babe-a-licious

I am so honored to have such beautiful friends.

This specific woman is the best though. Shout out to Christine! Aka my Doug! 

She has been such an example in my life. 

I love you, keep shining. 

xoxo

24

so i hope ya'll had a good 24th of july! i know i sure did!

that night my little bro, greg and i played with fireworks.. and thought it would be fun to take pics with sparklers. so we did! check 'em out :)

see ya peeps...

I'M GOIN' TO MEXICO! ADIOS!

say hello to summer 2012...

i must say that summer 2012 is definitely here! and i sure have been bit by the summer bug. 

of course i couldn't do it without the help of my best friends. 

sunday night:

we all went and climbed suicide rock, watched the sunset, and did what best friends do... chat and laugh about the latest news. i honestly don't know what i would do without christine and karlee. i am so grateful for them and the friendship we have.

and yes, i definitely did instagram it! who couldn't resist such a beautiful sunset?

monday night:

we went shopping for a few hours for some ravishing outfits for our upcoming cruise. might i add that we leave on SATURDAY! oh my i am so excited!!!!!!! 

after that, i was so bored once again, and called up my pals to get a snowcone. christine couldn't make it due to studying for finals. but karlee and i went and just talked about everything, summer, boys, and our amazing upcoming trip!

summer is full swing right now! and it is only going to get better! i have one the best feelings about summer 2012. especially with my amigas!!!!!!!!!

Oh just a spontaneous paint fight...

We attempted to make it to the Festival of Colors. But between traffic and time frames, we figured it would be safest to stay home. But! We weren't going to let that stop us from having our own fun. We went down to the wonderful Wally-World and bought washable children's finger paint. Haha easily one the best ideas we've ever had. In my own persona opinion, I thought it was more fun. Paint is just too fun. Not only that I was lucky to spend it with two of my good friends! I don't think many people would do this. But of course me and Anna are a-okay with creating such a mess. But a fun mess :) haha! I sure am grateful for her and being one of my very very best friends! I am so grateful to always have her be there for me! I love you past space annnnnnnnnnnner!

SO MUCH FUN! haha. Times like these make me so grateful for the people in my life. Always up for a messy/ fun/ exciting day!

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.

A few weeks ago I got word that Mitt Romney would be coming into town for the anniversary of the 2002 Olympics. He was hosting an ice skating show. And instantly I wanted to go so bad. I looked at tickets and decided it wasn't possible... poor college student.

Earlier this week my best friend, Christine called me and told me her sister has the hook-up for tickets! We were in. Yesterday morning Christine came over and we made t-shirts. Hoping to somehow get Mitt's attention. 

The front of our shirts say, "SMITTEN FOR ROMNEY 2012". Yes, clever, I know.

THEN the back has a CTR slogan on it.. then is says, "Choose the Romney"

We were ecstatic about our shirts!! But we had no idea that they would be such a hit :)

We head down to the Gateway for a celebration they had for the anniversary of the Olympics. 

OUR SHIRTS WERE A HIT. Honestly, they were complete genius. They caught everyone's attention. Countless people came up to us and asked about them. Not only that, but they took our picture. How cool?! 

In the meantime, we got pictures with all of the Olympic mascots and former Governor Mike Leavitt. Go us!!! Wooooooo! We were heading up to the food court to get some dinner before we went to the show, we got stopped by a company who were filming people who have a story of people who have inspired them and then send that video to a campaign. They pulled us aside and wanted us to do it for Mitt Romney. OH MY GOSH! HOW COOL? So we did that :) The video is going to be sent to his campaign! 

 

 

 

 

We head over to the Energy Solutions Arena after dinner and wait patiently for the show to begin. We were wishing so badly somehow we could meet Mitt. Ahhhh. We started to brainstorm our possibilities hoping that fate and destiny would help us... and it definitely did :)

 

 

Christine's family friend came up and said they had two tickets on the ice... FRONT ROW! How on earth could we turn that down?? We ran down to those seats. Our hearts were FREAKING OUT. We were so so so excited. We get down there and we literally were in complete awe. How lucky were we. seriously. SO LUCKY.

Mitt came out... and we were on our feet cheering! yay!!! So excited to see him and be down there. He was exactly across from us on the other side of the ice rink.

Intermission came up. We instantly looked at each other and decided to head over. Our hearts were racing. The security lady asked us where our seats were... we pointed across the rink. Pretty sure she could tell that we really wanted to go meet him. And the very nice lady lets us go. 

Hearts honestly racing. Completely starstruck. In Awe. There was a huge crowd... and we hoped we could get through. 

The crowd opened up... and we were face to face with Mitt Romney! Oh my goodness! He pointed towards us and laughed. He welcomed us with both a huge bear hug. He told us that he was so proud of us and to keep up the good work. LOVED our shirts. Not only that, but he signed them :) Ahhhhhhhhh. We were honestly floating. We walked back to our seats in complete starstruck, in awe, shaking, Christine had tears, freaking out!!!!! WE DID IT. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. We got back to our seats, we waved, and he waved back. 

We were seriously on cloud 9.  WE DID IT. There were so many people who doubted us. WE PROVED THEM WRONG. ahhhh. I cannot believe it. 

At the end of the night, we got back into my car after the show, we looked at each other and screamed!!!!! It was the best night! We worked so hard. And we did it! 

I've decided that meeting Mitt Romney was way better than meeting 90% of the Hollywood celebrities. 

  

ONE AMAZING NIGHT. 

VOTE MITT- 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The day of LOVE.

my valentine's day ended up being a lot better than i expected. 

two reasons:

#1: my daddy's birthday

#2: spent it with my best friends

people always think that valentine's day is just for your significant other.

but i found that to be completely false.

most of the afternoon i spent it with my little brother getting things ready for our dad's birthday.

-bought stuff for cupcakes

-went on a search for the perfect card

we had a blast! 

later my grandparents came over and we enjoyed some pie and celebrated my dad's day of birth. 

when it got into the late evening, karlee and i went and bought valentine's presents for one of our best friend christine! we had a blast doing so.

we went to christine's work and gave her her gift. she was so excited about it.

my night consisted of us 3 best friends sitting in the break room at christine's work talking and laughing. 

none of us girls have "significant others". 

 this valentines was such a fun day being with the people who i truly love. family and friends. 

valentines doesn't have to be surrounded by a significant other. of course that could be fun too. but if you don't have one.. don't break a sweat. be with the ones who really mean the most to you.

grateful

today was not my day. 

i shed a few tears. 

and of course i turned to christine about it. 

she has been there for me through the thick and thin the past 2 years. 

i don't know what i would do without her. 

i hear this huge bang at the door and next thing i realize it was for me.

it was from christine!!! 

and that's what she left me! 

diet coke and everything! 

not only that but the most amazing note. 

made me feel a lot better about some stuff. 

i definitely have the best of best friends.

i love you doug!

there is nothing i hate more than...

there is nothing i hate more than seeing one of my best friends in tears.

seeing their heart broken. all i want to do is take away that pain for them.

time will heal. i promise. let time take it's course.

just remember that there is that one boy who will sweep you off your feet.

"Every long lost dream led me to where you are

Others who broke my heart they were like Northern stars

Pointing me on my way into your loving arms

This much I know is true

That God blessed the broken road

That led me straight to you"

be excited for the future.

be excited to go out and date amazing guys.

be excited for the experiences you are going to have.

this could be a long week... haha

so my best friend left for a cruise yesterday. and won't be back till next saturday. this could be a long week. we honestly do everything together. she is the one friend i tell EVERYTHING to. haha. i already miss sending her nonsense texts about nonsense stories and finding humor in every little detail about everything. but she better be having the time of her life. or else i will be mad at her.

i already have two photo projects due next week. i better start shooting. and both of them have to be mounted! ahh. this photo major is a lot harder than i imagined. but i am so excited for it. 

i just keep reminding myself of that saying ^^^

its going to be tough. but in the end, i know i will be so grateful for it.

as of right now, i am so grateful that i have monday off. it will be perfect for getting all of my photo projects ready! looks like i'll be doing a lot of shooting tomorrow. crossing my fingers they work out! 

this week may be a long one, but i will be able to handle it. 

already can't wait for next weekend :)

in the meantime....
ENJOY SOME YEAH YEAH YEAHS


xoxo leah

Welcome to 2012...

I started the New Year with my Doug!!! (aka Christine) 

I am so grateful to have her as a best friend!  We brought in the New Year with dancing, laughing, black sequins, diet cokes, pictures, doing what best friends do! We definitely started the year with a BANG!

THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2012:

• This next semester at SLCC. Taking only but photography classes :) woohoo! (whoever knew that I would be excited for school....)
• MEXICAN RIVERA CRUISE! With many of my friends! I honestly cannot wait!
• Lake Powell over the 4th of July! And yes, Christine will be joining me again :)
• Now my family is thinking about going to Newport for our family vacation. Disneyland, the beach, sun. hmm. Sounds nice to me :)
• Kauai over Thanksgiving?!

This year I will be traveling a lot! And I cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

BRING ON 2012!

My memorabilia to 2011...

2011 started out with  BANG! This is one year that I could never forget.  I am definitely going to miss it.  But it only makes me more excited for what 2012 is going to bring me. 

Time line for 2011:

Started the year out right with my Kel :)

 sundance to bonfires!

New York City

Festival of Colors

Lake Powell in May with friends!!

Masquerade goodness!

Pictures with my Annaleez!

Tancy

 

Midway adventure time

LAKE POWELL SUMMER VACATION! woooohoooo.

Spray painting Suicide Rock

Misha!

KAUAI!! (My future home)

Baby showers for Jack!

 

Annnner

I BECAME AN AUNT :)

Dougie!

All hallows eve!

I turned 20!!!

Christmas with the fam bam!

2011 was one amazing year!!!! It is a little sad to say goodbye.  But I'm not looking back and moving forward to 2012! 

I have one excellent feeling about 2012. BRING IT ON!