thriller. {michael jackson.}

i almost can't explain how much of a party this weekend was.
considering it is halloween weekend. there was so much going on.
it started on thursday with thriller.
followed with the howl on friday.
the howl after party friday into saturday.
saturday day was an adventure in and of itself.
and well saturday night was again another party.
sunday was a day of rest. literally.

nicole and i before the show.

thriller.

tuesday i get a text from my cute cousin nicole.

inviting me to go to st geezy to see thriller.

how could i resist?

i drove down after class.

we ate tortilla soup {made by becky... AMAZING!}

we then made our way to thriller.

after being attacked by the zombies before the show. it started.

it was amazing.

seriously i wish i could dance so i could have participated.

some parts were dark. but it was so amazing.

seriously such a blast to see.

i definitely recommend it!

after the show.

the howl was on friday. 

as was the institutes party. 

we decided to hit both.

we started with the trunk or treat and free dinner.

we then headed over to the howl.

we did a whole lot of waiting. 

waiting for pictures.

waiting for tattoos.

waiting for parrots.

in the end all we did was the parrots.

that and dance. let me tell you. we danced.

getting ready.

after the howl there was an after party.

it was a party.

we danced the night away until 4 am.

it was a success.

cleopatra. devil. cavewoman. black swan.

we slept until 1 pm saturday.
you can't blame us. we were tired.
this day had so much excitement it deserves its own post.
don't worry it will be posted about soon.

saturday night we knew there was another dance.

we debated on what to do.

we wanted to go but we also wanted to go to bed.

our party intentions took over and we danced the night away.

we danced until 1 am.

again success.

my costume. made by christie. seriously she is so talented.

sunday consisted of church. sleeping. and eating.

this is halloween. {marilyn manson.}

we love halloween.
for our party i made cute owl cupcakes.
i am quite proud of how they turned out :)

we also made caramel apples and we carved pumpkins as roommates.
it was a blast.

owl pumpkin.

caramel. chocolate. oreo. and caramel. pretzels. reeses pieces.

we also love ward halloween parties.
we went as the despicable me orphans.
now i can't wait for the costume change for the howl.
2 costumes. 1 halloween.

i was edith.

agnes. margo. and edith.

california gurls. {katy perry.}

believe it or not i have already attemped to post this same post like 3 times...
each time the stupid internet goes out and erases everything.
im annoyed. its fine.

fall break was last monday and tuesday.

of course california was the top vote of where to visit.

we made a count down and awaited the exciting visit to christies home town.

right before we left.

last link to our cali chain!!

finally after a couple weeks it came.

we packed our bags and drove all 6 hours to ridgecrest, cailfornia.

peggie sue hit 100000!

talk about a party.

everything between singing. stories. and sleeping happened in that car ride.

when we arrived at christies house we were welcomed by her awesome family.

we got a tour of her house. and got settled in.

we had pizza for dinner which was followed by a run to the doughnut shop.

that night we watched phantom of the opera and prepared ourselves for saturdays trip.

saturday we woke up and headed to the beach.

granted ridgecrest is kinda in the middle of no where much like cedar.

we drove 2 hours to santa monica beach.

we "swam" in the ice cold water.

{lets face it i just put my toes in then soaked up the sun.}

why i was holding down the fort the seagulls stole our cheeito bag.

yes they swooped the entire bag.

don't worry the nice lady next to us saved me.

she shooed the birds and retrieved what was left of our cheetios.

after we walked/shopped on the pier and 3rd street promonade.

we ate dinner at la salsa.

and headed back to ridgecrest.

beach.

ferris wheel on the pier! {tayler this pic is for you!}

sunday we went to christies home ward and met a lot of new people.

we met her cute primary class {5 year olds}

and we felt the spirit.

when we came home we had a delicious dinner made by the parentals.

{seriously soooo good.}

we made peanut butter balls.{our classic.}

we had FHE.

played trivial pursuit. {girls lost. lame.}

and sang around the piano.

we went on a drive up behind the college there.

it was gorgeous.

we looked at the stars and at the "city" lights.

seriously so pretty.

we then went to bed.

monday we were going to hit 6 flags.
but oh no it was closed.
good thing we checked before we made the 2 hour drive.
we ended up going to knottsberry farm.
it was seriously a blast.
christies dad came with us and honestly i loved it.
he is so much fun to be around and like i said we had a blast.
after he treated us to chili's.
we then drove home.
it was so so so so much fun.
we packed our bags and were sad to leave the next morning.

knotts.

acting like the gargoyles.

we woke up early and packed the car and left.

we drove the dreaded 6 hours. 

this time much more sleeping happened.

we stopped for gas in primm.

i decided to get a coke.

bad idea when you have a bladder of a new born.

seriously with in 2 miles from the last exit of vegas i had to pee.

literally i had. to. pee.

i told my self mesquite was coming and i could wait.

i tried to get it out of my mind but i almost lost it.

there was a time i was trying to come to senses with being 20 and peeing my pants.

luckily that didn't have to happen.

i made it just in time.

thank heavens.

we finally made it back to cedar.

it felt great to be home. but we all still longed for cali again.

we treated ourselves to krave.

it was an awesome weekend.

and seriously we will be going back.

we love california.

hahahahahaha. {kesha.}

proof. God wants us to laugh and be happy.

soak up the sun. {sheryl crow.}

santa monica beach.

i am headed to california.

ill be back tuesday.

beach. 6 flags. shopping.

how could it get any better?

oh i know.

its fall break so i am not missing school.