asian chicken salad.

{ingredients}:

1 roasted chicken or 2 chicken breast sauteed (chopped)

2-3 green onions chopped

1 bell pepper chopped (any color)

2 Tbsp. mayonnaise

2 tsp. soy sauce

2 tsp. olive oil

Toasted sliced almonds (optional)

Chop chicken and vegetables. Mix mayonnaise, soy sauce, and olive oil to make dressing. Toss together. Sprinkle with almonds.

{instant} photography.

blahhh, i am dying for one of these. i love instant photography, and this seems to good to be true. i got an email that showed the instant back + splitzer and the pictures look amazinggg.

ready to read..

her other books were to die for.

i can barely contain my excitement!

may 11 seems so far away...

moving forward in 2010.

while 2009 definitely had it's ups and downs.

all in all i would say it was pretty great year.

2009 brought about traveling (CO, LA, FL, NY),

new friends as well as maintaining old friendships,

one step closer to college graduation,heartache,

dance parties, picking myself up to be extremely happy.

i dreaded this year because most of my friends were

going to be moving, but like everything else. things

always seem to work out.

i feel like the year was definitely a growing experience,

and i know that 2010 will bring about even more

growth and changes that i will get through.

2009 reflection.

january:

skiing in Vail, CO. ran in a 5k in Houston.

i went camping for the first time.

february:

attended a few of my brothers soccer games.

went to Austin for Holly's 21st. road segways for Valentine's Day.

went to a few A&M basketball games.

march:

went to New Orleans for Spring Break.

Had a Vampire Party for Steph's 23rd.

april:

dancing in CS with Mel. home for Easter.

Laurena's Ring Dunk.

may:

went to San Marcos for Candace's graduation.

attended Steph's graduation from A&M.

went to FL for Memorial Weekend.

june:

baby brother graduated from high school.

i spent most of the month working for my dad.

july:

most of july was spent in FL.

it was magical for sure.

august:

i went to NYC in august.

then came home and got ready for school.

september:

i got my Aggie ring in September!

went to all the home football games.

october:

i went to ACL. went to Dallas for a girls weekend.

dressed up as an apple and grapes. went to see Owl City in Austin.

then dressed up as Raggedy Ann.

november:

went to the Galleria for our annual shopping trip.

celebrated Danielle's birthday at Kona Grill.

the boys came to CS for the weekend.

went home for Thanksgiving. attended the UT vs. A&M game.

december:

went to Austin for the weekend.

went to Houston for my 22nd birthday.

celebrated the holidays at home.

-- i would have to say 2009 was a great year.

very unexpected, but a good unexpected for sure.

january jumpstart.

so a few days ago Mom & i went to the Galleria to make some returns. we ended up coming home with bathing suits? yes, we are in one of the coldest weeks of the year and will not be able to wear them for months! but i am sooo excited about my purchases.  

i just need to get this tote to be ready for summer...

you can find everything here.

my {special} christmas : )

So every Christmas we have the exact same rituals...

Christmas Eve we get up and get ready for the day.

We go my Grandpa's house and celebrate

Christmas with my dad's side of the family.

After we leave Grandpa's we go to church for candlelight service.

It is one of my favorite Christmas rituals even though

i like how they used to do it when i was little better.

After church we have some family and close friends over for

finger food, desserts, and wine.

Even though we are now 22, 19, 16, and 13 we still all sleep

on my parents floor on Christmas Eve.

I made my favorite lime jello salad.

(mom and i almost forgot to make it!)

Papa brought his new puppy Coco.

She is just a doll.

As usual, we had to take some family pictures outside.

So everyone brings various dishes and comes over for

an afternoon feast.

Christmas night we open presents with my mom's side.

I love that we practice the same Christmas routine every year.

I hope that when I have a family we will have a similar

routine. It helps to make everything extra special.

it is also so sad when it's over...

but until next year!