dunes.

yesterday, bff hannah and her brother andrew and i took a long drive out to the sand dunes called "little sahara" in southeast utah. and andrew took pictures. he is amazing.

isn't she a beaute.

it was so, so much fun. hannah and i both had about 3 more outfits, but we ran out of time. i wish i could do it all the time. i wish i was a photographer. such good stuff.

check andrew out. he is seriously increeeedible.

this is great

Hilarious.
Photographer Irina Werning reenacts people's childhood photos.



So awesome!

TRIUMPH

My reaction when I got an email from Ginger today.

not engagements. (i wish.)

^ That face. My insides just exploded.









My mom took some and Chris's brother-in-law Jude took the others. These are favorites. The rest are on my Facebook.
These will get me through 2 years.
Okay, I'll stop posting about Chris now. Maybe.

off you go.

First letter: Sent.



Oh. Also I got pulled over on my way home from work tonight. The perfect end to the most AWESOME week EVER. Crying doesn't work, Megan Abel. They still ticket you.

yes, sir.

(photo a day starts now.)

Chris left me a few secret notes on secret dates throughout my planner. I opened it to January 12 and saw this. And started bawling.



And then I stopped. Because I thought about what it means.

photoshoot prev

oh, and. i miss him. and i. am going. crazy.

the 2010 in photo review.

Here's what 2010 contained.

Got Chris hooked on snowboarding/he broke his collarbone doing it.

Cut my hairs super short.


Went on a cruise and set foot in the Caribbean.


Went on Orchestra tour to SLC.


Played with a wolf.


Did Hosa Bowl. Dominated. Awesome.


Jumped on all the bandwagons and did Hare Krishna.


Learned how to grow plants via Hadfield.


Saw MUSE in concert!!!!!!


Wreaked havoc in St. Sleeze and stayed in a sweet condo with Lindsey and Hannah.


Went to pram with my lovey.


Went to Lagoon.


GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.


Was Edward Cullen.


Saw Backstreet Boys in concert. ALRIGHT!


Saw MGMT in concert. AHHH!


Met Chris's missioning brother Andrew.


WENT TO DISNEYLAND WITH CHRIS!


Ace Gang Lake Powell senior trip with AWWLL da ladies.


Got a sweet sandal tanline, finally.


Mockingjay at midnight.


Purchased Edward!!!


Went to a fantastic witch party.


Finally saw Circa Survive in concert!


Saw Harry Potter at midnight and dressed up for once!


Hosted a fabulous Christmas party.


Started college and survived my first semester.


Fell in love with Vampire Weekend.


Fell in love with ginger a jillion times over.

So as you can see, 2010 was quite the awesome year. Probably the best one thus far. I mean really. It was wonderful.
My favorite thing all year was probably Disneyland with Chris and his family.
And also seeing Muse in concert was a huge life goal crossed off. And Lake Powell rocked. Too much good.
And I'd say my biggest accomplishment was buying a car. It was a good thing.
I am nearly positive 2011 won't be as awesome. But I am going to try.

My resolutions are the same olds, but as cliche as they are, they're still good ones: be a nicer and better person, develop an actual exercise schedule, eat better food, don't be antisocial, make more friends. Also on my list: write Chris letters at least once a week, read the Bible, get a huge chunk of my car payments paid off, and perhaps move out?
Cheers to the new year.