I heart FEBRUARY!

I have been blog stalking people like crazy today.... time escaped me! Then my mom passed through the room and told me to find something productive to do. I am going to go help her prune her plants. i think.

Last night I had to pay off my taxes. Last year I received a HUGE refund check. This year I eneded up owing MORE then my HUGE refund check. Being a grown up is stinky. SERIOUSLY!

&& I am super excited to go see MARY POPPINS next week!

YAY!

You don't know how HIGH I cam fly...

I have been avoiding my blog for awhile because I felt like nothing was worth blogging about. I am in a funk, boy howdy! BUT I am getting ready to graduate in APRIL && can hardly wait. I love hair && I love the clientele I have built up at the school. I will be sad to leave some of them behind at the school :(.

My great grandma turned 90 this weekend! Insane right? I can't imagine living to be 90!!! I can't even to imagine living to 30! I am turning 23 this month and I feel, well , old.

"I'm old.... I'm like the crypt keeper!"

- name that movie

Mom is taking me to see Mary Poppins at Gammage for my BIRFDAY! yay! && I am going to DISNEYLAND (again) for spring break with my girls! yay. I guess I can't really complain about life. :)

my phone

I'm blogging from my phone. This may start up a serious obsession. Oh and our power is out. That is all.

Constant He Is...

I have had some great friends come into my life. But one thing I've learned is that they usually don't stick around. Life happens. Friends move away (or you move), other relationships happen (marriage), falling outs, new friends, crazy schedules, etc.! Family sometimes is the same way. They move out of state, you have falling outs, or they stray away. One thing that is ALWAYS constant is Jesus Christ. I, personally, can always rely on my Savior. He is my friend, my confidant && even when I ignore him for awhile HE is always, without a doubt, there for me with open arms. I know my Savior lives. I know he died for me. I know he has given me the Atonement so that I may repent of my sins, and find comfort through him. He has done all of these things because He LOVES me. He wants to see me succeed. He will do nothing but strengthen me. My Savior is my ultimate friend.


* A side note. I am grateful for all of the people my Heavenly Father puts into my path. I know the people I come to meet and enjoy earthly friendships with are not coincidental. They are here to help me, strengthen me, encourage and uplift me. I understand && am SO grateful for this gift He gives of friends && family. I also understand and am grateful for the Lord's timing in all things. He has a plan for each of us. He know when it's time to take someone out of our lives and even though friendships on earth aren't always constant... the Lord provides a way for us to have friends, whether it be through friends or Jesus Christ... WE ARE NEVER ALONE.

SNUGGIE, It was a different source of HUMILIATION

So, I bought myself a SNUGGIE. It's leopard. It's cute && I LOVE IT! My WHOLE family mocked me, relentlessly. That is..... UNTIL I BOUGHT MY MOM ONE! (OH && the little boys!)

Here are all the things that you can do with a snuggie that they DIDN'T put on the infomercial.....

Drive your car to keep warm, but still have your hands free!

SEE?

Go through the drivethru at MCDONALDS!

Go shopping! @ Dillards!

Go out to eat!

&&& of course go to the movies.

Stay WARM!

The Groupies

Nick & his friends are in a band.

They had their first "show" in the basement at a friend's house.

It was a good turn out && NICk did pretty awesome.

We watch his program... We buy his toys, we go to his movies... he owes us. Doesn't he owe us, huh?

For my mom's birthday my Dad took my family to DISNEYLAND!

WE had fun. Here are just a few moments captured from our trip!

Gunnar conquered his fear and finally took

the plunge on Tower of Terror!

Nick LOVES Disney!


The WHOLE family at Disney!
Merry Christmas!



Taking a rest, enjoying the view!


Allie, Eli & Ivy waiting in line for sceamin!

Mother & all of her children....

Toystory mania...

It was a ridiculously long line BUT totally worth it!

We forced Elijah to ride Califronian Screamin' because
he was finally tall enough.... he loved it.

Dad & Eli on Big Thunder Railroad!

Eli, Dad, Allie, && Mom on Matterhorn!

JUST FOR FUN

I think you're all messed in the head. We're ten hours from the freaking fun park and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something.

This is no longer a vacation.

It's a quest.

It's a quest for fun.

I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun. We're all gonna have so much freaking fun we'll need plastic surgeory to remove our darn smiles. You'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of you're ***! I gotta be crazy! I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose.

Praise Marty Moose!

- Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's Vacation