happy holidayyyz.

MY BEST FRIEND IS MARRIED.

ah! couldn't be more thrilled.

just spent the weekend in arizona

with my best friends

watching our c get married.

congrats austin and ciara mcneil

[aka world's cutest couple]

PLANS

SOS.

my study abroad trip got suddenly CANCELLED.

am i depressed? maybe a little.

BUT.

i have been coming up with new plans. a LOT of new plans.

seriously, coming up with a new one every second.

here are some of them:

service trip in the philippines,

del sol internship,

service trip in guatemala,

teaching children english in china,

teaching in italy,

a semester at BYU-H?,

yeahhhhhhhhh.

there's definitely more. but i won't bore your faces.

most won't happen. but i'm hoping a few will.

someone come with me.

k? k.

I am happy today, and here is why...

1. I left ON TIME for school.

2. I came out of my apartment to find my car written on with car marker...

"BABE!!!"...and... "You are the best...Hottie!" haha. hil.arious.

3. My mint green nail polish

4. I'm going to st GEEEE tomorrow :)

5. Even though I got pulled over and couldn't find my license and received a ticket AND was late to school because of it...the cop was pretty nice. :/ (alright fine, I'm pissed about it..but i'm trying to be positive)

6. I get to go to art history in half an hour. I. Love. It.

7. I am going to WALES and ENGLAND next summer.

8. My family members are my best friends.

9....and my roommates are bomb.com

10. Facebook is overrated.

THEE END FOOL FACES.

no more fazeboog?

YEP.

it's true. i deleted my facebook. and... i cried. HALRIGHT not really.

but um.

i decided i don't really want my whole life posted online...

fetchin CREEEEPERS.

so NATURALLY i turn to blogging.

somehow in my mind this is better? mmmmyeahhhh.

let's see how long this lasts... :/

life is GOOD right now.

i only have two more days of class and then i'm headed to st geeezay

for fall break. yeah yeah YEAH.

not even excited about it at all......nope.

so whatever. nbd. see you fools LAYTUH.

here's a picture for your entertainment. juuusss fer fun. k, BYE.

heppy helloween.

catchinggg up with life.

oakridge with the fam on theee 4th.

still waiting for firework pictures from ANDY...

the finished sammy's fliers.

utah arts fest with ma girl kaylee.

freedom festival with tanner and some kids.

waiting in line for the last air bender with collinnnnn.

hikes with the dad.

the FABULOUS moeller barbeque...

lagoon with trevor.

the best advice i've ever gotten...from dad to daughter:

1. Think for yourself, but be willing to learn from others. Be skeptical, but not cynical. Be optimistic, but not naive.

2. Make the world a better place for having been born. You will struggle from time to time making sense of life on this planet. However, you can never go wrong with looking for and acting on activities that will improve the world around you. That's enough meaning to last a life time.

3. Be flexible and adaptable with others, but don't compromise your core values, beliefs, and integrity.

4. Be open with others, but always keep a bit of mysteriousness and your own nobility to yourself.

5. Always be open to new and improved information that may change your mind.

6. Be forgiving of yourself and others. Everyone messes up from time to time. Learn from yours and others mistakes and move on. Too much time can be spent focusing on guilt for our own mistakes and criticism pointed at other's mistakes. Quick spring showers of guilt change our behavior, but torrential downpours of guilt just burden us to the point of paralysis.

7. Be willing to place your pinky outside of your comfort zone daily. Those that do this embrace life and its challenges with optimism; those that don't imprison themselves by their own fears of failure. Every new experience (positive or negative) is a new opportunity to learn and grow. Be brave and push yourself- you won't regret it.

8. Learn as much as you can now because after your mid to late twenties you may never have as much time and energy as you will during your late teens and early twenties. Absorb information and new ideas- this will increase your personal power like few other things can.

9. Don't personalize others' opinions, beliefs, or actions. Everyone is very different. Some will like you; others won't. Some will agree with you; others won't. It all comes from their frame of reference and you can't control that. Be humble, honest, and kind and most decent people will appreciate and like you. Be civil to the others and move on. However, if you find that a few trusting people are giving you similar kinds of feedback- listen and be open to changing your ways.

10. Fill your mind and soul with great music (however you define that). As Neitzche once said, "Life would not be worth living without music."

11. Finding a mate? Don't get too preoccupied with it...it'll just happen. Wait as long as you can. There must be a romantic spark, but don't let that spark or infatuation eclipse the most reliable qualities of a life long partner (i.e. responsibility, hard worker, respectful, intelligent, blah blah...). Always employ the "four season" test. Date for at least four seasons before bringing up any crazy talk of marriage. I hope you are as lucky as I have been in having your mom for my life long partner!

12. Be charitable, kind, and helpful to others. You can't go wrong with these. These qualities make you and the recipient happier. Don't forget to have fun and laugh REALLY hard a few times a day.

Love you,

Dad.