An Adult

As of January 6th, one of my very best friends is an adult. On that fantastic first day back to school after Christmas break, Sierra turned 18! So as I finally catch up with some blogging, I'd like to share with you some fun facts about the one and only Sierra!

• Sierra has ichthyophobia (look it up;))
• Sierra has a serious addiction to Flaming Hot Cheetos
• She looooovvvvvveeeessss to Snapchat, and her water bottle :)
• Sierra is known for all the places she has peed (Jessica's car and Mackenzie's basement to name a few)
• Sierra loves the color purple
• Sierra is a three sport athlete this year... cross country, swim, and track!

These are just the basics of Sierra. She is one of the funniest, fastest, happiest people you will ever meet and I am so lucky to call her my friend! What would I do without my APES and Calc partner?!

So for Sierra's birthday, while she was at swim practice, Riley, Mackenzie, and I decided to give her a surprise. We bought her some of her favorite things - Hot cheetos, caramel apple pops, skittles, sour patch kids, and men's deodrant (because doesn't everyone love that?). We blew up 18 balloons and wrote little notes on each one. Then the three of us went and hid in her closet until she got home. As soon as she came up, we jumped out and surprised her, it was great. We hung out with our favorite birthday girl and then all had to go home to do homework. It was so much fun to surprise her, it's one of my favorite things to do:)

riley loves balloons

 a glimpse into the future??

oh how i love them

 HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY SIERRA, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

xo
Hannah

Enjoying

After a nice little blogging break, I am happy to say that I am back! I've got a little list of things to blog about, but for now, here's what I've been enjoying...

RIP  Beatrice, the best APES fish out there

SENIOR PAPERS ARE IN!!!

who doesn't love a Marvin selfie?

quality time with my bff tater <3

a breakfast made with love on lovers day

love love love 

creative projects for english

classy basketball games are our thang

xo
Hannah

Winter Week

Last week was one of the best weeks of second semester... Winter Week! It's like a mini homecoming week in January or February with dress up days and instead of the big homecoming football game, we have the big basketball game against our rival school, and Sadies on Saturday! It's a ton of fun. This year, my friends and I really embraced each spirit day.

Monday- Pajama Day

I don't have any pictures in just our pajamas but I have these and they are golden.

Mackenzie and I went shopping for some other spirit days and found these beautiful shirts for Wild Animal Wednesday. Good thing we only went to Goodwill and Walmart in our pajamas so we 100% fit in.

Mr. Grizz was also that night, which is basically a pageant for senior boys and it was the FUNNIEST thing I have ever seen! I laughed the whole time, we have some hilarious boys at are school!!

Tuesday- Time Warp Tuesday

We are spot. on. Plus that sweat suit was so comfortable and I got a ton of compliments so maybe we should bring them back;)

Wednesday- Wild Animal Wednesday

FIERCE

Ainsley and I had our matching boots on <3

Thursday- Three Degree Thursday

I don't have any pictures from that day but I promise you, it was not even three degrees. Colorado sure did a good job of making winter week wintery.

It was also open mic night and Kylee sang "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson and killed it! It was amazing!!

Friday- Freedom Friday

I don't have any pictures from the day, but it was also the night of the big game against our rival school. Let me tell you, our school rivalry is the best there is. It's dangerous competition without a doubt.

We got to the game early at 5, and watched the JV game. We won that game but lost the Varsity game
:( I really hate losing so yeah that sucked but we always dominate them at football and come on, football is so much more high school than basketball!

And then Saturday was Sadies, but that will get it's own post :)

But if you want a preview... here's a little video :)



I can't believe this was my last Winter Week. High school is going by TOO  fast.

xo
Hannah

Proud of Our Pioneer

On Wednesday, our little Riley committed to playing soccer at the University of Denver this fall!!! I am so happy and excited for Riley- she is sure one heck of a soccer player. Let me take a minute to brag...

Riley tore her ACL in September of 2012. Tearing your ACL is never easy but it is so hard if you're a soccer player, or any sort of competitive athlete. But Ri was such a trooper and made it through. In May 2013, she was at her SECOND practice back and retore her ACL. I remember getting the text and my heart just sank because I knew how hard this was going to be. If I could have given her my ACL I would have. We were all so destroyed, but knew that Riley was so strong. When we were in Europe this summer, Riley was at home having her knee all fixed. The day of her surgery, I wished I could be home with her watching movies and doing anything to make everything a little better. Riley has been such a trooper and will be playing soccer any day now. What was the worst part of this injury was how Riley couldn't play soccer (obvious I know) but because of that she couldn't sign as early as she had planned with a school. But now we are here and I think that Riley should be SO proud of herself because we all are- she is now a Division I college athlete! So through it all has come this great joy.

We all went to the signing ceremony because we all love Riley.

our little ri ri 

it's official!

GO PIONEERS!

Since I might be going to DU next year, I could go to every single one of Riley's home games and we could be Pioneers together. Whatever happens, Riley should know that we, her best friends, are forever her biggest fans!

Congratulations my Valiant Grape Juice!!!

xo
your Graceful Coke that Costs a Lotta Ca$h

Snow is the Best Accessory

This post was mandatory because Mack and I took a million cute pictures in the snow so I just had to share more;)

LOVE

WE LOVE THE SNOW!

dang gurl you model

i'm just going to brag because i took this. #professional

and this. #professional

and mack took this #professional

so sorry that i'm a cliche white girl but hey, at least i'm cute;)

m and h, world's best duo

but we are still only kids (for a few more weeks;))

xo
Hannah

{Style Files} Snow

This past week has been the best of the best because of one simple thing... snow. I am forever a Colorado girl so even though I'm used to the everchanging weather that leads to 65 degree days in January and snow in May, I still love my seasons to be a little more accurate. These past few months have been SO dry, you'd think we were living in a desert. It never really snowed until about two weeks ago, but that quickly melted away. Luckily, the snow came in a large amount and has just kept coming. It's fantastic.

So Mack and I took all this snow as an opportunity to take pictures because sometimes we're a little vain but that's okay;) Annddd we wanted to do a style post of course.

There's just something so magical about the snow. It's a delicate blanket of peace that covers the earth and brings a sense of gratitude. It sure is beautiful.

Oh yes, before I forget, I'd like to show off my new(ish) haircut. I chopped off five inches baby! And life has never been easier!

ok, i'm madly in love with my red hair

Now back to the clothes!
My outfit is all about LAYERS! Layers are the best in the cold winter air and I adore the variety that they give your outfit.

Tights are a favorite of mine. There's so many fun colors and patterns that you can wear!

Outfit Details

Jean jacket// Gap

Sweater//Gap

Button down (my favorite ever)// Forever 21

Dress// Target

Tights// Target

Boots// Hunter

And Mack is as stylish as usual. Love her striped sweater! You can never, never go wrong with stripes!

And those red Hunters add the perfect POP of color! I got the same boots for Christmas so one of these days Mack and I will have to do a matching red Hunters photoshoot;)

Outfit Details

Sweater// H&M

Scarf// Target

Leggings// Victoria's Secret Pink

Boots// Hunter

I highly recommend investing in a pair of Hunters. They aren't cheap, but they're great for rain (obviously) and snow! I just wear extra thick socks when it's snowy out and they're perfect! Plus there's so many different colors! Ugh I love them so much, you really can't go wrong.