Life Happens

It happens everyday.

Life can make us happy and life can make us cry.

Either way, it's life.

Everything happens for a reason.

I believe that.

Tell people you love them.

You never, never know when you won't have the chance.

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I went to the best concert in the world with some of my BFFs this weekend.

We had a blast and I got to purchase my TWLOHA merchandise.

We also spent the afternoon at Newport Beach.  

There is nothing like the feeling you get from spending time at the beach.

(My TWLOHA shirt is just like Kelle's blue one here, but mine is black.)

I love my friends.

 All of you, no matter how great of friends we are, I love you.

Know that.

Zoom in.

Outside of our hotel room in Flagstaff there was a balcony and a lot of acres of beautiful trees and wildlife.

You just don't get to see stuff like this in the valley.

We would wake up in the morning, order room service, eat while looking out the sliding glass doors at the beautiful scenery and then go onto the balcony to feed the squirrels.

I got a lot of really good use out of my wonderful zoom lens.

Take some time to zoom in on things and look at them

in a different light.

You may discover a brand new beauty that you never knew existed.

Snow Love

I LOVE sledding.

I also LOVE making snow men and women.

Playing dress-up on a snowman is my new fav hobby.

They are like my adorable little snow children (in a not weird way).

There's no LOVE like our SNOW LOVE.
Next time we're going bigger and better in the snowman building department.

Just Spending Time

Friday, March 12, 2010.  Two people got hitched five years ago! That was us.

Ya, we just celebrated our fifth anniversary!

We went to The Melting Pot on Friday night and then to the Renaissance Festival on Saturday.

We will also be spending two lovely nights in Flagstaff this week so I can use my new sled Josh got me!

*Side note- remember this post including the "scotch egg"?

If you don't remember what it was, read that post, it's a good one.

Well, Josh wanted to try a scotch egg so badly and guess what...

At the Renaissance Festival he finally got his chance!

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And he didn't try it!

Oh. No. He. Did. Not.

Opportunity Missed.

Oh well.

On to the next thing we have been spending time on...

Our kitchen faucet looked like this:

But, after a little work and an anniversary present from my awesome parents:

It now looks like this:

Beautiful.  <3

And lastly, do you recall two months ago when a can of soda made quick and violent contact with my toe ?

If you never read that story either, click here to get up to date.

Well, my toe nail came off on Sunday.

But, it's ok. I gave myself a pedi and painted right over where it should be. It looks perfectly fine!

That's some of what we've been doing.

You know, just spending time getting stuff done.

Not everything is always fabulous and glam. 

There is never ending house cleaning, yard work  and "stuff" to do.

But, it's all good!

P.S. Do you smile and laugh every day!?  I hope you do.

If you don't, START!

To Write Love

To Write Love On Her Arms

I think you should support this cause.

Some things in life are not always gum drops, glitter and lollipops.  Like previous posts have said,

Life wouldn't be life if everything was easy. 

Sometimes people think life is too hard and they just don't know how to handle it anymore.

During these times, remember to be friend to anyone you think may need one.

Actually, you may never know how much someone needs a friend until it's too late.

TWLOHA is trying to support those in need and raise awareness.

Buy a shirt and help the cause! They are SO cute and when someone asks you what your shirt is about you can spread the awareness too. They have lots of different ones.

Let's make a difference together, you and me!

Life Doesn't Always Make Sense

Some things just don't always make sense, it's just the way it is. 

 It is strange to me that...

 Committment doesn't make sense.

After living in our house for a little over five years, the walls of my living room are still white because I cannot commit to a color.

Yet, I didn't have to think twice about marrying Josh when I was only 19.

Long term choices don't make sense.

It took me exactly one second to determine my major and

I can determine the daily schedule of 29 eleven year olds and impact their lives everyday.

Yet, the thought of having to trade-in my beloved car and get a new one makes me want to cry and throw up at the same time.

How you treat others never makes sense.

It can be so easy for me to snap at Josh or my family.

(Though I really try hard to not do this.)

Yet, I can't even say what I feel to the annoying neighbors that park in front of our house all the time.

I know life doesn't make sense.  I don't mind that.

I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason.

Sometimes you just have to live your life the way you want to.

Without always caring about what others think,

without always doing what is most popular,

and maybe without following all of life's "rules".

My walls may stay white for another five years,

which is ok with me because the color of my walls don't really matter if I have Josh by my side.

And I may not cry a lot when I have to send my awesome class onto sixth grade, but I know I will when I have to say goodbye to my car.

Life wouldn't be life if it made sense all the time.

I think it really will make sense in the long run.

Do what makes you happy! I do!

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