happy christmas

buy the music here.

because it's fantastic.

life lately (picture overload)

a few months ago, i went to moab with my dad. 

we went hiking, rafting, and hieroglyph sighting.

it was awesome.

fall is my favorite season, but it's cut short in utah by long summers and longer winters.

i have made sure to soak it up all i can by going on a million hikes.

i'm obsessed!

can you even believe i live here?!

(pictures from three separate hikes.)

of course, i've been working. a lot.

i really like my job. i like everyone i work with, and i get to work with kade!

but we get bored... so we doodle and have orange peeling contests.

as always, food has played a pretty important role in my life these days.

and! i was at cafe rio the other day, and a worker brought me a tres leches; my fave!

i said "i didn't order this?"

and she said "someone asked me to give it to you."

it was the most random and awesome thing that's happened to me!

(if you have information on this anonymous giver of cake, please send your tips to the comments section of this post.)

and, of course, for your viewing pleasure,

here's my god-babe, cutest kid you ever did SEE.

This post was to prove that my life isn't as cryptic and depressing as the rest of my blog is.

Regular posting to resume... now.

does any one else's heart just hurt of baby-less-ness?
i may invest in a puppy sometime soon...

this is what my day looked like today

and it was really really really really great.

Mason Scott Adams 

Thursday, January 19th

i love this little dude. we've been hangin' out for, like, 9 months, but i've never actually met him until today. (you know that feeling?) and he's way more awesome than i ever could have imagined. he's so sweet and super strong, he has a ton of personality for only being a few hours old! i'm so excited to watch this little guy grow up. he has amazing parents and a great support system around him. i hope he understands how much he is loved. 

mason, dude, welcome to earth!

this sweet thing is my new baby. 

it's the only thing i wanted (besides my apartment, which i'm getting into this weekend. merry christmas to me!!!!!!) and i couldn't be more ecstatic. 

but. here's the thing. 

i don't really play that well. 

correction - i don't really play. 

i can pluck out house of the rising sun by the animals and wonder wall by oasis (because i'm pretty sure it's a requisite to learning the guitar) and that's pretty much it. 

but my one and only love in life is music. hearing music and having music and making music and being music. it's just what i do. 

not in front of people. i'm not my sister, mind you. 

anyway, i miss the piano. every day, as i lay my body to rest, my fingers ache of loneliness. but since i'm in the nomadic phase of my life, slash since my new little apartment is barely big enough for just me and all my shit,* slash since i'm way poor, a piano is just out of the picture for me for the next little while. 

but my body must make music, so my cousin, who is amazinnnngggg at the guitar, is going to start giving me lessons so i don't have to just play adele's someone like you over and over and over. 

anyway. 

that's what i got for christmas. thank you, santa. 

*moving, which involves packing and lugging and lifting, etc., always makes me realize how much freaking shit i have. really?! 

**in other news, a few of my friends have recently gotten married and have non-returnable extras of almost everything , so i am the proud owner of a new griddle, spice rack, and silverware set. thank god for utah and terribly young marriages, right?

baby shower

my favorite lady, mersadee ann clayburn adams, is having a baby soon. i am so incredibly excited. everywhere i go, i see baby things and i just have to get them. (like these i got him for christmas. is your heart aching of adorable-ness?!) baby mason is going to be so spoiled by his aunt michal.

anyway, my second favorite lady, paige, is amazingly creative and inspired and threw the most adorable work-and-ward baby shower. i want to say i was responsible for this darling soiree, but i just swept the floors and set out the food.

is it not the funnest thing you ever did see? i know you're jealous. mason is so lucky to be born into a family of such amazing people, and i'm lucky to be along for the ride.

sally hansen

this has been my go-to color for the colder weather. i've been wearing it for almost a month straight.

the grey-ish purple is a subtle, but perfect accent to any winter outfit.

i even noticed the girl at the counter at teavana (where i spent one hundred and one dollars on TEA... i have a problem) was wearing the same color.

i've been skipping out on
the photo project recently,
so this post is a sad excuse
for trying to catch up.

things i love most (according to my iphone)

1. bowser
2. my brother daniel, who dressed up as michael jackson for halloween, which makes me love him even more
3. my brother sam, who (obviously) kills it with the ladies
4. delcious food


honorable mentions (that i don't have pictures of on my phone) include:
mersadee ann clayburn adams-and mason
my car
rustic nail polish
fresh fruit
my parents
and (duh!!) my phone

breathing

i've experienced a few minor set backs in my self-improvement project. i had a lot of disappointments and therefore allowed myself to indulge in some unhealthy behaviors i used to enjoy.


but i found myself not enjoying them. i found myself feeling trapped, suffocated by my old lifestyle.

things that have been really helping have been healthy meals, good friends, and lots and lots of sunshine.

photos taken via instagram app for iphone



did i mention my new phone?! that's helping lots, too.