High Five for Friday!

Wow it's been so long since I did one of these posts. I don't know how I fell off the wagon, but I'm really, really trying to be a better blogger and these are easy posts that help keep me grounded.

It was a crazy, exhausting week. I had my first round of midterms. Three of my four were all on Monday. Shout out to all my loves who sent me good vibes and lots of luck- positivity lifted me through the day. 

1. Excuse the fact that I am actually blogging a selfie (better yet a Snapchat selfie) of myself. But this absolutely captures how I felt on Monday night at 7:15, while I was waiting to start my third exam of the day. Exhausted, brain dead, and DONE.

2. Just another moment of Smith South Third being the best ever.

3. I have been waiting for this lab since I saw it in the manual. No words can express my love for dissections! This little fetal pig was one of the best parts of the week, without a doubt.

I swear that my hair is A) not the dark and B) not greasy- I had just washed it! I blame bad lab lighting. 

4. A little Starbucks to celebrate finishing midterms on Thursday afternoon.

It doesn't get more basic than this

5. They're making a third movie!!!!!! CUE SCREAMING!!!! (even though I have known about this for months but now it's for sure!!!)

Happy weekend of love!

xo
Hannah

Thick as Thieves

There's about eight thousand one quotes out there about sisters and how wonderful sisterhood is and while I could quote them all, I will spare you the cliches and just give you my little shpeel.

Ever since I can remember, I wanted a sister. Sorry to Brandon, because brothers are great, but I think every little girl longs for that other little girl to dress all matchy with and play dolls with. The day my sister was born is one I will never forget. I won't get all sentimental, but boy was I happy when they said it was a girl baby! From day one, she was my little doll, even though she may not have liked that too much. But now she's 14, in high school, and growing up into one of the funniest people I know.

Always a little mother

Well anyways, it turns out that I don't just have one sister, but I have three other sisters. Sure, it may  not be sisterhood by blood, but the bond I have with these girls is one like sisters. Good ol' Mack is like a sister (amongst being a best friend) along with Ains. And then of course there is Isabel. The five of us make up a crazy little group who know how to wreck havoc and have a grand time. We fight, laugh, and make some grand memories.

Two weeks ago before seeing Katie Herzig in concert, I was listening to all her music on Spotify. I heard a song, Thick as Thieves, from her latest album that I hadn't listened to in a long time and it left quite the impression on me. It was something beautiful. I felt a sort of magic and instantly knew this song had a lot more in store for it.


The lyrics really stuck with me, especially these lines:

My love hold me to your side
My love just like the first time
Hold on hold me through the mourning
Hold on harder than I'm falling

I really love the idiom thick as thieves to describe sisters because we are close and tight knit and plus I just like how it sounds;) But in all actuality, I know for a fact that these girls would do anything for me. If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us. And it ain't going to be pretty.

I had an idea, shared it with Mack, and from there it blossomed into a project. We alerted the little sister (haha I love calling them that) and told them to clear their schedules at sunset on Saturday. We all got ready and went out to a beautiful field right off a walking path. From there, we took some stunning pictures and this video was born. It's definitely more on the cheesy side, but I know that in a few years, I'll look back and be real happy I have it. Heck, it made me cry this morning because I miss them so much. 

 Here's 2 pictures of the hundreds (I'll share more once I get them from Mack's memory card)

We are so cute oh my gosh

Then, of course there is the real side of video making. But I think I will cherish this video just as much.




Sisterhood sure is a special thing.
xo
Hannah

!!!!!!!

Today is THE DAY!!! Tonight, at 5:40pm, I will be off to Europe!!!

we fly into Frankfurt, then to Berlin and stay there until Wednesday morning, then to Czech Republic until Friday morning, then to Poland until Sunday morning, then to Hungary until Tuesday morning, then to Austria until Thursday when we come home. I am soooo excited!! A little nervous, but I am very prepared and know I'm going to have a great time with my friends. I'm going to miss Sierra, Kylee, and Riley dearly, but they will still be with us;) and of course, I'll miss my family, but they'll be just fine without me;)

so bon voyage USA, see you later!!

xo
Hannah

ps- I have a few posts scheduled for when I'm gone. If I get wifi, I'll try to post some pictures and such, but just be ready for a photo dump when I get back;)

Stringing Together the Little Things

"Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than what actually happens."

Today was the day Mackenzie and I have been waiting for since September. Today we initiated our Sisterhood. 

It's difficult to find the words that capture how I feel about my friends, and what they mean to me. But Ann Brashares does it so perfectly. 

Let's face it, I'm sentimental. That's one of the reasons I blog- to record my favorite things about life, and the memories that come with them. So when Mack and I reread The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and found all the similarities between then book and our lives, it was obvious something needed to be done. 

So today's little party came together. We're sorry to report that we were not able to find magic pants, but we did two different things, that I love even more.

Back when we took Kylee out to breakfast for her birthday, we were talking about our busy summers and how we were going to miss each other so much! But then Sierra came up with the most brilliant idea ever- to create Flat Stanleys for us to have of each other! Thank you Sierra for the best idea ever!

"It's more that I'm afraid of time. And not having enough of it. Time to figure out who I'm supposed to be. . . to find my place in the world before I have to leave it. I'm afraid of what I'll miss." 

So Mackenzie and I worked to organize a low key get-together where we could make Flat Friends, and initiate our Sisterhood.

We made copies of little people, everyone's faces, and got scrapbook paper to make clothes. We watched the movie while crafting, and it was just a great as I pictured it.

At the end, everyone got one of each person, and we will take pictures with all our friends, wherever we go this summer. 

Giving a little schpeel. Like our coordinating hostess outfits? ;)

hard at work

Sierra's super cute denim leg warmers;)

This just freaks me out. hannah x6

mack x6

kylee x6

jess x6

friends <3

 “Maybe happiness didn't have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was about stringing together a bunch of small pleasures. Wearing slippers and watching the Miss Universe contest. Eating a brownie with vanilla ice cream. Getting to level seven in Dragon Master and knowing there were twenty more levels to go.

Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and downticks- the itch tag at the back of your collar- that happened to every person in the course of the day. Maybe everybody had the same allotted measure of happiness within each day.
 

Maybe it didn't matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn't matter if your friend was possibly dying.

Maybe you just got through it. Maybe that was all you could ask for.”

And then there was the best part of the party- when we strung together the little things of us, together as one.

Our version of the Pants came in a charm necklace. Mack and I chose a charm for each person, one that well represented them. So when we wore the Necklace, they were always with us.

hannah:teapot because i love tea//mackenzie:four-leaf clover because she's irish//maddison:volleyball because she's a beast volleyball player//sierra:laugh because she never fails to make us laugh//riley:owl because she's a night owl//kylee: joy because she is the master of joy//jess:big ben because she's an anglophiliac

"Time is what keeps things from happening all at once."

So to our Sisterhood, and the Necklace, and each other. Together forever, near or apart.

xo

Hannah