happy birthday :)

Today is Jared's birthday. Jared is.....special. Haha I have known him for my whole entire life, but pretty much hated him until 2009 when Emme moved here. Jared is the kind of guy you seriously can tell anything to. SERIOUSLY. He's a beast at soccer and making people laugh. He will forever enjoy annoying Mrs. Byerly until she could rip her hair out. He has that kind of quality ;) He really needs to be humbled though. Haha jk....kind of. Jared is such a great friend. When I got my braces on, he made me a milkshake! It didn't do anything to help, but I told him to because I wanted one so he made it. He's always there for you and he's got your back. Happy Birthday Jared :)

xoxo,
Addy :)

white roses

Ashton and Emma left yesterday. It was sad, but I'll see them soon, right? We had a whole lotta fun :) Ashton coached my basketball practice (and everyone wished she coached our game...hard loss.)And we went and kind of tasted different Bakery's food. It was only one, but...still. Emma said her first word, took me by complete suprise when she bit my foot, and I'm in the process of teaching her how to dance :) I, unfortunately, did not take a ton of pictures, but here's one.



(I was feeding Emma bread...without a napkin or anything...my mom made me vaccum)

We also had an awesome lesson in Young Women, taught by the amazing Brother Edgin :) It was about Virtue, and he gave us each a white rose because it resembles purity. I love roses, they're so beautiful! And I love things like a white rose resembeling purity or a gold Hershey's kiss resembeling Virtious kisses (haha Sister McEwen's awesome). Here's a picture(s) of my white rose.








xoxo,
addy :)

dear anthropologie...

Dear Anthropologie,
Just a quick question. Where the heck have you been my whole life????

Lots of love,

Addy :)

shakes and fries

I have always dreamed of going out to a restraunt- just to get a shake and some fries. I don't exactly know why, I guess it just seemed cool to me. Well today, I finally accomplished that dream! Emme, Macon and I all went to Steak N' Shake today to have shakes and fries. (We were of course chaperoned by a very responsible adult.) It sounds so simple, yet is so fun! We talked about everything there was to talk about, went to Emme's house, and kept talking about everything there is to talk about. Needless to say, it was a lot of fun :)

P.S. Four more days until Emma and Ash come home!!!! :)

Snow Day :)

It snowed today :) And rained.... but it's all good, cause we don't have school today!!!! Tomorrow is our last day, and I'm so excitedddddddd :)

it's the most wonderful time of the year...almost.

Halloween isn't exactly my favorite holiday, but I love it because it signals the beginning of Fall and the holiday season, which includes my two favorite holidays:Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Right now is about the time when I start watching Christmas movies and listening to Christmas songs. I'm working on my Christmas list, and names have already been drawn for Secret Santas (: This year will be especially great, since one of my favorite people ever, Uncle John's fiance Adie, is coming to NC for Christmas. And New Year's.
We also get to spend this Christmas with Caleb, who wasn't with us last year. Ashton and Chris and Keaton and Emma won't be here though. ): But this Christmas is the year mark for Keaton's mission. I am so excited to talk to him!
I'm also starting to make my list for Chistmas shopping.
Some of my favorite things about Christmas are:
1.Christmas parties on both sides of the family.
2.Secret Santas with all of my sibilings.
3.Me and Casey sitting under the tree shaking presents and guessing what they are.
4.Reading out of our Christmas Book; a big red binder with a Christmas story for every day of December. We also pick a Christmas book to read at Family Home evening together.
5.Serving others so that their Christmas is better. That is like, my top favorite. I love knowing that I helped somebody.
6.Ward Christmas Pary!
7.Giving gifts.
8. Getting a pair of PJ's and new ornaments every Christmas Eve.
9. All of the sibilings sleeping in the same room Christmas Eve. Usually. We try to, anyways. Kind of. The point is, we used to do it all the time. Keaton would always sleep in front of the door so we couldn't get out and see our presents. I remember one time though when he took us down there to see what we got. Dang it, I miss him.
10.Getting hot chocolate and going around town seeing everybody's Christmas decorations.

This is really early, but I can't wait till December to post this. Haha well, Happy Holiday Season! (:

it's about time!

My room has been a project for a long time. We'd get something cute, and it'd sit in my room until a day when we felt motivated and put up the decorations. Today was one of those days.



My mom and dad were at Pier 1 Imports or whatever it's called and my mom just started looking for something to go over my bed. My dad happened to see this, and got it for me. My dad and I have crazy dreams, and we ALWAYS share every dream we have with each other.
So I thought this sign was fitting and cute.
(Sorry only 'REAM' is showing. The lighting wasn't exactly amazing in my room.)



My mom knows me well. We both love being organized and having everything planned out ahead of time. I came home from school one day and this was awaiting me.
I pretty much love it.