thanks chat

..for making me feel AWESOME.

where my presidents at?

presidents day = savers 50% off day

because i take this day very seriously 

i slept over at ashlie's house last night so we could get there

 at 7 am and beat all the regulars to the sweet deals.

at 9:30 (whoops!) we arrived and had a delightful time.

for everyone's sake i even remembered my camera! 

(and by that i mean i remembered to pull it out and actually use it)

amazing technicolor dream dress!

 reservation barbie

i should've bought that jacket.

i wish these were videos instead of records, i would have bought them.

friendship secret = i used to dance with my parents bed posts to his music

(yes love it or hate it i was that girl who pretended the 

swing set poles in my backyard were boyfriends)

i creeped little kids

party at savers!

loved him

and her 

(except she bought all the things that were not half off  which is weird)

and them.

i think the picture says more than words could.

yay for presidents! 

happy happy

birthday.

to this little baby

slash pretty lady

who could it be?

IT'S MY MOM.

just wanted to give a birthday shout out to her! 
my mom!

(whom i know reads this blog but forgets to leave comments)

she is the greatest. you guys should get to know her.

she = my moooooooooom

ps. 

after months of anticipation, this is finally happening tonight. 

pss.

i feel like no one understood in my last post that 

50 CENT WAS IN THE VIDEO WITH THAT KID!

i don't know what is more sad

a. that no one cared

 or 

b. that i think it is so awesome

i tried holding it in.

i always stop myself from sharing youtube videos because that is annoying but i have been so in love with this one for days and days and i can't have self control any longer.

you guys deserve to watch it.

if you have seen this kid before, it isn't like the others so just trust me and watch the whole thing.

please.

50 cent?!?

ps. what if i really looked like this?

(you have to stare at the teeth to see a real face)

because i feel like i have really seen someone that looks like this in real life.

thought of you.

i'm sure everyone has seen this but ryan showed it to me the other day and i can't stop thinking about slash watching it. 

i don't even go to byu and i feel proud of the professors who made this happen.

 everyone has their own interpretation but for myself,
i find it beautifully heartbreaking.
and i've listened to the song maybe 230934873 times. 

sidenote: and are the weepies called the weepies because their music makes people want to weep?




maybe it is just me.


ps. i just found out my mission friend allison has a blog and she posted about this very thing! she has a way with words and i love everything she wrote, so here it is for your enjoyment.

ASHLIEisnolongeralohnerDANCE

..is just having a birthday! today! hurray for this! 

after doing 4 hours of homework i decided to treat myself/everyone and give her a birthday shout out via this blog
(no need to remember that probably ten people look at it).
don't actually know if she is included in that number but i think it is still worthwhile.  

so i just went through our year of friendship and decided to highlight some..highlights. chose way too many photos but hey. it's not her birthday everyday so i'm just going to let it happen. if you don't want to go through with it, i suggest you close this tab now.

february 13, 2010 = first time i met her. 

she played music with ryan so he introduced us.

 i assumed we wouldn't be friends.

(the time in between the picture above and the picture below: she informed me she served a mission too. i decided to be her friend).

from this picture on the rest is really history.

but i'll keep going.

just like i do for ryan, i began watching her shows.

she sings like a dream.

 this one was great. you should have been there.

we ate shakes.

(i'm under that hood if you didn't know)

we had (many) sleepovers 

(this is me attempting to show that it was 4:30 am)

we watched and loved aaron neville videos..her face was actually really happy before this photo was taken 

(ryan was a part of many of these times too in case he is reading this and is feeling left out)

we felt cold.

she attended family h.e. with me and showed kittens, inspired by kittens to my nieces

(they loved it as you can see)

 we ventured to chuck-e-cheese 

we experienced the flaming mustache 

we templed

she helped make me a really magical birthday

she has some great anime faces

she helped/laughed at melissa and her fear of eyedrops

she let me feel sad slash empathized with me about not being a missionary anymore

we roadtripped to texas

(which gave her a love of j. bieber)

she bought me my first fish tacos

we share a love for leggings 

(and kitten shirts)

she let me stay with her beautiful family

we both wore swimsuits for the first time since the mish
( = traumatizing) 

and she got to be a part of my first sunburn in about two years

(i didn't put a picture of her because it is her birthday and i know she would of hated it. that's love)

 we've taken walks and senior pictures

she introduced me to stella and dot jewels

we love fish!

 templed. again.

we've said goodbye. too many times.

we skyped. not enough times.

i let her drive bertha

(and she visited me at efy!)

not only templed but also let some mtc elders take this awkward photo

she gave approval for me to reside at green gables

we've had our fair share of dance parties

(if you are lucky,

 she will let you be her captain)

can't get enough of self-timed photos at wedding receptions

we spent a few hours together each time she came to visit davvvvid

this one is really nice.

nik is a creep.

then, sadly, our visits became too short so no photos actually happened for months. 

(because this happened below)

..BUT short visits were better than no visits so i welcomed them gladly.

good news = december got a few

(wedding cake or immodest dress? nobody knows)

we even took  some in texas. again.

and now - lucky for me - she lives in utah again!

(thanks for getting hitched so that could happen)

anyway.

ashlie is really great and you should all get to know her!

there are a few people who have saved me this past year and she is one of them. 

so grateful that everything happened in ryan's life the way it did so he could introduce us. 

aaaaand i'm so grateful that ashlie tried to be my friend even though i made no effort. 

(still sorry about that)

against all odds, our friendship has turned out to be a huge success.

sometimes i think you serve God and he does nice things for you. 

ashlie is one of those nice things.

happy birthday tiny dancer! 

love you all the time.