food, friends, and justin bieber.

my girls and I wanted to celebrate our fast-approaching graduation, so we got

together one night and had a feast! We talked, laughed, ate, and watched the Justin Bieber movie!!! I had never seen it before, and it made me love Justin even more! What a stud!!

The spread!:

Ashley's fried chicken, Kelsie's rolls and salad, Tari's potatoes. . .YUM! I brought a peppermint brownie trifle for dessert. :)

My graduation present for everybody was celebration champagne glasses and peach bubbly!

Great job girls! We did it!

CHEERS!

stache.

If you follow me on Pinterest, you know I can't get enough of the hipster mustaches. I'm a sucker for anything hipster, but I will really love you if you give me something mustache-y. :) Even a finger-stache tattoo from the USU Bookstore made my day! :)

so you can understand that when I got this Christmas present I almost cried.

I will be using this cup everyday for the rest of my life! :)

IWA

Last Wednesday was our last Institute Women's Association activity! I just love my girls! They are so good to me and it has seriously blessed my life being the Harmony Chapter President.

We had a night full of birthday candy bars, Zeppes, Costa Vida, and a Christmas Secret Sister gift exchange!

Connie, Maddy, Megan, Stephanie

Becky, Elisabeth, Corinne

Cassie, Sydney, Julia

Melinda, Maddy, Megan, Stephanie

Ashley, Lorissa, Beckah, Esther

Thank you so much for blessing my life so much this year! I love you!

Commercials

It's about this time of year where all the holiday commercials come out. Some are GREAT! and some are so ridiculous and annoying that I wonder how in the world millions of dollars and hours and hours of time are spent on making them. I've just GOT to share them with you! Everyone needs a laugh--right?

Old Navy--Seriously!!!???

Target--funny? I can't decide.

Macy's and Justin Bieber--THE best commercial EVER. I could watch it 8 million times in a row. Plus, Justin Bieber is a stud. love him! :)

Best Buy--aaannnddd then another ridiculous one. WHY!?

They do so many studies and practice-viewings--how is it possible to have SO MANY stupid commercials? I guess for every awesome commercial there's got to be 800 annoying ones??

What are some of your favorite commercials?

Scotsman

One thing I have never had the desire to do is eat a Scotsman dog (a hamburger shaped like a hot dog). sounds nasty, yeah? even when they were free on campus I passed.

Then I finished my last final EVER yesterday and decided I better eat one before I'm not a Utah State student anymore.

It was not as bad as I thought! Glad I took the risk. . .I have can now call myself a real Aggie. ;)

Also, how can you not smile after watching this?

Scotsman

Utah State, hey! Aggies all the way!

graduation.

I'm graduating today.

Wow.

Such a surreal feeling.

I've been so focused on getting done that I haven't stopped to understand the accomplishment I have achieved. and now that it's here, if i can be bold, I am so proud of myself!

I have never had to step out of my comfort zone as much as I have in college.

I have never been so independent.

I have never been so exhausted, but happy at the same time.

I have learned to make my own decisions and be proud of them.

I have learned that I can do hard things.

I have learned that I am strong and I can overcome anything.

I have learned that I have so many people who love me and are rooting for me to succeed.

I am grateful for the amazing opportunity and excited for the adventures to come!

Clean the Sink

Since I'm graduating this week, I've thinking a lot about regrets or things that I needed to do before I left Logan. . .I couldn't think of too many things. I've done everything that I've set my mind to do and I have no regrets. and THAT is a good feeling! :)

One thing that I've been wanting to do all 3 years I've been here is go Clean the Sink at Angies.

I finally went with my IWA girls this semester! So. Fun!

Ice cream, Reeses, Oreos, whipped cream, caramel. . . .delish! Such a great thing to cross off my bucket list! :)

cut loose

Vetoing the Institute Dance, my girl Connie and I went for a night on the town. Pita Pit and Footloose--(again!) :) I just can't get enough Kenny or enough dancing! We were both LOVING it and I was SURE everyone in the theater was making fun of my ear to ear smile! It didn't go away for days!

Then I had to try out a few of my own dance moves! :) What a fun night! :)

Finals

Gilmore Girls is awesome. Everyone knows that--right! And Lorelai says it exactly how it is--exactly how i'm feeling right now. . .

http://www.videozer.com/video/dcdZwb

From 4:01 to about 5:13. You can watch the whole episode if you want. . .(I would. :) there's some great Milo Ventimiglia action in there), but that minute says it all.

AND then, on Thursday, hopefully will be feeling like this. A little crazy, a little fake-drunk, a LOT great!:

Lorelai: I am feeling so good, sista, because it's over! No more finals, no more studying, no more school, the pressure's off. Do you know how much pressure I felt, do you? All last week I felt like a giant man and his brother were sitting on my chest.
Rory: A giant man?
Lorelai: And his giant brother.
Rory: Did they have names?
Lorelai: Clem and Clem. Huh, same names, which did not reflect well on the imagination of their mothers.
Rory: Mother.
Lorelai: Mothers. There were two Clems.
Rory: Yeah, 'cause they were brothers.
Lorelai: Yes, so they had mothers. . . .

Netflix

Okay kids. Netflix is, by far, THE greatest invention since sliced bread. I signed up for my free trial and I seriously died and went to heaven!

My excitement over my first dvd!

don't judge me that it's Center Stage 2: two words--Kenny. Wormald. yummm.

I also got my fill of ABCfamily videos, Melissa & Joey, Dark Angel, and Heroes!

I still can't get enough of Milo Ventimiglia.

Wow, he is a fantastic actor and beautiful man.

Thank you for many hours of entertainment and distractions from ugly homework!