Fun Photo Diary (Disney + Girls Day)

Howdy friends! I had a cool idea to do an entire blog post dedicated to a trip to Disney but because I'm me, I barely took any photos. BUT, I will be sharing the photos I did take from when I went.

I know, you're probably thinking, "why don't you just go back?" Well you see, my pass is blocked out the entire summer and by the time I can go again it's going to expire. Also I don't see myself renewing it due to them raises prices and the fact that I'd rather spend my money on something else!

The past year with a pass has been so much fun and I'll miss it for sure. Maybe I'll get one again in the future but for now, it's so long.

I was so happy to see that for my last Disney trip I get to see the castle! It's been being refurbished for what seems like forever but she's back better than ever! That fresh paint tho

What's your favorite treat from Disneyland? I have to get a churro every time I'm there! It's my favorite thing I think.

The rest of these photos are from a fun day of treating yo self. Got my nails done, got donuts, and got my ears pierced! Very exciting day. 

I don't have any pictures of the piercing place but I got my second lobe piercing's done. Didn't hurt at all, though I wasn't really expecting it too! 

here's the piercing and also my extremely faded pink hair 

Thanks so much for reading! 

Next week's post is going tome full of recipes! Hint: It's all about the most important meal of the day! I've been working on it for a few weeks now so I'm excited to finally share the finished product. 

Spring Weekend Photo Diary

So a couple weeks ago I went with my boyfriend to go film his podcast. If you want, you can listen to it over on youtube!

I didn't know what to expect honestly and I had to be quiet the whole time! So I watched Mama Mia on my phone and listened to music. But the next time I go I'm going to be in charge of the camera.. aka making sure it doesn't stop recording mid shoot.

I had so much fun though! I love listening to my boo talk about cars.

I did take more photos but it was dark and I'm working on editing them to make them look all purdy ya feel. 

Next on our weekend adventure.. BEACH!! Except we always do this. It never gets old though!
Something amazing happened while we sat on a bench to watch the sunset.. A BUNNY HOPPED OUT OF THE BUSHES. I was giddy with excitement. You all (hopefully) saw the picture I posted on my story when it happened.

We also made an appearance at a bonfire with some friends but I have no pictures since I didn't bring my camera! Oops! 

Now since I haven't talked much in this post I wanna chat a lil about some things I'm doing this month! First off, I'm getting my hair done this weekend and I am beyond excited. I've been waiting like 3 months to do this and it's finally happening! I'll share the results via instagram obviously, don't worry. 

Next, I've got a bunch of posts coming! Like I have so many different ideas and cool approaches on things and I'm just really excited for them to come to fruition! Also hollaaaaaa at the fact that I've had a couple posts up this month and I'm gettin serious with this thang!! 

Just very proud of myself for sticking to it. (lol it's been like 3 posts calm down girl) 

Speaking of girl.. have you guys seen New Girl? I'm rewatching it for like the hundredth time and I love it so much. One of my favorite shows for sure. 

My film was developed! Well, some of it was. I got 2 rolls developed and of course, like 2/3 of the pictures were blurry! What can you do though. It was my very first time using a film camera and I'm still learning so I'm not going to let that bring me down! 

Having the pictures in my hand even if they didn't turn out the way I wanted was so special to me. One of my favorite things to do is look through old photos from when I was little. The photos that my mom has from when she was my age. It's so nostalgic and lovely. All of the memories in each one and being able to transport back to the moment when you look at them! 

Anyways, that's enough photo talk. I have a photography update coming soon so I'll go a little more in depth there and even show some of my film that turned out ok! 

See ya next week!

Visalia Camping Trip

The past couple months have been crazy and this last week has been even crazier. Even though I just got back from vacation I feel completely drained and I'm hoping to get out of that funk soon. But for now I'm going to share with you all some pictures I took on my trip! It was such a great time and being away from social media and being away from..people...was refreshing. 

My boyfriend and I drove up to Visalia for a truck meet and camped out with a bunch of his buddies and we had the best time! I miss it already. I truly wish I was still there right now.. (even though I fell in the snow and had a hornet with us in the car while we were driving up the mountain).

While we were up there, we decided to drive up to the Sequoias to see General Sherman Tree! All of the trees up there are absolutely incredible but that one is an entirely different story. If you've seen it then you know what I mean!

Now I was not expecting there to be snow so the fact that we saw some, even if it was melting, was so cool! I've never been in snow in my entire life, except for when I was a baby, but that doesn't count.  I loved every second of the slush we all walked around on (and filled our ice chests with). I'm thinking this winter calls for a real snow trip.. what do you guys think? 

My boyfriend and I also slept inside his truck which was very new to me as I'm very much a tent camping kind of gal. I need space to move around! But the truck bed was super comfortable, maybe even more comfortable than a tent? 

Do you guys sleep in a tent? Or do you go full blown outdoorsy camping sleeping under the stars with nothing but a sleeping bag? That would be interesting to try.. I don't think I could do it because of all the bugs. or a bear! could you imagine. heck no. 

Bears were something I was very concerned about the first night here. I thought if we even had a single crumb a bear would be knocking on the doors trying to get it. I even considered tossing my deodorant in the trash because it's citrus scented and I read bears like that! But alas, there were no bears in sight (thankfully). It turned out that I had nothing to worry about and bears didn't actually live around that area.. they were more so 10 miles up from our camp.

I deeply regret not taking my film camera with me on this trip so I edited all my photos to have that film feel! I hope you enjoy them! I'm also FINALLY in the process of getting all of my old film developed so I'm excited to share those within the next month or so! 

I hope you enjoyed this post and as always thank you so much for reading! Now you guys have got to let me know, what's your favorite place to camp? I've got the itch to go camping this summer and I'm looking for some new spots! Let me know in the comments down below! 

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Have you ever tasted something that was so good that you don't want to eat anything but that for the rest of your life? That's how I feel about the cream cheese frosting on these cupcakes.

Yeah the cupcake itself is amazing too but this frosting.. wow. WOW.

I honestly can't get over how good these were. They are being made again ASAP. 

Here's the recipe so you can make them and see for yourself. The frosting was tweaked a little bit but I'm sure it would be just as good if you follow the recipe from Sugar Spun Run! And because I only changed the recipe for the frosting that's what I'm sharing with you today! But go ahead and click the link above to see the cupcake part of the recipe.

Ingredients 

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
• 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups powdered sugar (I did 3 cups because I don't like overly sweet frosting)

Directions

• Combine butter and cream cheese. Beat until creamy with no lumps.
• Add vanilla and salt, stir well.
• With mixer on low, add powdered sugar gradually, mixing well after each.

Now you can either eat this frosting straight out of the bowl or use it on top of your cupcakes or regular cake or even cookies! You do you, boo. 

If you're going to make anything that I've ever shared here on the blog I highly recommend this being the one. It's seriously incredible. Ok. I'm done now, I'm going to go make this frosting. 

See ya next time!

San Diego Photo Diary

First off I want to apologize for the lack of posts this past week. After going on vacation I needed time to relax and do some other things (that I was supposed to do before I left on my trip but didn't). And I've just been working a lot and was exhausted!

But I'm back and will be continuing to post every Tuesday and Thursday until Christmas. Then I think I'll either go back to one post a week or I'll just change the days so they're spread out more evenly! Posts will keep coming into the new year so don't worry!

Now onto the actual blog. Today I'm sharing some photos I took from my trip to San Diego last weekend. I didn't take too many on my phone and we didn't do too much. Just wanted to relax and recharge for the most part.

BUT we did go to the San Diego Automotive Museum which was SUPER cool and interesting! They had the same car from Back to the Future!!!! (Not the exact car but same model and everything). They even had THE car that the Rat Pack rode around in. Like, this was literally Frank Sinatra's cab. So amazing.

Here are the pictures I took from the museum!

These next pictures were taken by my extremely talented photographer boyfriend. You can see his other photos and videos over on his instagram. @ohmygodmark

We also went to Sunset Cliffs Natural Park which was so beautiful. I love the ocean and it was so peaceful to just sit there and watch the waves while the sun was going down.

Along with all the pictures I took on my phone, I took some with my camera but I won't be able to share those until I get my film developed. I've got 5 rolls to get developed so it might be a bit before I get around to doing that. Hopefully I won't be lazy and can drop those off sometime this week.

This trip was much needed and I feel so much better now. My mind is clear and I finally feel like I'm heading in the right direction. I know exactly what I want to do and how I'm going to get there and it just feels good. Sure I came back home to a few stressful situations but it's all solved now (for the most part) but I pushed through and here I am!

Cheers to great and exciting things to come!

As always, thanks for reading and Happy Holidays!