blessings.

Im jumping on the bandwagon of gratitude posts today. i know ill be mad if i look back in a few years and i didn't post anything. Im blessed with so much!

1. Im greatful to be in hawaii with my family this year for thanksgiving. its been such a blast! I love this place. its so beautiful. our thanksgiving dinner at Roy's wasn't to shabby either. ;)
2. I have the best family in the world. Im greatful for my brothers and their wives, and their babies. im so blessed to be an aunt! :) i love my sister even though sometimes we want to strangle eachother. we're very different...but in a way a lot alike. im so greatful for my parents. they are so supporting and loving and i just love them.
3. my job. I've been lucky this year to have a great teacher who has turned into a best friend. Melinda has taught me so much, and been there for me through all sorts of dilemmas. haha
4. My friends. I feel like we're all so far away from eachother, and we are all at different stages...some are getting married, some are going on missions, and some like me are just hangin out...lol. i love them and their sweet spirits, and that we can always be there for eachother through boyfriends, loss, sadness, heartbreak, and celebrations. their the best.
5. Im such a sap but im greatful for my pets! Im still so crushed about the loss of our puppy yogi. its funny how animals can bring so much to life.
6. the gospel, and atonement of jesus christ. Im greatful i have a testimony and so greatful for the book of mormon. Im also so greatful for my bishop, and my ward. i love it.
7. My car. i love my trusty honda and its great gas milage. he never fails me.
8. dt. coke
9. airplanes
10. new shoes
11. iphone
AND last but not least...
12. Lincoln Danger Davis who will be here in 9 days. :)


Happy Thanksgiving and ALOHA from Hawaii!

dear santa...

i need these. puhhhlease.




xoxo, leah.

R.I.P.

rest in peace Yogi. 11/14/10. you will be so so missed. :/
thanks for you're constant love and happy spirit the past 14 years. i don't remember life without you in it...you're irreplaceable, and you will never be forgotten. <3

confession.

Taylor Swift's new album "Speak Now" has been playing nonstop in my car, in my room, on my ipod. I can't stop. I honestly haven't listened to anything else since the day it came out. This new album seriously feels like it was written just for me...sometimes it freaks me out how right on some of the songs are.

On the way to Overton last week my dad and i rocked out to the new CD. he is a pretty big Taylor Swift fan...for the reason being that he is an english major...and he thinks she is an awesome poet. i agree. im glad he appreciates. :)

SO maybe you think this post is dumb because im kind of confessing my love for Taylor Swift...but i don't care. its my blog right?
Her music is inspiring, and honest, and forgiving, and simple, and hopeful. so thanks Taylor...for inspiring me to trust, let go, and love. see you on tour next year. im. so. there.

Pomegranate Harvest 2010

My grandpa and grandma live out in Overton Nv, and have a ton of pomegranate trees. every october all the family gets together for a big feast and pomegranate picking. this year we also had my sister in law's baby shower. it was a ton of fun!

this is where we had the shower...inside the fig tree! isn't that the coolest?





i think the baby's name has officially been decided... Lincoln Danger Davis. haha, dont ask. that's my brother for ya! personally i love it!

after we started the picking!
last year we decided to prune back the branches a bit to help get rid of all dead stuff, and this year we could really tell in our numbers we didn't have quite as many but, we were still happy to have what we did.




i love my family. im so glad we are all so close and get together so many times a year. :) I feel really blessed! i love this time of year.