// Blog Design Giveaway //

Gals, friends, new friends: my blog got an INCREDIBLE new layout design by the amazingly talented Kaylie Marie. People. I'll say it again: she is uh-may-zing. Plus, she's a dream to work with. Basically all I had to tell her was a color scheme I had in mind and then I sent her a link to a blog that I liked the lay out of and what does she do? Magic, that's what.

So, why am I telling you how amazing and awesome she is? Because we're doing a giveaway for one of her basic packages (50 bucks worth of stuff)! So, does your blog need a facelift? Are you just starting out and want to be awesome from the get go? Then here is your chance.

Rules:

You must be a follower of my blog via the "Follow this blog button" through Bloglovin

Follow Kaylie's blog on Bloglovin

Follow Kaylie on Instagram @kayliehooser

Follow ME on Instagram @elizbuck

** Please comment below saying what you did! Remember to complete all the steps to enter **

Also, check out Kaylie's design site and see what she can do. I wasn't lying when I said she's pretty much amazing.

Entering for the giveaway will go from August 31st-September 7th at noon mst.

Get goin' my loves.

Ps, I'll post about my Europe trip next week and there will be ANOTHER giveaway in the near future.

//whirlind//

Woah, it's been a hot minute since I last posted. And it's mainly due to the fact that I've been having such a fun summer! I feel like I haven't been in one place for too long.

Life of the young and the restless....

Since the date from hell, I went to the zoo with friends, visited This is the Place Heritage Park, went to a bees game, had a girlfriend from NZ come over and spend a few weeks with us before Sarah's wedding. Had an awesome BBQ, gave Sarah a pinterest worthy bridal shower. Had family pictures done by the amazing Lyndsi Espinel! Got to see my first wedding sealing for my twin sisters wedding! Booyah, it was awesome! Helped decorate Sarah's reception center. Partied at the reception. Decorated a car. Went to St. George with my mom and sister in law! Went and saw a play at Tuacahn. Went to a REal Salt Lake soccer game. Went up the canyon and roasted hot dogs and made S'mores. Went camping over the weekend of the 4th. We rode horses to the edge of Bryce Canyon and we watched a local rodeo until I couldn't stay awake anymore (plus, it was super cold and windy).

Lynsdi Espinel Photography

Honestly, this summer has been pretty much awesome and it's only getting better! I'm going to Seattle this week and then......

Europe in August!

//Mind Altering//

You know what is cool? An accent. I love them! People who come here from different countries and are able to retain their accent is super awesome. Do you know what isn't cool? Pretending that you're from a different country, putting on an accent and then letting the person know half way through a date that you aren't really from there...

Last night I went on a date with a guy who told me he was from Scotland. I'd heard him on the phone and his accent sounded legit. We decided to "meet up- which according to him is exactly one hour. I met him at Jamba Juice at 7:45. We ordered our drinks, he talked in his Scottish accent. Talked to me about his family overseas which sounded legit. I was doing all the talking. Meaning, I asked allt he questions and he answered. I asked about his scar on his arm; he didn't want to talk about it. The past is the past and I believe in leaving it there." That's true, I believe that too. But then he told me about how he got the scar... Running away from a police dog who was chaising him, jumped the fence, broke it in half, had to walk a mile and a half to a hospital because his own car was near where the policemen were. Awesome. Then I asked where he lived now and he told me and I said I had lived in Provo once (Raintree Apartments to be exact) and that I loved it, he said he felt sorry for me because it was BYU approved housing. I asked what he meant by that, and he said because of the rule and rules are meant to be broken. We had already talked baout his mission at this point in the conversation and I said, oh the mission must have been fun for you then. He said he didn't want to get into it. So, we didn't.

At this point, he started checking his phone and let me know that we had 20 minutes left in our meet up. He then told me he had something mind altering to tell me. I had no idea what it was going to be because what was so mind altering to let me know on a first meet up? Well, it was that he really wasn't from Scotland. That he just likes to do the accent because he's good at it. So, basically everything we had talked about was a BIG. Fat. Lie. Who does that? Other highlights of things I learned are the following:

• Girls are awful with money
• Dads baby their daughters
• I come from money
• I was in the popular group in highschool
• (The last two he said he could tell by my body language)
• That I can chew a piece of gum for a long time

Yes, this date was mind altering. It solidified the fact that dating really sucks about 90% of the time. And man, I can't wait to find someone who is normal.