Sunday, January 25, 2015

Taylor + Katie (+ me)

Last weekend, my friend Edward reminded me of the words to what he deemed my theme song.

Gwyneth
Bought a flowered hat
Talking to her cats
Gwyneth

Random, you think? Not exactly.

For those of you who didn't already know, my best friend Katie tied the knot to her very own adorable pervert (seriously, that was his snapchat name at one point) in Colorado on January 17th. 

^^ How is it possible for two people to look this GOOD?

If I had it my way, I probably would have kept Katie single with me forever so we could commiserate, man-hate, and keep the lesbian/cat lady jokes rolling, but I guess if she HAD to get married, I'm glad it was to Taylor.

After all, what is better than friends marrying friends??
[Plus Tay's parents live 10 minutes away from my parents in California...
so basically the three of us will spend every other Christmas together, am I right??]

So I guess I will just put up with the cat lady jokes on my own from now on...
** Also you all should know that NEVER WILL I EVER be a cat lady because cats are the spawn of Satan and anyone who tells you differently probably doesn't like In-N-Out and so you know they aren't trustworthy. Should I stay single forever, I will invest in several dogs to keep me company because everyone knows they are just all around better than people anyway.

Anyway, Katie and Taylor were married in the LDS temple in Denver and held a beautiful reception in Estes Park at the Stanley Hotel.


^^ After their ceremony at the Denver temple

^^ I can't even help but smile when I look at this one.


The Stanley is famous for being the hotel that inspired The Shining.
But like, more importantly, Dumb and Dumber was filmed there.
Pretty cool eh?

^^ some of the bridesmaidzz - Jessi, me, Lauren, Lindsey



^^ I make jokes about third wheeling, but at least I'm not this girl...




^^ the two soon-to-be Gwyneths

^^ We had to

^^ the adorable pervert himself

^^ far right, above Lauren's bouquet *cue Twilight Zone music*
Clearly this place is haunted. Or the girl at the hostess stand hasn't seen the sun since 2006.

^^ One of the best things about this wedding was that the 
entire bridal party was made up of some of my best pals. 
So I don't even care that they photobombed us.



After lots of pictures, it was time for the reception. 

And let me tell you.
This was 
THE
BEST WEDDING RECEPTION
I have ever been to.

And speaking as a 23-year-old social (ehh...debateable) Mormon woman who has probably attended close to 30 receptions in my lifetime (we Mormons really just love marriage), that is saying something.






^^ wedding party snapchatzz

^^ I didn't realize until after the reception that I never even tried the cake.
I lost myself (and my dignity) on the dance floor shortly after this pic was taken.








^^ Stone cold sober wedding guests getting diggity DOWN on the dance floor.

^^ Maybe I caught the bouquet
And maybe I climbed someone for it.
And maybe it's the third one I've caught in the past year and a half.
And MAYBE the third time will be the charm.
[now's yer chance boizz]

It was the happiest of weekends and even though it made me sad to say goodbye to single Katie, it was so wonderful to see her and Tay begin their life surrounded by so many people that they (and I) love so much.

^^ I would sleep on the floor every night if it meant I could share a giant vacation condo with these guys forever. (So how bout that Costa Rica time share 2k16? eh? eh?)

In other news, to try to fill the hole in my heart after having to leave my friends, I fostered a shelter dog this weekend. Saving Grace NC started a program that allows people to foster a dog for the weekend in an effort to give the dogs a break from the shelter (and to convince big dummies like me that they can adopt a dog even though they are gone at school 50 hours a week)


^^ Meet JOEY aka the best coolest cutest cuddliest dog ever 
(besides Boon of course hehe)



We had a great weekend together. But, alas, it was only a weekend and I had to return him at 4pm this afternoon. It was a little bit like dropping a child off at their first day of kindergarten. Only I will probably never see my child ever again.

Aaaaand cue the waterworks.

^^ So now here I am cleaning up Joey's old food and water bowls 
aka collecting the pieces of my broken heart

Maybe I'll start looking into cats...
HAH.


Saturday, January 10, 2015

Whatever you do, don't call it 'Cali'

You know the next three weeks are gonna be good when you step into your house and it looks like this:






So here are the highlights of my break:

1. I spent way too much time at the beach 
(especially for how cold it was... I was in denial the entire time)










^^ Clearly too much time spent at the beach. What a bunch of shoobies.

2. I spent some quality time with the fam:

^^ My little brother Austin is probably definitely the best dressed 
blind autistic child you have ever seen. Am I right? It's a freaking bow tie.

^^ Momma Guns


^^ I absolutely loved this pic of Sav because it was an accident and it turned out so cool.


^^ My favorite because Max is avoiding my mom's kisses.
Don't worry, Mom. We've all been there.

3. And more time with these munchkins:




^^ Got to meet baby Grant for the first time

^^ We prefer him naked because THE ROLLZ.

4. And Boon







5. I went to Hollywood for the first time
[[yes it is only an hour away from where I grew up
yes it took me 23 years to get there. 
LA traffic and tourism will deter you from many things]]






We found the stars for the three most important people in Hollywood:

^^ Nic Cage [for obvious reasons]

^^ does anyone else always confuse him with The Rock?
Well, there's THIS.


6. Found out I pose like "every girl ever."
I would say this makes me a solid 14 on the pH scale. #sciencejokes





     

[But like, it's only according to two random kids on Twitter... 
so it doesn't even count. Right??]

7. Saw snow in Orange County for the 
first time in my entire life.

^^ SNOW.

 8. Watched New Year's fireworks with some kool kats in the middle of a freeway overpass.




9. And maybe Lauren and I bought the same dress and maybe we both wore it on NYE. And maybe we liked it, ok?


10. Spent a day in LA with some guy with frosted tips

^^ Lance Bass is that you?

^^ The Getty

^^ Sunset over LA feat. the top of my face

^^And of course, this guy, who couldn't be happier to be here.

^^ And lastly, when someone hands you a bumper sticker 
to pose with in Venice Beach, don't ask questions.

Peace out 2014.