Nature Walks

another AWESOME and memorable weekend :)
friday night-jacuzzi, Love Happens, and YouTube vids with Kass and Jess
saturday- all day competition at Saugus. got to see my dad. and spend goood quality time with the boys...obviously :) we had a ton of fun and i loved taking sweet pics of them all! we bonded and talked and talked and talked. i loved it! :)
then dance team party at trevor's house for angel's b-day. we had so much fun (these guys never stop being fun) and i became friends with Karyl P!
sunday- me kaila, and kassie ditched sunday school and walked down the street and took a billion pics on my camera phone :) it was soo much fun. cold and windy and a pain in the butt to send them all from my phone to fb but so worth it :)
i wish every weekend was like this!

{all pictures by moi and some by kassie}

LOVEly Weekend

beautiful long weekend<3

no SD unfortunately :( Newport instead

{all pictures by me and my trusty camera phone}

Victory Dance

yes, this is late. but here is my wonderful weekend! {photos added!}

Friday Night:

good session of physical therapy. my leg is getting stronger! i can feel my muscles and they're actually hard! :D
then, Dear John with Sarah and Levia. it was a pretty good movie, but not exactly what i expected. it felt empty and like nothing really impactful happened. i hate walking away from a movie and feeling...bored...you know?
it wasn't even 10 PM yet, and every food place in TO was closed! on a friday night! it was pathetic. but have no fear, Toppers to the rescue!! as always.

Saturday:

advanced's first competition for tarzan! i went to claremont early with the team. our car was me, bryce, steven, josh, and joseph. my favorite boys on team :) i sat in the back between josh and steven. they kept me warm haha and we all had fun. it was a looongg day of dancing and costumes and sitting around and eating brownies and cookies. but it was fun and successful, almost all of our dances places very well. woo!! then we went to carls jr (my football sized burger was too much to handle in the darkness of the back seat of the moving car), me and steven cuddled in the back seat while watching pineapple express on his ipod, then went home.
i went over to the bombergs and we watched Just Friends. but i was falling asleep so i decided to go home to crash.

Sunday:

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY! SAIINTTSSS!!!wooooo! such a great game! love. i was stoked in the last quarter when they picked it up and showed the colts what they're made of. so happy :)

i can't wait for this weekend!!
LA and another comp on saturday, then SAN DIEGO on Monday!!!! even if its just for a few hours, it is soo worth it and will help ease the longing i feel for it everyday.

Thanks for.....

the beach house, warm weather at the beach in the middle of fall
conversations about literature! (with the last people I'd imagine would care so much)
homemade pancakes with chocolate chips and whipped cream
the sound of the ocean outside the windows
the crazy and amazing girls in our ward
my camera phone
being reunited with my big sister in LA
shopping at the Beverly Center with Briezy
warm California weather on thanksgiving!
amazing food
being with the Dalands and Cooks and Chens
the Daland's cute house
Chloe singing her cute songs
watching football everyday
seeing New Moon with sister
Jacob Black
going shopping again with Brianna: the mall, Target, Joanns
going to the Sorensens
blasting Christmas music in Clay's BMW
singing to Christmas music with Clayton and Anna
Clayton's singing and hand motions
playing a 3 hour card game until 1:30 in the morning
the laughs of everyone around the table
USC football....so happy they won
finishing The Summoning and starting a new book
going to bed around 1 or 2 every single night
church and my favorite little kids (the Lytles and Dalands)
talking to Nick
my boots
not wearing my brace
talking to Robert
other people's stories
the trial(s) I'm going through now
prayer and this gospel

Newport

newport is beautiful. the temple is beautiful and the best friend who i didnt get to see is beautiful.

San Diego, my love

to start off my wonderful weekend, my family went to the BYU Ballroom Company show in Oxnard. it was pretty fantastic. i loved the costumes and the dancing, of course. and we found such a cute place in Oxnard on the way. it looks like Utah! it was so pretty and magical looking. I'm definitely going there again, especially to take pictures.
Saturday morning, me and Kayla drove 3 hours down to San Diego. no traffic. it was nice. we met up with everyone at their stake center. i walked into the cultural hall with perfect timing. the whistle in Ash and Katrina's basketball game had just been blown to call a timeout. they both ran over to me and gave me a nice hug, since they were sweaty and all, trying not to cover me in it. haha. after their game we gathered the troops and went to El Pollo Loco. their dad paid. he is the nicest man i think I've ever met. i love both of their parents. after, we went to their house to get ready for the game. after Katrina lost a ticket, and jeanique found it under our car, we were off to meet up with their dad again. once with him and on the freeway, we realized we didn't have the tickets. jeanique left them in Ashlee's car. we went back then were off once again to Qualcomm Stadium. we got a sweet parking spot and started walking up to the stadium. but we left the tickets in the car. so we went back (again). once inside the stadium, we ran around basically the whole thing, looking for where we were allowed to sit. we missed the whole pregame show. bleh. the game was fun, but felt more like a baseball game because the stadium wasn't packed, and, well, it was a pretty boring game. BYU won 38-28. Ashlee was mad that Katrina was cheering for both teams. haha. after the game, we went back to Ashlee's car and went to pick up Robert. squishing 4 people into the back seat all the way to downtown. we had a dance partayyy and drank Monsters. my favorite :) Robert bought mine and Kayla's ticket for the haunted hotel (arghhh), then we had to wait in line for only about three hours. no biggie. oh my hells, it was horrible. then we FINALLY went through. i was gripping onto Katrina so hard that my left arm hurt so badly afterward. it was pretty freaking scary. i basically just looked down at my feet the whole time though, not willing to look around and enjoy the scenery. we drove straight home after, all of us so exhausted and tired. Sunday, we ate waffles and went to church. their ward is ridiculously small and old. i don't know what they would think if they came to my ward! Robert's two little sisters were there. they are adorable. and he is SO good with them. it made me so happy, but also sad for some reason.... After sacrament, we had to say our goodbyes. i don't know why Kayla wanted to leave then, but whatever. we totally could have stayed much longer. i absolutely hate saying goodbye. but I'm hoping they can come up for winter concert.
i love these people with all my heart and i'm so thankful i have them in my life!!!!

rain, rain, don't go away

i usually despise the rain. i hate it when it comes. but this year i love it. just like how i love fall so much this year. i know how much California has been needing the rain, so this is a blessing. and I've been looking forward to wearing big jackets and boots :) i love the feeling of the rain just washing everything away and cleansing the earth. that's what i need for my life right now. for it to be cleansed. all the bad things washed away. i want them to leave my mind and to stop haunting me. I'm praying for that. it will happen. i can feel it.
and for a start, I'm going to San Diego this weekend!!!!!!! me and Kayla are going to the BYU vs. SDSU game! i've never been to a BYU game, so it should be fun and different. which is good, different is good. and of course, katrina and ashlee are going! then we're gonna hang out all day!! and hopefully spend the night if kayla stops being so stubborn. well, i am more than excited. i need these people in my life right now, if only for a day.
hummmmm
as depressed as i somewhat feel right now, i just have to think about going to SD on saturday and a huge smile takes over my face :))

{pictures soon}

Rewind

{photo by me in Venice}

back to this weekend. Friday night, me and Miranda went to Venice by ourselves. two girls. not a good idea. we bought a few cute bracelets. we were planning on taking pictures for photo, but we didn't want to look strange taking pictures. but actually, we were the most normal looking people there. so we left pretty fast. we went to Tito's Tacos. it was fantastic. then we enjoyed the new Menchie's in MP. we both want to work there. we drove around TO with the windows down and music blasting. it was a fun night. (after getting out of Valencia)
then Saturday, Robert came up from San Diego. we watched a little football, went to Lotus, the mall, just cruised around to kill the time. i saw a bunch of my friends at the mall! and people kept calling/texting me, so Robert thought i was so popular hahahha.
we got ready then went to CFY at the stake center. it was nice and i felt the spirit pretty strongly. i have always loved CFY (best of EFY). we finally found Justin and Hunter (friends from EFY). Justin brought his friends Paul and Mckenna. they were really nice.
Everybody had to write a commitment on a piece of paper and tie it to a balloon. then all of us let go of our balloons and watched them drift away into the clear sky. it was pretty cool :)

we had El Pollo Loco for dinner. yum. then we all (my friends) went to the Dollar Store and had a pretty crazy time in there hahah. we showed up to the dance with plastic blue patriotic hats decorated with stickers saying "STOP GIRL", "CAUTION", "KEEP OUT" hahahh so funny. and of course, glowsticks!! but the leaders eventually told us we weren't allowed to have glowsticks, so we decorated Hunter's car with them. we partied outside until the live band was done playing stupid songs. Paul and Justin tried to get as many girls' numbers as possible (including mine). then i had to say goodbye to everyone. i hope i see them all soon.
it was a lame dance, but i think we had a ton of fun. all of our after party plans didn't happen and cassie couldn't sleep over, so the night wasn't as fun as it potentially could have been, but I'm so happy i was able to re-unite with these friends and meet some new ones!!
another fantastic weekend. now i need to think of something fun to do for the long weekend in three days!

{pictures by Sister Bowers}

the summer sun beat down on us

this weekend was lovely.

what i loved about it:
Thursday me and Carly spent a fun day at the mall after school. She's my best friend.
Kayla, Brianna, and Mark arrived early Friday morning
Hollywood with Kayla and Mark
the crowded beach on Saturday. Taking about 2 hours to get there.
In-N-Out after
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with mom and Bri at Muvico. loved it!
Jake and James' homecoming talks. Longest sacrament meeting of my life.
watching Across the Universe
going to the Wright's house with Bri. Love them
a warm beach night for sunset and stars with Kayla and Mark. Kayla's hilarious friends came later. Miranda and Ben stayed for a little bit.

what i didn't like:
Kayla and Brianna stealing all of my clothes, leaving me with nothing to wear

my dad bailed on taking me and Carly to the dodger game on Sunday =[

Kay, Bri, and Mark leaving this morning. Being in an empty, quiet house again

going back to school

i hate saying goodbye. i hate letting go.

but they'll be back in 4 weeks =]

Out Of The Box

this weekend was probably the best weekend I've had since Utah. it was SO much fun. I've become a lott closer to Anna's friends and now i see that if I'm a little less shy and i just let things happen, i can really open up and have a lot more friends in our stake. haha it only took 7 years to realize this. but really, i have 2 words for you-- Clayton Williams. He. Is. Amazing. and hilarious. i can't get enough of him. you always know that if Clayton is there, it's guaranteed to be fun. and he was there all weekend, so therefore, my weekend was extremely fun. and it really isn't over, since Brianna is here till Wednesday =]
*pictures soon hopefully