Thompson...

I am obsessed with my nephew. My friends and family all know that. It's probably because he is the cutest thing in the entire world. Seriously though, he really is. And the fact that he's always so stylish makes him pretty cute too, thanks to my amazing sister-in-law who dresses him so well (I mean look at those sunglasses he's wearing...such a stud). 

I haven't posted in awhile. Life has been crazy busy and I fail at blogging sometimes. But I wanted to dedicate a post to this little stud because I'm going to miss him so much when I move to D.C. I hate thinking about living so far away from him. I just love him so much and it's been amazing being close to him this past year. 

Trevor and Melissa, I think we'll have to set up weekly skype dates when I move away. No, we'll definitely have to do that.

 

prayers please...

Two weeks from yesterday is when I take the first part of the CPA exam...panic mode!! I will get done what I need to...but I'm going to have to work hard and possibly slack off on my school work for the next couple weeks.

Dear School,
Please stop giving me work so I can study for the CPA.
Love,
Danika

Your prayers are greatly appreciated :)

game time...

Yesterday I signed up for the first part of the CPA Exam (don't worry...there's only 4 parts). Now it's time to get studying...62 days.

for sale...

Yesterday I leaving my house in Alpine to drive back down to Provo. I saw three little girls on the side of the road selling something. I reminisced back to when I was a kid and tried desperately to stop cars so I could sell them my extra sweet lemonade or melted candy bars. So I decided to stop and buy whatever it was they were selling. I pulled over and read their sign: "25 cents for a picture." Sure enough these little girls were selling little hand drawn pictures: a butterfly, a snowman, or an apple. I told them to give me their favorite and they gave me the apple.

Seriously made my day. Kids are the best.

everyday conversation...

"Is Trinity University a Catholic school? Or Baptist?"
My response: "No, it was founded by Presbyterians, so that's how it got the name 'Trinity', but it's not affiliated with any religion today."

I can't begin to count how many times I've had this conversation. At least 50 times. Maybe even 100. Do I get sick of it? Yes, sometimes I do. But it's not the questions people ask that gets tiresome. In fact I love talking about it. It's what their asking means. It simply means that they don't know any better. They have never heard of Trinity. The fact that they don't know...that is what gets tiresome.

I don't blame people for not knowing about Trinity University. Not at all. In fact I had never heard of the place myself until I received a letter from the coach. But sometimes I just wish people understood. I wish they knew what a great place it is. I wish they knew that the education is excellent. I wish they knew that the soccer teams are a big deal. I wish they knew. Just a little bit.

I miss people just knowing.

Merry Christmas!

I've been in Europe for 11 days now and loving every minute of it. We were in Paris for 6 days and now we're spending 6 days in the beautiful, vast countryside of Belgium. I love the contrast between the dirty, busy, metropolitan city and the calm, quiet, tranquil country. Both are great...but completely opposite in every way. After Christmas we're going to Germany for a few days and then back to Paris for New Year's Eve...I'm excited for the adventures that are in store as we continue our journey.
I've taken about a million photos so far, and even though the photos never do justice for the real life experience, I've posted a few of my favorites below (PS it was so difficult for me to try to limit it to 30 haha)

Enjoy! And Merry Christmas!!!

 Me and Amanda in front of the Louvre!

 I love taking pictures of Amanda taking pictures...

 Delicious!!

 We did an ANTM photo shoot in the country...so great!

 

 DIE!!

 Bike ride in the country...yes!

 

 This was the most delicious waffle I have ever tasted!!

 Hippie bracelets!

 Christmas Eve!

 Just one of the delicious plates we had for our feast on Christmas Eve!!

 Crazy game of Jenga at midnight!

10 days...

In only 10 days I'm going to be leaving on a jet plane to meet my cousin in Europe for the Christmas break. I'm SO excited...seriously can't contain myself.

Sneak peak: I'm going to be here on New Year's Eve...

I'll post some pics of our adventures when I get over there (or when I get back). But since I'm leaving so soon and will be quite busy over the break exploring new cities...I've been thinking about new year's resolutions recently...

I've never really been big into new year's resolutions. I mean I definitely set goals for myself, some that are written down and others just in my mind, and I try to improve and grow and become better, but new year's resolutions have never been my strong point. Maybe part of that is because I don't want to set a bunch of big goals and see them fail after a month or two into the year. And maybe it's because I hate going to the gym during January since it's PACKED full of people who will only be there for two or three weeks before the crowd dies down as their new year's resolutions fade. I don't know. But I've been thinking about giving it a shot this year.

What should I do? I have some ideas bouncing around in my head, nothing too concrete yet...but I'm kinda excited about some of them...

I think it's a good year to try this whole "new year's resolution" thing.

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