My best friend's wedding!

On Oct. 29, 2011 My best friend since 9th grade got married! It was SUCH a bitter-sweet day! It was bitter because I felt like the one 'giving her away'. Haha! But it was so sweet because Nico is one of my best friends and I know he will take good care of her!
I was so blessed to be the Maid of Honor and be with Courtney through a lot of the planning AND my purpose for this post, is her hair! :) Courtney's hair and I have had quite a history. I have been planning how she would wear her hair on this day since I started hair school! (7 years ago) She got to sit back and let me work it out how I had always planned. We both loved every minute of it! Take a look behind the scenes at my beautiful Best Friend!!

THANKSgivin'

I titled this post THANKSgivin' because while serving my mission in Alabama and Mississippi I noticed that the southerners emphasized THANKS in Thanksgiving. I love this and hope to always remember to give thanks for all that I have! This Thanksgiving was a very special one for my family, due to 2 full time missionaries overlapping, this was the first holiday in 3 years that we've had all our family members in attendance! We sure enjoyed it! My dad spent a lot of his time in the garage busily deep frying turkeys with his buddy and our neighbor Gary (with Maxx close by). I believe in our garage we had 4 deep fryers each with a turkey frying. My favorite part of Thanksgiving besides being surrounded by family, is cooking with my mom all morning. Since my mission I have discovered that I love cooking! We each had a REALLY cute apron on, we had Christmas music going, we giggled and talked as we prepared the food! Soon, my Grandma and Aunt arrived with more laughs and more food. I am so Thankful for my family and that we are SO fortunate to live so close and have this holiday season to share together!