a wonderful family home evening!

for family home evening my family all went to the food bank! it is so amazing for how it is set up, and all they do for familys. it is amazing.

here is the clan:)

my pops put up our christmas lights not to long ago, don't they look so good!? we have the christmas spirit:) {our neighbors are all humbugs!}

yummm!

okay, i am craving chocolate. especially IKEA'S chocolate! best chocolate you will ever have!

xoxo.

its beginning to look a lot like christmas..

so i woke up this morning, looked out the window, and to my surprise there was at least 3 inches of snow! it just made my day!:)

saturday {oh what fun!}

some ladies came over and we just talked, drank hot chocolate, watched a movie. it was a good night.

never going back to studio 600

friday...... oh man, what an adventure!

so me and the girls all hung out before we were gonna go to some "dance." it turns out it was just gross and slutty, we couldn't get out of there fast enough. although it was fun being with my friends!

p.s. never go to studio 600.

here is a funny video before the dance.

courtesy of kina and erica.

christmas is up!

friday-saturday decorations

my parents and i got out our christmas decorations! {finally!} they look super cute:) saturday morning me and my mom went to a place thats kinda like a flower market with lots and lots of flowers and we got busy decorating!

cute huh?

what a yummy feast!

our whittaker/oldroyd family feast!

we all ate dinner at our house, mashed potatoes, stuffin', sweet potatoes, salads, jell-o and so much more! i feel grateful for such a wonderful family that i have!

i am just so thankful for everything that i have. i am so very blessed for my family and friends, my warm house, wonderful food, the gospel, my education, and so much more! i could go on and on and on:)

i had an amazing thanksgiving! i love you all!!

xoxo

happy thanksgiving!

happy thanksgiving!

more pictures and fun to come!:)

dosen't this put you in the mood for christmas?

way-to-go george washington

okay, this just made my whole night.

a shout out!

what i just love about my buddies:)

caitlyn cosgrove.

with this girl, you will never have a dull moment! caitlyn has always been such a great friend to me! she always has a way to make me smile, she is the nicest girl you will ever meet, always filled with fun, and always there for me, i love her to death.

louisa jarman.

she has been such a wonderful friend to me, always happy, such a great listener, nice to everyone, especially to me. everytime i am with her she makes me so happy. i really dont know what i would do without her.

erica valimaki.

this bombshell is a just so bubbly and fun. the light of my life, i dont think i have ever seen her be negative, i have had wonderful memories with her. i adore her!

mckenzie dalrymple.

ive never met someone more happy in my life then this girl. she has always been there for me, always smiling and so positive, we have been best buddies since kindergarten, and have such wonderful memories. she is the life of the party, i love her:)

joslyn taylor.

this young lady is a bundle of fun, she is very positive, makes me laugh, she has always been a very loyal friend, and i know that she will always be there for me.

kaylee snow.

kaylee is so fun to be around, i love having little conversations with her, she is just always willing to talk. she has always been such a great friend, i just love her.

kina afu.

this girl right here i couldnt live without. she has always been there for me. she makes me crack up like none other and i always have a great time with her, she is so positive and always loves to have fun! she is my soccer buddie, and my best friend forever.

friday and saturday, oh what fun!

hello friends!

i had such a wonderful, fun, exciting weekend. from girls night, to dance party it was all a bundle of fun! and i especially wanna tell maddie what a great party she threw!

FRIDAY:

here are some highlights from our girls night.

all the girls had taco's,

p.s. my mom makes thee best tacos. then after we put avacado+olive oil+egg yolk in our hair, but unfortunately the avacado ran out and some of us had to use bananas, {not a good idea} after we made a face paste {well at least tried} and we crushed some apples, poured some milk in with it and boiled it, {what were we thinking?} we all felt very gross so we decided to go wash up! for the girls that put avacado in there hair it came out pretty easy, but for the girls with the banana in there hair, after we showered it still didn't come out. we watched a funny movie and all fell asleep.

thanks all you girls for making it a fun night!:)

here are some highlights from riverwoods.

me and kenz went down to riverwoods because they were having lights, santa, sleigh rides, a band, hot chocolate and much more! it was so much fun!

SATURDAY:

maddie james had sucha fun party down at a club house! a lot of people were there and it was a blast!

xoxo

cutest video ever

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

look at that darling face!

isn't he sucha cutie!?

i just want to say that i am the luckiest aunt!

he has been such a blessing to our family.

to: danielle. i know that when baby graham was in your stomach i one day said to you... "i am not going to babysit him." i was just kidding, and now i wish i could babysit him every second and every single day. he is my favorite, and i just love him so much. deedee, you are such a wonderful mother. thank you for raising such a wonderful little boy:)

you're jealous

family home evening and a girls night out!

oh... what a wonderful night we had!

my good friend kenzie came with me and my mom out for the night!

we went out to dinner

went down to river woods

looked at all the wonderful stores down there

and went and saw the most darling movie called "Morning Glory."

i recommend you all to see it!:) here are some pictures from our wonderful night!

we stopped to look at the store called "Called to Surf" it is a new shop down in river woods. soo darling.

went and saw "Morning Glory" DARLING!

we stopped at this candy store down in river woods, they have a bunch of old candies. so cute! we all got a treat before the movie:)

speaking of candy at Blickenstaff's.... we bought ourselves some wax lips:) don't we look just gorgeous?

coin laundry

alright, alright. i just adore this song, it is my favorite song of the year! you have to listen to it:)

what a life

what a life!

i have done a lot of fun things this week, from school, to skypin, to tennis banquet. to sum it all up, it has been a great week!

ahh man! i love this girl!

skypin is my favorite:)

today at 4:00 there was a tennis banquet. we all went to Malawi's Pizza, it was super good! than after, me, haley, megan, and ellie went over to Called to Surf. such cute clothes.

oh christmas tree

yeah....

my christmas tree is already up:)

i cannot wait for the holidays. snow, christmas lights, christmas music, i am just so ready. having the christmas tree up for just 20-30 days isn't long enough for me and is no fun!

i'm feelin' the holiday spirit.

what i'm really hopin for is waking up tommorow morning and seeing snow on the ground, i sure hope it snows:)

things i love

so i wanted to make a list of things that i loved. here they are.

• wishing on a fallen eyelash
• a bowl of ice cream
• dancing for no reason at all
• getting letters in the mail from old friends
• people watching at an airport
• thunderstorms
• organizing my closet
• the feeling of how clean your teeth are after you have brushed & flossed them
• having freshly painted nails
• laughing until you cry
• inside jokes that never die
• light coming through the slates of my blinds
• freshly clean bedsheets
• eating burnt marshmellows
• smelling fresh when i get out of the shower
• folder over potato chips
• a new magazine in the mail
• christmas lights
• pretending to have a british accent
• reading my old journals {they are pretty funny}
• waking up in the summer and hearing birds chirping
• open windows
• cupcake shops
• cotton candy dizzolving on my tounge
• waking up in the morning, looking out the window & seeing snow on the ground