Happy Birthday Morgan!

Today is my very best friend Morgan's 21st birthday!

Morgan and I have been best friends since we were 5,

and I am so excited to say that I am typing this post on Thursday afternoon,

getting ready to take a flight down to LA to surprise Morgan for her birthday!

You see, it really just didn't seem right to miss such a momentous occasion.

Somebody's gotta be there to hold her hair back/scream SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS/help her through her hangover.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEST FRIEND!

So grateful for your friendship after all these years,

and so happy to be spending this day with you!

lucky i'm in love with my best friend.

jasmine's boyfriend is in the air force, stationed in japan

so sadly he wasn't around to help her celebrate her birthday this week.

lucky for me, though,

nick is a very generous boyf

and gave jazzy two tickets to

colbie caillat

in concert.

jazzy brought me along as her date.

we had sushi for dinner

at sushi hana in the tenderloin in san francisco.

if you're not familiar with the city,

the tenderloin is the hood.

i used to work near there, so i knew there were good restaurants.

we stumbled upon sushi hana sort of randomly

and loved.loved.loved. it.

we had chardonnay with our gyozo appetizer

and i had the to heaven roll while jazzy enjoyed the van ness roll.

so bomb. i recommend it if you ever find yourself hoodin' in sf.

the concert was at the regency ballroom

which is an incredible venue.

the opening act was andy grammer.

i didn't think i knew him

until he sang this song

and i fell absolutely in love.

he's tremendously talented and not so bad to look at.

then colbie came on.

oh.em.gee.

that girl.

she's flawlessly and effortlessly beautiful in a way that is so typically californian.

and she is absolutely incredible live!

if ever you are presented with the chance to see her i say

DO IT.

such a good night with one of my very best friends!

happy friday!

Arts and crafts on a rainy day & celebrating my best friend!

Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of my best friend Morgan's arrival in America. She was adopted from Korea, and I'm so glad that she was! We have been best friends since kindergarten, which brings our friendship to almost 16 years (3/4 of our lives!). Needless to say, I love her dearly and will be friends with her forever. We go to schools far away from each other now, but we try to stay connected by talking regularly, and we always hang out at least a few times when we're both home in Hollister.

In honor of her 20 years in Amurka, I decided to make her a little arts & crafts project. Morgan is super creative and sends me cards and little presents all the time, so I figured there was no better way to congratulate than by giving her something homemade. I hit up my new favorite store, Michael's, for some scrapbooking stuff and fake daisies (which are Morgan's favorite flower).

Supplies! Cute letters, scrapbooking paper and stickers, and Elmer's glue

The finished product. I hope she likes it!

The only picture I included--Morgan at my 7th birthday party.

Eating pizza--how American!

The daisies and her card!

I am so grateful to call Morgan my best friend! Now we're off to celebrate her US arrival with all things American--Mexican food for dinner and then the newest episode of Sister Wives! God bless America. :)