Nostalgia

I chopped off all of my hair :) I was definitely inspired by Marion Cotillard's 40s inspired hairstyle from inception and the cover of Vogue. Every year or so I cut my hair short and every time an hour later i'm missing my long hair but not this time! This hair style is just too much fun :) 

Thanks to Hailey for convincing me to go through with it!

-Nancy

My Life Has Been Such a Whirlwind Since I Met You

Details:

Cardigan-thrifted

Dress-thrifted

Pearl necklace-unknown

feather earring (worn as necklace piece)-Forever 21

Belt-thrifted

Gold glitter shoes-Ross

I've been back at BYU for almost a week now...and I kinda forgot how much I love it. So much has happened it's insane...

When I was back home, I

1. ate vietnamese soup for the very first time

2. refashioned that lace top above. I LOVE the way it turned out!

3. Got to spend time with my family

4. SAW NANCY. Best thing ever. We had some good times :)

And now at BYU...I have:

1. met some random but wonderful boys

2. Made new friends with the girls on my floor

3. Kept my old friends :)

4. Met a guy from Texas, who knows my cousins....small Mormon world haha

5. Saw Monte Carlo...well that was kinda fun haha

6. ate delicious food

7. Started classes...which I so far LOVE

8. went naked swimming....hehehe

9. Met up with a friend from California who let us girls invade his home for movies :)

10. Danced in the rain. I knew my rain boots were a good choice

11. Sang at the Marriott Tunnel....amazingly spiritual! In the middle of a thunderstorm I might add

12. Started my first day of work!

13. Remembered why this is my favorite place :)

Love, Sarai



Lovely Shoes

While we were in Santiago, I found heaven. There was little feria (market thing) near Santa Lucia and I was just wandering around with Nico and Hailey. Then, we come across a stand full of HANDMADE shoes! I had a heart attack for about ten minutes until decided I didn't think I wanted to spend all that money... so we moved on and found the other piece of heaven called the amazing crepe stand! (nutella, banana, and raspberry crepes.... mmmmmmmmm). 

After the heavenly crepes I just kept thinking about the shoes. We went back and spent twenty minutes figuring out the size difference (its hard okay) and which ones would make me the happiest and it seemed that the red paisley ones in the left corner were destined to be mine :) and yes, that is alpaca fur on the inside to keep my toesies all nice and toasty.

They will forever be my darlings and I wish I had a good picture of me wearing them. When it turns winter here in the northern hemisphere you will be seeing them a lot!

-Nancy

What Happens When You Get Hit by a Car

Don't be alarmed! No one got hurt! My sister just has always known she was destined to get hit by a car while riding her bike since she's a major spaz... and guess what happens while i'm visiting her? That's right a 30 year-old woman driving a jeep runs into her. 

Thank goodness the lady felt horrible and drove her home. Then my sister's roommate and I quickly became medical team Jancy (joslyn/nancy) and fixed her right up! and yes that is a cut up pad made into an awesome bandage (you have to get creative with little resources).

Sunshine

Feeling good today (even though i'm missing Sarai terribly) and about to go swimming with best friend who's a boy.

-Nancy :)

Love of My Life

I found my dream wedding. No joke! I found this perfect quaint romantic park a while ago in the gorge that i fell in love with. I imagined having my wedding there and how perfect it would be. Then today as i was browsing pinterest, i found my wedding here. I know its mainly about the cupcakes but look at the surroundings! It's perfection I tell you! 

I also found this nice idea for a buffet table.

I'm a little obsessed with marriage right now... it sounds ridiculous, i know. I just can't help myself and I figured I should post twice in a row for once in my life AND about something a little lighter than protests and what not... 

Have a lovely day!

-Nancy
P.S. I'm giving the blog a new look soon the jazz things up a bit. If you have any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!

Yes, i'm alive and finally HOME

Hello all! I'm finally home! Technically i've been in the states for a week now but I haven't really been at my house. Our flight from Santiago was cancelled so we had an extra day to hang out in our awesome hotel and go crazy! Good times... Anyway, we arrived in DC last Monday morning, hurried and took a shower, worked on our presentation, had a workshop, gave our presentation (ours was the best I would say), and then partied it up all night since Hailey and I did NOT want to be in our nasty hotel room... and then left the next morning for good old Washington state. By the way, it should not take 11 hours to fly from DC to portland... stupid layovers. We were pretty out of it when we got home (don't ever go four days with only 8 hours of sleep) but Sarai surprised the heck out of me by being at the airport. We had planned on it but I had forgot and didn't really think it would happen. So loopy me was walking up to where our parents were and I started freaking out and saying "i see my parents! i see my parents! wait, who's that taking pictures? SARAI!!!!!" (run and tackle) 

I'm happy to be home but a big part of me wishes I could be back in Chile with the gang. It's hard to be alone without ten people to cuddle... It was an amazing experience though that i will never forget and i'm so grateful i got to go!

last meal in valparaiso :(

family huddle!

we named them parker and luis :)

If this is us cuddling while standing, just imagine when there's a couch.