Thankful

"Somedays we forget

to look around us;

somedays we can't see

the joy that surrounds us.

So caught up inside ourselves

we take when we should give.

There's so much to be thankful for."

Nothing like a little Josh Groban to bring that holiday cheer! I am thankful for so very many things I have in my life. The blessings I have are abundant and I want/try to express my gratitude in every way possible. So here is my list of thanks for this year (in no particular order)

1. Yup, you guessed it my Father in Heaven, the gospel on this earth today, and for being born at the time that I was. Am I so certain that this was the best time for me :)

2. My family. I have a great one even if at times I have a strong desire to give them all giant noogies! I love them anyway. My brothers are some of the craziest people on the planet but they sure do keep me entertained.

3. My friends. Let's be honest here, everyone thinks they have the greatest friends on the plant but I hate to break it to you all. But mine TOTALLY WIN!! No one will ever make you laugh so hard, or make you feel so beautiful, or care so much about you as my friends do. I absolutely love them. Gotta rep Camden 4!! (Okay, I promise I have other friends too but I couldn't get anymore pictures on here.)

4. My sister- yes, it is true that I do not have a biological sister but that doesn't mean anything to me and my very best friend Amanda Jane. If any of you know us together you know that we are pretty ridiculous, but thats what makes us so great! I love this girl to death and she is seriously the best!

5. All the wonderfully inspiring women in my life, you will never know what amazing examples you are all to me! You are all amazing mothers, friends, sisters, and testimony builders. Thank you for being who you are.

6. And most of all, I am thankful for the love that I receive from everyone around me. Whether you all know it or not you are amazing influences in my life and I am that much better for knowing you all.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Eat lots of pie! And take lots of pictures, I need something to look at while I am blog stalking ;)

Woodmansee Wedding

I had the AMAZING opportunity to be apart of my dear friend Jenni Jolley's (well I guess that it Woodmansee now, but that is not important) wedding! I made the journey to Oregon

for the festivities. It

was amazing, the decorations, the bridal party, particularly Jacob. HAHA!!

The reason this wedding was so special is all because of the wonderful bride and groom. You will never find anyone like them, they both have the kindest hearts and are absolutely perfect for each other.

The BEAUTIFUL couple!

Half of the bridesmaids

Me and Lindsey at the luncheon.

Most of the Bridal Party at the reception.

Dancing the night away!!
All in all it was an amazing time, and I am so lucky to have been able to be apart of it. Congrats again to Mr. & Mrs. Woodmansee! I love you both so much.

Seattle Fun

It is official, I am the world's worst blogger. It isn't that I don't have the time to update just that I am far to lazy. What a sad excuse, but it is the best I have.

What is important is that I'm here now! Fun things have happened since I last updated. I went to Eugene for Jenni and Michaels wedding, I moved to Portland for my internship, I went on some fantastic vacations, and I turned 21!! I will blog about all of those later, because once again. I am too lazy!

This past weekend I went to visit my friend Angie in Seattle. And I basically fell in LOVE! That city is just amazing. I had so much fun and I decided that I can now accept the fact that my mother is going to move there. In fact I am excited!

Yes, I went and did all the touristy things. I didn't actually go to the top of the space needle but we went and saw it. I am a dork :)

Angie took my to the public market and I loved it!! Oh my, all the fascinating things to look at the different people and the beautiful flowers and delicious treats. It was great.

Beautiful fresh flowers + scrumptious caramel apple covered in chocolates= Nessa one VERY happy girl :)

Let them eat cake!

I am in a cake decorating class with my roommate Lindsey and the last project we completed was a fondant cake. It was my first attempted at using fondant and there were some bumps in the road but I think it turned out pretty cute! 4th of July is my favorite holiday so I thought I would go patriotic :) I am excited to keep working and see what other fun things I can make. Up next... bridal shower cake!!

UH OH...A BEE!

This weekend we had both Monday && Tuesday off! I was so great! I went to Idaho Falls to help my roommate Brooke babaysit the kids outside the temple while her cousin got married. I am pretty sure that I am the designated babysitter for all weddings :) I love it! Everything went smoothly the kids were perfect. I got home and no one was there so I was just relaxing on the couch contemplating a nap when all of a sudden I hear a very unfriendly noise, bbbbbbzzzzzzzz. UH OH!!!! A BEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! I get up and go screaming from the room because I am terrified. I call my mom because, you know she is in California and she would be so helpful. haha. I had the front door open so it could fly out and our bedroom doors closed so it wouldn't get back there. I ran outside barefoot with a dishtowel, still in a skirt. I called all of my roommates and no such luck, Jenni was at work, Lindsey was camping, Brooke was in Idaho Falls, I called Manda but James was at work I called everyone I could think of but NO ONE was home! It was a long weekend I was the only weirdo who stuck around. So then I decided I needed to call my roommates fiance Michael to come over and take care of this, but of course I didn't have his phone number. I decide I will just walk to him apartment and get him, so I am walking barefoot to the boys apartment and I get there and not s single boy is home. I knocked on every door in the place (meaning every guy in my ward) and NO ONE WAS HOME! I had to wait outside until Brooke's dad got there and then he went in and the bee was gone. Oh geeze. Everyone thought I was being ridiculous but I guess it would have been helpful to tell them that I am very allergic :/ I grabbed my epi pen before I left the house the first time. So the moral of this story is before you act like a baby for no reason, let the people around you know that you are allergic. HAHA! I was scared and it was traumatic, Angie took me for a cupcake to make things better :) bless her heart. It was very scary and now looking back it is very funny.

I am officailly a BLOGGER!

I did it, I gave in, I am a BLOGGER! Who knew this day would come? Not me that is for sure. I may not have anything exciting to blog about but I am blogging nonetheless. I hope those of you who even care to read will be entertained, that is my goal in life. I am going to try to keep up on it so, wish me luck!