cali

you gotta love that red northern california dirt!

 shirt: christmas gift from my sissy, cami: downeast, skirt: ross, belt: f21, ring; earrings: freddy's

so this post has been a long time comin', sorry bout that. :) 

these outfit pics were taken in my grandparent's field in cali! when my sister wanted me to, once again, take more pics for her. sigh. so i decided to teach her a tiny lesson in photography at the same time.

didn't turn out too bad. 

Anyways, cali was filled with fun times with family

(this is my aunt j, everyone says we look alike) 

whiskeytown swimming! 

ice cream!

the heat (it was in the upper 90's the whole time) 

and plenty of love :)

adios

shirt; jeans: ross, cami: downeast, shoes: target

 you guys are jealous. i'm leaving for california today. and you're jealous. well, unless you already live in california.....

my fam and i are going to go visit my grandparents. its been years! i'm excited. and i get to ditch this crappy oregon summer for a little while! 

these pictures are deceiving....they were taken on a very rare occasion as of late when the sun actually decided to make an appearance. we were at the park with some friends and the sun/light was just so lovely!

and we ate some very yummy food.

raspberry calfouti.

and gluten-free orange custard cake. 

go ahead and drool while i go pack my suitcase.

do the creep

for your entertainment:

do the creep. moulin rouge style. 

if you don't know what I'm talking about, watch this. now. 

okay I'm done.


(and if you haven't seen moulin rouge...well, shame on you).

late night hair

Welcome to my face with no make-up on! yahoo :) Do you ever get this sudden urge at 1 o'clock in the morning to do your hair? Well, that happened to me last night. I've tried this style before after seeing Ashley's tutorial but it didn't stay/turn out right because I had slightly straightened my hair before hand. This time I decided to try it again with just my natural hair (which used to kinda do this on its own but somehow decided to stop). I love how it turned out! Next time I get my hands on a slightly bigger curling iron I'll for sure try it again (mine's only maybe 1 inch).

All you do is take a section of hair (I grab various sizes) and curl it from the roots (or as close as you can get) by twisting it around the barrel without using the clamp. I spray each curled section with hair spray as soon as I've curled it so that way it stays. I absolutely love Dove Damage Therapy Extra Hold Hairspray- because it doesn't have that awful strong hairspray smell and it has a super light formula that dries quickly but doesn't leave your hair stiff or sticky. Its almost like not even having hairspray in your hair at all. Its glorious.

After I'm all done I usually shake it out a bit so it looks more natural. I even slept on it last night and it still looked good today!

you are the smile to my face

shirt: ross (i think), skirt: freepiled 

 theres no point in starting out this post with apologizing for how much i stink at blogging, right? okay great cause i'm totally skipping it :) 

life has been an interesting whirlwind again...but a much kinder one this time. Lets just say that I feel absolutely fantastic about my life right now no matter what.  I'm running with the fact that any uncertainties I might have at the moment will just make the ride more interesting. Also I take a ton of comfort in this quote I came across the other day:

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt

what a classy lady.