prom 2013

This past Saturday was the long-awaited 2013 Prom- weeks of finding the right dress, hair, shoes and makeup all led up to one looong day of preparation and one amazing night of memories and experiences. I couldn't have hoped for a better prom experience and I honestly have no idea how to sum such a great time up in just a few sentences so I thought some pictures would do a much better job!

So here are just a few of the countless pictures taken by my parents, brother and friends, and I'm sure there are more to come:

The entire group- there were 24 of us, just kind of a mish-mash of friends. Some of us didn't know one another all that well but we all had a great time! It was such a fun and happy group!

All the girls! Antique effect, so classy huh?

Aaron & I- this guy is not only a badass wrestler but he's practically 007. He wore suspenders to prom, I repeat- HE WORE SUSPENDERS. I mean how can you be any more badass?!

Spence & Aubz, besties since 8th grade. I adore this child!

Spencer and the oh-so-lovely Caitlyn with myself and Aaron. Red, white and blue- sooo patriotic!

Steph & Remy- two gorgeous babes in blue!

Olive & I- She looked so elegant and classy, I LOVED her dress!

The Three Musketeers! In our five years of friendship, it's become pretty much a tradition for at least one of us to screw up our photos. This time it was all on me... classic.

This girl- Jacky, Yackbutt, Jacks. She is seriously the ying to my yang, the cheese to my macaroni and the PEACE TO MY SIGN (ehh, ehh?! Get it Jacky?!)! As Jacky said, this picture "pretty much sums up our friendship-- ALWAYS laughing!' Truer words have never been uttered. Love you Yackybutt!

As you can see, we now have an obsession with peace signs, thanks to Aaron and his presidential peace sign.

 I wasn't kidding.

Ooohh, nonsensical inside jokes with Yackybutt! "HEY!"

And how could we not do the classic spy pose when our prom's theme was Skyfall?! It was an absolute must.

Huge round of applause for the wooonderful quality pictures my iPhone captured! Horrible quality aside, I love these pictures! The venue was gorgeous- 32 floors above Downtown Los Angeles. "A night above it all!"

And to finish it all off, some snaps of our photobooth pictures. Again the peace sign showed up- it's an addiction and I'm not afraid to admit it.

Prom night was honestly one of my favorite experiences from my senior year and I will always treasure the memories I made! I can not thank my friends enough for making my night so much fun- I love you all to bits and I am so glad I got to share the experience with you guys!


Well now it's time to get some sleep so goodnight and goodbye for now xoxo


Do you have prom at your school? If so, how was it?

sunday songs: week 20

Music is always something I want to share but this week I am more excited than ever to share this week's sunday songs! Sometimes it takes me a while to fall in love with a song, but these songs are the rare types I fell for immediately. They're all pretty different yet still have the same "vibe", if that makes any sense at all. I'm honestly so hooked on these songs and I'm pretty sure I'll be playing these nonstop for the next week as well!
I really hope you enjoy these songs as much as I do:








What did you think of this week's sunday songs?

senior ditch day

Today the Class of 2013 had our long awaited Senior "Ditch" Day, which isn't truly a day of ditching since it's all planned out! But that didn't change the fact that it was such a great day! For years the senior class has been going to the island of Catalina for a day of just letting loose and leaving all the stress of senior year behind. It was so strange to be going on this trip and realize that not only are we actually seniors, but we're about to graduate (OH.MY.GOSH.)!

Anywhooo, my friends and I spent the day just biking around exploring the island, peddle boating and catching some sun. It was such an amazing day and I'm so glad I got to spend it with my equally (if not more) amazing friends. Between all of us we got quite a lot of pictures so I rounded up all my favorites to show:

The island itself is insanely adorable! And as you can see, the weather was totally on our side today.

Top: all of us on the pier; Bottom Left: Jacky and I at an adorable cafe we grabbed lunch at; Bottom Right: biking (or me trying to...)

So I kind of suck at biking, and Remy being the amazingly awesome best friend she is got a tandem bike with me. So I totally didn't die biking today! YAY!

First off, big thanks to Ali (who was kayaking) for taking this picture! I'm not looking at the camera but I still love how happy everyone looks.

Huuuur in the wiiiind.

My two best friends since 8th grade, Spencer & Remy- it's so crazy to think that we're now nearly done with our senior year! (P.S. they are such models it's not even funny)

Ali being supah artsy and cute on the left and Remy lookin' adorable on the right- love these two!

And of course Bridge had to get a group photo! Such an amazing group of people.

And last but not least, this super sweet photo of Jacky and Kelly:

 I love this photo so much! I can't help but smile each time I see it!


I think all these pictures just sum up how fantastic this day was- beach, ocean, friends and sunshine. It was so perfect! And tomorrow is our SENIOR PROM! I can't even express how excited I am!

But now it's time to get some sleep so I'm well rested and ready for tomorrow. Bye for now xoxo


Do you have a Senior Ditch Day at your school? And what amazing plans do you have for your weekend?

sunday songs: week 19

I've never been the type to stick to one genre of music- I figure that it's kind of silly to do that since there are so many amazing artists out there with wonderful music you'd never hear unless you branch out. With that being said, my weekly music discoveries or likes tend to be all over the place and that's the norm but this week I kind of shocked myself! My favorite songs from this week go from experimental grunge to haunting acoustic, with some techno craziness and mainstream pop in between!
Take a listen and see what you think:






(Last: skip to 0:20 for the beginning of the actual song)


So what did you think of this week's sunday songs? Does your music taste ever seem totally schizo sometimes, too?

three days for mama!

So the last few days have kind of been dedicated to my mom- Friday was her birthday as well as Mother's Day in Belize (we're Belizean), Saturday was her birthday party and today is America's Mother's Day! If anybody deserves three days about them, it's definitely my mom!
My mom's honestly my best friend and one of my biggest inspirations. Although we argue and disagree a lot (we are WAY too similar to not buck heads every now and then!) we have an unbreakable bond. She's been with me through all my ups and downs and I know that she'll support me through whatever life throws at me in the future, and I'll be by her side the same way. Life is changing so much for me right now with turning 18, graduating and college coming up, and sometimes I get scared but my mom is always there to help me through it all. She's the strongest, bravest and most caring woman I know and I am so lucky to call her my mom and best friend.

One of my favorite pictures of my mom and I- there are others that are better quality or where we're both smiling at the camera but there's just something about this one! Maybe it's because I'm just like cuddling into her. Either way, I always smile when I see it.

Anyways, I took some photos from my mama's party yesterday! It was a really fun party but deargosh I was so tired after! Usually our parties go late but maybe to like midnight at the latest (my mom has never really enjoyed staying up late for parties), but last night it was like 1am when people started leaving and I just passed out on my bedroom floor. I didn't wake up till my mom came upstairs after cleaning up. It must have freaked her out finding me sprawled on the hardwood floor!

 Woot woot! 46 and still rockin' it! Go Mom!

My three handsome brothers! David, Dyron and Darion. There was one photo that had potential of being such a great picture but of course Dyron pulled a silly face and messed it all up!

See? He's a strange one- we had a mini photo shoot because we liked how these shots of him tipping his drink looked. We so artsy fartsy!

D'aww! My dad was the bartender for the night and he was rockin' it like always. I love how David has a beer but my dad has a bottle of seltzer water... oh papa!

This was seriously such a difficult task- we have a tendency to fail at taking family pictures because we're always laughing or talking and at least one person end's up blinking in the picture or being mid-sentence. My mom and dad are abooouut to blink in this picture but this is the best we got! One day I WILL get a perfect shot of us all!

Today for Mother's Day we went out to lunch and just spent the day at home because it is ridiculously hot here right now- it's not even summer yet and it nearly reached 100 today!
Now I have to work on some homework (ewww), but I'll post this week's sunday songs later! So bye for now xoxo


How did you celebrate Mother's Day today? Or if you live in another country, how do you usually celebrate Mother's Day?

pep squad banquet

Right now I'm waiting for the pasta to finish cooking for the two little girls I'm babysitting- one of them is putting stamps between her toes and stamping on some paper... oh wittle kids! Today has been a pretty nonstop day: volunteering for four hours at the Pasadena LitFest, now babysitting for five hours and then straight back home to celebrate my amazing mother's birthday with a downright Belizean celebration (which means lots of people, food, music and draaaaanks). I'll do a post all about today's happenings tomorrow, because this post is all about the great time I had at the Pep Squad Banquet!

So just a little background- If I'm being honest, pep squad hasn't always been the most positive experience for me throughout the last year. It's one of the most stressful and dramatic things and there were times in which I just wanted to quit! But last night, spending an evening with my team and remembering all the amazing things we've accomplished this year, I realized it was so worth it! Maybe some moments were tough and some of my team mates and I wouldn't see eye to eye, but I wouldn't trade any of that for anything in the world because I've learnt so much from these girls! They're all such strong, determined, intelligent, beautiful and remarkable girls and I am so honored to call myself a Songie alongside them. We have one performance left this year and I am more determined than ever to make it one to remember!

Enough sappy reminiscing, here are some pictures from my lovely evening with lovely people:

 My amazing Varsity Songs team!

Senior table, what what! And a random bun in the background...

What I wore- dress, Poetry; belt, random gift (I think..?); shoes, Enzo Angliolini

 My favorites! Mama Remy and her two junior babies!

Ali & Remy's "engagement photos"- such love!

Ma & Dad! They're so flippin' adorable! It was my mom's birthday yesterday so it was nice to spend an evening with them. And tonight we get to celebrate even more!

It's so strange to see these two certificates side by side- Varsity Wrestling and Varsity Song, two COMPLETELY different teams haha But my year would not have been the same without either. I've learnt so much from both teams and I can not thank my team mates and coaches enough for making my senior year the best year I've ever had!

Anyways, the girls' parents should be home soon then I'll be zooming back home to quickly get dressed and spend the evening with my family celebrating my mama's 46th! I'll make a post about my busy day tomorrow, so adios for now xoxo


Are you on any teams at your school? And how was your Saturday?

sunday songs: week 18

Woops, looks like I'm late again on my sunday songs! I really have to get better at posting these before midnight that way it can actually be SUNDAY songs haha
Anyways, this has been a really good week musically- I've found so many songs that I've become absolutely addicted to, from upbeat pop to fun 80's music and mellow alternative. I've been a big 80's kick and my mom is really happy about that because she LOVES 80's music haha So we've been rocking out to funky 80's songs while driving.
But on to the point, here are this week's sunday songs:







What did you think of this week's sunday songs? What kind of music have you been listening to recently?