Laguna

My friend Elle and I had a fun little photo shoot with two lovely ladies Courtney & Chantel in Laguna Beach. These photographers are so adorable and great at their talent! I had a wonderful time hanging out with all the girls on a Saturday morning.

[These pictures were taken by Courtney Brooke]

Love Day

Valentine's Day landed on a Monday, which is the most busy day of my week. Work from 7:45am-5:00pm then class 6:00pm-10:15pm. So Ryan and I got together the next day..

He made me a vase from his pottery wheel, added some picked flowers, also gave me some chocolate (I always bug him about having a twix bar from his candy jar). I love how artistic he is.

We went out to dinner with our friends Tamra and Spencer at an Indian restaurant. It was tasty!

I was glad to have had a mellow Valentine's.

Exactly what I needed.

Past Three Months...

Oh dear...

Time for playing catch up!!
The holiday season was wonderful and I am so grateful to my family (+ Waldron Family) and close friends. No complaining here. I do feel that my life has been full of love, laughter, and hard work. I accomplished my first class of Interior Design this past fall semester, and I enjoyed it as well as passing the class with an exceptional grade. I am crossing my fingers that the rest of my classes will follow with a good grade like that! It's nice to start off a new major doing well.

i made christmas cards with these supplies

the outcome

So I know in the previous post I mentioned that Ryan and I are engaged, VERY VERY EXCITING!! I still feel like a little girl when I think back to right when he got down on one knee and asked me. I am a very lucky lady. Might I add that he did a real fine job picking out the ring. We are planning on having a wedding in the early fall of this year. Shooting for having a rustic fall wedding.

After the Christmas Holiday Ryan and I flew with family to Florida to attend my cousin Johnny's wedding. It was nice to get away and enjoy the warmer weather. We had 3 full on busy days in a row there. Wedding, Universal Studios, and Disney World. A time well spent!

DisneyWorld

[i stopped and watched this 5 month old gorilla for about 30 min]

Universal Studios

[brother drinking butter beer in Hogwarts]

the wedding

I have recently moved out of my apartment in Costa Mesa and now living in Garden Grove with my wonderful grandparents. A change, but change is good. So far I have been really enjoying living with them.

I got the broad picture of what has been going on (at least I hope so). Hope you enjoyed!!

Update

I have been meaning to update my blog of exciting news..

but since I haven't had time to get a chance to sit down and put some posts together, I thought I would make an announcement before more time flies by.....

Ryan and I are engaged!!!

Time flies when you're having fun..

Picture of Ryan and I from years ago..

Somewhere in Long Beach..

My boyfriend is handsome..

Study Break

3 hours after writing non-stop and studying for my Interior Design final, I decided to take a break and browse for my dream wardrobe at Anthropologie. I always check out their outfits before going any further through their individual selections. Out of their 6 "flurry sweater shapes", I would love love love to own 5 of them. Here they are....

With trying my best to save as much money as possible, all I am able to do is sigh and daydream myself dressed in one of these outfits... sipping on hot chocolate with whipped cream as I'm strolling around Balboa admiring the Christmas decorations. Oh and just to add to my dream wardrobe I picked some individual selects to make an outfit that I would be delighted to wear for this holiday season.. or any season really.

With these heels...
and these accessories.

Girl Time

I love girl time, especially when it's with my cousin and sister.

I haven't had girl time in some time now. I miss it.

Photo Proof

I remembered that I needed to keep to my word from a previous post.

To show some proof of me being able to catch a fish,

I'd thought sharing these pictures would be nice.

Ryan is a good fisherman.

Being a Service To Others

I have never been the type to voluntarily be the first to offer my services to others when asked/needed. I would be the one waiting last minute, thinking and debating wether I want to do it or not in my head for as long as I can.

Tonight I was asked with my friend Brittany to give a little "fashion" class to some young women in two of the family wards in the Newport Beach Stake. We said yes. Funny thing is, Brittany and I know how to dress ourselves and enjoy wearing fashionable clothing but by no means are we fashion experts. She is an interior designer, and I am attending school to become an interior designer.

After plenty of freaking out from the two of us, we headed off to teach our class. In my mind I was dreading it, because I don't like to tell people how to dress... I just know what I like and I wear it. What I'm trying to say is, I know how to dress me.

The night began with a member of the relief society presidency speaking about modesty. Absolutely loved what she had to say. The talks she picked were perfect for the message she was trying to get across and the spirit was there. Then the time was turned to us, amateurs to fashion. I believed it went well, at least I felt good about how we did.

The point of this post is me expressing that even though I am not the most confident in putting myself out there for services within the church, I am going to do it anyways. I know the Lord is by my side and we are asked to be a service to others. By making this decision and I have done things I don't think I've ever believed I would do... and I'm grateful for that decision because it has helped me grow and become more comfortable with being a service to others. I am grateful for the challenges in my life that make me a better me.

October

October might just be one of my favorite months of the year. I mean, yes it's my birthday month (&& Ryan's), but it's not the main reason why I love this month. I think it's the combination of everything. The holiday season begins, handmade projects, birthdays, carving pumpkins, and of course fall! Though this sickness of mine doesn't want to leave me, I'm not holding back from enjoying the time of year. For my birthday, Ryan was such a sweetheart and surprised me by taking off really early from work and took me to Disneyland! Also bought me a pass. I have been meaning to renew my pass for several months now. It was a surprise that made me feel like I was a happy little 8 yr old girl again.



Then, I ended my birthday with carving pumpkins and blowing out a candle at a friend's house.



A couple years ago I carved and painted my pumpkin to look like Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas.



Then this year I carved a skeleton on my pumpkin.



You could say that I like skeletons..


The weekend of Halloween Ryan and I decided to make our costumes for the 2nd year in a row. Last year we made Octopus costumes out of sweaters...



This year we made Dinosaur costumes out of cardboard boxes from Ryan's shop...



I have an artistic/creative partner, and together we can make some pretty sweet costumes.