festival of trees.

Yesterday I went to the Festival of Trees in South Jordan with my Aunt Julie and my cousin Jen. It was way cool. The event has a ton of trees that are all decked out with tons of fun and unique decor. The trees are for sell with all of the decor and the money goes to charity. 100% of the proceeds that are made at the festival are donated to Primary Children's Medical Center. The trees are decorated by many different organizations and families. Many of the trees are in memory of someone that was treated by Primary Children's Medical Center. Each of the trees has a sign with them and on the back you can read the story of the person who is being remembered. After reading about five of the stories... I had to stop or else I would have been bawling the entire time at the festival. There were many GORGEOUS trees but, I mainly took pics of the funky fun ones :)

The Nightmare Before Christmas tree... kinda awesome. right?

This "I Love Lucy" tree was a little intense.

This cute little girly tree was in memory of a sweet little baby girl. The pink hydrangeas on the tree were absolute genius... don't be surprised if you come to my house in the future and I have them on my Christmas tree :)

This tree was in memory of an ultimate BYU fan. Go Cougars!!!

An ice cream theme tree

The Peacock tree!

TLC

I LOVE TLC. Yes, I shouldn't have time for TV, but some how I make time. I LOVE watching Say Yes to the Dress, Cake Boss, and Jon & Kate Plus 8. Yes, I will admit it. I am very sad to see the Jon & Kate Series come to an end :( Tonight will be kind of sad. In my perfect little fairy tale world, Jon and Kate will get back together and they and their 8 children will live happily ever after. Let's be honest I am more of a realist so for me to have so much hope for them is kind of hilarious. For the record... I am not on team Jon or Kate. I am on Team Cara, Mady, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel!

true love.

Don't laugh! So... I fell in love last night/morning at around 12:47 a.m. in a movie theater. I would like you all to meet my new boyfriend... well in my dreams. Yes, I am a little obsessed. Here he is!!!

Isn't he gorgeous?

I LOVE this. Share it with everyone!

I saw this on a friend's facebook page and it really warmed my heart. Enjoy! Lunch and breakfast and dinner... probably my favorite quote. Watch the video and you will know what I mean :)

This is a special gem.

This is from an article on CNN...

9 extravagant holiday gifts

Each year, Neiman Marcus unveils a handful of over-the-top fantasy holiday gifts. Take a quick spin through the luxury retailer's 2009 Christmas Book and you just might forget about scaling

back this year.

Customized Cupcake Car

Price: $25,000

This cheery confection is like a delicious-looking go-kart. Coast down the road in style at a top speed of 7 m.p.h. in a Cupcake Car that comes in different-colored "flavors," as well as your choice of decorations like sprinkles and icing. And yes, it comes with a matching hat.

This is HILARIOUS/RIDICULOUS. Who in their right mind is going to buy one of these? Even if I had all the money in the world I would not buy one of these.

Today's high and low.

My high for the day was...

Tonight I went to dinner with my very dear friend, Heidi! It was so fun to catch up with her and talk all about life. She is getting married and I LOVE weddings, so I loved hearing all about her upcoming plans and funtivities :) Heidi has always been an amazing friend and example to me. I look up to her in more ways than she knows. Spending time with friends like Heidi reminds me that there is still so much good in this crazy world. I love her so much and am so excited for her and Jesse to get married! Love you tons sweetie!

I mean this wasn't a real low... but I did get low. I totally fell BIG time tonight. I was leaving my friend's apartment with Kassandra and with a vacuum in hand and I ate it. I mean it was really loud and we were laughing really hard. I think I was trying to laugh a lot so I wouldn't cry. But... my knees don't look too hot. I skinned a layer of skin off both, which isn't really a big deal. I have more skin, but my right knee looks like I am a really big golf fan and decided to implant a golf ball into my knee. It is awesome. Anyways, it hurts but I will live.

eye spasm/twitch... whatever the proper term is

When I woke up on Thursday morning my left eye was twitching. I had woke up real early and got almost no sleep so I thought for sure it was from the lack of sleep and would go away later in the day. I was so wrong. The eye twitch lasted for four days. On Saturday it was really bad. It was pretty much a steady twitching all day long. It rarely stopped. I spent Saturday with my cousin and bless her heart because she had to listen to me complain about it all day. People probably thought I was on drugs. I mean it was BAD. Yesterday, with great concern, I looked up causes for eye twitches. The top two reasons were: (1) lack of sleep and (2) over consumption of caffeine. Of course, I was guilty of both of these. Hello! They go hand-in-hand in my world. (Diet Coke was on sale so I have a surplus and have been taking full advantage of my DC...oops) So... I will be slowing down on the Diet Coke. When I woke up this morning the twitch was gone. Thank goodness because one more day would have put me over the edge.