Sophomore Formal!

This day seemed like it lasted 1846385 hours, not 24! I had bought my dress in the middle of January, and the jewelry. I bought my shoes the night before (thank God that DSW had some cute heels!). I went to Joanie's and got my hair done at 2 PM. It turned out wonderful! And it only took an hour and a half! My mom did my makeup and my nails. My best friend (Samantha), her boyfriend & my really good friend (Luke), and I went to my boyfriend's house (Chase) to eat and hang out beforehand. And we watched The Lion King. An almost-17-year-old, 16-year-old, and two 15-year-olds really know quality movies. ;) Chase's mom took the pictures.







If you couldn't tell, I got bangs that day as well. I really like them!

Also, I was "crowned" as North Intermediate's queen for the sophomore class. :) I got a tiara and everything! (I will post that pic as soon as my mom uploads the pictures from her camera.) My friend Matt won king, and it was really great. The whole night was simply spectacular! :)

No school? Movie time!

School was cancelled yesterday because of yet another ice storm that has blown through, so Jana, Megan, Liana, and I trekked to the movie theater and saw When in Rome. It was super cute, I recommend it. :)

Liana, me, Megan, and Jana


We can't wait to see Dear John!!!


Toy machine!

Too "cool" for school!

Like the title? I thought it was PUNNY! Bahaha. Well, at the beginning of the week we heard that the lows for Thursday and Friday were in the negatives, as in -2 degrees! Crazy, right? So when Thursday night comes the phone rings, and it's SchoolCast saying there is no school on Thursday and Friday due to extreme freezing temperatures. Awesome!!! So I'm here on the laptop at home posting this blog while a million other kids are in school right now. Jealous?

The Big 1-4!

Happy 14th birthday to my favorite little brother in the whole wide world! :)

Texas Christmas

I had sooo much fun in Texas, that I forgot to take pictures! Here are the few that I snapped.


Trying to figure out the egg cooker/toaster.


Isn't he the cutest thing ever?!


On the ride home.

When we got home, Karis wanted to break out the new Precious Moments coloring books that Nanny got her.

Mine,


Karis's.

Thank you so much to all the family for making our (short) trip a great one! Can't wait to come down again. :)

Can you resist the cuteness?!

It's Christmastime!

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! I don't get into the Christmas spirit until after Thanksgiving, but I'm all into it now! This past week we decorated two Christmas trees (I only have a picture of the smaller one).

One of the churches in our area always puts on a huge light show for the whole month of December. They start stringing the lights before Halloween because there are so many trees! We took a drive through the lights last week as well.

For my National Honor Society, my best friend, Sami, and I went to bell ring in front of Walmart for the Salvation Army. It actually wasn't very cold, so it was fun!

Remember that Jesus is the reason for this season, and we are celebrating HIS birth this time of year :)

P.S. All my Texas family: We are coming down the weekend of the 18th! :)

Wow, it's still hard to believe!

This would be my first car!!! It's pretty much my baby. I never quite understood why some people are so attached to their cars...but I sure do now! It's an '05 white Mustang. I'm so thankful and grateful to my parents for letting me get it!

P.S. 3 months & 10 days til I get my license!!! :)