with. Lately me and her have been pretty good friends. We like to watch TV together and go get fast food. I have heard from at least three people that Kelsey is going to be the prettiest out of us girls. Mean I know, but it's true. Unlike Hay and I, Kelsey was lucky to get blonde hair and blue eyes. I wish. But somehow she still looks just like me and the rest of the family.
Mitchell is literally probably my favorite person in the world. I love him. He is freaking adorable. When ever I go some out of town or something without my family the first person I miss is Mitchell. (Sometimes he is the only one I miss;)). Pretty much everyone that knows him loves him. He's just one of those kids. He is four years old now. Everyone says he looks just like me except he also has the blonde hair and blue eyes that Kelsey has. Mitchell's favorite person sadly isn't me, it's Josh. He loves him so much. Whenever Josh and I take Mitchell places people think he's our son. He has my face and Josh's eyes and hair. Pretty believable. So if me and Josh ever have kids they will be just as cute as Mitchell:) 

mom and dad

day three: your parents

This is my mom.

My mom is awesome. She has been called a "super mom" by so many people. My mom...

• raises four kids
• works part-time
• goes to school full-time
• takes care of her grandma who lives with us

My mom does all of this and so much more

She is incredible

I love her and respect her for all that she does
Many people tell us we look identical. Lucky her;)

She has had a tough life but she has overcome it and made herself better for it

I hope my life never turns out like hers but if it does, I hope I can handle it like she does

Dad.

My dad is brilliant. He is so smart.

My dad is a party dad.

When we're with him we go to movies and out to eat and get candy and stay up all night.

We all love it. Especially Mitchell.

He's a hardcore redsox fan and always taught me that I can't marry a yankee fan (sorry josh).
He has taught me to love music and definitely shaped the taste in music I have today.

My dad is hilarious.

you've got a friend in me

day two: your best friend

Joshua

Josh is my very best friend and I hope he always will be.

He knows every thing about me and he still loves me in spite of it.

I don't deserve a best friend as good as him.

He would do anything for me.

Although I never admit it to him, he is hilarious. He can make me laugh no matter how sad I am. I love him for that.

We pretty much do everything together. Name something there is to do in Provo and we've done it together. Guaranteed.

Because we're are together so much we fight. A lot. But, that's okay because we always work it out somehow.

I love him.

My gorgeous best friend Zoe.

Zoe is a goofball. I love her.

Her favorite thing in the world is making fun of me.

I make her do my makeup all the time cause she is awesome at it.

We love having sleepovers.

Our favorite places are the hospital cafeteria and Taco Bell.

We just have so much fun together.

This picture says it all.

Me and Becca are just awesome.

We love to spy. We seriously are amazing at it.

Becca doesn't know how to stop laughing. Which always just makes me laugh. We laugh a whole lot.

We mostly love to just drive around on weekends and creep on people:)

Seriously though.

I know it's a terrible picture but I just had to do it.

This picture just sums me and Tarryn right up.

We are retarded when we get together and it is oh so much fun.

Life is so much more fun with Tarryn there to laugh at all of your dumb jokes.

We have more inside jokes than anyone else I know. Hands down.

Oh Kendal.

We met when we were little and she moved next door to me.

I thought she was annoying. She didn't like me either.

But, fate brought us together again in wolfpack an we've been best friends ever since.

We love to fight. We are constantly arguing and one time we even started throwing punches. Scaring, I know.

Kendal is a loyal friend and I know she would be there for me no matter what.

This isn't all my friends and I'm sorry I couldn't put them all up on here. But I love you all! I couldn't do it without you guys. Thanks for all that you do for me:)

this is me

day one: introduce yourself with a picture and facts.

Yep that's me. Me and my little brother Mitchell.

My life isn't exciting. It in fact is quite boring. But, just in case you are really bored and have absolutely nothing else to read, I will share some random little tidbits about myself.

• i am turning 18 in less than a month.
• i am the oldest of four kids.
• i am dating an amazing boy named joshua.
• i work at jamba juice at uvu.
• i am attending uvu next year on a full tuition scholarship.
• i like to sing.
• my favorite colors are purple and turquoise.
• i love sugar.
• i like to watch movies.
• i love thunder storms.
• i love reading books. i'm obsessed with harry potter.
• i love music. i try to play the piano and guitar.
• i have a pet fish.
• i love boots.
• i'm a cry baby.
• i'm a very negative person.
• any little thing can make my day. or ruin it.
• i want to be a dental hygienist. i think.
• i'm a super jealous person.
• i'm sick of school.
• i'm terrified to grow up.
• sometimes life gets the best of me but i'm learning to find the good in every situation.
• my favorite thing is sleeping outside and watching the stars.
• i love food.
• i love to day dream.

welcome to my life

So this is the first time I'm blogging and I honestly have no idea what to even write about. So I'm going to do the whole '30 day blog challenge' thing:

1. Introduce yourself with a picture and facts
2. Your best friend
3. Your parents
4. Your siblings
5. A memory from your childhood
6. Your favorite book
7. Your favorite song
8. Something that makes you happy
9. Your favorite movies
10. A recent dream you had
11. Your favorite place to travel
12. Your favorite place to eat
13. Something that makes you cry
14. First Love
15. Something you crave
16. A picture of two years ago
17. Your favorite TV shows
18. What's in your bag
19. Something you regret
20. Your pet peeves
21. What is hanging in your bedroom
22. Your celebrity crush
23. The town you live in
24. A birthday memory
25. Your fears
26. Something that upsets you
27. Something that makes you feel better
28. Your celebrity crush
29. Something that you miss
30. Your aspirations

We will see how this goes.