||these are a few of my favorite things||

the past couple of weeks have been really hard.
i've been going through a lot emotionally, as far as family & friends go,
and just where my future is taking me.
anyways, i needed a boost & something that always makes me feel better is thinking about my favorite things!
hahahahahha. ok, i know that was dumb, but seriously...

tanning.
new life green.
va va voom red.
(but not green & red together ;] )
getting massages.
watching movies that make you cry from deep inside.
unconditional love.
singing SO LOUD & OFF KEY and enjoying every second of it.
really good lunches with coworkers!
birthdays.
making tie die t-shirts with my siblings.
laughing so hard your stomach hurts.
a good run.
seeing old friends.
spending time with new friends.
kisses! (chocolate...and the real ones! ;] )
taking pictures...and getting a REALLY good one.
diamonds. (i still don't have any...but i like looking at them!)
getting a new outfit.
BIG PURSES!
pedicures & manicures.
getting my feelings off my chest, and not feeling guilty for it!
the feeling of the sun on my skin....mmmm.
bathing suits.
brownies!
caramel.
love so wonderful it physically makes you hurt :]]
long conversations on the phone.
a good cry.
friends that are there, no matter what.
andddd so much more.


what are some of your favorite things??

||graduations||

it was richard's graduation party saturday...

thats him and his 'friend' haha. she bought him in iphone as a graduation present!

i am jealous, to say the least.

the kids were playing upstairs with josie :)

tony and pj were wrestling and tony got his lip busted! haha.

pj is probably the cutests lil kid i have ever met and i just want to take him home with me!!

he's got an ego tho...he knows he's hot stuff.

my cousin, sydney

my lovaaaaah

cousins, gabi & aser

hannnuuuhhhhh

hannah, my dad, and meeee!

ANDDDD, of course, we got into a dance party.

what do you expect???

we're the andersons, we're mexican, it always happens!

its inevitable. haha.

and we went to jessica's husband, john's graduation....

i only got one picture

the crawfish was spicy!
hahah.

||psalm 27||

The Lord is my light and my salvation—
so why should I be afraid?
The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger,
so why should I tremble?
When evil people come to devour me,
when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
Though a mighty army surrounds me,
my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked,
I will remain confident.

The one thing I ask of the Lord—
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
delighting in the Lord’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
For he will conceal me there when troubles come;
he will hide me in his sanctuary.
He will place me out of reach on a high rock.
Then I will hold my head high
above my enemies who surround me.
At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy,
singing and praising the Lord with music.

Hear me as I pray, O Lord.
Be merciful and answer me!
My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”
And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”
Do not turn your back on me.
Do not reject your servant in anger.
You have always been my helper.
Don’t leave me now; don’t abandon me,
O God of my salvation!
Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the Lord will hold me close

Teach me how to live, O Lord.
Lead me along the right path,
for my enemies are waiting for me.
Do not let me fall into their hands.
For they accuse me of things I’ve never done;
with every breath they threaten me with violence.
Yet I am confident I will see the Lord’s goodness
while I am here in the land of the living.

Wait patiently for the Lord.
Be brave and courageous.
Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.

blog make-over!

Go to Fabulous K's website to get a blog make-over!
She did Jessica's blog and its absolutely adorable!

||lots of things

I got a kitty cat!

I named her Chloe -- she's so precious, but she's definitely a bundle of energy!

She's still in the "i want to pounce everything that moves" stage.

I need to get her nails trimmed, I have claw marks all over my hands.

I got her from a lady off of craigslist and she told me "oh she's litter trained AND she doesn't have fleas"

yeah, she lied to me. about both! chloe was INFESTED with fleas. it was possibly the most disgusting thing. I had to sit there and literally comb them all out.

thankfully, they seem to be gone, and i treated the carpet with borax and they don't seem to have come back! lets pray it STAYS that way!

My parents got a kitty cat!

A week after I got Chloe (who was 7 weeks when I got her), my parents got a 4 week old kitty! They originally thought it was a boy, so they named her Josiah...and when they realized it was a girl, they changed it to Josie! She's very young, and she cries a lot, and she's NOT potty trained and they were having to bottle feed her for a while, but she's super adorable.

Her eyes are still blue-blue!


I got Toms!
My amazing boyfriend bought me some Toms (he got the grey version of mine). I love them, they're so comfortable ! The best part about Toms, is that for every pair of shoes YOU buy, Toms sends a pair to a child in need! Two for one, its incredible. They are canvas/vegan as well :)

Hannah's are gold, mine are red -- yayy.

I got flowers!!
Let's go Administrative Assistants! To celebrate administrative Assistants week, the staff took us out to Rio Ranch -- oh my goodness, the breakfast buffet is A-MA-ZING! I ate like a little pig, and enjoyed every second of it. Rae gave me some beautiful roses and a fun balloon! It's nice to be appreciated!!

the Ed suite girls (minus Christen)

my boss, Cindy Ann Pitts

jess and her display of yummy food

My little brother got to go to "prom"
Since he's homeschooled, they call it a "gala" but its basically the same thing. You dress up, go to some place, eat food, dance, have fun. They should've had an after"prom" just for fun!! This is his girlfriend, Taylor -- she's so cute.

and lastly...

i got in a wreck.

ugh. yes, i know its only been 3 and 1/2 months.

It was raining REALLY hard and i was in san antonio and i was very confused and i thought i was turning, and i then i realized i wasn't, and so i thought i was in the turn/straight lane so i was like "ill just go straight" and then halfway through tony yells "mia, its a turn only!" and BAM! the guy NEXT to me was in the turn/straight lane and i was in the turn only.

he hit me, it was pouring rain when we exchanged infromation.

i was very upset.

my door has to be replaced.

i cry everytime i see my car.

i dont want to talk about it anymore.

onto happier things...
well. i can't tell you :)

you'll find out soon enough.

||easters||

bella

my parents

bella & alyssa

mimi and the girls

happy easters!

i love easter...so much time with my family.

my favorite part is when we have our huge easter egg hunt.

and, i actually came [--] this close to NOT doing it yesterday!

thanks, mimi, for talking me into it :)

my rear is so sore from bending down, i'm so out of shape!

haha.

ALL the cousins...yes, all...line up at the door at our grandma's,

and we all RUSH outside to gather up as many egg's as we possibly can.

after we have exhausted the resources, we begin a rowdy game of smashing eggs filled with confetti on each others heads.

its hilarious.

my camera died before i could get pictures :(

on a sad side note, my mom hardly said two words to me.

there is a still a huge rift between us..

its really sad, and really painful because we were making so much progress.

i'm not going to end on that :)

so, alyssa (in the pictures above) is 5

and she is a mess.

she kept peeking outside to see where my aunts were hiding the eggs,

and mimi started teasing her and saying "oh, no, you're not going to be able to get eggs anymore, because you cheated!"
and alyssa started getting really upset and really defensive...

so then mimi's mom, my tia lupita, came in and said "well, maybe YOU'RE the one cheating mimi!"
at the moment, you could literally see the light bulb go off in alyssa's head...

her mouth dropped SO FAR DOWN and she says
"yeah, i didn't cheat! see? you're the one that cheated!"

hahahhahaha she jumped onto that so quick.

it was hilarious.

kids say the darndest things.

||happy one year||

happy one year tony :)
i love you so much.
it was an extremely difficult year,
and we went through a lot,
but it was still a ton of fun
and it has been so rewarding.

thank you for being my best friend.

thank you for fighting for me.