September 13th.

I went to work on a Saturday morning and Tyler told me we were going out to dinner with some friends after we both got off work. Work came and went and I got ready for going out for dinner. Tyler came and got me and drove to a restaurant I had never heard of (Well I come to find out later on that night that restaurant hasn't been in business for years). He drove to first dam instead and said that he wanted to show me something first. We got out of the car and walked to the water. There was a wooden sign that had a tiki torch by it. One arrow pointed to the bridge and it said "I <3 U." That's where Tyler told me he loved me for the first time. Another arrow pointed to a different part of the water and it had a symbol of a fish. That is where me and Ty went fishing and I caught my first fish. Another arrow said "Danced." It pointed to the pier where we would dance at night. The last arrow on the wooden sign had a "?" and it pointed ahead of us. There was a row boat on the shore next to us and we got in it. Ty rowed us across the water to a bench on the other side with tiki torches on both sides to light the bench. We got out of the row boat and walked to the bench. He grabbed me and kissed me. He got down on one knee and said "Shanna Larae Cappel, Will you marry me?" I have never been happier! I said yes! He's adorable. I pulled him up off his knee and hugged him and cried. We sat on the bench together and then all of sudden fireworks went off in the sky.

September 13th, to most people is just an ordinary day, but to me is a day I will never forget. I love this life of mine and I am so blessed to have this amazing man in my life.
I'M ENGAGED. When did I get this old?

Signed,
On Cloud Nine

Page One

Think about it. Look back. Your life has changed so much from just one year ago. Life happens a little bit at a time, not just all at once. But when you look back so much has changed and you sit there and you wonder how? Where did the time go? How did all of that change? How did I change so much?
A little bit at a time.
Did you do all that you wanted to this year? Did you accomplish everything? Did you do something crazy that you wouldn't have normally done? Did you cross anything off your bucket list? Did you live it? ..Or were you just present through it all?

Did you meet anyone, a stranger that changed your life?
How many strangers did you meet? That now, you can't see how you ever lived with out them. I can count quite a few. And to think, you didn't know them a year ago..

 

Think back, think of this year, 2013...What was your favorite memory? What made you the happiest? What made you smile the most? When did you feel most alive? Hold on to that memory and don't forget it. We forget so much of our lives that we forget just how blessed we really are.

 

If you look back and you didn't do everything you wanted to, GOOD! You have another year to do whatever you put your mind to. Take that class that you've always wanted to take. Go to that foreign country. Buy the pair of shoes you know you shouldn't. Start a new tradition. Forgive that person, you know the one. Stop looking through the window, go inside! Be someone totally new. Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365 page book.

Someday they will all be stories, so make sure they're good ones.

 

Signed,

A girl still writing her story.



Refining Ourselves

Change. People change everyday. We make decisions that change us as individuals whether we realize it or not. We can do it with out realizing it or we can do it on purpose for a reason. Gosh I sure hope we can change! Change for the better. If we all stayed the same we wouldn't learn anything. But do we really change? Do we change ourselves entirely? Or do we just make ourselves better? That's for you to decide, I haven't quite figured that out yet. I'm still deciding. We do change. But how much of ourselves do? I believe fully that a person can change, they change for the better or for the worst. We stay who we are though. We just modify who we are. Mistakes and choices play a big role in change. Our trials change us. They shape who we are and who we want to become. But they don't make us who we are. We are not the mistakes we've made. They don't define us. They refine us. There is a difference. Don't let your short comings define you. Don't let others tell you they define you. Show them who you really are. CHANGE their minds. We do change. We change everyday. How much of yourself are you willing to change?

Signed, Still Refining.

Change in the Air

Change is a funny thing.  Some people thrive off of it and others totally despise it.  I love change.  Change is good for your soul and makes you wake up and remember what you love.  You find out who you are every time something changes.  You refine yourself into something more of what you want to become.  Change has been happening in my life recently and i love it.  I'm very lucky.  It has been changing for the better.  Meeting new people, trying new things, being in new places, and overcoming fears. 

Ah, man life has just been absolutely great.  Went to California for Spring Break with some friends.  Car died 5 miles from the hotel and the beach was freezing cold BUT got sun and a nice break from school. 
An Adventure.  

Went to Vegas with a bunch of people I didn't know. Sketchy, maybe?  Most amazing weekend of my life?  Most definitely.  Made some amazing friends that I visit often and lived without a care in the world for a couple days.  
An Amazing Adventure.    

The Phenomenal Five.
There were more that went to Vegas but us Five became so close.
Vegas Baby.

Went to A Day to Remember Concert with the boys above. That was an awesome experience.  Crazy as anything and insanely fun!  Got some bruises from how rough the concert was BUT the boys protected me and I had an awesome time.  An experience I will never forget.
A Crazy Adventure.

Summer is finally here and school is done for three short months.  I already tried overcoming a fear... Roller coasters.  They literally terrify me.  It's a heights thing.  First day of summer I moved all my stuff into a new apartment and got dragged to Lagoon with some friends.  Scary as all anything BUT had so much fun with friends who I love dearly.
A Scary Adventure.

Life is changing everyday.  People change, jobs change, where you live changes.  You change.  And its amazing to watch.  Love it and soak up every bit of it.  Because one day you'll look back and wish you could relive it.  Embrace change.  Have adventures that you would not normally take.  Do crazy things, change your own life.  Make it what you want it to be.  And just wait...and watch your future unfold.

Pieces of the Heart



Love changes you.  That tingling in your toes, butterflies in your stomach kind of love.  Everyone feels it in their life.  Sometimes you are lucky enough to feel it more than once in a lifetime.  That is a special kind of love.  There are different kinds of love.  Everyone affects you in some way and changes your life somehow. 
Falling in love with people is an easy thing to do.  I admit, it happened to me.  I have also fell in love with bits and pieces of people, like the quote above says.  Many people can steal little pieces of your heart, you just have to let them.





Only some of the people that have stolen a piece of my heart.
(The Crew up above.  Me and Kenzie on the left.  Me and Megan on the right)