thanks!

So obviously I haven't been so good at this blogging thing... haha!

But we are coming up to Thanksgiving and I have so much to be thankful for. I like to keep a list from time to time, even when it's not Thanksgiving, just to think about how much I have been blesed with. So why not share my recent list?

Here is my list of things that I like/love/am thankful for/that make me happy!

My list could go on a lot longer but here's a good start =]

"We only have to open our eyes to the beauty that surrounds us in order to realize how much we have to be thankful for!"

a – airports, auntie, art, animal style at in-n-out, hanging out with alison “with one l”, my new friend– april, "auntie heather" and "uncle aaron" and their adorable girls

b – brooke, college basketball, my cousin beth, making blueberry muffins with kevin, getting lost in a good book, my little brother -brent (he makes me proud), bike rides by the beach, family bbq’s, bonfires, blakers, berry burst cider from bj’s, blackberry messenger, the BCB girls

c – chicago, people who are creative, all my cousins, the great state of california, josh and rachel’s cats, chuck taylor converse, classic rock, cheesy chicken, going to concerts, aunt chris’ cheesecake

d – daydreaming, drinking diet coke, daverssssss, dinosaurs, driving with my windows down, filling up my dvr, doodling, deep conversations with my dad, my dogs – koa, chance and lola too, death cab for cutie

e – the endless expanse of the ocean, eating out, espn

f – dipping french fries in a milkshake, forgiveness, frozen custard, my funny family, friendship, watching fireworks, rainbow flip flops, downtown fullerton, listening to francis chan messages, stephanie funchess, foo fighters

g – the grabill family, growth, grilled cheese sandwiches, my grandparents, girl’s weekend, baby-g

h – summertime at hume lake, honesty, hope, big hugs, my honda civic, watching heroes and house, the hollywood bowl, getting haircuts

i – italy, vanilla ice cream, iced tea, important conversations

j – jesus, peach and pear flavored jelly bellys, josh turner’s deeeeeeeep voice, joy beyond my condition, playing rockband with josh and rachel

k – kai, kansas, knowing my worth, being kiki, my brother - kenny

l – lakes, watching lost, life, laughter, lightning, letting go, las vegas, my little sister- lauren even though i don’t see her much lately, law classes even though they are hard, learning, love – unconditional, life changing, unfailing, genuine love, lisa – my favorite old roomie

m – hanging out with my mom, mermaids, motorcycles, music, malia, movie theatres, milk shakes, making new friends, eating at maki yaki with ashlee, steven, kevin and rocky, muse, getting massages with mk and eating at hennessey’s afterwards

n – new experiences, new releases, new episodes, nature, taking naps, netflix

o – the office, being organized, alfredo dipping sauce at olive garden, that one little cafe in the orange county airport, all of my old jr. high and high school students

p – having tons of pillows on my bed, percussion, taking pictures, pip’s art, polaroids, eating m&ms and popcorn with auntie, using my passport, paramore, pizookies

q – my awesome queen sized bed, quiet nights

r – my best friend rachel, rainy days – listening to the rain fall, seeing rocky kim – because somehow it never fails to brighten my day, ringtones, running into old friends, doing random acts of kindness with jackie, road trips – even short ones, roadkill boutique in fullerton

s – sushi, smiling, sharpie markers of every color, staring at the stars in the night sky, my school – and almost being done there (76 days!!), sunshine, shellfish – even though i’m allergic, spending time with friends, my csuf sweatpants – they are amazing, seal beach, slurpees, sunday gravy from finbar’s, our US soldiers, sufjan stevens

t – toms shoes, getting to travel, taxis, playing tetris, tattoos, tuesday night traditions, talking to kai and malia on the phone, thunderstorms, twloha, text messaging, tyler cole!

u – my cute umbrella, uncle phil, sitting under the stars, understanding

v – wearing vans, vitamin water, the vampires in twilight, audrey diana vecchio

w – walt’s wharf, water, rock harbor worship, watching college football on saturdays, alie - forever my west coast chica even though she moved to the east coast, being able to walk - seriously- after not being able to for a while you realize what a big deal it is

x – x-rays that look good and mean my foot is healing – that’s a big deal lately

y – yogurtland with megan and jarrett, youth ministry, yellow skittles

z – mom’s baked ziti, the zoo cuz animals are awesome