growing up

OH MY GOODNESS!!I am having this insane, curve of tears happiness! One of the sweetest and best people I know is getting married on Friday, and I feel like like leaving on Thursday, I am getting there too late! she is awesome my cousin and I wish her the best happily ever after life can possibly give her! I can't wait to tell you all about it!

Here are a few pictures,
and facts,
Lauren and I went to Greece together
Lauren Alex and I, who I would consider the three musketeers of the Sheppard cousins, are all getting married in less than 4 months apart. Can you say fun married couple trips? I can!
I love those two girls and honestly couldn't express my happiness for them!

then the real treasures

happy{almost} ever after Lauren. I wish you and TJ the best life has to offer! Couldn't be more proud of you for getting married in the temple, and finding someone as kind hearted as you are!

love ya!

switching over

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Rose Parade

as some of you well know, I am a florist. With luck and some talent, I got to work on the rose parade through Phoenix Decorating Company this new years. It was an amazing expirence. I can't even begin to tell you how much  I learned! I accomplished a lot, and was SO humbled.It was so great to spend time with Kristin Wheelwright again on our yearly get together!  My brothers got to come up and work one day and let me tell you.... awesome to share this with them. I mean it meant so much to me to see them come up and participate in something so fun. I hope next year with some luck and serious convincing, my family and my new husband can all share the experience with me and we can camp out or something cool like that and actually watch the parade! so fun right? 

well, another fun thing, a Float I worked on got an award, the Princess trophy award! super cool! GO ROTARY!!! Woot Woot! 

 city of alhambra

 city of Hope crew chiefs!

Thanks again to Phoenix Decorating Co. for the experience! Check them out on Facebook they had some really awesome stuff! 

and if you have any questions or comments! please et me know! 

Christmas Break!

Its been a long while, haha and it never ceases to amaze me how much happens in such little time. 

Okay break down and photos!

I finally finished the awful of awful semesters, on the 16th of December. I moved out of my old apartment, with along with the move came relief and joy. Then Kade and I hit the road, for the first week we would spend together, in over 4 months. One solid week! Doesn't get much better! We had a blast hanging out with his family and friends. But most of all we loved not being separated or hayley doing homework and kade just waiting for her to be done. That and it was our first christmas together! 

then I travelled home to the glorious California for Christmas with my own family. It was such a breathe of relief to be home. I honestly cried when I saw the ocean flying in that day. Haha the lady next to me just looked at me funny. Little does she know what sunshine and the sense of being home can do for a girl. 

once home I got a few precious days to hang out with my family before I started to work. 

next post time! there's so much to take in here!