beach bonfire

there is no better time for a beach bonfire than at sunset!

there might have been a few million misquitos but the water felt nice and we took some great pictures! and i got to spend the evening with a few of my very favorite people! thanks for making that friday night so memorable!

a bit of a swim

s'more time

bros

sandy toes

(my sister is a model)

summertime playlist

my favorite songs change basically every week but here are my top five songs in my summer playlist.....

1) "End up Here" by 5 Seconds of Summer

i actually love EVERY song on their new album...if you haven't heard it get it here 

2) "Cool Kids" by Echosmith

3) "Boom Clap" by Charli XCX

this song is from the fault in our stars soundtrack....i have recently found a new love for all of her music.

4) "Somebody to You" by The Vamps (ft. Demi Lovato) 

best summertime vibe. 

5) "Believer" by American Authors

oh canada

on canada day my family and i spent the afternoon in waterton park. when i was younger it used to be a big family tradition to go up every july 1st. i was still pretty young when we stopped going because my gramma's health wasn't what it used to be. i was so excited to go this year though because i hadn't been to waterton for a few summers. my family met up with my mom's cousin and aunt and uncle and we had lunch down by the lake. after we walked around the town and we rented one of those bike things (if you've been on one you'll know what i mean but i'm not sure how to explain it). after that we got icecream...something probably everyone does when they go! we then drove up to red rock and hiked around the path. we ended the day at cameron falls...another thing i'm sure everyone does! the sun had gone behind the mountains and being by the rushing water was pretty chilly. it was such a wonderful day and i'm so glad i got to spend it with my family!

during the day i also thought about how grateful i am to be canadian. sure it always seems like a cool adventure to go and live somewhere else but i'm glad i was born and raised a canadian girl. i think often we take for granted the wonderful country we live in. for one reason it is absolutely beautiful.....i mean i've only ever been to alberta and british columbia but i've seen pictures of the eastern part and they're simply amazing. another reason is that we have rights and freedoms that many other countries do not have and i'm glad we have had people fight and risk their lives in order for this freedom.

so despite the many weird and outrageous canadian stereotypes...i'm proud to be canadian :)

And yes the night ended by watching fireworks with some pretty fantastic people :)

another chapter ending

a year ago i never imagined that i would be where i am now. 

that was actually the most cliche sentence ever.

at the beginning of last june i was stressed beyond belief. life was the most crazy it had been in awhile and i was stressing over exams and college and the fact i was going to have to leave my best friends. when i didn't get the marks i needed to get into pharmacy tech school i had no idea what i was going to do. however...when the option of moving to strathmore to upgrade for a semester came i thought why not. i mean it was scary...moving away...but it was a lot closer than red deer and i could live with people i knew well...and i decided i was just not quite ready to leave highschool and grow up.

but i have grown up more here than i ever thought i would.

the first day of school i was scared out of my mind....the highschool was HUGE and i hardly knew anyone.

but i started to make friends..and enjoy my classes...i felt like the smart math kid for once. and thanks to that grade ten cosmo class i found something i loved and that i was actually good at for once. cosemetology became my new love. i can't even tell you how much i love it and how much i've learned. it wasn't hard to decide that this is what i wanted to do with my life and i'm so excited to see where it takes me.

i was so nervous that i wasn't going to make friends....i personally think i'm just not a people person....but i made friends through cosmo, church and through other friends. i have made some of my best friends here. they mean the world to me. they've accepted me for who i am and have allowed me to be myself which is something i have had a hard time doing in my life.

so i guess this year has been pretty amazing. i'm so sad to leave. i actually cried on the last day of school! but i'm so excited to start the next chapter of my life!