HAPPYCHRISTMAS

The cutest family on this planet.
My brother, belle-soeur, and niece could not get any more adorable.
While we were in California I got to take some christmas pictures of them.
Harlow is a doll and has so much personality, I love it.
She smiles so good and does so well with all the pictures we take.

[ Eric and Jess are both so tall, I told them it looked kind of awkward with Harlow being so much shorter, so we tried this instead. ]

california

We went to California my very first weekend back. My sister wanted to go get some baby bedding made by a man out there so we made it a family vaca.
We had no plans for saturday so my mom wanted to check out a market at the fair grounds. Everything was homemade and literally from the nineties. So obviously, it was unsuccessful.
But there was a carrousel outside that we put Harlow on for a couple rides. She loved it.

Can barely reach the handles.

Eric had to ride with her the whole time. She rode that thing like three times, he had a blast.

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yes

my thoughts exactly.

remember the one time I went to london? ohwait,IwentTwice.

Seriously am in love with london. Everything about it. And I've been trying to get some photobooks together so I've been going through all the literally over 200 pictures I took while I was in london. 1,500 taken in three days. -not kidding.
I'm dying to go back one day.
As well as paris obviously.
I miss it so so much and cannot wait for the day I get to set foot back overseas. You did me well Europe.

Also, while I've been caught up reminiscing, I made this video of paris.
enjoy
http://vimeo.com/33619743

facewhat?

Is this the scariest thing you've ever seen in your entire life?
It is for me.
I've NEVER done this. I've had facebook since like 8th grade? and have been terribly addicted, + the past three months in Paris, facebook was my only communication with the outside / american world.
I guess it was just time for a break.
we'll see how long that lasts.
freakingoutentirely.

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time

I took my love and I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, I've been afraid of changing
Cause I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older too

Well, I've been afraid of changing
Cause I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
I'm getting older, too
Well, I'm getting older too

So, take this love and take it down
Yeah, and if you climb a mountain and you turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well the landslide brought me down
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well maybe
Well maybe
Well maybe the landslide will bring you down

new blog

There's nothing on it yet,
but I made a blog for when I'm away in Paris,France.
http://samanthajoyinparis.blogspot.com/


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my first chapter

Starting college was the beginning of my new life; a brand new chapter in life. As nervous as I was to travel over 1600 miles across the country, NORTH [born&raised in the aRiZona heat], I was really stoked for this new experience.
I thought that I would hate going to BYU-Idaho;freeziNg,weirdpeople,school work,potatoes,new roommates..
But my opinion was completely changed almost instantly. My roommates in 313 were beyond amazing, and we became friends immediately. I loved every single one of my five brand new friends.
I will never forget my first semester at BYU-I, every memory, every friend I made, even every class I passed.

313 from Samantha Herbert on Vimeo.

And then my new story continued for a second semester in what I quickly learned to be beautiful Rexburg, Idaho.
I made even more new friends this time around and had just as much, if not more, fun than my first semester. I loved the spring and every minute of it. I didn't want to leave, and say goodbye to so many people I had become close to.

512 from Samantha Herbert on Vimeo.

I've been home now for a couple weeks, getting ready for my next step; and even bigger,scarier,excitinger new experience- Paris. I leave in just barely over a week to live for the next three months. I cannot wait to go and enjoy.



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oreo filled chocolate chip cookies.

I've been feeling baker-ish lately.

I'm house sitting this weekend for two different houses so I've been driving back and forth feeding and playing with dogs and have not much else to do. And last night I felt like doing something for my parents for their anniversary, so I found this delicious recipe from pinterest* and it turned out aMazing. Usually, things I try to cook don't exactly turn out the way I plan so I rarely have high expectations, but this was so so good and I did it all from scratch. I used peanutbutter oreos [my favorite] and it made them tEn X's better.
The cookie recipe is also very delicious. I snuck in a few tastes pre-baked.

Thesethingsturnouthuge.SoyouHAVEtosharethem,ifyoucan.

happyanniversary.

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un mois

ONE MONTH.
&I'll be in the real Paris,[you know; paris,France]. This is only the tower in Vegas, and I'm sure it doesn't even come close to comparing. Can't wait, still seems unreal.

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titanic?

mexico2011

the month of may

[Taylor, Sam, Curtis]

There are a few special days here in Rexburg where the weather is perfect. We don't get many so we take advantage of the sun we get to see for those beautiful couple hours. A couple weeks ago we went to a little lake at the sand dunes. So much fun and such a great day.

My favorite thing to do; Creep out our third floor apartment.

[Sam, Kiley, Nicole, Kim]

One night a huge group of us went to the ice caves. We walked all the way through, slipping a couple of times, to the back of the caves where we split open all these glow sticks and sprayed them everywhere; all over everybody and all the rocks. So you couldn't tell what was cave and what was a person. Then we played hide and go seek. It was soo much fun and such a great idea.

[Nicole, Sam, Kim, Kiersten]

[Nicole, Sam, Nate, Kiersten, Nicole]

We had a huge cowboys&indians bonfire. It was suuch a good night. Everyone dressed up, our friend taylor dj'ed and we had a nice little dance party around the huge fire.

[Graham, Sam, Curtis, Kim]
Booooiiiseee Idaho. We took a little trip out to boise for memorial day. The weekend was soo much fun, we hiked, went to hot springs, explored downtown and the university. Loved it

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512

Well I started my second semester up in little Rexburg.
Its finally! Spring &the weathers starting to be amazing. It did snow in may though.. ridiculous.
I have all [new] roommates who are all aMazing, I'm so happy. I'm loving this semester so far &can't wait for all the fun to come. We play outside a lot &I love it; [soccer, frisbee, basketball, and just messing around.] LOVE IT <3

BYU-I firstsemester

&here comes the picture overload..

An early cat obsession

Fun date nights,

Me and Shane headed up to rexburg in the fall to check it out, this is what it looked like.. [BEFORE]

[AFTER] -hello snow

my cute new little home' covered in white

Me, Emily, Charity, Jade

negative 13ish degrees?

Our first night out together
[me, emily, jade, kiley, brittany, charity]

Slippin' on the ice is [this] miserable

Jade's birthday!

G@Ng$teR party, [thuglife.]

lovethisgroup

kiley loves cats, this was for her

We made really good use of the dollar store that semester.

We liked scaring Kiley. We did our hair like her &hide in her hallway waiting for her to come home.

Joe Flaps Johnson^ &our fort.

Valentines day homemade lasagna dinner
Jorge,Jade,Chris,Emily,Joe,Sam

Me and Luke roastin' hotdogs

Jade strikes again, everywhere we would go - this was bound to happen hahahha.

Ke$ha concert in Utah, soo so sooo much fun.

Yes, we hosted a Justin Bieber birthday party.

We pranked Kiley waaaay too much hahah.

[emily, jade, sam, britt]

bieber &matt, love this kid.. hilarious

emily, jade, sam'

the bronchythree, Britt, me & Jade.
We strolled around a party like this &nobody knew who we were.

"I'm on a Boat," party.
erica, britt, charity, jade, sam, emily

We played on photobooth [a lot]

My B*rthd@y, stranded in the middle of Idaho.

Tanner came to visit :)

happybirthday to me, happy birthday to me, *hApPyBiRtttHd@y* dear sammie, happy birthday to me.

sundaes on Sunday

these kids, my favorite'
[justin,tyler,matt]

Irina came for a FUN week to visit!

Tuskanky 313 dance parties.

jade, britt, sam, emily, irina

this is a college kids diet,
that is ONE-HUNDRED &fifty chicken NugGets. . [eaten.]

G.I. Joe Party

sam&jade

late nights in rexburg consisted of a lot of this;
making kiley's car into a cat.

..And zach's car into a canadian moose
[so clever]

l0velovelovelove <3

This is from us in seventh grade, jk. but seriously

FESTIVAL OF COLORS!

This was so much fun. A huge indian religious thing down in Utah that prettymuch everybody goes to. Everyone throws chalk multiple times in the day &makes everything colorful. Loved it

Me &emily.

My favorite date of the semester, with this hot canadian ^

This is us working out,

Britt &Craig.

Bonfire at the dunes.
`Charity, Emily, Jade, Me

I love these girls. Tuscany 313, forever.

Too bad we discovered these cupcakes the last week there..

Adventures with tyler in i.F.

How Cute!

love this girrrrrl
me & jade

Craig. He almost bought us a bus
[look at brittany in the background]

Saying our goodbyes,
Christopher Blodgett. We missyou kid

Jorge ^

bikes at wAlmart,, i dont know

..and bob's your uncle.

This was the greatest way to start of my college life. I had the best three months of my life with these girls who I just barely met. I love them and everybody else that I met my first semester. So many memories were made & I will never forget them. I thought I would hate living in Rexburg, Idaho, where there is almost absolutely nothing.. But I learned so quickly to love it all.

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