gabe-ography.

Gabeography in one of my favorite things ever. I actually have quite the collection and I don't know that I have ever shared any with you all. Gabriel is very passionate about taking pictures and I'd say he's got a bright future. Here are some of his more recent pieces of art. 

Walker's underwear. HAHAHAHAH (don't tell him his underwear are on the internet)

this is actually a pretty good picture of my dad...

* all photos credited to Gabe Holloway

Lets talk about Christmas.

People, I LOVE CHRISTMAS. I get butterflies and a giant smile on my face when I think about it. I am in love with Christmas(time). What is not to love about it? Lights, snow, hot chocolate, sledding, Christmas songs, shopping, family, food, giving, 12 days of Christmas (we call our grandparents and sing to them everyday) chocolate advent calendars (which I left at home so I will have to eat 16 chocolates in 1 day. Yay!) Christmas parties and movies, sleepovers, and Gabe is 4.... Santa still comes to my house, and I think he will for a while. Having little siblings is the best. And just the feeling of love and happiness! it's the best. If you're not obsessed with Christmas, shame on you.

A few things:

• Lifelong dream is to spend Christmas in NYC

• Some favorite Christmas songs:

           -"That's what Christmas Means to Me" by Paul Young
           - James Taylor's, "Go Tell it on the Mountain"  (I love James almost as                   much as I love Christmas)
           -And really? Is there anything better than *NSYNC singing "O Holy                         Night"? (You should hear my mom and I belting this one in the kitchen                 while we cook)
          -and lets not forget Gabe's favorite, the Glee version of "We Need a Little                 Christmas." He is OBSESSED.
          -Plus lots of other incredible songs.

• This should be fun!
• Did you know why rings go on the left hand? (this has nothing to do with Christmas... except that my parents got married 2 days after Christmas in 1989.) 

Thanksgiving day

1. dinner

2. parents

3. brothers

4. backyard baseball

5. satchel 

6. pies

7. egg nog

Home for Thanksgiving

You know how we do... 

18 years ago.

I will be 18 in 11 minutes. goodbye childhood. i loved every minute. i'm on the phone with walker, my best friend forever. last childhood chat with the child thats always been right by my side for as long as i can remember. Dear Walker, thanks for being the best part of my childhood. My happiest memories are of you and I just being together. I love you.

good thing i'm supposed to be the adult and he's more mature than me.

love and miss.

I love my roommates, I love my new friends, I love how people are drinking and smoking and watching R rated movies all over campus and we stay at home and paint our nails and pop popcorn and watch a movie. I love Logan. I love my bike. I love this campus and I love laughing with all these random girls that we met at lunch or at a party or downstairs or at church. I love that I'm friends with so many people that I would NOT have been friends with in High School. I love my new ward. I love meeting people from tiny towns in Utah and big towns in Alaska, Pennsylvania and New York. I love Utah State University.

I miss my mommy. I miss her so much. I just want to hug her for 3 seconds. I just want her to hold me and tell me I'm doing a good job being friendly and outgoing and kind. I wanna watch a movie or go on a walk with her. I miss my bed. It was so big and so perfect and it was made just for me. Everybody has the exact same beds here. I don't like it. I miss the sound of the chickens squawking in the morning and I miss talking to dad while he plays in the garden. I miss Walker and his constant rolling his eyes at me and Nolan always being SO weird and Satchel always writing me nice notes and giving me hugs and Gabe wanting to help cook and mowing the lawn with me.

Loving and missing.

we done did some picture taking.

Things I've done this summer besides work. (I know... MORE pictures...)

TOOK THEM TO LAGOON.

TOOK THEM TO THE ZOO

planking...

Sunday Evening Walks by the Pond. 

TOOK THEM SWIMMING

just the first week of what's about to become

  THE GREATEST SUMMER EVER. 

THESE CRAZY PEOPLE:

left us alone overnight for the very first time. Walker and I make a great couple wouldn't you say?

He made dinner

I cleaned and made cupcakes

The next morning we sent them off to school!

Gabe watches satchel's bus all the way down the street. 

ALSO!

THESE:

Have become a big hit at our house.