2012: That's A Wrap!!

I can not believe that another year has gone by so so sooo quickly!

Time is flying by so fast! It's as if it was just yeasterday I was a sophomore thinking how happy I was to no longer be a freshman. Now I have just finished my first semester of my Senior year and it's been a blast. 2012 has been so good to me, I'm so sad to see it leave, but I know there are FOR SURE.. MUCH better things to come!! Here's some my favourite things 2012 gave to me!

1. Valentines Day with Noah! This was the first Valentine's Day that I haven't hated, and was given something by someone other than my mom, lol.

2. ARTsFesT 2012! This one picture reall just wraps it up.. it was just soooo, hot. Haha but so much fun, this is one of my favourite things that comes to GSU during the spring!

3. Spring Break in Alabama with Noah! This was easily the best week of my life andI loved every minute of it, whether I was healthy or sick, because I was both, lol. I could put every picture up on here but I'll just post some of my favourites.

4. Mormon Prom! This is my first and last prom and so Noah and I met up in Atlanta and went to a giiiant Prom put on for LDS youth. Before hand, we met up at the temple in Atlanta for a lunch date on temple grounds, the sweetest!!

5. EFY 2012. This was such such such a good year at EFY. I spent it with my best friend who lives in Atlanta, so we don't get to see each other that often and we bonded so much, and grew so much closer! We even faced a few fears and took a big chance and..just... I need to blog about our miracle at EFY sometime. EFY was amazing and I loved spending it with Peyton, I am so grateful for the lovely week I had with her!

6. My 17th Birthday was wonderful! Noah cme down because it was also our official one year anniversary and we went to Savannah! I loved loved loveddd it! It's easily a favourite places of ours to go!

7. I got my Personal Progress done!!:D

8. Halloween. Halloween is my favourite holiday and I spent it wonderfully with my three best friends!

9. MY ACT SCORE. I spent all year taking 6 tests to get my desired score of a 21. Here's the proof!!

10. General stupid fun. Everyone needs a lot of this jammed in your year!



 2012 has been lovely, but like I said, I am even more excited for 2013! Graduation, Noah's mission, (WHICH THE PAPERS HAVE JUST BEEN TURNED IN WOOOO!) And so many other excting things to be done! I love life and am happy living it! Happy New Year to all!

Dear Haley,

Dear Haley,
Happy First Anniversary that you've been up in perfect heaven! Sure, we all miss you down here but we're happy you're in the most beautiful place imaginable.
Today has actually gone okay. This morning at 1 AM, Vivi and I made sporadic plans to go to your house at 6 in the morning, when the blaze had started one year ago, just because I am that morbid, I suggested it be done. I was just gonna wake up at 5:30 and leave my parents a note telling them where I'd be and just walk out. But as soon as my alarm woke me up I realized I just couldn't handle the trip and the plans were off.
Hopefully, that arrangement fell under the excuse of "It's the thought that counts", haha.

Many memories have been on my mind today. The memory of one year ago, when Vivi, Katy, and I went to visit your home five hours after the fire, when the grass was still wet with water from the fire trucks and the smell of smoke and ash was still pugnent down the entire street. I remember how the wreath was sitting still and perfectly untouched on Sue's window. How our class t-shirt was hanging out your window. There were lots of sad sights and sounds that day. Lots of loving hugs from distraught friends were given. A sense of unity fell upon all of the community. All of Bulloch County's hearts were full.

But today, like I said, went fairly well.
I'm happy for you that a few weeks ago, you recieved twenty new little angels for friends that were all from Newtown, Conn. I bet tey alllll just adore you and Sue. And your mother's chocolate chip pancakes, oooo, yum!
I have a new friend Rachel who is in our Senior class that moved here this summer. I know you would love her! She has been wondering all about you and asks me what you're like a lot. Tonight, the two of us went to Sweetheart Circle, in the very same spot we had our picnic. I lit two candles, one for you and one for Sue, and told Rachel alllll about you darling girls. At the end of the longgg night of talking, I could totally tell that she is so jealous for not getting to know you in person.
I mean, hey! I would be, too!
I could really feel you there, Haley. I kept telling Rachel that I felt like there are other people here at the circle, and of course, no one was. I got in the car and realized that there was a huge possibility that it was you two. I was so moved by tonight, thank you for being there with us today, and every other day.

Haley, I miss you. SO much! As I told Rachel all about you, I missed your hugs, your Just Dance skills, your obssession with Glee, your goofy and crazy cute laugh, I miss your kindness, and your asking if I'd like to be in your group when the teacher would announce group work, and I'd sigh with worry about not having a partner. You were always there, and I miss that to an extreme! I miss your gorgeous genuine smile, your bluntness and silliness. I love you so much and I am so happy for you, and so proud of you for getting all of your Earthly work done and advancing to Heaven! I can't wait to see you again, angel! Save me one of your world-famous hugs. I assume you're still giving them out to everyone you meet<3
RIP.

Christmas 2012! The Best!

I'm pretty positive that this Christmas is the best Christmas of them all.
Along with the best Christmas Eve!!
We had Christmas dinner (I had cucumber pizza, as for everyone else, turkey.) and then all ganged up in our cars to drive around the city and look at Christmas lights on people's houses!
In our car, it was me, my aunt Jennifer, her 10 year old daughter Paige, and my 10 year old brother Drew.
I don't know how this all came up, but we thought it would be funny to teach the kids what a Chinese Fire Drill is, and do it at random stop signs and red lights. So we pulled our car in front of the ones with the rest of our family in them and preformed our routine and it turned out to be hilarious to see the little ones laugh and run uncontrollably around a car as fast as they could and run into each other. Oh, it was hilarious. Every time. Hahahah, we deemed it a new (cool people in the)family tradition!
We came home and talked about Jesus' birth and watched the season's Mormon Messages.

On Christmas morning, everyone showed up at the house at 7:30 and we opened presents until 10:30! Talk about a big family!
After we all dispersed and ooooed and ahhhhed at our gifts, my best friend and I had our Christmas hangs!
Allison Bryant has been my best friend for 13 years and we didn't let me moving end our friendship!
We actually went to the very place where our friendship was birthed, the Dr. Phillips Elementary School playground.
There we swamy and talked and caught up with each other while also reminiscing about when we were in primary school with each other.
Who liked who, what pretend games we used to play on what pieces of playground equipment, it was moving at the same time as we talked about our worries for college and how we will be graduating in only five months.
Time goes by like crazy, and I'm so grateful for our friendship that have lasted us our whole lives.
After that, we went to Starbucks and I enjoyed my nice peppermint HOT CHOCOLATE, lol, and then we went to another playground at our secret place I can not reveal over the Internet. We found a ratty soccer ball and played a cute pick up passing game.
Soon the day ended and the next day came.

The day after Christmas, we got up at 6 AM to go shopping.
I got Christmas gifts for Noah and really super cute pairs of Forever21 earrings, for me of course! I really didn't have much luck shopping for me! I found everything on my Orlando Shopping List that I had been building up (because the shopping back home and even in Savannah is a suckfest) but found everything in every other size but mine. My most treasured find was a pair of corduroy wine coloured skinny jeans, that were on sale for $13.99 that came in every size but mine. A crying shame, I tell you.
I found everything perfectly for Noah though, and that is really what I needed this trip! It's only one more week till I see him! Words can not express my happiness and overwhelming excitement!
Now I'm blogging from the passenger seat of our fully loaded van and we're on our way back to Georgia. I still have so many things to do! Good Christmas, good Christmas, and I hope yours was, too!:D

8 Orlando Lovings

Whilst sitting upon my grandma's vintage couch, I came to really ponder on all the last few days' adventures. I started to think of all the things I am reunited with that I absolutely love, wether it be experiences, sounds, sights, or even Florida smells. Just because I'm a list kinda person, these are all the things I love that I have collected since I arrived home in Orlando....

1. I love how in Orlando, when you look up at any intersection, you don't see only one stoplight, but a huge arrangement of five or six or seven to direct huge roads of several lanes. It's the prettiest at night with streetlights and a busy bustle of car headlights shining in all your mirrors.

2. I love how in Orlando, the weather is predictable and consistent! It's either sunny, sunny, or sunny with a light jacket!

3. I love how in Orlando, old Walmart workers aren't stereotyped as weird drug lord looking people. They're regular looking people who live happy lives behind the register and aren't afraid to be friendly!

4. I love how in Orlando, you can leave the front door open for a bug-free windy breeze!

5. I love how in Orlando, there are buildings all around! Buildings and water fountains. I'm in love with water fountains. They're everywhere! No wasted space, no forrest, no brown ponds, or tree colonies or splatters of nature.

6. I love how in Orlando, you can go out shopping and the minority of languages you hear are English. LOVE.

7. I love how in Orlando, there are whole foods markets, world markets, fresh markets, only ten minutes away.

8. Need it really say it? DISNEY! SEA WORLD! and UNIVERSAL!

I love Orlando! This morning, i made a sweet tasting spa water! It took 8 cups of water, a thin sliced medium cucumber, one large lemon, and ten mint leaves!
You refrigerate it over night, or at least four or five hours, and drink it throughout the day to get your wiggy full glasses! The best part about being the only healthy eater/consumer in the family is that I get everything!
Lead by example, right?
And I'm so happy it's Christmas Eve! Even moooore of my family is now coming into town! Still blogging and sitting on the couch, I just observed the following conversation held be my two great grandparents! Here are some snippets:

My great grandparents:
"Great grandma: i like this chair.
Great grandpa: lets tske it home with us.
Great grandma: i dont need it home, i need it now. I like this chair.
Great grandpa: yeah you do have a lot of chairs.
Great grandma: i like using your chairs, theyre comfier, hehe.
Great grandpa: im glad you like my chairs.
Great grandma: wow..look at all those wires coming from the computers."

"Great grandpa: Linda, did you read all those books?!
Grandma: No, dad, those are all movies. DVD cases.
Great grandpa: are not...."

Haha! Merry Christmas everyone!!

Sometimes Titles Don't Belong.

Alright Blogger. Listen up. It's like 2:28 AM and you're gonna listen to me, ya dig?
The last couple of days have been pretty... Well.. List worthy. Since Wednesday I have..

1. Was reunited with my room's carpet(I blame Allison for losing it.)
2. Took the Depew family portraits, which was easily the funniest shoot I've ever done, and by far the most fun!!
3. Discovered the heaven on a spoon that is Red Velvet Cake ice cream.
4. Went to a local Rehabilitation Centre with a very (too) small group of youth to go carolling. Which turned out amazing and totally Spirit-filled, and a great opportunity for missionary work!
5. Baked 4-6 cakes with my bestfriend Carina for a soup kitchen (we lost count after the first carton of eggs)
6. Ran into a car door which I thought was opening but really wasn't.
7. Attacked the cleaning of the kids' bathroom with as much gusto as a raging sloth would.
8. Took an impulse visit to Savannah, GA.
9. And packed for Florida!

Tomorrow we leave for home for the holidays! Back to our old house to celebrate Christmas with the family and my friends. I am so so SO excited to see my aunts and uncles, and my cute, dweeby cousins!
As you can see, my list is pretty jam-packed. I am a busy little girl with things to do, places to go, and people to see! And the list of things to do.. WAYYY too big for a blogpost, lol, eek!
I can't wait to carry out our Adams/Davis/Tyndall traditions like looking at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve, (take note, Georgia. In Orlando, we do it right!) play board games, and see how many candy canes we can sneak off the tree!
I just got into the real Christmas spirit this week so I am so grateful for the special season to celebrate the humble birth of Jesus Christ! What a special time for giving, family love, and cheer.
I am going to get in a "Bye Bye 2012" post sometime while down in Otown. That will be exciting, 2012 has been so good to me. And so has Noah, who I will be seeing! In 12 days!! :DDDDD Much excitement! Until later, Merry Christmas!!

Oh, and, worst apocalypse ever. But loved all the jokes! People were telling them like there was no tomorrow! But don't sweat it, Mayans, everyone makes mistakes. It's not the end of the world.

Wisdom and Wreckage

So this week is none other than beloved Finals Week! EEEK!
Luckily I only have two finals and only one is a written test.
That, is chemistry. I'm prettttty worried about it, but I have a feeling I'll pull through.
My English final was a semester long project portfolio of creative writing.
Unlike 90% of the students in the class that waited until last week to start on the collection of 42 assignments, I started the first week we went to one of the labs.
I got the writing done but I have the natural man in me that underestimated the tedious putting together of the portfolio. I had to print out all the assignments, back them on border paper, and draw designs on the border paper because I wanted it to be original.
So last night at 11:45 PM I finally finished! And even had a little extra time to do a Brazilian Buttlift workout, lol.

Not a single other page can fit in this binder

The cover! Twenty minutes with watercolour and any common person would be impressed. "This Ship Has Set Sail"

Let me tell ya, not every semester goes as easy as this one did.
I have this little tendancy that whenever finals week comes around, I just then decide I have so many pointless things that I have "always wanted to try" and "need to do right away". Which they all are good things that need to be done, just.. they always slip my mind until the week of finals. So far, I have had the urgency to:

1.Learn to sing and gert voice lesson
2.Thrift shop like no other (now that I came across some cash not too long ago..)
3.DISCOVERED WANELO (Deadly during finals week)
4.Start Joshua's Law online
5.Blog before the end of 2012
6.Do community service

And so. Many. Other. Deviating things.
And last but not least..
7.Clear out and clean up a hidden cemetery that Rachel and I found. (Pictures shall be posted soon. I'm blogging from school.)
The other day, Rachel and I finally put our long awaited plan to clear and clean up a small cemetery out in the woods that my dad and I found out about a few years back.
We got our branch clippers and rakes and basically cut down a small part of a forest.
It looks so much better now, and we can prove it with scars. The graveyard was overgrown with thorn vines and inside the gates, you couldn't make a move without thorns piercing your flesh, even with long jeans on!
It was a lot of fun and had the sketchiest time.
There is a road that does past the little wooded area that if you know what you're looking for, you could see the fence of the graveyard up on the hill.
I was totally waiting for some lamebrain to drive past us and see a bright red rake in the air, mistake it for a shovel, assume two girls dressed in dark colours were grave-digging, and call the cops on us.
I was waiting for police cars to come the entire time we spent cleaning up.
We got about half way done and it was getting too dark.
I stood up on the tallest headstone, balanced myself and my DSLR, and photographed our progress.
Pretty crazy. We had a great time though and we can't wait to go back and finish!
Time for my next class. Gah, two more days of school in the semester. The first semester of my senior...year..