happy birthday your highness.

Happy Birthday to my mom!

Queen for the day (but actually for always).

She's my best friend, and I love her.

We love birthdays at our house and they all start and end with hers.

She is, after all, the Birthday Queen!

(kacey.ism 61)

bruised knees.

Bruised knees.

Achey joints.

Immovable arms.

Sheer exhaustion.

I guess that's what I get for dancing 6-8 hours a day 

for 8 days straight.

Still, I wouldn't have it any other way.

(kacey.ism 60)

horoscopes 2011.

I'm not sure who decided it was okay to change everyone's horoscopes,

but I'm sticking with mine. 

I was born a Libra, so a Libra I will always be.

You can't just decide to change something like that.

Okay, so maybe I only read my horoscope every once in a while (aka every few months)

but I like being a Libra.

Sue me. I'm not changing it. 

(kacey.ism 59)

Little slice of Sun Valley.

Oh the joys of Sun Valley...

I had a truly great weekend.

My weekends are always great when they're spent in Sun Valley.

For as many times as I've been there it just never gets old.

On this particular trip we skiied, bowled, saw a movie, ate yummy food, shopped, read horoscopes, went on icy walks, loved valentine's candy, and just had fun.

It was just what I needed before school really gets going. 

I'm always sad to leave, but I know my next visit is never too far away.

(kacey.ism 58)

Friends.

Roommate Ann and I are avid lovers of Friends.

It never gets old, it's always funny, and it just makes us smile.

Not a week goes by that we don't watch a few episodes.

We've decided that everything in life can be related back to a Friends episode.

Try it. You'll see we're right. 

(kacey.ism 57)

Happy Hour is Happy.

I have to give a shout out to my favorite place in Provo...

Sonic.

I frequent it daily for my large diet coke with lime and extra ice

and it always makes my me so happy.

Those Sonic workers are the friendliest people around. Truly.

So thanks Sonic. You make my life better.

(kacey.ism 56)

Christmas Morning.

Christmas Morning was and is always the best.

Our little family loves to wake up early, sit by the fire, and enjoy opening gifts and being together.

This year there was clothes, and bracelets, and gadgets galore.

And don't forget about our signed Jazz jerseys!

(Yeah, my dad is pretty great like that.)

I hope everyone had the merriest of Christmases!

(kacey.ism 55)

Temple Lights.

One of my favorite holiday traditions is going to see the lights at Temple Square

on Christmas Eve.

It's always the last thing we do that night and I love it.

Nothing quite emphasizes the true meaning of Christmas like being near the Temple and 

looking at the lifesize nativity scene.

Plus having my whole family there doesn't hurt either.

(kacey.ism 54)