pretty mountains + us

coldest I have ever been. like...ever. and our feet got very muddy (notice the lack of full-body shots, haha!!) but you'd never know it by my happy face.

our photographers Megan and Taylor were very very awesome, and the bouquet! i loved that thing.

love that guy, too. he's not too bad.

watching cricket

kind of obsessed with the large amount of green and the small amount of space it takes up.

and a SUPAcool SUPAfun new song 

YELL IT OUT - the derevolutions

weekending

you know, i'd kind of like to be heading out of town this weekend... to a beach would be lovely. a girl can dream.

i just did the weekend big clean on my room. for some reason, my room is always so messy by the time friday gets here. i don't even know how it happens. but it does. i should get rid of some clothes...

now that the cleaning sesh is done, it's time to move on to the real weekend festivities. i'm having a sister night with kylie, which will consist of sandwiches and movies. because that's how we do. kylie was in school last semester with me, and we had a sister day every tuesday. we went to devotional, then lunch with dad, then i hung out at the library with her while she worked as a tutor. she graduated and we don't have tuesday sister day anymore, so it'll be fun to have a sister night.

tomorrow will be a laundry, grocery shopping, homework day. james dean might pop in for a visit as well.... we'll see. i hope everyone has a rockin weekend!

things i like today

brought to you by the letter b

boots,

burning love,

and burgers.

black and white photos,

black nail polish,

and braids.

pinterest.

a quote, a picture, and some clicks

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

-Abraham Lincoln

I want to sleep here:

and you should click on these (you know, if you want to):

1 / 2 / 3

1. i have watched this like 10 times today. it looks like a sweet love story.

2. the movie i'm watching right now.

3. it's one of my guilty pleasure songs. i don't know why i love it. but when it comes on my shuffle i just have to dance.

lellow

i saw this pretty yellow wedding on bleubird vintage.

since i've had time to read the whole blog archive, basically.

i want her wardrobe. she wears the coolest clothes.

amen to that

"All the best cities have rivers running through the middle of them." - my sister

that is so true.

my sister went to venice today and emailed me this photo she took.

my little playlist today

jerk it out - caesars

mr. pitiful - matt costa

girlfriend - phoenix

falling - ben kweller

africa - toto

via

and a cheesy analogy

i'm stressed out. it's true.

march/april/may is always the busy time of year for me.

this year it seems especially crazy.

so much to do all at the same time.

i feel like i'm riding a roller coaster. but i don't have the safety restraint on.

and while i'm focusing on not falling off the ride,

my shoes are coming off and things are falling out of my pockets.

but i like that picture of balloons.

it alleviated some stress for a minute or two.

spring break in one week. one week.

via via

i don't have much to say today,

but wouldn't it be nice to be here

or here

or here?

i think it would be nice.

thanks, papertissue, for the pretty photos

and for making me daydream the last few hours away.

ps - i can hear "beat it" by michael jackson blaring from my basement right now. i like that.

eye candy

I'm in love with Max Wanger photography.

For real.

I want cover my walls and ceiling with his photos

so I can look at them all day and night.

go look at all of them.

lovely.

i found a quote that goes with this cool picture

"Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress

is the woman who is wearing it."

-Yves Saint Laurent

and how about some other quotes that are just cool and/or funny.

"When two hearts race, they both win."

-dove chocolate

"He grew up on a freaking sailboat!"

-ky's roomate, amy. in a text, i believe.

"Why is everyone at this school covered in blood?"

-ryan moon

"But sometimes after I eat Del Taco late at night, I'm like, 'Ohhhh my gosh. Why is there a gremlin in my stomach.'"

-newman, that history teacher of mine

and credit where credit is due:

photo source: mypolaroidblog

new york in black and white

My mama took these photos and they hang in my room. I think they're cool.

I went to New York a few years back.

I saw The Drowsy Chaperone and Hairspray (before it was even a movie).

I ate at an italian restaurant in Little Italy.

I went inside the Statue of Liberty.

I stayed on the 38th floor of a hotel.

I held a crab in china town. That was gross.

I had a smoothie at the Jamba Juice on Times Square.

I went to the giant Toys 'R Us.

I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and had scalding hot chocolate in Brooklyn.

And a bunch of other stuff.

That was a cool trip.

my dad

has been a lot of cool places.

Like the Stonehenge,

South Africa,

Monaco,

France,

Scotland,

England,

China,

New York City,

Argentina,

Samoa,

The Netherlands,

Hogwarts,

and lots of other places like

Brazil, Spain, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hawaii, Mexico, Washington DC, Peru (Machu Pichu! Aahh), Jamaica, Senegal, Switzerland, The Galapagos Islands, New Zealand, Ecuador, Canada, Japan, Germany, the Bahamas, and Mongolia.

and fun fact

he's been to every state in the US, except Alaska.

and

it's his birthday today!

I love you Dad!

all photos taken by my dad,

except for the two that he is in, obviously.

this year

I will learn how to fold paper cranes.

oncewed

favorite things today

Christmas lights everywhere! I actually keep them up in my room all year.

realsimple

This picture. Julie Andrews is my favorite, and everyone loves Audrey.

And the new Pirates trailer! I had a huge grin on my face while I watched it.