attending the famous hawaii high school state football game * listing 105 things i'm grateful for (in my journal) thanksgiving morning * making ultimate grilled cheese with tavi * spending thanksgiving @ my religion professor's house * moana movie * making a PIE for thanksgiving * gilmore girls revival show * decorating my room * sister sharp making pretzel jello salad that reminded me of home * fantastic beasts and where to find them movie * INCREDIBLE hawaiian sunsets * adventuring in honolulu with "the girls" * getting to attend isaac chock's mission farewell * gorgeous drives around the island * reallllllllly nice people willing to drive me places * finally getting my picture with the aloha sign * tavi taking "hadley pictures" (it's the funniest thing + completely accurate)

my visit to UTAH during my week break between semesters * moving to a house with a kitchen * making french toast with tavi * facetime conversations * taking too many pictures * visiting sodalicious with baby campbell * going to a movie with my momma * lunch dates * walks along the beach almost every day * starting to watch the new show "the crown" * picking a beauuuutiful flower on my bike ride home today + wearing it behind my ear * having courage * re-reading through general conference talks * sending letters to missionaries * getting to email mckayber back + forth on sunday evenings * listening to frank sinatra on my plane ride back to hawaii * seeing my adorable nieces + nephews * discovering a new favorite word * going on a GORGEOUS hike this weekend * my time spent at the beautiful laie temple every friday evening

(NOT in chronological order whatsoever)

celebrating the fact that i've lived in hawaii for two months now * exploring the polynesian cultural center * our friend ben going out of his way to find us five matching crowns (he's a tour guide at the pcc) * a delectable potluck in my htm (hospitality + tourism management) class where everyone brought foods from where they're from * facetiming my faaaavorite people * the most perfect weekend * selfies with tavi * productive days * learning that i don't hate jogging as much as i thought i did * (hopefully) making jogging a habit in my weekly routine * social media ((because it gives me a chance to catch up on people's lives that i normally wouldn't be able to see)) * watching a beautiful sunset @ sunset beach * riding "the bus" (that's actually the name - how cool is that?) to explore the beautiful island of oahu * hearing lewis respond, "hawaiiiiiiii" when people ask him where his auntie had lives * movie dates via facetime * conversations wayyy to late into the night with my roommates + tavi (our wonderful adopted roommate) * bouquets of sunflowers * seeing palm trees out of the window as i'm sitting in class * my political science class * the most amazing package in the mail from my magnificent momma * a matching hat + bag combo that mom couldn't resist because "it screamed sunshine and hadley" * weekly visits to the beautiful temple so close to me * seeing pictures of the amazing fall that is happening in ut right now * beUTAHful shirt * finally finding a place to live next semester * the new place i'm going to be living at being reaaaally close to the beach * friendly people * discovering new movies that i adore * looking forward to conference this weekend (!)

i've always loved the song, "count your blessings" (hymn #241) and the message of gratitude it sends. as i face feelings of homesickness, the best thing i've found to do is think of all the amazing people + opportunities i've been blessed with...and go to the temple. because the temple is the best place in the whole world.

wishing you all a wonderful week.

xoxo,
had.

momma bringing me out to hawaii & adventuring with me * getting a job in the byu-hawaii admissions office * getting my cast off & the three pins (yixes) out of my finger * name tags that say "aloha my name is..." instead of "hello..." * surviving my first week of COLLEGE * getting an adoooorable necklace in the mail from sweet aabee thomas * watching the fault in our stars on my laptop * going to the la'ie temple on thursday night * rejuvenating sabbath days * facetiming & calling people that i love dearly

being introduced to the upstairs of the provo library * officially deciding where i'm going to be studying next year (byu hawaii) * getting to vote for the first time ever * going to a great big world concert * booking a flight to hawaii * messaging sweet gabi from france for the first time in months * enjoying a very relaxing spring break * figuring out that my new favorite place is the hammock under our deck * an amazing general conference * going to 6 different temples in 6 days * spending time with my 2 sweet nieces * going to a mat kearney concert * peach smoothies from kneaders * exploring vegas with my momma & cj * my dad sending us kids the most adorable picture of he & my mom when they were dating * chaperoning cj's field trip to the state capitol yesterday

listening to music with the windows down while driving home from my internship every day * cole & april (+their girls) coming to spend the weekend in provo * casey & megan getting married (and looking soo happy) * having a sleepover with cj in mom & dad's room because our parents are out of town * the amazing weather on sunday afternoon * getting to do baptisms at the temple 2x this week with cj because she turned 12 on tuesday * the amazing sunset on sunday night * daily selfies with lewis * hearing kennedy yell, "auuuuuntie had!" when i walked into the room on saturday * snuggling with sweet baby finnley * attending the nhs-sponsored hunger banquet on wednesday * taking senior pics with hannah today * realizing i only have 2 months + 4 days until i graduate * being introduced to super smash brothers on saturday night * calling my grandparents and giving them the date & time of my graduation * finding a cute picture thing at hobby lobby that describes me perfectly 

Today when reading my cousin's blog, I was inspired by this post. I love the perspective it puts on this crazy thing we call life. I have decided to embark on a similar venture...I'm going to keep a list of simple things that made me happy throughout the week, and then write a small blog post about it. Here goes!

happy had list #1:

celebrating beastie's birthday by going to her basketball game & then taking her to dinner at cafe rio * competing at state deca & placing 2nd in one of my events * going to the mall with madi strictly to get soft pretzels & cold stone * planning a double date with shaylynn saturday night * talking to chippy for 4.5 hours straight sunday evening * feeling like a mom as i dropped cj off at a basketball game & then took lewis to the provo library * eating pat's famous tacos for sunday dinner * having a lesson in young women's where 90% of it was made up of (very inspiring) comments from my class * watching tangled in yearbook while eating cereal to celebrate our recent deadline * eating funfetti pancakes * receiving an email from mckayber * this glorious weather we've been having * watching fuller house with cj * talking to lisa & annie thomas while swinging on their porch swing in the sunshine













xoxo
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had.