Best. Trip. Ever.

I feel like the title should just explain the whole trip: best trip ever. period. maybe fifty or so exclamation points after that... but for everyone else who wasn't there i guess i will fill you in.

last weekend i went to California with my best friends and it seemed like it was exactly what we all needed. Whenever we all get together, its like we are sixteen again...a little immature and think we are really funny. funny like, I'm-laughing-so-hard-i-have-tears-rolling-down-my-cheeks-and-might-of-peed-my-pants-a-little-bit-funny. you get it, right? I hope so.

i stole all these pictures from brittneys blog(which everyone should have a friend who is a professional photographer, because your guaranteed to get great pictures..thanks Britt!)

Fashion District L.A. and Hollywood

love me some Harry Potter

The Park
It was the most dreamy park, you have ever laid a picnic blanket down on. I think we spent like 5 hours there. I would go to this park once a week if a could. Dang California and its good weather!

Out to dinner

this place was by balboa Island

Newport Beach

(eating a corn dog without judgment..yeah that's right, I'm talking about you, Abe.)

this just might be, the ugliest picture of me. bad angle, maybe? or weird face.

Disneyland
Im going to brag and tell you that we went on the best day... we walked on every ride. no joke. One ride just let us stay on and go again because there no one was in line. jealous? maybe a little? OK, you are.

I'm not wearing socks, those are my white, white ankles.

Funny story about this picture, On one of our trips from California Adventure to Disneyland Jade overheard a little boy say to his parents "I want a picture in the A hole." After we heard that, we all wanted our picture in the A hole.

World of Color
At California Adventure they have this water, light, music, fire show. It was like the fountains at the Bellagio on Disneyland crack. It was awesome, and when i mean awesome, i mean totally awesome. These pictures really don't come close. Just know that next time you are at California Adventure, you HAVE to go to this show!!!( yeah, that's right i used three exclamation points)

still here.

man. summer went by really fast, which i guess im ok with, since its a bazillion degrees outside. sorry, i really stink at keeping this updated( i don't even know if anyone reads this??).

Things that happened in the last couple months:

- i cut off all my hair.Yeah. Think really short, like you-can-see-my-ears-short. i just decided and did it. i cant believe i did it, inches and inches gone and I'm REALLY glad i did it. i cut off at least 15 minutes off my morning routine. ill put up pictures soon.
-Abe lost 30lbs, yeah that's right.. 30lbs. a small child really. i didn't know he could lose that much. amazing.
- i have a new calling in church. The nursery. ummm, i just don't feel like i am the most motherly person. but i guess I'm suppose to be there for a reason? right?
- im going to california next weekend with some of my best and oldest friends. I feel like this trip is much needed. there is something so great about being with people that know you so well. Its effortless. I'm thankful for that, because sometimes your just too tired and I'm in need of a pick-me-up.
- i watched the first season of Felicity. Does anyone know how great that show is?
- Hair-Do moved to its new location, at Dana park and we are loving it! everyone should come by and check it out.
- Oh. i had a client freak out on me about not getting in sooner and it resulted in losing 10 great clients in one day. I'm serious. They are never coming back to me, because this client told them not to..it was unbelievable, and there was nothing i could of said or do to fix it. It was such a bad day.
-i went through a lot of books
- i finally joined a book club. It comforting to know that there are other people out there who stay up to three in the morning reading.
- i need to talk about the Mockingjay with someone.
- somehow we became the "eye sore" of the neighborhood... with all this rain, the weeds in our front yard have grown at a freakishly rapid pace, and then we became "that" house. we finally pulled them out this weekend.( you know when your a home owner, because you are talk about your yard)
-I'm really into Ray Lamontagne.
- i am now familiar with the pride cycle. i hope it cycles back around soon.

havasupai

Have you ever had one of those nightmares where you are lost in the dark, wandering, and cant find your way? And with every turn you take, you feel more and more panic? WELL I LIVED IT.
It was 1:30am and we were in the Supai Villlage at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It was pitch black, we only had our flashlights to guide us and every turn we took, lead us to a dead end. We had been wandering for a half hour, trying to get out and i was on the verge of losing it! I couldn't believe i was actually living out one of those nightmares, and i thought we were never going to get out. Thankfully, we had ran into these two Indians(at two in the morning, weird right?)named Quaid and Long Hair who had showed us the way out. The whole thing was so weird( and scary), i still don't believed it really happened.
Yesterday, we had just gotten back from hiking Havasupai. We had hiked about 25 miles in a little over 24 hours(which is crazy). I have bruises on my shoulders from my pack and Abe and i are walking like we are 80 years old, because we are so sore...but it was ALL worth it.
I forgot how amazing and beautiful it is down there! If you have ever been, you know that it is this unexpected little paradise, with huge waterfalls and this beautiful clear blue water. We had met up with my parents, at the bottom, and it was so much fun(other than that whole getting lost thing)! here are some pictures:

my mom and my step-dad, Charlie

Abe in the mist

To get to one of the falls, you have climb down the side of a cliff, only having chains that are nailed in, to hold on to.

our campsite

sorry the videos are sideways.. i dont know how to fix that, just tilt your head.

ps. i know everyone wants to see pictures of our house, but i feel like i cant until i am done decorating/unpacking...soon though

Heber. Heber.Heber.

I don't have pictures of my house yet, but i do have pictures from memorial day weekend! Abe and I went up to Heber with some good friends.

We went to Hebers one and only flea market. This is me and Katie trying on some sparkly visors.

OK i STILL cannot stop laughing at this picture! i'm just really good at making ugly faces

Our friends Bryce and Brittney at the lake






oh and by the way... Hair- Do Salon is moving to Dana Park, so while that is getting built out, I am temporarily at Blossom Salon in downtown Mesa.


And that reminds me of story: This morning i had a little break, so i decided to go home for a little bit( i live literally down the street, which is really nice). Anyway i was just unpacking and when it was time to go back i couldn't find my keys ANYWHERE! i was looking all over, I confused because i just had them? i was running out of time, so i grabbed my spare keys to my car and locked the bottom lock as i went out the back door. When i was finished with work, i had to stall and wait til Abe got off work, because i didn't have a house key. Abe calls me and says" which door did you leave from?" and i said "the back, why?".... and he said (here it is)" your keys were still in the front door lock". SERIOUSLY?! im so embarassed for myself! i know I'm spacey, but really? and to make everything worse, we had two people come by during the day! one was leaving a card for exterior painting and the other was UPS. My keys were just dangling there in front of them! moral of the story is: take your vitamins, get regular exercise so you will have a functioning brain.

so.. we bought a house!
(more details/pictures to come)

: i think while i was sleeping, a tornado ran through my house.

: Have i ever mentioned that i like getting brown paper packages wrapped up in string and a wax seal? well, i do. did i mention that it was my beautiful Ikat material mailed from Uzbekistan?

:Last weekend i went up to Utah for my friend, Megan's Wedding. I miss my friends, I miss Utah and i miss the mountains and oh, I miss really old awesome houses with wood floors and 6" baseboards.

The beautiful happy couple

oh and this was the view from the reception

Great day, great weather , great friends.

P.S. Hannah and Veronica, you were very missed.

Before:

After:

( this one was kind of cool because you can see my whole house through my lamp)