Haircut #2

Today I got my second summer haircut, did a cover, and had a 5-min-photoshoot. My haircut took another two inches off of my hair. After this I am going all the way short to a pixie cut. Anyway, my quick photoshoot was a little more "model-y" than I thought it was gonna be but I just kinda went with it.

Shirt:Kohlls(?)//Shorts:Goodwill//Belt: Mom's Closet//Shoes: South Africa

I've been wanting to do this cover for a while. While I was in South Africa this song was super popular and I fell in love with it and Adele.

The Wedding

Hey everyone!
So...we did it(and when I say we, I mean it)... The wedding planning, preparation, and process are finished! Everything turned out beautifully and went perfectly. Here is a summary through pictures(which were mainly taken by mumsy).

The Newly Weds.


Another lovely one


One of my favorites


my other favorite


First dance


Bride with sister/Maid-of-honor/me


Groom with sister/brides maid/Nicole



With my grandpa


In the reception. This was the fun table

African Adventures

Saturday:
That day we had Ashley's bridal shower which was lots of fun :)

The bride-to-be with her gifts

The girls just chatting :)

Sunday:
We visited the Lion and Rhino Park for the second time. I could post a million pictures up of this.

Lion and Rhino Park

5 month old lions

Playing with 2 month old tiger cub. He was grumpy and was flailing around.. hence my facial expression.

Monday:
Today we went on a tour and learned about elephants.. We got to feed, pet, get kisses from, and ride some of the most amazing creatures on the planet.

Getting a kiss.

Riding the elephants :)

Getting ready to go in the hamster ball(I love my grandpa)

Having fun with grandpa

Visiting the Hartbeespoort Dam. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

We Have Arrived

After months of preparation, weeks of anticipation, and days of packing we are finally almost to South Africa. I am currently typing out this post while on the plane ride to Johannesburg and will be posting it when I arrive. Traveling this time around was a piece of cake; what took us 48 hours last year is only taking us 20 this year (thanks to on time flights).

We arrived at the airport yesterday morning at 11:30 and made it right on time to our 2 o’clock flight. For some strange reason I had motion sickness the entire two hour flight to D.C. It ran a little behind schedule and making the 5:15 flight to Dakar, Senegal was a close one. Right now we have 5 or 6 hours left of flight time until we reach out final destination! Hooray.

I have pretty much been keeping myself busy with shenanigans like movies, snacks, reading, more movies, etc. I must say I am ready to get out of this plane though I’m starting to feel a hint of claustrophobia coming over me (on top of the nervousness caused by the pilot’s turbulence warning).

So last year when we took this trip I had decided to be as comfortable as possible (t-shirt, over sized ripped up jeans, and converse). But this time around I wanted to find a middle ground between cute and comfy; in my opinion a flowy shirt, comfortable skinny jeans, and cushiony flip flops are the way to go. My advice? Pack a change of shirt (if you are traveling far like Moi) and a jacket because planes…ARE FREEZING, and plane blankets…ARE FLIMSY. Just saying.

P.S I am going to try to post another video soon of a summary of our travels so keep an eye out for it!

Testing, Testing

Hey everyone.
Today I spent the day with my amazing family at my dads house to celebrate his birthday. I'm thinking about trying to make a collage of videos to show you my trip in Africa so this was some practice. I'll do better next time, pinky promise.

Goodbye Photo Shoot

Hey followers!
If you saw Thursday's post you know that I got a couple cute items from TJMaxx. So of course Friday I was ready to wear them. Friday was spent saying goodbye to one of my best friends and my cousins, aunt, and uncle before my month long trip to Africa. My cousin(12 years old) and I had a mini photo shoot and I really like the way some of the pictures turned out.

Glasses:Dollar Tree/Shirt: TJMaxx/Shorts: Hand-me-downs/Shoes:Dillards

Also this weekend my mom picked me up a few things:

Vest: Ross/Purse: Target

Hats and earrings: Target

Can't wait to wear this stuff and post pictures! Anyways, be prepared for lack of posts this week. I will post as much as possible but considering I'm going halfway around the world in 5 days you'll have to cut me some slack.

Clean Week update:
It would be hard for me to list everything I ate over the weekend but the bad things I ate were doughnuts Saturday morning and Chili's enchilada soup Saturday night...otherwise I did pretty good :)