sometimes...

sometimes life surprises you, sometimes things just work out...right now my life is just working out, it is surprising me...and i couldn't be happier with how everything is unfolding!!! :)

almost finished...

yesterday was "moving day" ... as in we were planning on moving all the packed boxes, furniture, and anything else we could grab. thankfully i had some friends who were gracious enough to spend their tuesday evening helping (you are all amazing). all day was exhausting. i went into work for a couple hours (on my week of vacation...so i am not overwhelmed when i get back monday) dropped off some of my boxes at my grandma's, picked up dani, and headed home. Thankfully i had dani's help all day long - boxing clothes, pictures, games, movies, and emptying and cleaning my bathroom. it was an exhausting day, but it feels good to almost have everything finished. there are only a couple nicknack's left to take out of my room and then i will be finished!! (: as for the moving into grandma's house part...all my stuff is there and my bed is set up...so i have a place to sleep. but otherwise the room is complete and udder ciaos. but that's what the rest of the week is for right?  

a million miles an hour...

so much has been changing in my life lately that i haven't had even a second to breath, to relax, or to simply take in all the changes. my mind is running at a million miles an hour and i am just waiting for it to slow down a little bit so i can figure out exactly what is happening. i am grateful for all the changes (all of them are great) but i am ready for life to slow down just for a second. just so i can comprehend exactly what is going on. but, until things slow down i will do as much as i can, enjoy every change, and appreciate all the wonderful people in my life. i love you all! :)

moving...

for quiet some time i have know that eventually our house would sell and we would be forced to move out of the house i have lived in for the past 11 years. sad? no, not really. just overwhelming. i never realized just how much "stuff" i had accumulated over the past years. things i simply kept because i had space for it. now, as i get rid of the things that simply took up space it gives me a sense of relief and freedom. even better, i have been able to give some of my things to other people who have more of a use for it - making me feel like i did a kindness...or something like that. moving has made me realize how many people care about me and are here to help me. i have had countless offers to help me pack, move, ect. it has been great to feel so loved and i am so grateful for all the help that has been offered. i feel so loved and am very grateful for everyone in my life.

in the midst of something so overwhelming and exhausting i have realized just how much i am loved ♥

Everything I Thought I Always Wanted...

...from the time I was a young child I had an exact perception of what my life had ahead of me; the job I would someday have, the friends I would acquired, the family I often wish wasn't quiet so odd at times, and the person I had always dreamed of someday spending the rest of eternity with. I knew exactly what I wanted and would settle for nothing less. however, since I have grown these expectations have changed countless times and now when it would seem I should have everything figured out - I am at a complete and udder loss. 

I've finally realized what really matters in life. It's not the job you have, the friends you have, the fancy clothes you wear, or even how much money you have -but simply the love you have in your life and the satisfaction of knowing you did your absolute best. So now instead of searching for my prince charming, I am in the search of love, joy, and everlasting happiness. But in reality...who isn't searching for this exact same thing? I am excited to find this happiness and hopefully along the way i will find my price charming and live happily ever after :)

friends (:

Sometimes there are people in your life, people you knew, but didn't exactly pay any special attention to. Then one day you realize what an amazing person they are...today this happened to me. Today I realized one of my friends is absolutely amazing!! I love my friends & could not wish for anything better (:

fantastic...amazing...unbelievable...there are hardly words to describe...

....just how incredible this past weekend was. New friendships were created, old ones strengthened, and i laughed more in those 4 days than i have in months.

We spent countless hours around the camp fire, ate lots of delicious food, laughed, laughed, and laughed some more, i some how became the center of all the jokes (thanks boys), and i realized just how much i truly have to be thankful for.

i came home Monday night dirty, tired, exhausted, and in desperate need of a good nights sleep in my bed...so i showered and climbed straight into my bed.

It was an amazingly amazing, exhausting, dirty, thrilling, enjoyable weekend i will treasure!!

Here are a couple pictures from my weekend :)