pay off.

Ok, so I'm gonna brag a little.... I just was notified that I got a music scholarship to Dixie!!!! Wow. I'm a happy girl! All the practicing and dumb scales and studies have literally 'payed off' haha. Thank you Dixie State for boosting my confidence and revealing my future.Today is a positive day.

 

Preston Tiegs showed me this video and I thought it was hilarious. To add to the spirit of cello love I decided to post it here for you all to see.

Momentos.

We watched this at mission prep a couple weeks ago and I was just blown away. Be thankful for those moments that take your breath away, but more importantly, recognize those moments. Don't look over them. Life is jammed pack with "momentos", every second is a moment. Don't let moments pass away without thoroughly feeling the joy from them. Life is too sweet to do that, too intricate. I'm truly intrigued by the moments of my life. Make today your positive day.

Julie's Jewels.

I'm the featured blogger this week at Again Consignments blog! These pics were for it. Check it out!

Again Consignment

winter formal.

This year for winter formal I decided to ask Sean Pinder…. Sean is quite the character… one time when I took him home from mission prep this is what he said while getting out of my car... he said, “Julie, I’m sorry that we didn’t take this opportunity to make out.” Another time Sean just came up to me and said, “Julie, remember when you were a freshman and ugly?” I was instantly stunned and then decided to ask what that made me now. His response was, “freakin hot!” I asked what happened between now and then and he said estrogen. What a strange creature Sean is.

Because of his strangeness, the day was A BLAST.  We went to dinner at Fork in downtown Boise, with Sean making it clear and known that he hated it. Then we went to Aspen leaf and laughed our heads off. Then we headed to the dance and grooved our booties and then ended the night bowling in all of our wonderful formal attire. It was SUCH a fun night. The other couples in our group were Tanner and Clara and Alyssa and Clay.

bargain.

 I'm a bargain shopper, through and through. Whenever I find a good deal I'm all over it, and I would say that I'm pretty dang good at it. Pretty much every single one of my outfits comes from again consignment clothing boutique in Eagle. It's also where I work, which is like a creative haven for me. I love it! Usually my outfits come off of the $3 rack. Some people would find that embarrassing, but I'm pretty proud of my successful treasure hunting skills. This outfit? 10 buckaroos.

 My all leather boots? $7.

The sweater? $1.

old happiness.

My friend Alyssa had an assignment to mimic another photographer's work for her photography class. Being the beautiful dancer that she is, she chose to mimic the ballerina project, of which you should totally check out because the pictures are AMAZING. Anyways, she asked me to be her model! I haven't put my point shoes on since Sophomore year so it felt so so good to bring back my long lost love of dance. Even just being able to put my shoes on was an instant rush of joy. I can't wait to take some classes again in college!

oh brother.

Today I get to see two of my brothers. And my sister in-laws. I'm so excited, I can't even stand it..... counting down the hours!

high school.

It's finals week, officially wrapping up the past semester of senior year. It's so weird to think that there is only one more semester  left of life as I know it. I'm ready though. I'm ready to tie the bow on the past 12 years of my life and get started with the rest of my story. It's also raining today. With rain brings thoughts, mine of which are consumed with the future. Today is a positive day because it's the day that will lead me to tomorrow.

G.N.O.

Yesterday was Mari's birthday. Beings as she turned 18 in Norway 8 hours before she did in Idaho, we all thought it was funny that she got a 32 hour birthday rather than a 24 hour one. We went to the cheesecake factory to celebrate and the food was AMAZING. After we watched the movie Hanna to end our Girl's Night Out. Today I am thankful for foreigners. I hope whoever reads this, if anyone reads this, that you have a positive day:)

 

nails.

Haha I was pretty proud of my nails this time so I thought I would share them. The diamonds have sadly come off of my thumbs due to bowling so that's kinda depressing. None the less, I'm glad to be a girl. Therefore, today is a positive day.

holly jolly

 Christmas Eve dinner

 I got just a tad carried away with wrapping this year...

 Still leaving cookies and milk out for Santa. And don't forget the carrots for the trusty reindeer.

 Lucy's successful Christmas

 Makin' my way to the 'big' table. No longer sitting at the counter:) Obviously I'm a little too excited.

 After Lucy ran away again on Christmas night, sleeping outside all by her lonesome, we decided to get her a tag. It's hot pink and she loves it. On it it reads, "If Lucy has gone exploring, please call her concerned family at..." Lucy loved her Christmas present.

I hope you all had a holly jolly Christmas! While I drove to the dentist this morning, it wasn't even 10 and it was already 50 degrees outside.... in the winter... in Idaho... Anyone wanna go wakeboarding today?

glitter shoes!

Before.......

....After:) I found these shoes at TJ Max for my brother's wedding and thought they needed a little extra "something"... so this is what I chose! Thank you pinterest! Happy positive day everyone! Can't wait to strut it at the wedding:)