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BOOM BABY!

I am officially a Registered Dental Hygienist, RDH BSDH, floss nazi. 

couldn't be happier that this little baby {finally} showed up in the mail today! Thank you to all the supporters out there... couldn't have done it without you. 

Now I just need to find a job and I will be a "real grown up". scary!

A box of sunshine

Sometimes you just need a little boost. When I was having a really hard time one of my cute friends {amanda!} surprised me with a little Halloween package to brighten my spirits and it really helped. I recently had some friends going through some stuff and I wanted to pass on the love and help maybe brighten their days. 

{i got the main idea from amanda, the sunshine part was a total pinterest find}

 

I bought all the yellow candy I could find, and some just to make cute sayings. the cards were from PaperSource in sunshine yellow to make the labels.

tagged and bagged the goodies

  the girl painted the box she sent them in which made it uber cute, i just didnt have enough time! but its a great idea the make it match and be a little brighter

Throw a bow on it with a little tag to whom its made for. then drop it on the doorstep and run...or mail it. I did mine as a surprise, hoping they dont know it was from me! {pretty sure they dont read my blog...?} sometimes its nice to just do something for someone else.

The candy and Labels:

everything happens for a riesen {riesen candys}

i know you're going through a sour patch but with faith you'll get through {sour patch kids}

you are 'egg'-cellent  {reese easter eggs}

after the storm comes a rainbow {skittles}

chews to count your many blessings {hi-chews)

when life gives you lemons, make lemonade {sparkling lemonade}

{old fashion caramel chews}

{Lemon heads & Lemon drops} 

{Aussie style pineapple licorice}

{milk chocolate coins}   

A Galentine type of Valentine

{the card i made for my mom and sister in law out of pictures of my nephew}

even though i am just a single gal still looking for the love of my life...

{if anyone is interested in helping out i am also known as the queen of blind dates, but that is another story!}

i still think valentines is a beautiful holiday. i love that people can put aside the fears of sharing your deepest feelings about those you love. that sometimes people get the guts to go all out, balls to the walls, and make that huge gesture that they otherwise would be too terrified to make. mostly i love that for one day you go around telling everyone "i love you" and for once they dont look at you like you are strange. 

after i had to suddenly had to say goodbye to one of my dearest and closest friends in my life i have had one very important thing go through my head every time i think about her... did she know how much i truly love her?

it has become a goal of mine to make sure that everyone knows how much they mean to me because life is about living without regrets, and love is the only thing that matters. 

{if you know me for reals you also know that telling others my deep dark feelings is one of the hardest things for me to do, i dont like being vulnerable. and that is very hard to admit!}

my sweetest emma joy has made the greatest tradition of throwing a galentines party every year. what is galentines you might ask? well its simply what it sounds like... a gals valentines party. ladies celebrating ladies! the food was amazing and the company was even better. i love everyone of these girls more than i could ever express. they have helped me to survive the last 2 years of my life which has been a complete crazy mess. they keep me sane, make me laugh, and help me with frustrations of dating life and being single, they keep me company when i cant stand to be alone and reply to my texts at 3 am when i freak out about what i am going to do with my life. 

 

jelissa, amanda, whitney, me, katie, emma, erin, kari, emilee
for more about the party check out the emma's blog

we each make a special valentine treat to bring for everyone. simple and fun!

this year mine was a pinterest inspiration but i made my own twist. the original idea was from here.

this is what my tags looked like

   {if you are interested send me an email and i can send you the page to print}

 

 Hope everyone had a magical day full of love!

 

Norweign Sar

Just got home from living life as the cruisers do. 

All I can say is that I want to go back! I miss the sunshine already

Heres a glance at the vaca in pictures and (hopefully) as few words as possible... although i feel there might be some explanations that need to be made about some photos. 

DAY 1: New Orleans

 Sunset on Bourbon Street

DAY 2

 Beignets from Cafe Du Monde on the riverfront

Boarding the Norweign Star for a week of adventures

DAY 3: At Sea

 Bar crawl... or in my case the "Food Crawl"

 Fancy dinner night

Dont you just love the awkward professional photos people take on a cruse?!

DAY 4: Costa Maya, Mexico

Country night ya'll

DAY 5: Belize City, Belize

Cave tubing

 we made friends with a big group from Kentucky. Steve decided to hang out with us for the day since we are so much fun!

  Zip Line

DAY 6: Roaton, Hondruas

 loved it here

 We were obsessed with these pretzel rolls and the chocolate croissants, oh how i miss the all you can eat

 white party

DAY 7: Cozumel, Mexico

 Margaritaville

DAY 8: Day at Sea

 it was a bit chilly this day

DAY 9: New Orleans, Super Bowl, and MardiGras

Steve Young and Jerry Rice at the ESPN booth

 

after flying all day and getting a surprise stop in arizona on the way home we finally made it back to salt lake city around 3 am. 

Such a fun trip! thanks for all the good times Whitney and Sydney