hello fathers.

father's day. a day strictly devoted to celebrating all the wonderful father's in our lives. for me, this day can be kind of sad when i think about calling all those fathers in my life to say i love them however, i know some of them won't be there to pick up the phone. but i know they still know i'm thinking about them and that i care about them. so here's to those wonderful men in my life:
grandpa bascom
grandpa bergaust
chris bergaust
jacom larson
and of course, my wonderful (& very weird) dad, paul bergaust (:
i love you all. thanks for being such wonderful men and examples.

hello sunshine.

ladies and gentlemen, i have wonderful news. my wishes are finally coming true. i am going to the beach TOMORROW. i can't contain my excitement! you're probably wondering where, what, when, why, etc. allow me to explain...
at approximately 6:30am i will be departing our wonderful town of east cobb (sense my sarcasm?) and head down to tybee island for the day with ryan, to celebrate our 1 year anniversary (:

i can hardly wait.
the sand.
the sun.
the ocean.

pure bliss.

adios. ciao. aloha. goodbye.
peace out ec.

twilight.

by the title of this post you are probably thinking... oh great. she's one of those girls. well, i'm just going to confirm your thoughts right now because yes, i am. however, i have to confess, i used to be one of those people. i thought the whole vampire thing was dumb. then after being forced to see the movie by my sister... i fell in love. soon after i began reading the book. but for those of you thinking how twilight is stupid because vampires & werewolf's don't exist, please think to yourself the following next time you begin to make a judgement about this saga.


1. are you really worried that one day alien robots will take over the world?

2. is your boyfriend/girlfriend blue with a tail?

3. are you concerned that the next time you kiss someone they will turn into a frog?

4. do you use your magic wand to cast spells on the reg?

5. i know we are all sick of georgia's bipolar weather, but are you ever afraid of it being cloudy with a chance of meatballs?


not sure about you... but none of these are really big concerns of mine... except maybe using my magic wand...


the movie below is of jordan, gabby, leah, & zan.

it was at efy last year and they sang a song that was in the movie.

amazing.

they all have such wonderful voices.

[another reason i love twilight: awesome movie soundtrack]


finally... i would just like to put it out there that i think kristen stewart is wonderful. many will disagree and state their own opinions about how she is weird. but that's why i love her. she is so incredibly awkward, and i think it's grand. she is perfect for the role. not to mention, she is gorgeous. and you better believe that along with my heathie countdown (14 more days!), i have my eclipse countdown right next to it. and after reading this post you shouldn't even have to wonder... yes, of course my butt will be sitting in a movie theater at midnight in approximately 17 days when eclipse comes out. it will be spectacular. i will dress up (just as i did for harry potter). i will blog about it. and i will take in all the criticism from other people about how dumb it is. but it won't matter. because i will still be in awe and contentment over the fighting scenes between the vamps & the werewolfs, the romantic love scenes between bella & edward.. and at times jacob too, and of course the enjoyably awkward bella scenes, where the awkwardness overflows to your own feelings as kristen stewart perfects stuttering over her lines when talking to edward.
spectacular.
team edward.
so i was seeing how some of my friends recently got back from camp... ohhh camp...
last year was my last year going to camp so i obviously did not attend. however, i decided to stroll down memory lane.
this is specifically for sam, marleice, tess, malia, & sierra.
enjoy :)
p.s. for anyone else watching: we look disgusting. i apologize. it was hot. we wore no make up. we were comfortable. and this probably makes absolutely no sense.

letters to you.

julia.

dearest jules. i'm pretty positive you are the only one that actually reads this. so thanks bestie. you are the reason i get excited about blogging because you actually check this and comment about it. no worries dear, i love yours as well. i also love that we both share in our creepiness. it really is a talent. glad we have so much in common. even if when we tan i turn...tan? and you turn... red. (don't forget with a white dot). but these are reasons just to add along with the very long list of why i love you. :)

dashboard confessional.
dearest chris, how i miss your sweet voice. i love the new album. know all the songs by heart... obvi. (like those abrev's?) please come back to georgia soon. i need to see you for the 5th time. [for those of you reading this...no. i'm not obsessed. alright, who are we kidding? yes i am.] please come back to the atl before i leave for college. and if you can't manage that then you should think about coming to hawaii. maybe a combined show with mr. jack johnson?? i think that's a beautiful idea. anyways, you get the point. i miss you. hands down you have the best concerts. you've stolen my love for music. because your music really is so beautiful. so long, so long for now mr. carrabba.

world cup.

dearest futbol. i'm glad all my friends are now becoming obsessed with you and wanting to spend their days sitting countless hours in front of the tv, for the next month. i now know who i can blame for why i will probably gain weight this next month. however, it is all okay. because you are grand. thank you for uniting the world and entertaining me with your glorious commercials and songs.

beach.

dearest florida. you already know how much i have missed you. well, wonderful news. we shall finally be reunited towards the end of july! get excited. i know i am. i am counting down the days until i can feel your warm rays of sunshine, the cool ocean breezes, and the comforting softness of your sandy ground. all i ask is that you do everything in your power to avoid the nasty oil. that would be spectacular. see you in 6 weeks sanibel island.

late nights.

dearest midnight. why can't i seem to go to bed earlier? i know it's summer. but i can't fall asleep. instead i spend the late hours blogging and checking fb. and as lovely as that is, i don't appreciate being awakened by the sun at 12 in the afternoon. i could accomplish so much more in the morning. so with that being said, i ask that as i crawl into my bed tonight, please allow me to fall asleep quickly before i am distracted by a text, fb, blogs, tv, or the random noises outside. that would be swell. thanks.

happiness.


WONDERFUL NEWS!
lexie anne benham is engaged!!!!!
for those of you that do not know lexie... i'll explain.

she is gorgeous.
she is loud.
she is fun.
she is loving.
she is happy.
she is AMAZING.
she is my best friend.
she is engaged!!

i am so incredibly happy for her! she is wonderful and deserves the best! love you miss lexie :)
i am also excited to say that i've already purchased my bedding for college! whoo hoo! early... i know. but i fell in love like a year ago when i saw it and finally made my purchase today. thank you anthropologie. i love that store. i want my house to be one complete purchase from there. if only it wasn't so expensive.
as for the rest of my life, i'm feeling like i need a change. so, i plan on dying my hair tonight. random? yes. but why not?! i plan on dying it blonde. haha jokeeee. i'm going to dye it darker though. crossing my fingers that it hopefully turns out well! if it doesn't... well, then i probably won't see anyone for awhile haha. pictures soon to come :)

hayden.

i talked to my sister and hayden (my nephew) yesterday on skype.
he is precious.
after kissing the screen multiple times, exchanging "i love you's" and blowing/catching kisses, i just couldn't wait to see him in person and give my little monster a tight squeeze!!
i miss that child so much.
my sister recently gave him a mohawk.
he's pretty cool.
it's funny how such a little kid can brighten up my entire day with a simple smile.
i can't wait for august and to see your smiling face.
i love you hayden.

switching things up.

i left the other day entirely proud of accomplishing my class schedule... only to change it again yesterday. how fun... so my new updated schedule consists of the following classes:
-statistics
-english
-religion
-art
-education


yesterday i was gladly reunited with my best friend julia hylinski! how glorious it was. she had been off in california with heath. i'm incredibly jealous that they got to be together b.c 1. cali=wonderful and 2. i miss my best friends. however only 21 sweet days until heather comes home!! :) i cannot wait!

[sweet, sweet reunion]

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seeing pictures from jules' trip makes me crave the sweet california sunshine. i want to go back there so badly. i'm suffering from withdrawals of the beach. we need to be reunited very, very soon.




College?

i have accomplished the unaccomplishable (i'm making it a word)
i have by some way (along with the help of my mother) managed to assemble my class schedule at byu hawaii! the classes i'm taking are:
calculus (5) (ahhh kill me! it's every single day too!)
english (3)
religion (2)
exercise (1) (i have to take it sometime during college)
education (2)

figuring all this out has been so hard! especially because i'm not entirely sure what i want to do with the rest of my life. however, i know that i want to do something with art and maybe be a teacher. so that's why i'm taking an education class (teaching) and then in the spring i will take my art class. i couldn't take my art class now b.c it conflicted with stupid calc :(

it's really weird to think that i'm actually going to take college classes. i feel really old. and college classes scare me... a lot. even though i've heard from a lot of people that they're actually easier than alan c. pope high school classes :)

Sweeter than Summer

Dear Summer,

Oh how I love you. Please keep your rays of sunshine lingering forever. Please don't loose the sight of your night skies and your evening sunsets. Lastly, please don't speed by too quickly. I enjoy your warm company.

Love always,
Lauren



Recap

Hi. Hey. Hello. Aloha.
It's been awhile, eh? So here is a quick update on what happened over the last 2 months...

Miss Panache

Cruise to the Bahamas for Spring Break

Prom

Relay for Life

Graduation!!

Me & Neelam's Grad Party

Well that pretty much sum's it all up! Nothing too special... ;)

ya...you know.

2 days.
miss panache.
i LOVE pope high school......
if i say anything more about it, then i will probably get oss.
we all know what i'm talking about though :)

well hello stranger.


i fail at blogging haha. well here's the latest and greatest...
i got accepted to USC (university of south carolina)!!
i'm pretty excited about it! :)
other than that... wish me luck that i survive this week. the only thing that's on my mind is the miss panache pageant!
[thursday 3-18 at 7:30pm in the pope theater]
just incase you were wondering ;)

think about it.

Don't censor your DREAMS or visions
with practicalities and probabilities.
You don't need to know every single step that it will take to achieve your goals.

Just decide what you want.
Know that you can deserve it.
Believe you can have it.
Then release it, and let it go.

Open yourself up to infinite possibilities.
Watch the miracles unfold.


aloha.

ALOHA HAWAII!
i have officially decided that i will attend byu-hawaii in the fall! i'm very excited yet completely terrified at the same time!

interesting facts:
*hawaii has 8 main islands: niihau, kauai, oahu, maui, molokai, lanai, kahoolawe, and hawaii (the big island)
*byu-hawaii is on the island oahu
*also on the island of oahu is the city honolulu
*from east to west, hawaii is the widest state in the u.s.
*there is a 5 hour time difference between here and there (5 hours behind)
*i will be living in the city laie

mahalo for everyones support in this stressful time :)

i hate college.

i thought the song was called "I Love College" ??

so i heard back from byu-utah and i got accepted... but to the summer semester. not the fall semester which i applied for. so basically, i would start 3 weeks after i graduate. not cool. i still haven't heard back from usc or uga. but i wont hear from them for awhile. i'm beyond ready to know where i'm going and have everything settled. but looks like right now it's a good chance i'll be attending byu-hawaii in the fall. too many feelings to describe.

terrifying
thrilling
exciting
lonely
scary
new
another world.


its been awhile.

sorry it's been so long since i've written. i'm still alive! well let's see... what has been going on?

well a congrats goes out to my good friend michael stallings for getting into byu utah! i'm way excited for him! pretty jealous though because i want to know if i got in yet! i guess it pays off to have friends in the admissions department haha. but byu sent out an email the other day and i will find out this week if i get in or not! the latest by friday! wish me luck!

friday:
snow. snow. snow. and lots of it!
on friday we got lots of wonderful, gorgeous snow! and because of that wonderful snow, we got let out of school early which meant that i didn't have to take my ap econ test! everything good happens when it snows :) i spent the day with my friends. we went sledding, had a snowball fight, went in the hottub and just hung out!

saturday:
pretend valentines day <3
seeing how this whole long distance thing goes, sometimes you have to switch things around haha. so ryan and i celebrated this day together by going out to dinner, going to the movies, and hanging out. such a wonderful night :) other people don't realize how hard it is to not see someone you love everyday. it's tough.
anddd ryan was sweet and let me drag him to see dear john! i've been dying to see it! and i loved it :) it hit close to home with the whole long distance thing, but i thought it was great!

sunday:
valentines day <3
well since ryan had to leave that evening we only got to hang out for a few hours. but ill take that over anything any day! when i got home from church, i drove up to an arrangement of valentines day balloons tied to my mailbox! surprise :) ryan and i spent the afternoon making cookies, and just spending the time together! i love him <3

sick days.

i am not a morning person.
however, woke up bright and early to go retake my econ test... (the one that i did so great on before.. ha) but i was not feeling well so i stayed home today. normally sick days are sweet b.c you get to watch tv all day and hang out. no not this one. i worked on school stuff the entire day and i'm still not done. lame.

so this week is doppelganger week on facebook so everyone is changing their profile picture to a famous person that they look like. so i figured i would share some of my 'famous' friends.




slightly impatient.

whooo hooo! yay! found out last night that michael stallings got accepted to byu hawaii! i'm so happy because now if i decide to go, we could both hit up the beach together. me + one of my best friends + going to college in HAWAII = amazing. ahh i'm so ready to just hear back from all my colleges and know where i'm going! i feel like everyone already knows but me. but right now, hawaii is looking very nice.
-atlanta, ga: currently cloudy, muggy, gross and 39 degrees.








-oahu, hawaii: currently sunny, warm, beautiful, and 77 degrees.










tough choice...

the good ole' days


i was looking through old pictures from last summer, oh how i miss it! i'm beyond ready for this semester to be done. i know i'm supposed to be "living up senior year" but honestly i just wish it could be over already. i'm not saying that i'm ready for the next step (college) but i'm definitely ready for the hot hot summer time!