I've been everywhere, man

I love to travel. I love airplanes. but the sad thing is, I don't get to travel that much. I've been out of the country twice on a cruise to the Caribbean
This is in St. Maarten USVI. We went on a tour of the island and I think this was one of the highest points and it was just SO beautiful!! I love the color of the water and the view is just breathtaking.One year for youth conference, our stake was heading up to Palmyra, NY and made a little pit-stop at Niagra Falls!!! It was just after Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End came out (where the used niagra falls as the "end of the world") and so it was extra legit. We got soaked but it was so cool!
In Princess Kay, Bahamas Rach, Shayne, and I went on a banana boat. Shayne and I managed to stay on the whole time, whereas Rachael fell in the middle a few times and laughed so hard... well... for those of you who know Rachael, you can figure it out. Anyway, I stayed on until the very end when they both turned on me and pushed me off!!!

Trick Or Treat!!

Well I have to take another break from that daily thing because I had to post about
THE BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUMES EVER!!!!!
Brooke came up with the idea one day at lunch and it was absolutely. Unfortunately, we didn't have the fourth member who dresses up like a cat- but who needs him? He's weird. So, behold the first place costume winner for our ward party
Happy Halloween!!!

Spitting's A Dirty Habit

day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have

I am the biggest procrastinator in the world. I've tried to fix it, but I think I'm broken. In classes, my teachers will give me 2 weeks to do an assignment and I would wait until the day it was due. The excuse I use is that I work well under pressure, but the truth is, I don't even know how I work NOT under pressure. But I guess everyone has their flaws. So if life.

tres

day 3- a picture of you and your friends

I'm not going to be so bold as to say that I have too many friends BUT... joking.
Ok so let's see...

This is my big brother Daniel. He's the best. I became really close to him his senior year when we would drive to seminary/school/home. We also started becoming the friends with the same people so we would hang out together. I didn't get to see him for the past 2 years and it was so sad, but now he's home and I love having him only a state away from me!Brooke. Brunk. Brick. Broook. ruh. And everything in between. She's insane and brings out the INCREDIBLY loud side of me and I love it. We quote movies all the time and we can finish each others sentences. It's great.
These are some of my church friends from home. Brooke Kaile Emilee Elsje and Alicia. Elsje was my Laurel teacher and she is the most wonderful woman! Then there's the other girls. I love spending time with them because we always have so much fun together and go on little adventures! They made seminary fun for me.
Room 312. These girls are AMAZING!! They say you meet your greatest friends in college. They're right. I loved seeing them every day and talking with them until 3 AM. We have so many inside jokes and can't wait to live with them again in the spring!!Alex. What's funny is that I wasn't friends with him until the summer after senior year. He and Reid became super close and I always thought he was weird because he used to miss school all the time because he was always sleeping. Yeah I know I"m weird. But he is my 90s movie bonding best friend. I miss this guy and can't wait to see him again this winter and watch a Goofy Movie!!
Elle, Bess, and Kelly are superb. Kelly is so funny and fun to be around. We always just laugh at ourselves and can never get sick of each other. Also, her family is so boss. They sent me cookies from school!! :) Bess is the next Martha Stewart. We both have our wedding basically planned out and we love Lilly Pulitzer, baking, and southern accents. She is so happy and is going to be the best person ever. Elle is me. Only better at acting and addicted to coffee. I love how we can call each other names and use it as a form of endearment. She taught me how to make the infamous fish face and we tease each other relentlessly and I love it. She is my best friend.
I have been friends with Reid since I first moved to Gaithersburg, which means we've been friends for 15 years. Wow. Reid is so fun and will always listen to me and put up with me. Even though he always tried to take my parking spot in high school, I still love him!

And I can't forget about Sam. I became friends with Sam my first semester of college. I spent tons of time with him (and he ate the only burger Outback steakhouse had left that night rather than being a gentleman and LETTING ME HAVE IT but I digress.) and he is so funny. Now he's in the Philippines serving a mission for our church and I miss him a lot!!! But he's doing a good ting and will be home in 16 more months!!!

So there you have it. Some of my best friends.

I Work Hard

Taking notes is for sissies.

Deux

The meaning behind my blog name... well to tell you the truth, when I first started it, I wanted it to be a photography themed one so the URL was JCOneShot but put simply, it didn't work out. SO one fall day I was sitting around trying to think of a cool one and then it hit me!! It's fall and cold and all I do is stay indoors and once of my favorite features, my freckles were fading away. So I figured I could relate it back to my favorite time of year mixed with memories. Therefore Faded freckles came to be. So now that I've bored you to death, I'll make up for it with a cooler post. :)

Numero Uno

1. Before I go to bed, my blankets have to be straight. Basically I make my bed every night before I get in a minute later and mess it up.
2. I can't draw straight lines
3. I've been told I'm awkward. I still don't know what they're talking about.
4. I have more sweaters than there are days in February.
5. I want a pearl engagement ring
6. I can't focus on one person talking when other people around me are or if there's music playing.
7. Everything sounds smarter in a British accent
8. My knuckles hide from me.
9. I hate hate hate the snow and the cold. It still baffles me that I came to college in Idaho. What was I thinking??
10. I hate how my toes look when they aren't polished.
11. I bake when I have a bad day
12. I have a REALLY obnoxious laugh. I don't mind it, but others do when I erupt into a fit of giggles in class.
13. Sometimes I try weird foods just so I can say that I did (chicken hearts anyone??)
14. My future children will have southern accents and will know how to sail
15. I aspire to be Paula Deen when I'm 60. Or at least write a cookbook!

I'm a Copycat

I'm a blog stalker. It happens.
So the other day, I was going through my list of blog updates and took a looksie at my friend Emilee's (you should check it out. She's great.). Well she stole something from her friend that I'm stealing from her. :) --Hope you don't mind Em!!!-- But I figured that I need to make up for being lame and not updating my blog regularly. So here's my goal. One post a day for a month. This is how I'm going to do it. prepare yourself.
day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
day 2- the meaning behind your blog name
day 3- a picture of you and your friends
day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have
day 5- a picture of somewhere you've been to
day 6- favorite super hero and why
day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
day 8- short term goals for this month and why
day 9- something you're proud of in the past few days
day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad
day 11- another picture of you and your friends
day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one
day 13- a letter to someone
day 14- a picture of you and your family
day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
day 16- another picture of yourself
day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have
day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them
day 20- someone you love.
day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy
day 22- what makes you different from everyone else
day 23- something you crave for a lot
day 24- your last five facebook status'
day 25- what I would find in your bag
day 26- what do you think about your friends
day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge
day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
day 29- in this past month, what have you learned
day 30- you favorite song

Overwhelmed? Yeah I know. Tell me about it. But here goes nothing!

FALLing down

Autumn time... I never really liked fall when I was younger, but being in Idaho, I have a newfound appreciation for this season. 0 humidity= 0 crunchy leaves. By all means it doesn't make sense. Wouldn't the DRY air make DRY leaves??? Life is confusing. I digress. I miss the crunch of leaves, the crisp air, and the football games. BYU-I makes me sad sometimes.