ATL... i'm coming soon

clear eyes.full hearts.can't lose

so if you know me then you know that i'm obsessed (that's taking it lightly) with the tv show "Friday Night Lights." my brother Kurt introduced me to this wonderful show a couple of years ago and ever since i've been hooked! the show is about the Dillon Pathers, a high school football team in a small town called Dillon, Texas. It focuses a lot about the team, the town, and their coach Eric Taylor. it's filled with drama, romance, and mostly FOOTBALL! there are five seasons and the fifth one just ended on direct tv and will show on nbc later this year. this will always be my all time favorite tv show. i love all the different characters and the different story lines. Critics have rated it one of the best tv shows on television... i highly recommend this show... and now it's over. i'm sad to see it end but it was a great five seasons! clear eyes.full hearts.can't lose!

latest read

a little update on what i've been doing with my off track... well nothing really besides working at the credit union and going to the gym. but i have picked up on a little reading. i actually hate reading but i must be bored enough that it sounded fun. i was at walmart the other day picking up some stuff and looking at magazines when i found a book that looked interesting. i found The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. i realize that i'm a little behind on the excitement about this trilogy but i really had no interest before. it was six dollars so i thought what the heck.. i'll give it a whirl. little did i know i fell in love with it. i bought it on saturday and finished it today and that is a record for myself who doesn't entirely enjoy reading. i don't want to give anything away but i highly recommend this for anyone who wants an easy read with lots of action and romance. you won't be disappointed! and now i'm gonna head back to walmart for the second book!

the hoLAZYdays

so my siblings thought it would be cool and let me fly solo again with the parents for christmas this year (even though it's our off year and they are at their in-laws:). it was a very quiet and relaxing christmas break.  i was able to catch up with some friends and enjoy being lazy before i had to go back to work.

a big happy birthday to this great fella!! i am so thankful for him and everything he does for me (and he does A LOT) he is the most amazing dad ever! hope you had a good one.. love you dad!

 we had christmas eve at the Valentine's as usual.. one of my favorite traditions. and then after we always get to come home and open our christmas pajama present! 

Merry Christmas everyone! i look especially great this christmas morning but i promised erin davis i would put this picture on my blog. ever since we were little my mom has made us set up all of our presents so they look nice and then we had to sit and take a picture in front of them. and that still continues today.

 haha this was probably the highlight of my christmas but my brother in laws have the greatest sense of humor. whenever they are here for christmas they find random things around the house and wrap them for other family members and they put other people's names on them... it's pretty hilarious to watch them open up the gifts because they didn't know they were getting a gift and the other person didn't know they were giving the gift. so this year since they weren't here i continued the tradition and wrapped a couple of gifts for my parents from my brother in laws... adam and steve. great ideas for gifts this year guys! look how happy they look! they loved them!

 i got to catch up with some of my best friends ashley and kaitlyn before they headed back to school. we went and saw burlesque. two thumbs up for that show from me! 

UCSCP

Ugly Christmas Sweater Cheer Party... yep that's a mouthful but over the holidays some of my really close friends from cheer were all home for christmas so i decided to throw a party so that we all could get together. we try to get together as often as we can but it's difficult to get 9 girls all back at the same time. it was so much fun to see everyone and catch up.  my mom made us some soup and then everyone brought different things for dinner. we also had secret santa and exchanged gifts, watched some old cheer videos, and chatted A LOT! i'm so glad we've all stayed close and can't wait till we get together again! 

the table 

 the host

 the guests

 the ugly christmas sweaters... so glad we all got together! love you all!

grandpa earl

a week after thanksgiving my grandpa earl passed away. he is one of the greatest men i know and he lived a long and fulfilling life.  i'm so proud that he was my grandpa! he was always such a great example and did so much for everyone! i'll miss you grandpa. we love you!

the viewing and funeral services were full of lots of tears but for the most part we were happy for my grandpa. it was a day to celebrate his life. he did so much during his 94 years. what a great man!

 my aunt janalyn brought balloons to let go in the air because my grandpa always loved to party. the kids loved it and it was fun to watch the balloons disappear into the sky. 

 my whole family was able to come out for the funeral. it was good to all be together again. 

 my aunts and my mom wrapped up all these different things from my grandpas house. this was so much fun to watch as we went from youngest to oldest grandkid/great grandkid and open up the different trinkets that we all remembered from his house. 

 there were lots of laughs

 and we scored a lot of neat treasures!

there were a lot of great memories and it was so fun to all be together. we will sure miss our grandpa earl and so thankful for him and the life he led! love you grandpa!

celebowling

after i finished my finals thursday night, me and my roommates megan and amanda went bowling. it was celebratory games of bowling for finishing another semester. it was a lot of good laughs and horrible scores but nonetheless we had a good time. overall it was a really good semester! love you girls and i'll miss you amanda!

megan amanda and me

right in the middle of victory move... STRIKE!

 can you say... dwight?

such a good night!