Happy Fathers Day, Daddy-O!

Here is a great and easy idea for any father's day/mother's day gift!! Pull out a recipe card and make a recipe for the perfect Dad!  Mine was specific to my rockin Dad- hard working, silly, intelligent, athletic, pazazz, and LOVE!  

I then found tons of fun little gifts that fit the recipe at world market! Each ingredient had a matching gift. The silly straw was his favorite (: 

Man do I love my Dad!! When I was younger I used to think that I was exactly like my mom, but as I have gotten older I have realized that I am actually a ton like my dad, and I am so glad!!  He is such a great example to me.  He loves literally everyone around him.  Like the other day we were out playing tennis, and he stopped playing with me and Nathan to help out the people next to us and give them some tips.  Even though he had never met them, he acted like he'd known them for years!  He has worked so hard his whole life to provide so much for me.  I cannot tell you how thankful I am for the extra work he has always put in so that I could have the opportunities that I do.  I really do feel like I am the luckiest girl around! I love you Dad (:

Life is good on Father's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

I know it's a few days past Mother's day, but I just had to share this DIY picture that is an awesome gift for Moms Dads and Grandparents!  All it takes is the cutting of a white poster board, a tripod (or latter in my case (;), and a camera! I just took the pictures to wal-mart, made one of their posters, put it in a frame, and ta da!

I know that everyone says that they have the greatest mom in the world, but Laura Lockwood is actually the real one. She is my role model, my rock, my shoulder to cry on, my fashion advisor, my spiritual guide, and my very best friend.  Since going off to college and spending time away from my amazing mother, I've realized how much I want to emulate her.  She is so tender and kind to those around her.  She is hard working and motivated.  She's the greatest Mom ever and I hope I can be as great as her when I grow up!! 

Life is good on Mother's Day.

You got Cupped!

It would't be freshman year of college if there wasn't some good pranks, right?! At 5:45 Sunday morning, the 2100 bad girls snuck to the downstairs bathroom and left hundreds of cups filled with water in the bathroom! They were in the bathroom stalls, showers, everywhere!

Here's a tweet from one of our friends that woke up to the madness in her bathroom (: If you're ever look for a harmless prank, this one was great!

Life is good with a few harmless dorm pranks!

Birthday Decorations!

Happy Birthday Kaycee! My friend Alex asked me to help her decorate her room for her roommate's birthday, and she had the CUTEST ideas, I had to blog about it.

19 balloons for 19 years old! Each balloon has a picture hanging from the bottom, and on the back of each picture is a number! 1-19 (: 

Wrapping the door is so much fun! Even without wrapping the whole door, just a big strip with either ribbon, bows, or balloons looks great. 

Crayola Bathtub markers are awesome! You can write on mirrors, tubs, and windows.  

We also hung streamers from the ceiling! 

Kaycee came home and was so surprised and happy to see her room looking birthdayed-out! You can customize these ideas for any age, gender, and room! I love birthdays!

Life is good when its someone's birthday!

Dorm Love Week!

Since it seems most of the girls in my hall are single and it's Valentine's week, I decided to officially make it our dorm Love Week! There's no need to be sad that you don't have a boy to love, when you can love all the people around you!  So for each day there's a different challenge of someone new to love.  As President Monson said, "To find real happiness, we must seek for it in a focus outside ourselves."  Feel free to use this free printable in your halls or homes or wherever it works around Valentine's Day or any week of the year!

Life is good when you love others!

I love birthdays.

Since coming to BYU, I've realized that I am almost obsessed with birthdays. Your birthday is the one day of the year that its allowed to be all about you. When you think about it, it is the coolest holiday ever! Everyone deserves a day of the year to be recognized for how amazing they are.  Even though I totally love my own birthday, I honestly love everyone else's birthday even more.  Like this year for Taylore's birthday, I was thinking to myself that it is literally one of my favorite days of the whole year. I get to plan surprises and gifts and good food!  Nothing beats the feeling of planning cute things for someone's birthday and watching them be happy on their day.

So, one of the best parts about living in a dorm is that its someone's birthday like all the time!! Today is Liz's birthday.  Liz lives across the hall from me and she's become a great friend to me over the past few months.  She's so easy and fun to talk to, I feel like I could tell her anything.  She's always up for a party and is so giving of all of her things and her time.   I LOVE liz and I'm so happy that we get to celebrate her today! 

This is what we do to decorate for birthdays here!! Totally reminds me of how Mom would decorate our doors at home on our birthdays (: She's definitely where I get this affinity for birthdays. Well everyone wish Liz a happy birthday tomorrow!! (:

Life is good when it's someone else's birthday!