*{Tumblr Worthy Photos}*

 Hello Bloggeristas! Today I have a random post. I just quickly wanted to share these two photos! I do have a public Instagram [(that you should follow me) just search nataliesay]. I thought these two pictures kinda looked like it is Tumblr worthy. Well, anyways thats all I have today! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy these photos!

Locks of Love

        Hey there! Recently I chopped my hair!! Well to be more specific, I donated it. I have been wanting to donate my hair because it's a nice thing to do, but also cause it's fun to change up my hair a little. If you're wondering what donating hair even is; it is when you go to a salon (you can do it at home too), tie your hair in a ponytail or braid, then cut the ponytail/braid ship it to Locks of Love who makes a wig out of it for cancer kids! Isn't that amazing! Donating my hair was on my bucket list, and now I am happy that I accomplished it :)

                                                            Here is what my hair looked like before: 

 

Here is what my hair looks like now:

  

 

  I didn't want to cut it that short, but it was for cancer kids so I should be grateful that I even have a head full of hair!

                                                 Also, here is a pic of my ponytails

                

 

I really wanna know who uses my hair as a wig! That would be cool to know! Thanks for reading!

                                                

                                                                   <3, Natalie

Update of Randomness

Hello Bloggerista's! Long time no blog? Am I right? I haven't blogged in awhile, I know. I am just gonna go straight into this blog post of random updates! BTDubbs, this is in random order.

1. It was my dad's 40th birthday on February 1st and my mom planned to surprise him with a sea-front view of the ocean. We all went as a family and had a lot of fun!

Gorgeous view!

2. I went to winter camp from January 2-5. Here are two pictures I would like to sneak in. There were so many pretty views, I had to take a pictures!

 

Aren't these views so lovely?!

3.  I had a sleepover with my best friend Bryana! We have known each other from at least 2nd grade. I wasn't really her friend, I just knew her from church. But as the years went on and we started Junior high at church we got closer because it turned out we were gonna go to the same high school! From then on I've gotten to know her better, and I can definitely call her my best friend.

    So yeah, we had a sleepover at her house and made a huge cookie, played Taboo, and watched High School Musical on Netflix in our blankets because it was raining outside. We like to be girly like that.

The final result of the giant cookie we made!

YES, I do realize I look like I am holding her hand awkwardly. It's because the pan was still hot when we took the picture so I just put my hand under the mittens!

 4. This one is kinda big-ish. I got nominated by my teacher for the People's Choice at my school! It is a formal event that you get dressed up for. Kind of like the Oscar's (which is actually on right now as I am typing this!). Because I got nominated, my parents got me an iPhone 5s! I sound like I am spoiled. But trust me, I am grateful for the things I own! Anyways, so my teacher chose me (one person) from ALL her classes. She said she chose me because I do my homework and listen in class and have integrity. I honestly DO NOT see how I deserved this award because I don't see myself as those things. I am not suppose to be getting the credit. God is. So she had to have a speech on why she chose me, then I had to give an acceptance speech. I had to TALK in front of EVERYONE. When my mom told me this I freaked and actually shed some tears because I hate talking in front of a big crowd. Yes, I'm weird like that.

     So, yes, that is what happened recently in my life. Hopefully you enjoyed this post!

                                                                   <3,  Natalie

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

    Hello Bloggeristas! How have you guys been this past week? I have been with family. Christmas eve with some of our cousins, then more cousins on Christmas Day! I hope you had a jolly-filled holiday! I did! For Christmas I got gift cards to Target, JCPenney, and iTunes & a purse that I wanted that was from Target. I got other things too such as a towel/spa set and perfume set. I am grateful for my presents and am thankful for the people who gave them to me. Just remember CHRISTmas is about Christ being brought into this world to save us all from our sins. So, yes, JESUS is the reason for the season; NOT Santa Claus.

     It is December 30 and tomorrow is the last day of 2013! 2013 is OVER? Like, come one! You've got to be kidding because that was pretty fast! I can't believe that it's over! This year was kinda big for me. I started public high school from being homeschooled for 9 years; so yes that's kind of a big deal for me. I graduated 8th grade. I went to Regen (our church's camp that is held during the summer). I met new people from school. It was a good year overall! I do have one specific new year's resolution I want to accomplish is reading my Bible everyday for the whole year. I do have other ones but that's the one I can think of right now.
 
   Hopefully you guys will have a fun new year too! Thanks for reading! See you guys next year! :D

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from our family to your's!

THANKSGIVING! - Day 5

       Hey bloggeristas! How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was actually pretty cool! Our family//relatives came over to our house. It was SO much fun! My mom had an idea of doing a photobooth. On Wednesday, she went to Target (I think) and got photobooth prop set! It was super cool! I also got excited to take pictures. The photo booth didn't go the way I planned. I wanted to have a background and have a mini table with the props. It didn't go the way I planned, but that's okay. We are Armenian, so there is bound to be some dancing. I filled a little box with the props, and while dancing, one by one people started dancing with the props. It was really funny! I wasn't mad at all, because everyone was having a good time dancing. I'm not going to name all the props, but a few of them were a mustache, glasses with sideburns, and nerd glasses with the big nose. I started dying with laughter when my grandma wore those nerd glasses with the big nose. It was fun watching everyone have a good time. Yeah, I had a pretty good time too.

                                             

Table setting!

 

 

#OOTD

 

                                                          I took some polaroid pix

                                                                         FOOD!

                           My sister wearing some of the props that my parents bought. Isn't it funny? I LOVE photobooths and props.

Family <3

                                                  My cousin in her nerdified face gear

                                                        Other cute selfies of us girls!

                We made so many memories! It's always fun to have family together all in one room. After everyone left, my dad, sister and I went to the mall for Black Friday. We just went to Hot Topic, Forever 21, and Best Buy. I also didn't take any pictures so its not enough to post. Thanks for reading and coming with me for this Thanksgiving Blog Challenge. Hopefully you learned more about me, and what I am thankful for. Also ALWAYS remember that we should be thankful for what we have, EVERY single day.
                                                      <3, Natalie

Girls Weekend Getaway

       
       Hello Bloggeristas! Hope you guys are having a nice day! A few weeks to a month ago, my sister, mom, and I went to Palm Springs (Indian Wells to be exact). We just went to spend time together. We basically shopped till we dropped. Literally. When we woke up in the morning at the hotel, we walked around by the pool area and adventured a bit.

I'll start with when we started driving. It takes a few hours to get to Indian Wells. We left at 6:30 and knew we would get there at maybe 9:30. When we left I didn't eat anything, so after an hour or two my sister and I got hungry. My mom accidentally took a wrong turn on the freeway, so we had to exit. I got a bit happy cuz I was already hungry and I would eat anything by now. This is where this picture comes in. Right when we exited we saw Wendy's and my mom asked if we wanted to eat there and we immediately said "YES"!

                                          The view from the hotel room. It was really pretty!

When we walked more, we saw a bridge, and saw THIS beauty. I took this picture on the bridge. It was absolutely beautiful.

When we were walking back to the lobby, we heard one of the employees whistle to this bird, and it talked back. If you look closely, there is a band around his leg, so the bird probably belongs to the hotel! I thought it was pretty cool, so I took this quick snap.

This scene was also mesmerizing. The hotel pool area was really beautiful. My sister Sarah and I took a photo on that same exact bench the day after when we left. My mom took it with my polaroid, so I can't really show it to you.

                               Another quick snap of the hotel structure. Which was also beautiful.

 

After that mini adventure we were hungry for breakfast, so we went to Mimi's Cafe. I wasn't feeling very good so I got some tea and eggs benedict.


      

              After breakfast we started our full day of shopping. We went to numerous places. For dinner we went to Olive Garden. Then we got Starbucks after that, which kind of was a crazy experience. When we got to the hotel the night before, we passed by many Starbucks' and counted about 5! It was after dark of course when we left Olive Garden, so it was gonna be a little harder to find Starbucks. I don't know if our GPS was going bazurkee-cheese-jerky or what, but it wasn't getting us to our destination. So I tried my mom's phone. After maybe 30 minutes of going in circles, we found one. We got there at 8:45 P.M and they closed at 9:00. How perfect was that timing?! So yeah. We were already tired and frustrated when we got to our hotel. I fell asleep after 30 minutes of getting into the hotel room. I was pooped. But it was a good shopping day! I had a fun time and hope that I can do it more with my mom and sister.

                                  <3 Natalie

Sugar Cookies! - Day 4

       
           AHH! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! Today I am going to share with you a recipe I have been loving recently. It's a sugar cookie recipe that I found on Pinterest. The recipe is NOT mine. But click HERE for the recipe. I am just showing you what I did AFTER I put the recipe together, so I am not really listing any ingredients. I'm just going to show pictures of the festive turkey-shaped sugar cookies!

 

 

The dough before I put it in the fridge to harden

After it hardened for an hour I got my turkey shaped cookie cutter and put the flour on the board and cookie cut my heart out (I know I am weird). I just used a rolling pin and then cut it out. After I was done cutting all of the cookies, I put them on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven on 350 degrees for 8 min. Here is what they looked like in the end.

After an hour of cooling, you can ice//frost the cookies and do whatever you want to them! I have made this recipe 3 times in the last month. I think that I really like this recipe and it's really easy to make! Hope you enjoy this recipe and try it out! P.S Don't forget to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade TOMORROW morning!