friends

snapshots from a wedding weekend.

June 15, 2012

Oh, take me back!

These pictures are my favorite, I think, because they show just how much fun we had at the wedding last weekend. My friends from college are some of the best and craziest people I know. We have memories that go back to afternoons on the Quad and lazy days on the porch and hammock of our beloved “brickhouse” senior year. There are wild memories from the bars downtown and pictures to prove it all (somewhere out there!). And oh did we dance. We danced and sang and sang and danced. Glory days for sure.

It’s just such a good feeling to know that you have experienced so much with these people, and that you’ve experienced it side by side. My memories? They mean the world to me and I’m happy to have made some new ones last weekend.

You know what I love most about my friends?

No matter how much time has passed, we always pick up exactly where we left off. We don’t even miss a beat, and that is a really special thing.

LOVE YOU. MEAN IT.

Happy weekend, everyone! And happy summer to ME!

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cheers!

June 13, 2012

The day was seriously every bride’s dream. There was perfect weather and enough family and friends were there to fill a whole tent (quite literally). Ali looked absolutely beyond gorgeous in white and Shannon spiffed up pretty nicely too! It was just simply the best. I had such an amazing time being part of the wedding— a time I will honestly never, ever forget.

We laughed and drank and danced.

We lived, we smiled, we loved.

We had a time and then some and I’m still high on the thrill of it all…

Oh, but doesn’t that last picture just fill your heart?? That’s Ali’s grandparents just as young as ever.

WHAT A TIME!

You can view the incredible photographer‘s video here (It’s AMAZING):

I think that Doug Levy might be a genius. I just cannot stop smiling when I watch it. SO HAPPY!

And if you’re not all wedding-ed out, I’ve got even more pics coming up tomorrow: instagram-style.

Because weekends like this are not made for one blog post.

CHEERS, Ali and Shannon!! ♥♥♥

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check that flash mob off the ‘ol bucket list.

June 11, 2012

~~6. Flash mob. Doing it.~~

Yeah.

YEAH WE DID.

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Memorial Day Weekend in Maine

May 31, 2012

Guys! HEY!

I feel like I haven’t been on this space in FOREVER.

Here are the reasons:

1) School is CRAY-ZY.

2) I’ve been sick. Sore-throat-achy-body-sick. And it hasn’t been fun.

And because school is crazy and the end of the year is coming close, I haven’t been able to take a proper sick day to rest myself back to health. Instead I’ve just been hammering down Dayquil and spending my afternoons face down on my couch. SO awesome.

I know how I got sick in the first place if you’re all wondering. I spent the weekend with my college friends pretending I was in college again. You know, day drinking turned into night drinking and the like. Oh, so wonderfully glorious.

You remember those days don’t you?

I myself often still feel like I’m 22. Pretty much every. single. day.

It completely boggles my mind that I’m 28 years old. There’s this quote from Grey’s Anatomy that I’ll always remember and love: “We’re adults. When did that happen and how do we make it stop?”

So good, right? And so true. When did that happen? And how DO we make it stop?

I’d like to hope that I’ll feel young at heart forever.

Except for the beginning of this week when I officially felt OLD for getting a legitimate sickness because I was acting like I was 22 when I actually am quite far from 22.

Whatever.

It was totally worth it.

It was my dear friend Ali’s bachelorette weekend in Maine. You remember she’s the one who lives in New Zealand? The weekend was perfect. Saturday night was reserved just for the college friends to catch up and be together. We dressed up and went out to dinner at a fancy and delicious mexican restaurant in downtown Portland. I love a good enchilada and this place had it. Then, on Sunday we hit up the Portland Sea Dogs game and then headed out to Peaks Island on the ferry for dinner. We ended the night in our friend’s garage playing flip cup to 80s jams. Nothing better, I tell you. NOTHING BETTER.

What can I say? WE BE LOVIN’ STRIPES.

And the weather? It was a little bit chilly at night, but absolutely gorgeous during the afternoons. Fingers crossed the weather’s similar for Ali’s big day NEXT Saturday!

And if you’re wondering if I’ll be pretending I’m 22 again, you better believe it.

What better a time to act young and carefree than with the people you were once young and carefree with?

I live for these kinds of weekends.

And what a way to kick start summer!

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