heck ya

oh my how happy am i to hear those words.

i mean come on

its friday.

time to sleep in

stay in sweats all day

eat whatever i want.

who cares what you do.

because its the weekend.

in the working world "weekend" 

those lovely days without working

are used for the running of errands

cleaning the house

catching up on laundry

doing the things you couldn't do during the week

but either way

if its being lazy or busy running errands

at least you aren't working.

i hope everyone has a fabulous weekend

doing whatever it is you wanna do!

feeling it today

blessed.
i am feeling so blessed today.
in the middle of a stressful week it hit me
i really am so blessed.
and its time i focus on the good.

everyone has those "ruts"

one bad thing after the other

and i find myself time&time again just staying focused on that rut

and its time to stop

i read  a quote 

"its just a bad day, not a bad life"

how perfect is that.

i know that when i have a bad day its so easy to just

think how bad everything is.

and i know im not the only one.

take sometime out on these "bad days" and think about 

the great blessings you have.

                                 my blessings:

i have an incredible family.

no matter what i can turn to any of them

we are a bit dysfunctional

but whose family isn't

but even through all of that we are there for each other 100%

my boy

he is amazing.

i have never felt so in love in my life.

yes this is that cheesy love stuff, but it is true.

i have that guy who can always make me smile

who knows just what to say

and what not to say sometimes

he is such a great blessing in my life.

friends are the family we pick

and i must say i have some pretty great ones.

i may not see them as much as we'd like

but they are all just a phone call/text away

and all of dars friends who are becoming friends of mine too

not only did a get a great boyfriend but i also got a bunch of great people 

that he brought along.

my job

yes there are plenty of days i dread coming in to work

but i know that as soon as i walk in

there is a group of people here that will 

joke around, ask how i am, and make me realize when im being dramatic

i have to sit back and realize there are so many 

people out there struggling to find work, and i need to be so thankful i have one.

i am not bragging 

i just wanted to focus on the good in my life.

i hope everyone can find the blessings in their life

even when you find yourself in a "rut"

this thing called growing up

i failed.
again.
i swear i go to blog.
even come up with something catchy to write about.
and then i get lost reading other blogs.
or pinterest.
or the boyfriend texts me
and the blog just gets neglected.

oops.

anyways.

everyone knows that when they were younger

13-18

growing up sounded like the best thing in the world.

no one can tell you what to do, what to say, how to act

you could do whatever, whenever.

and your parents (or maybe just mine) laughed

and said you don't know how good you have it.

this is one of those 

oh crap, my parents knew what they were talking about moments

don't get me wrong.

i love the freedom of growing up

but sometimes i hate it.

i just want to go back to when the biggest worry was what to wear to school

and if your friends were in your class.

(i wouldn't want to go back to high school

psh you couldn't pay me to go back

i just want the carefree life i had when i was there.)

now you have to worry about

putting gas in your car

making the car payment

having a good job

paying bills

and making life decisions...

...life altering decisions.

i am horrible at making decisions

its true.

ask anyone who knows me

and maybe this is my problem.

yes i have my dreams.

and my goals.

but when it comes to figuring out how to get there

i just wish i didn't have to decide

and someone would just tell me.

and since that isn't going to happen..

                                    this is what i've come to realize:

growing up is just that.

you have to learn lessons by yourself.

sure you have support 

but in the end its your life.

and how you want it to go is up to you.

some lessons you will learn the easy way

(thats always a nice way to learn)

or you have to learn the hard way

(this seems to be the way i like to learn....)

but either way at the end of the day

you've grown.

as easy at it would be to just be little again

we all know thats not possible.

so all we can do 

is hold on tight and try to do the best we can.

dear time,

time just flies right on by

and before you know it you are weeks behind in blog life.

oops.

my bad.

no fear i am back.

as you can see i redid the blog a little bit

and i am so excited for the "theme" of my new blog.

i hope you all will enjoy it.

now a little catch up so we are all on the same page..

valentines day

my boyfriend is just the greatest.

after work he went with me to get my nails done

raced to his house.

made dinner, and had it all set up when i got ready.

we had heart shaped pizza, bread sticks, cookies, and sparkling cider.

while we were eating he gave me my gift.

it was a hand written letter that completely melted my heart.

and a 1 hour massage at a spa.

he then told me we were going to safe haven.

it was such an amazing day, with the perfect guy.

weekend

this weekend was a lot of fun.

went by way to fast. but still fun.

friday we went to dinner with the seamons family to celebrate

his dads birthday to texas roadhouse.

after we went to identity theft with 

zane and katie

saturday we stayed in sweats until it was 6.

can you say lazy day.

we met up with some friends (ZANE) and headed to the aggie game.

i don't think its right that the weekends go by so fast, and work week so slow.

oh well.

we are here again at monday.

lets make the most of it.

XOXO

this is a little shout out to zane.

he gets his feelings hurt when he isn't mentioned 

so here you are zane

your own little shout out.

enjoy.

love.

who would have guessed

a love post on valentines day.

but hey what do you expect.

i just wanted to write something about the loves in my life.

mom:

our relationship hasn't always been the best, but i am so glad things have changed.

you are one of my best friends and i dont know how i would make it through some of the challenges life brings with out you by my side. thank you so much for always being there. you are the best.

dad&tiff

you two are the greatest. thank you for showing me that life will always be okay, maybe not today or tomorrow, but eventually. thanks for all the things you guys do for me. love you two

brothers

i couldn't have been more blessed to have you two has brothers. while you may be the biggest pain in the butt most of the time, you guys are also my biggest protectors. thanks for always being there when your little sister needs you the most

jenna

i sure do miss having my sister around. driving around and making up dances to the most random songs and having a lot of fun, ordering bread sticks and alfredo and just stuffing our faces. love you.

brin&tay

oh the love i have for you two is unbelievable.

being an aunt is one of the best things i have in my life and i wouldn't change it for the world.

i love watching you two grow up and become little people.

darwin

having you in my life is the best thing to ever happen to me. no matter what you are always there, making me smile and laugh even when i dont want to. i cant wait to see what life has in store for us but i know whatever it is you will be right by my side. love you babe.

extended family

not having family close is hard, but it makes the time we do have together that much more special. i think about you guys daily. love you all.

friends 

friends is the family you pick. and i am so glad i picked you guys. always there when i call, text or anything. i know i can always count on you to have my back and make things okay.

i hope everyone has a great valentines day with the ones that they love.

i'll be sure to post tomorrow with what darwin planned for our special day/

XOXO

surprise weekend.

this weekend was so much fun.

all of dars friends were heading down to wendover for a guys weekend.

but he didn't want to go.

so i decided that i would plan something fun for us to do instead.

and it was all going to be a surprise.

now for all of those who know me really well than you know i suck at keeping an exciting secret.

Christmas i always tell the brothers what i got them.

i tell people what birthday presents i get them.

i am just horrible.

so i was dead set on not telling him until late Friday as to what we were going to do.

well...

that didn't work out.

so i told him thursday.

he was so excited.. that or was a really good actor ;)

saturday came and we were going to head down to salt lake pretty early.

well...

then we got off to a late start.

then we decided to wait and see his brothers new house, and be there when they told the kids.

then we forgot the tickets and had to go back to richmond.

then we needed to get gas.

finally around 2 we were ready to hit the road.

surprise 1.

i got us a room at the little america.

i figured it would be a lot of fun to just get away for the night.

(we've both been super stressed lately and needed a break)

so we got all booked into our room..

and not even 10 minutes later we were jumping on the bed like little kids

it was a lot of fun to just be silly.

surprise 2.

i got us jazz game tickets.

since the game started at 7 we needed to get some dinner before.

we got changed and ready and headed to get some food

we decided to go to the Macaroni Grill..

much to my surprise they don't have Macaroni.

but hey i went with it.

we hurried and ate and headed over to the game.

the game was a lot of fun.

i spent most of the time watching the jazz bear due to my fear of mascots

but it was still a way fun time.

after the game we drove around talking and just looking around.

after awhile we headed back and watched some tv.

the next morning we ate at the original pancake house

and it was amazing.

after breakfast we made a quick run to target,

and headed home.

this weekend was so much fun

a nice little break 

and some much needed bonding time!

this guy is amazing!

i needed to get my jazz gear!

lets all just pretend

so new years was about a week ago.

and i am just now getting to post about it.

oops.

so lets just pretend new years just happened

new years eve:

a few days before new years eve dar asked if i would want to go up to his friends cabin for new years to go sledding, and just hang out with everyone.

like it was even a question,

of course! 

that day i had to go to work for a little bit, and while i was there i was getting frantic messages from dar worrying about snow clothes, and the jobs he was doing.

so i got off work at 12:30 met up with him and we were hoping to head over at 1.

well about 5 we had ran to 3 different stores looking for snow clothes for him,

got pizza, got groceries, got gas, and packed up the car we were finally on our way.

on the way over we started talking and soon we were in bear lake.

but we weren't quite done talking so even thought it was snowing and the roads were ice we decided to drive around the lake.

it was such a great memory i will hold onto forever.

finally at 7:30 we decided to head up to the cabin and join everyone.

it was so much fun.

we ate.

laughed.

played basketball (inside)

watched all the boys shoot each other with fireworks.

watched the ball drop.

drank sparkling cider.

and lit off more fireworks.

new years day:

everyone slept in.

and it was so nice.

after a lazy morning complete with a yummy breakfast we all bundled up and decided to go sledding.

so we headed to the "sinks" in the canyon

after an almost fight with some drunk guys we all started to go sledding.

i am such a baby when it comes to this.

i didn't want to go fast.. or even down the hill at all.

i was sitting on a tube with dar when his lovely friend Zane decided it was time for me to go down.

the only thing keeping me on that tube was darwin holding my shoulder.

it was quite the adventure.

all in all it was such a great way to bring in the new year.

2013 is going to be one to remember.

Right before the trouble happened

watching fireworks

last picture of 2012

looking back

2o12.

what a year it was.

i'd have to say this year was one of the biggest turning points in my life.

i learned a lot of new things about myself

some lessons i learned the hard way, but still, i am glad i learned them

they have all shown me different things about who i am

i had 2o12 all planned out,

and none of it happened the way i thought, and i am so glad it didn't

 2o13.

a new start for things to change.

a new chance to be who you want to be and do things you want to do

i have lots of high hopes for this upcoming year

christmas

this post is a few days late, but better late then never.

christmas was a little different this year.

i had to work christmas eve.

jenna and tayten weren't there.

this was the first year i had my boyfriend over.

we had brinley.

and it was also my first christmas i have spent with my brothers.

even with all the changes it was one of the best ones yet.

christmas eve:

i got off work about 4 

it was snowing really hard so i made my brothers come pick me up and of course they hadn't gotten anyone presents yet so we ran to wal mart to get their gifts.

after that we went up to my moms.

if anyone knows my mom, than you know she does everything over and beyond

her house is amazing at christmas (picture below)

we had brinley this year and it was so fun

we ate dinner

and then it was time to open gifts.

brinley was so cute.

she now has an excited face so she would open something, make her face, and giggle.

we were spoiled of course.

dar got me an amazing new stereo for my car

(much needed)

mom went all out and got me lots of cute new clothes

it was so fun to spend time with the people who mean the most to me.

after presents we played a few games, and by a few i mean we were up till 230 playing games.

christmas:

my mom woke me up at 7 to help her make the traditional casserole

i wasn't having it

so i played sleep and didn't get up

but then the excitement of christmas kicked in and i couldn't sleep

i went and woke up dar who had to sleep in taytens toddler bed (such a good sport)

then we went downstairs to finish helping my mom.

while we were sitting there we heard the door open and a voice yell "surprise"

we turned and tayten was standing there

he was so ready for presents.

he ran down and woke up his uncles

and attached his presents.

after we saw what santa brought us we enjoyed a wonderful breakfast

and just spent a little bit of time being lazy.

we then headed out to my dads&tiffs

opened up our gifts, and just spent time together.

and had another amazing meal.

over all it was such a great few days.

i hope everyone had a great holiday!

Tay&Brin with santa$mrs.clause at their school  carnival

brinner got a cell phone

brinners new 4-wheeler

christmas morning

my moms house is so pretty

iphone dump

long posts are always lame.

pictures however are awesome.

so here is a catch up on my life through the lens of my phone.

This guy is amazing! :)

Last weekend we spend the day in Salt Lake doing some Christmas shopping, and ended the night
looking at the temple square lights. So beautiful!

This little guy is turning into quite a handsome kid!

Adorable right?! In the top picture we matched so of  course we needed to document it . And the bottom
one was Sunday, I was trying to wrap presents and she thought they were for her.
So she sat down and I pulled out my phone and thats the face I got. Love her!!

Watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" with Dars nieces&nephews

Date night last week!
Mine-left Dars-right...and needs some serious  help

this has to be the funnest time of year.

and i've been soaking it all up

now that most of the christmas shopping is done it allows me to enjoy it that much more.

poor dar i've made him do every christmas activity with me

and we still have more to come.

he is such a great sport.

i can't wait till christmas this year for everyone to open their gifts.

its fun to get old and be the one giving out the gifts rather than receiving.

especially with the little ones 

its so fun to do all the santa activities with them.

to-dos

is there anyone else who feels like the list of to-dos

just keeps growing?

goodness.

lately it seems like i get one thing done and 5 get added.

i've always been the type of person who makes a list of everything.

i love being able to see what i need to do and getting it done,

but now...

its just a reminder that i haven't done anything.

there are things on there that have been there for about 2 weeks now.

failure?

little bit.

theres just so many other things i would rather be doing than

-cleaning the bathroom

-doing the dishes

-vacuuming the apartment

-dusting

i mean come on..who wants to do that when you can

-go on a motorcycle ride

-play with the niece&nephew

-go shopping

-or hey how about just doing nothing

i guess this week i will buckle down and finally get some of my things done.

heres to having a productive week!

happy monday!

to soon?

is it to soon to be as excited as i am for christmas?

cause i am past excited.

i feel like i might be more excited than my 5 year old nephew.

i think the countdown on my phone may be just a bit much but hey i dont care.

my favorite part of the holidays is all of the traditions.

a few of my favorite traditions are:

-white christmas & decorating my moms tree

-sugar cookie decorating at my dads

-the nativity scene about the fireplace

-temple square lights

-a new christmas book to read on christmas eve

-christmas even pajamas

-gingerbread houses

-driving around looking at lights

-the tables my mom sets up with her different snowman&trees

-listening to christmas music

i am excited to do a few new things this year:

-going to idaho with dar to cut down a tree

-decorating my apartment

-movie night & treats

-making lots and lots and lots of christmas treats

-angel tree with the family

-holiday crafts

-sharing traditions with brin and tay

there will be many posts in the next month about all of these things

so i hope you're ready for some christmas cheer

m.i.a

yes i went m.i.a 

again

seems to be a reoccurring problem with me & this blog

i sit here and think of all the things i should post

and then

life happens and before you know it its a new day

i will try and be better

smallish update:

the day before thanksgiving my brother trae had brain surgery

talk about nervous.

about a month ago he broke his nose in a soccer game which jammed everything up into his face

causing a lot of infection

well, for the next 2 weeks he had a constant headache, was blacking out, couldn't remember converstations he was having with people, how he got home or anything

so my mom had him go see a doctor

within 2 hours he had a ct scan, mri, and was meeting with a neurosurgant

they were worried that he had a brain tumor and had triggered with the face trama

he was put on steroids in hopes to drain all the infection in his face.

didnt work.

so then it was surgery

all day i was worried about him

then my mom called me and said everything was great.

no tumor.

that was the biggest relief.

he went home that night and was feeling lots better the next day

thanksgiving:

after the surgery the allison family had a lot to be thankful for

i woke up to a message from my mom saying she made breakfast casserole (tradition)

i picked up bryce and we headed to my moms

after a little breakfast

we got trae and headed to my dads for dinner

it was so fun to just be with family without the worry of trae

we ate lots.

and lots..and lots.

after a few hours there we headed back to my moms

there we had pie, and played some games.

i had a lot to be thankful for this year and it was to go reflect on it all

my friend janece came home for a short little visit

to surprise her family

she told me a few weeks earlier that she was going to be coming

it was the hardest time keeping it off facebook

but i did it.

it was good to see her and catch up

on sunday it was my roommates jenzus farewell

talk about an amazing girl

i haven't known her that long

in fact we didnt become friends till i moved in 

but i am glad to call her on of my good friends now

i know this isn't a super fun post but now that we are all caught up let the fun begin! 

its here again..

monday.

blah right?

it sure seems like the week goes by super slow

and the weekend just flys by.

i think we should only work 2 days

and have a 5 day weekend.

anyone else wanna jump on the bandwagon with me?

my weekend was AMAZING

it involved:

-a broken closet

-building a dresser

-4 trips to lows&home depot 

remember: measure twice, cut once ;)

-deep cleaning

-roomie bonding

-meeting new people

( if you follow me on twitter then you saw the messages.. :) )

-staying up all night

-spending time with my baby brin

-enjoying life

for the first time in a long time i am loving life

(lots of love word being thrown around in the next few lines) 

i have a great job, that i love

amazing parents&brothers

i am loving living on my own again

my roomates are the sweetest, most caring, fun, crazy girls there are and i love it

i realized who is really there for me and who isn't

and those that aren't, are no longer in my life

which creates a nice change

bye bye haters

my home girl whit is having a baby and i can't wait

who doesn't love babies? 

especially when its your best friends 

i am so happy for you whit&cory

i am just loving everything

there are so many great things that are happening

and im so excited to accept them

i hope everyone has a good day even thought it is a monday

:)

update

oh boy i have once again failed at staying on top of this blog of mine

so be ready for lots of random bits&pieces of life

1. new place

thats right i have moved out. 

and i love it.

it all happened so fast and kinda random but i couldn't be happier

i now live in legacy village

my awesome roomies are: mckenzi (jenzu), taylor, tonya, teniele, kaylee(murl)

its so nice to live with roommates who are fun and not always locked away in their rooms.

i can't wait till i have all the boxes unpacked

decorations on the wall

and finally make it my little home

(pictures will come when i get it setup)

2.brinley turned 1

my baby isn't a baby anymore

sniff sniff

last week was brinleys first birthday

and i can't even believe it

the way brinley came into our lives was a bit.. unexpected

but i knew from the moment i saw her picture she was an Allison

she has forever changed&blessed our lives

love you brinner.

first picture of brinely

love this little girl

i guess you can say we are little bit obsessed

3. i won!

okay i dont ever win anything.

and i mean anything

but a couple days ago i was reading one of my favorite blogs:

http://cleverlyours.blogspot.com/

and saw a giveaway.

so i figured why not.

and what do you know.

i won!! 

i am now the owner (as soon as it comes)

of a super cute cheerfully charmed orange adorned bib necklace

4. this isn't an update but more of thoughts/questions

okay, i dont even know if people read this, and if they do, i dont know if they care

but whoever is out there i need some help

my hair is in need of some serious tlc

i wake up to my hair looking&feeling like straw

when i brush it i feel like im going to go bald

i just want some healthy hair that will start to grow

what is a good:

 shampoo/conditioner

leave in conditioner

or just good hair products?

next:

spray tans.

yay or nah?

i am already loosing my tan

the joys of an office job.

i want some color back 

but without the damage of the tanning bed.

once again any suggestions?

anyone had one?

eyelashes&eyebrows.

anyone in logan know of a great place to get 

fake eyelashes

or 

eyebrows waxed?
i don't want to get the fake lashes that look well fake.

i want the more natural look

and my eyebrows.

okay i am super picky about them

my sister always did them

untill about a year ago

i then went to my friend who was in beauty school

but now i dont know where to go

any good salons? 

sorry this is so long

and super random. 

hope everyone is having a good week

&

happy halloween