Cupid Babies

One of my best friends and Boyfriend are both born on Valentine's day.

I've always despised this holiday because I feel like you should love your significant other all the time.

Like come on, don't think you can get away with just planning something extra cool one day a year.....

 that's just lame.

So I got lucky with celebrating two birthdays instead.

My best friend Adrienne is turning 21 which just seems so crazy to me.

We've been friends since 8th grade and I remember back then thinking turning 21 was a lifetime ahead of us and somehow time just slipped right passed us.

My boyfriend Ryan is turning the big double 2's this year which clearly won't be as exciting as his 21st birthday last year, but we are going to celebrate with an awesome homemade sushi party this year.

We got so excited two weeks ago that we decided to try it our and we made some killllllller rolls

So get ready for lots of sushi pics yet to come after this weekend!

Photo Credit: Marah Johnson aka my mom

Safari Adventure

All my posts are going to be throwbacks aka from few months ago

Since I've ignored my blog so bear with me :)

So this girl right here is an animal lover.

I find them to be so fascinating and I wish I could just live in a zoo sometimes

So all summer I continually and persistently begged the boy to take me

and then just my luck he had a work party and won two tickets to the wild animal park

I literally screamed when I received the text that we were F.I.N.A.L.L.Y. going. 

Of course I was so excited so we made sure to go as soon as we both had a day off.....

the HOTTEST day of summer.

So here is a little snippet from our day.

Sneaking some love on the Safari Tram

Classic egg picture

Notice how I can actually fit inside the egg

Obsessed with my Indiana Jones hat

This little dude decided to share all of the nectar I gave him by peeing all 

down my leg.

Sorry for the lack of animal pics I was to busy oooing and ahhing at all of them :) 

Legos & Fishes

Due to having friends in the right places 

Me and  a few others got to run around with all the kiddos at Legoland for free

Mind you the boys Lauren and I went with are welllll over six foot

whereas Lauren and I were blessed with being a tad vertically challenged 

So we fit riiiiiight in :)

For those of you who don't know me I'm 20 years old and still stuck at being a kid at heart

So without a doubt I had an awesome time!!!

Thanks again Ryan, you're the best!

FAR too excited haha

We decided to start it off with the most thrilling ride they could offer....

Meet Roger: Hipster with an expertise in navigation

Hipster Fish

Newlyweds... so presh

Bodyguards Take 1

I'm basically a giant here!

Bodyguards Take 2

Nothing Better

I seriously have the best job no questions asked!

I'm a nanny aka mom in training.

This school year even though I worked for just one family of two boys

I still was able to take four to school everyday. 

Those who are close to me know that I refer to them as "my kids"

I always get the silliest looks when I saw that, because clearly that's not physically possible.

Today is extremely bittersweet, because my carpooling days have come to an end.

It's literally blowing my mind how quickly this school year went by.

 I feel like I was just with the whole neighborhood gang taking their annual first day of school pic!

I'm definitely going to miss all of the silly conversations we shared as we made our way to school together.

It has definitely changed my whole perspective on the importance of time, because I feel like in just a year I've seen these boys grow and progress so much!

Nothing more rewarding then that.

I can't take all the credit here though, they have also taught me so much this year as well...

just a few things are

1. Making a perfect airplane

2. How to pack a punch on Call of Duty

3. How to play pickle ball

4. How to make a million things on Minecraft

5. How to make the best breakfast (waffle with peanut butter and jelly)

I'm obsessed

and sooooo much more they are the sweetest little guys ever!

I must add that I will still be watching my two awesome kiddos over summer though

so there will be so many more memories to be made :)

My faves

So today, as I was going through my typical daily routine
 I thought it would be interesting if I kept track of the stuff I couldn't live without.... I mean if it really came down to it I probably could go without a all couple of these things, but I thought it would be fun to share some of the weird material items that I love dearly with you.

(not in order of importance)

So this is my recent obsession,  it's my roommates 1 1/4 Conair little trooper because its been around for years. I don't think she has used it once in all the time we have lived together so I kinda adopted it..... ooops! I use it as a wand instead of clamping it to avoid dents and get what I call my "Lazy Girl Curls".... I believe others call it beach waves.... bore!

I typically french braid my hair every night, because now that my hair is so light and like 5 different shades it looks a lot prettier with some waves opposed to my normal stick straight boring hair. 

It's funny, just the other night I came home with my hair just natural (because I actually washed it for once and didn't have time to style it haha) and my roommate looked at me and said she couldn't remember the last time I've had it straight ...well yeah that's because I hate it and french braids at night is such an easy fix.

Dry shampoo, dry shampoo and let me say it one more time DRY SHAMPOO. This stuff saves lives I'm not even kidding (well maybe I am a little) anyways, I wash my hair every 2-4 days depending on how often I workout..... (don't worry I still shower daily) but I feel that there is no need to strip my hair of its natural oils and hey dirty hair curls sooooo much better everyone knows that! So stop the incessant daily washes and hop on the dry shampoo bandwagon peeps :)

I try to read a little every day; whether it's just a few scriptures or a few chapters it always makes a difference!

I'm sure you're thinking... okay this girl is a freak, or maybe gets scrapes often. 

Well to ease your mind a little I'm definitely a freak, but I don't get cuts and scrapes to much. I use this product for teeth whitening. I have a whole routine that I'm addicted to, but I will post that another time.  I basically just gargle with this for 30 seconds instead of mouthwash (definitely hard to get used to at first). I've seen such great results and people always tell me my teeth looks super white in pictures (that's not photoshop people.... its good ole' .87 cent hydrogen peroxide, because I'm not about to drop a ton of money on whitening strips, trays, or extreme treatments when this works like a charm!

You're Welcome.

I didn't where sunnies as mush as I should've growing up, because now I'm stuck with permanent yellow spots on the whites on my eyes so my optometrist said to always where them when in the sun from here on out. No one notices unless they are about an inch away from my eye.... which obviously never happens except for me of course, but now I'm paranoid so I have 10 pairs.... and I maybe wear 2.

Bobble water bottles are my ultimate fave. 

If you know me, you know that I don't go anywhere without mine. I have this weird feeling about tap water, so I love that it filters on the go. I bought mine at target for  $8 and you just buy the cute little colored filters ever two months. Saving so much money not buying a million plastic water bottles and saving the environmental as well.... double plus!!!

I honestly drink ten times the amount of water I used to, probably one of my best purchases yet.

I love a little lip color here and there and as of right now Primrose by Revlon with a light coat of Some Like It Taupe by Maybelline (whisper in the middle of the trio) is the perfect combo! 

Sad to say my iphone has to be on this list.... but I have a sick obsession with social media. Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, now blogging. Yikes!!! Oh welll I could always be addicted to drugs instead.... hmmmmm betta not :)

ps. yes this is the case I have. I love how it holds all my necessities! People always say it looks like a little bible haha.

This is my favorite non scented lotion. My skin is pretty sensitive and I like how I can use this on both my face and body. I try and use it right after I towel dry because I heard that's when your body soaks up the most moisture.

Well here is a little background on this because some of you who know me knew that I absolutely despised peanut butter. What I didn't tell you is i stopped liking it because I ate spoonfuls all the time as a kid and I just couldn't take another bit if I tried. It has officially entered my life full force! I used to just have it in ice cream, because it wasn't as strong now I eat it everyday; peanut butter moods, peanut butter and jelly on a waffle, and my absolute favorite peanut butter with a banana..... yum!

Braids On Braids On Braids

My newest obbsession are braids or twists.

 They are just so fun to do and go great for Spring which is just around the corner! 

Some of the braid styles I do are fishtail half ups, braided headbands, side twists, and a typical side fish tail. Such a easy way to do your hair when you skip washing it once or twice! Here are some pics so you can see what I'm talking about.....

xoxo,
Sophia