HAIR

I NEED OPINIONS PEOPLE!  Seriously.  I think I want to cut my hair.  Like big time cut.  Like chop.  Here are some ideas for what I am thinking:

I like the bangs of Cameron here:

Yep, Penny from Big Bang Theory (Season 1 hair)

 Loving the volume here:

Liking this length and bangs:

Love this look, but maybe too layer-y for my liking (I'm really lazy when it comes to hair):

Love this curly look and want to learn how to do it!

I'm scared to chop it because long hair is totally the style right now!  But I just never have the time or motivation to blow dry it and THEN curl it or make it cute, so it is always straight and gets way heavy and flat by the end of the day.  Also I'm going to be a teacher and I'm hoping shorter hair may make me look older?  Don't know but I think it's finally time for the "I've been married for a while" haircut.  Time for a change!  I've had the same hair style since like Sophomore year of high school.  Let me know your thoughts pleaseeee!

Thanksgiving 2012!

I need to blog about Thanksgiving before Christmas comes!

Thanksgiving was super fun this year.  We headed out to Arizona!  We were planning on leaving on Tuesday morning but the rental car place ran out of cars!  What?!  Didn't know that could happen when you had a reservation.  But we had to leave a lot later than planned so we drove to Kanab and stayed in a hotel for the night.  That was fun!  We drove the rest of the way on Wednesday.  I can't remember what we did the rest of that day!

Thursday we got up early to head to a Turkey Trot in the morning but it turned out it wasn't happening?  We couldn't find it so me, Jody and Billy went on a run on our own!  It was so fun!  We ran 5 miles boo ya!  We are awesome.  Then we got all set up for the big Barnes family Thanksgiving!  Me and Billy washed off some chairs and made some green beans and decorated the tables.  Then the family all gathered!  Such a fun Thanksgiving!  Here are some pics of the event I stole from Aunt Becky's Facebook:

It was a great day full of food and family!  That night me, Jody, and cousin Hannah went black Friday shopping to Macy's at midnight!  We are crazy.  It was pretty insane, so we didn't get anything and me and Jody headed right back home because we are old and love sleep.

Friday we took it easy.  We went out to lunch at a new Mexican restaurant, took it to the park and ate and played bocce ball.  Ceci was loving crawling around in the grass.  So cute.  Too bad Ceci kind of hated me the whole trip and would cry whenever I got near her.  That's okay she's still cute.  Then we had to get ready for Billy's cousin Ariel's wedding reception.  We headed over to the reception which was very nice!  They had delicious red velvet cupcakes!  More family fun time! 

Saturday we got to go on a steamboat ride at Canyon lake!  So fun!  It was very relaxing and lovely.  We saw some mountain sheep and some BALD EAGLES!  Can you believe it?  In the wild!  It was amazing.  Loved it.  Ceci was being super cute on the boat.  She makes this noise like a baby raptor and it is so cute.  After the boat ride we headed back home and helped make some turkey pot pie for dinner YUM!  Then we listened to Christmas music and set up the Christmas tree!  Karen has the best tree decorations.  It was super Christmassy.

Bruce taking a little snooze...

Beautiful!

It was such a fun trip!  I think I felt the most comfortable I have felt yet at my in-laws :)  I got really lucky with in-laws.  They are all about what I am all about: relaxing, eating good food, and watching movies.  It was a much needed break!

I need to get some more of the pictures from the trip from Jody :)

Sad/Bad Day

I'm just going to say it...today was a bad day.

It started out awesome.  I went running which I haven't done in a while due to finals and such.  Then I got home and was going to have to hurry to get ready but then saw an email that my 11 o'clock class was cancelled.  Yay!  I was excited to go to my noon class because we were doing a lab making peanut brittle.  And I was excited to go to my Bio 100 class because I like the teacher and all the students I TA and wanted to say bye.

But then...my vision went weird and my hand went numb (which was really strange).  Then my head slowly started pounding and I thought oh no...this is a migraine.  I have only had 2 before in High School and they are literally the worst.  Like if you move a muscle you feel like your head is going to explode and you are going to throw up all at the same time.  There was really nothing I could do, so I just popped some advil and crawled into bed.  I slept from like 11:30-4!!  What?!

I am so sad!  This is my last semester EVER of college classes and I missed the last day of my favorite ones.  I am getting really nostalgic about BYU and Provo lately, and this migraine was just like a cruel joke.  At least I still have one class tomorrow.  I will get to say bye to all my friends :(  I have gotten to know the people in my major so well and while they all still get to see each other next semester, we will be in DC and far away from them.  I'm really sad!!  I will especially miss my friend Katelynn who has become one of my BFFs over these last few years of taking classes together.  Hopefully I feel better tomorrow so I can see them all one last time!

I am feeling better now but still in no mood to do everything I have to do.  But, alas, I must finish up my last few assignments ever. (Crazy!!)

Pictures of a bunch of my major friends on our bug trip last fall (ah, the memories):