love is in the air

Being single on Valentines day can be tough but eff that noise! I spent the day making cards for the people I love!! So I was able to make the cards with a little help from my lovely mom. She took the photos below and I just drew on the for fun! As you can see some cards got a little more than others...not that I don't love all my friends but family wins when it come to crafting fun cards, sorry kids!

Also on Valentines day I got all dressed up and went out to eat with 5 of my lady friends. After dinner we changed into pjs and sat around one of our friends apartments to sip on cheap wine and giggle! Then I met up with another group of friends and had cupcakes and tea and watched the epic movie zombieland! (which if you haven't seen it see it!)

The two photos above were taken and drawn on by me!! Hope everyone had a supreme Valentine's day and got to tell all the people they care about that they love them!

Peace. Love. & Hula Hoops!!!

oooo-tah

(Photo taken from Hannah's apartment window in Park City as sunset)

So I went to Utah! So my trip consisted of a TON of walking! I probably walked an average 2 to 3 hours a day except the day I was in SLC when I took a nice walk for 6 hours. OK so besides walking I also went sledding, visited Olympic Park, went to a hockey game, visited Sundance, and went to a zoo!

Solder Hill, Midway Utah

Olympic Park, Park City Utah

Sundance, Utah

Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City Utah

All those adventures does not included all the little shops I wondered into or the parks I visited. Over all the trip was very very low key. It was a very interesting experience and I'm so happy I went. To end this post here is a picture from my plane ride home, for more photos of my adventure check out my fabulous flickr! hahaha Peace Love and Hula Hoops!!!

I love sunsets on the plane!!!

Utah Preview

On Dec 30 I left for my grand Utah adventure! Why Utah? Well my best friend recently moved here so I decided to come have a look! She lives in Park City which is pretty much a city built around a ski resort haha. It's very lovely and I've been having a lot of fun!

Most of my days consist of me walking around by myself taking pictures and reading my book because Hannah (my friend) has to work pretty much everyday. I don't mind because the area is just lovely and I love just walking around making my own little discoveries. But I'm telling too much because this is supposed to just be a preview of my adventure because I'm actually still here! I won't be returning home till the 13!

Here is a photo I took at Sundance! It was so lovely up there! It was a little rainy that day but I feel it only enhanced the surroundings. One observation while being here are the natural colors are mostly blue so when the rain came it brought this beautiful baby blue fog...amazing!

Anywho I thought I should post something of my adventure because two important events in the past 48 hours have made my truely appreciate life and the fact that I take these adventures. A kid I went to high school with and whom I also considered a friend died yesterday. He was one of those kids you never saw without a smile. He was truly an amazing person and it is so hard and unbelievable to think I will never see him again. The second and more joyful is today is Hannah's 22nd birthday and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to celebrate her life with her in a new place. It's times like these that we young people really get a taste of reality and if nothing more it inspires me to follow my heart and desires. And like Sean I plan to wear my smile often.

Here is a picture from Solider Hill. It is a picture of a sunset I took a couple of days ago, a picture that I would like to dedicate to Sean Williams who died January 10, 2010.

i love being an odd duck!

So it's my friend's 21st birthday today. Most people would take this opportunity to focus on the grown up part of this occasion...aka drinking. BUT i'm not most people i am emily and i am a SUPER goob, and so is my friend (YAY)

So my friend ashlei loves animals, rainbows, laughing, and more than anything i think, she is super in love with vampires! twilight, trueblood! sooo i decided at 815 when i woke up that all of these things need to be combined into a most epic cake! hahaha

step one: Mix the cake and then separate into 6 bowls!

step two: add the colors into one pan...making it then actually possible to "taste the rainbow" (once cooked that is!)

step three: DECORATE! i went with a family of vampire ponies eating a lion theme! hahaha

step four: laugh!!

music and snow

The weather this year has been a bit funky, Dec 3rd was 63 degrees here at school and then it's snowed Dec 5! Usually I am a hater of snow but I was pleasantly surprised how happy I was when it snowed the other day and the fact that there is still snow on the ground. one of my favorite parts of winter is the ice on the trees. It is so breathtakingly beautiful so here are a couple pictures from the other day.

These photos were taking outside my house in Amherst a couple of days ago in the morning. There are a couple more on my flickr. Not much else to say about them expect I can't wait to take a new set of winter photos! In other news I am done with school this week!! So excited for break! Not only do I get to send time with my lovely family but I have also planned a two week trip to Park City Utah to see my friend Hannah.

Because there is only a couple of days left music has really been getting me through all the craziness. So I though I could share some tunes which either calm me down when I feel overwhelmed or pump me up when I need an energy boost

Art vs Science , Lady Gaga, The Weepies, The Fashion, Say Anything, Ingrid Michaelson,

Lisa Mitchell , anything from Glee, and oodles more!!

Alrighty time for homework and studying! Peace. Love. & Hula Hoops

sorry i vanished!

I know one really reads this but hot dang I am bad at updating my blog for my imaginary readers! haha. So yeah, Halloween was fun and because I'm the only one who takes photos there are no pictures of me in my super awesome costume...guess it means I'll have to wear it again hahaha. In November news I sadly missed out on Thanksgiving with my own family (sad news) because my dance team danced at a Celtics game (AWESOME NEWS!) Thanksfully my best friend/captain Micki and her family took me in for the holiday. I had a very good time! Here is a photo of my whole team!

Anywho this is an awful post but I promise to make future ones better!!!

Peace. Love. & Hula Hoops!