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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

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Looking back on a beautiful year
2014. What. A. Year.

Without a doubt, 2014 was the biggest, craziest, changing year of my life yet. I can't believe it's over. In elementary school when we logged on to the computers, we would chose our high school graduation year account. 2014. It always seemed so far off. But now it's coming to an end and I can hardly believe it.

It was a year of forging close bonds with friends, old and new, a year of hellos and see ya laters, a year of new places and finding home, a year of capability, a year where there was a lot of unknown, but also a lot of clarity. It's a year I'll never forget. Here's a little month-by-month reflection, with pictures, Vimeos, and my favorite post from each month:

NYE 2013



The day was spent downtown with Jessica and Mackenzie, then the evening followed by attending my third grade teacher's wedding, seeing Riley and Sierra, and babysitting some cute babies with Mack. We ate Chinese food with baby spoons and quietly toasted to the new year with water in champagne glasses :)

January
Ice skating and APES adventures
{Our Generation}



Stephanie



 February
Sadies with some great friends, a day of love and kindness and a beautiful sunrise on Mackenzie's birthday
{Style Files: Snow}





March
Becoming a legal adult and being thrown a killer surprise party and deciding to go to CU
{Applied, Accepted, Confirmed}





April
Winter Park Ski Trip, prom, and Senior Boards
{Choir Trip 2014}




May
Finishing high school and G R A D U A T I O N !
{The Race}

One last choir concert







June
Adventures with Tater and CU orientation
{The Wild Spirit of June}





July
San Diego, welcoming Bella into the family, hikes with friends, and a super Sonic boom;)
{Sunrise}










August
Some see ya laters and the big move to Boulder to start college!
{The Bubble}





September
Seeing Riley at the CU v. DU game,  Livi's first homecoming, and some crazy Friday nights
{Home}






October
Katie Herzig concert, seeing Jessica after 2 months, sister time, and Halloween
{Thick as Thieves}






November
Caramel apples, visits from Sierra and then Riley to BoCo, 5ever being reunited for the first time since June, and beautiful snowy mornings from my bedroom window
{Giving Thanks//Memories}






December
Decking the halls, cookie birthday parties, and our annual Christmas party
{The Best Week Ever}




It was a great year with great people. I can't wait to see all the joy that comes in 2015!
Happy New Year!

xo
Hannah



Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Christmas in July

Today has been incredibly rainy. It makes me happier than words can describe; I simply adore the rain. I have taken advantage of the day by making a delicious breakfast of French toast and baked some chocolate zucchini muffins to snack on and share with friends. This weather is also perfect for listening to Christmas music! In my opinion, Christmas music is just too great to only be listened to in December! That's why I listen to it all year long:) Especially on grey rainy days! I meant to throw a Christmas in July party this year but it just didn't pan out. I will most certainly do it next year though! So instead, I decided it was finally time to blog about the amazing Christmas party that Isabel, Mackenzie, Ainsley, and I threw last year.

We learned a lot first of all. Planning parties is not for the faint hearted! We put so much energy and work into all of it but I am so happy with the results. We met in mid-November and wrote up some ideas of food we wanted, who we were going to invite, themes, decorations, etc. The number one thing we all agreed on was that we wanted this to be the classiest of affairs four high school girls could afford. We set a budget (that we stuck to! I think we went maybe $5 over budget. Go us!) and a date. Over the course of the next few weeks, we sent invites, shopped, did lots of crafting, and got super excited! We did MAJOR prep the night before and the day of. I swear, we never stopped. The night before the party, Isabel, Ainsley, and Mack were over until midnight and they were back over by 11 the next day and stayed again until midnight.

The party included a hot chocolate bar with lot of toppings, hor derv's, punch and sparkling cider, desserts galore, marshmallow toasting, a photo booth, an ornament exchange, and lots of chatter. Despite all the work, I'd do it all over in a heart beat.

Now for the best part... pictures!

Personalized glitter chalkboard mugs for every guest!
Ratchet party prep outfits




Hot cocoa bags to go!
My sister and her friends 





Our lovely mothers 



"There'll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting..." :) 
Some senior friends! 
Loved these two since middle school!
QTs 
We love these Mormon girls



Hahaha yep
Two cute BFFs 
Oh Olivia




This describes a lot
Exhausted by the end of the night
Partners in crime
Hostesses with the mostesses
A very tired Ainsley at the end of the night
Crazy pictures at the end of the night



SO done 


xoxo

Basically these next two pictures describe us


 And here's a video, of course :)



xo
Hannah