Birthday celebration

My Birthday was WONDERFUL! I have the best friends and family anyone could ever ask for. I actually love being 25 , the whole day and a half that I've been 25 ha but I still love it. Here are some pictures from all my birthday celebrations this week!!

I woke up yesterday morning and my wonderful roommate, Jami, decorated my room and bathroom and kitchen!! I love her oh so much!

Kristy and Jami got me these two little birthday presents! I love the earrings and CAN NOT WAIT TO SPEND THE GIFT CARD!

We had my family birthday dinner Sunday and had one of my favorite meals baked spaghetti! It was me mom, Dr Browne, Jami, sister, Mark, Hannah and my new friend Scarlet who is just like Chelsea Handler. ha We had fun and got to spend wonderful family time talking and laughing!

We went to Outback Tuesday night to eat with my Granny!

If you know me you know I love CARDS!! These were 3 of the cards I got from my sweet friends!

These were presents from my mom!! They were wonderful I am very very spoiled!!

When I got to work yesterday these were sitting on my desk! I love my boss, Twila, so much! She also got me a chocolate cake with chocolate icing!! It was AMAZING! I can't wait to start crafting with my burlap!

Yesterday we went to Taco Casa ( another one of my favorites) for lunch! It was me, mom, Hannah and Jami! I seriously love them so much!

I had the best dinner last night with all of my friends! ( minus Mary, Lindsay, Sandy and baby Hayden and Josh- they live to far away to come visit me!) but everyone else was there and we had a great time! We went to Pepito's for margarita's and it was wonderful! Some of my friends from Birmingham even drove down to have dinner with me!

I am truly blessed to call all these people my friends!! They are all amazing people! I really had one of the best birthday's ever! I can't wait to see what the year holds for me! God has truly blessed me and I am in awe of all the wonderful things he does daily! Thank you to all the people who helped me celebrate my birthday and thanks for all the sweet text and calls! I love all my friends so much and couldn't ask for better ones!

mid to late 20's

Well kids... It's official. I am TWENTY-FIVE!

I know this is crazy and I have had a little trouble coming to terms with it. But i am accepting it and I'm kind of excited about it. It is still weird that I have been alive on this world for 25 years but hey at least its been an AWESOME 25 years.

Here's a few random things that I learned today...

Emma Stone is 24 and is my favorite actress.and Andrew is 29. I just love them.Who wouldn't love Emma Stone she is funny and she is dating Andrew and has been in 2 movies with Ryan Gosling.

Dirty Dancing came out in 1987 the year I was born!

Garrett Hudlund is my favorite actor and I wish he would sing me happy birthday! He is also 28... only 3 years older... I think I still have a chance?

I wish I looked like Mila. She is 29. I hope I look like that when I am 29 ( I know its not possible)

Princess Bride also came out in 1987. 

Ed Westwick is 25 people. WE ARE THE SAME AGE! 

Ha Hope everyone has a blessed day! 

Happy nothings

Hello again! see I told you I would blog again soon! 

The title of my blog has to do with two things first happys, if you know me then you know I love happys and I LOVE getting my friends happys. I recently got Jami, sandy and myself a sweater koozie. ha They just looked so fun I couldn't resist. Second I recently read Perks of being a Wallflower and one of the main charters in the book was called Nothing, his real name Patrick but some of the mean kids came up with this nickname for him. The nickname has just stuck with me ever since and today I thought of the perfect way to use it. I just loved the title happy nothings because to me little nothings are what make me the happiest.

Things I love happys, our front door wreath, coffee and my coffee mug from Jami, and our little blessings Thanksgiving sign! 

Back to the book... I recommend everyone to read this book. It is written in a letter form where the main character, Charlie, is writing to someone who he calls "friend". We never know who this "friend" is but to me that is one of my favorite parts of the book because he is being brutally honest in his writing. But the book isn't your typical teenage love story it is very deep coming of age story about an awkward kid, no its not written about me, getting friends and learning to live his own life and experience thing. It gets very deep and you don't see what happens coming, which is great. I read the book because I saw the trailer for the movie and if you know me you know that I have to read the book before I see the movie. And well I recommend both of them. The movie has great acting and I love ALL the people they cast for the part.   

                                         

                                            

They really had such an amazing cast! I have always been a fan of Emma Watson ( She played Sam, one of the main characters), Nina Dobrev ( she was Candace, Charlie's sister), Paul Rudd ( he was Mr. Anderson, the teacher), and Mae Whitman ( was Mary Elizabeth, one of Charlie's friends) but Logan Lerman who was Charlie I had never seen before and I fell in love with him. He is very talented and I will be going to see more movies he is in. So go see the movie and read the book you wont regret it!

I have recently decided , as in today, to start couponing! I have never done it before but today I was bored at work and just looking around and I found two coupons for coffee. Coffee is so expensive but I AM ADDICTED! So I now have a $1.50 off and a $3.00 off Keurig coffee.GO ME!

My friend Kayla found this little gem on pinterest yesterday. It fits me to a T! I always go home and once I'm there if anyone asks me to do something I'll probably fib and say I'm busy because I already have my PJ's on and I'm watching one of my many shows! Sorry! oh and click on Kayla's name to go to her blog! It is one of my favorites!

I turn 25 in 6 days and I'm not ready to really put on my big girl panties. I am a child at heart and I never want to grow up!!!

Hope everyone loves my post and is having a great day and enjoying everything God has given us! Don't forget to thank him daily for all the wonderful things and people he puts in our lives! Let me know if you have any book recommendations. 

Lifey

Long time no blog but I'm back! Lots of things have changed in the last year and I am loving everything God is doing for me! Here is a little catch up.... Pictures at the end.

I moved out and now live with one of my best friends Jami
We live in a little 3 bedroom house that we love love love!!

I've had lots of friends get married this summer and having babies!! My friends Kortney and Jared had a beautiful wedding this summer! and Lots of my friends from Florence also! They were all WONDERFUL!

Then I was in one of my best friends Anna's wedding last month! It was beautiful and Mexican themed ( which I loved!)

Another one of my best friends had a baby last month! Hayden! He is perfect! We had a baby shower for her this summer and I got to meet his precious self last night!

Some of my other friends had beautiful weddings also!

I got a new job about 2 In a half moths ago! I am now a real estate managers I work with West Alabama Insured Titles and do real estate closings! I love every minute of it! Especially my boss Twila!

I have been a concert junkie lately! I have seen Luke Bryant, Alan Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, the fray, gotye, Kipp Moore and my favorite whiskey river band ( I know they aren't a real band but I love them all the same)

And lastly our family just got home from a wonderful trip to the Bahamas! We stayed at Atlantis! It was a once in a lifetime trip and it was wonderful! We are so blessed to be able to spend a week together in such an amazing place!

This is Kortney who was a beautiful bride!!!

This is a picture of all the girls at Sandy's baby shower!!

Gotye. His concert was actually really really good!

This is my PERFECT room! I love everything about it! 

Kelly Clarkson. This concert took me back to high school and we danced and sang ALL NIGHT LONG!

This is on our mantle in our house. It is another thing we are OBSESSED with. We love our little bird cage!

This is me, Kayla, and Courtney at the Alan Jackson concert!

This is the Beautiful Anna on her wedding day! It was such a fun wedding! I was so Blessed to get to be a part of two people who love each other so much!

This was a view from our hotel! It was truly a beautiful place!  I loved every second of it!

This is precious baby Hayden who I am already so obsessed with! He does cry or anything just lets you hold him and smiles at you! love!!

If you know me you know I LOVE to cook so I had to put this picture of our kitchen right before we had a little dinner one night!

This is the one and only Jami... MY ROOMMATE! I love her oh so much!

These are two of my best friends! We got to have a friendship reunion in Nashville where Mary lives now! 

Me and my sister in Atlantis and our view from our room!

At Elizabeth's beautiful wedding this fall I got to see lots of my favorite people including these 3!! 

Me and my wonderful mom in Atlantis!! I love her so much!!

I just got "blogger" on my phone so I promise I will start blogging more now! I have read a few books recently and will post about them later in the week! 

Please everyone remember that God is wonderful and in control of everything and has blessed each and everyone of us in different ways! Even when things look bad if you look to him he will show you the light! Please keep reading! Love you all!

National Margarita Day!!

Put it in the books February 22 is NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY!!!!

I was unaware of this wonderful holiday until earlier today. Someone tweeted it ( thank goodness) but now I can honestly say it is a day I will celebrate from here on out!

Margarita's are my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE! MY family gets Mexican every Friday night basically for the margaritas. So this holiday was right up our ally!

Tonight I made ( yes, me by myself) Chicken Enchilada Pasta and it was amazing!! Click here for the recipe

 We also made margaritas and watched American Idol. 

 Phillip Phillips is already my favorite from this season and He made it to the top 24! I can't wait till I can start voting for him!!

Little strawberry margarita jello shots. I will try these!

HAHA I love this!! Always look at the bright side!

Lastly here is a video of Phillip Phillips singing my favorite song!!!!! He is singing lollipop which is my favorite song then he goes into singing Eminem ( which is my favorite rapper evvaa!!) ! This song is another reason why he is my favorite!

I'm reading a new book I will blog about it soon. Keep on reading!!

love

Valentines day!!!

In case I haven't made it known I LOVE LOVE! and deep down I believe that everyone finds their soul mate!! I hope everyone believes in love and that everyone had an amazing day whether they are with someone or not!! Love will happen for you when the time if right you have to believe that. until then your friends are your soul mates! Love them! Laugh with them and have the time of your LIFE!!!

Here are some random quotes and things that I LOVE!

What God wants to happen will happen so it is what it is.

Live your life people!!!

Don't ever hold back. If you love someone TELL THEM!!! 

Love to the fullest! That is truly the only way to love! 

Thank God daily. He is the reason we are here and the reason we find the people we do!

Today I got to spend this wonderful day of love with a few of my friends and family!! 

Jami!

Rachel!

My wonderful family!!!

The best dog in the world!! RILEY!!!!

I wish I had a tree house/ reading house like this!! AMAZING!!

beautiful! 

We are still young ACT LIKE IT!!!

This was the dessert I made tonight for my family!!

I hope you all had an amazing Valentines day!! I did! I spent it with friends and family drinking wine, eating and talking. Just having fun! and I told all my wonderful friends how much I love them and how blessed I am to have them in my life! I hope all of you did the same. Because that's all that really matters in life. Love. The big things wont matter later but love will always matter so love God, Love your family, love your friends and love everyone!!