Birthday Celebration

Well, I have finally turned 20 years old!

I can’t believe how fast time has flown by. It doesn’t really seem real that I am 20 now. Luckily for me, my birthday happened while I was on my spring break from school. To start off the day, as always, I decided to hit the gym first. Even though it is my birthday, I had to make time in my day to do this as it is part of my daily routine.

After hitting the gym, getting ready and making a shake for lunch, my mom, sister and I all decided to go to the Mall Of America. While at the mall, I bought some new shoes that I have wanted for a long time. I also got a few other items, and of course I had to stop at Cinnabon to get my free iced coffee. It was so good!

After we spent a while at the mall, around 7 we met my aunt and uncle for dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. I had never been there and had heard so many good things about it, and I am definitely glad we decided to go there! I had a cheese-stuffed cheeseburger with fries, and it was AMAZING. I also had a slice of Red Velvet cheesecake for dessert and it was also amazing.

                                         

To end off the day, my sister and I went and saw the movie called The Greatest Showman. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend that you do! All in all, I had an amazing birthday. It was honestly probably one of the best ones I’ve had in years. Here’s to being 20 years old!

Lifestyle Changes

Hello Everyone!
    I hope you all are having an amazing summer so far! I definitely am! I have been keeping myself extremely busy lately since I have to go back to school in about 3 weeks, but I'm very excited to go back actually and start being productive again. But I wanted to talk about what's been keeping me so busy lately. 

     Recently I have been loving going to the gym! I never thought I would be the person to start working out every day, but I have become that person and I love every part of going to the gym. Trust me, I know how hard it is to get back on track and start working out every single day, but you really do just have to take things day by day and eventually it will get a lot easier. My workout routines usually just consist of cardio and weight lifting, I am fairly new to lifting though so it's still a little scary every time I head over to the weight lifting section of the gym. But once you start, like I said, it will just keep getting easier from there! 

      Another favorite thing of mine to do at the gym is go to Zumba class. It is such a great workout and gets your whole body moving, which I absolutely love! I am also on the track to eating clean and healthy, even though that part has been very hard. But yesterday, to hopefully help make things easier when I move out and start living on my own in a few weeks, I bought some protein powder that I've heard nothing but good things about! I bought it from a website called IdealFit. All of their products are made just for women, since we function differently than men which I think is awesome that they have that available! I got the Cake Batter flavored one, and I am beyond excited to try it! I will definitely do an updated blog post one I have tried it out a couple of times. 

       I think that is about all I wanted to cover, sorry for the long blog post but I just wanted to share my new love for working out with you guys! Hopefully you enjoyed reading. 

      Till next time!

    -Kersten 

Summer Adventures

Hello everyone!
        Lately I've just had the inspiration and urge to write. Sometimes I honestly just like to write about interesting things when I decide to post a blog, as I am doing here today! I hope all of your summers have been nothing short of amazing. Mine definitely has been interesting! I have been working almost full time at my summer job (I am just working at FleetFarm while I'm home for the summer) but I honestly LOVE it! Being a cashier is definitely something I've always wanted to do and now I am happy I can say I have experience with it. I have already made some pretty good friends at work, and I get along pretty well with everyone there as well.
        Other than working, I love hanging out with my friends here. I have been growing closer with some new people as well, which I am super happy about! One of my favorite things I have done this summer so far is taking day trips with my best friend. We like to go to the city and explore usually, but last week we went up to Saint Cloud, where I go to school, to start moving my stuff in. I am VERY excited for this coming school year, I must admit! After finally seeing my own room in my sorority house and giving my best friend a tour of the school finally, it got me motivated to make this year amazing.
         On the other hand though, I seriously cannot believe how fast this summer is flying by. I've definitely enjoyed my time here but at the same time I am ready to go back to school and get back into the swing of things. This week is going to be very busy for me, but I will keep you all updated again with any new adventure that I have coming up. Much love to you all!


                   XOXO,
                  Kersten 

California Adventures

Hello everyone!
Long time no talk again, I know, I know. I have been extremely busy this summer so far these past couple of weeks finally! I have started working my full time summer job at FleetFarm, and I love it so far! I am just a cashier there, so it is pretty chill and laid back. Also, the pay is really good so that's nice too.
Anyways, this week I have actually been in California with my family. We got here on Friday, and are staying in Pacifica, which is near the San Francisco area. It has been pretty fun for the most part! Yesterday was probably my favorite; we drove down the coast a little ways to Santa Cruz, and it was really cool to see because one of my good friends is actually moving there this year and going to UCSC, so it was cool to see that too. Then we got boba tea, my favorite, and relaxed at the beach for a while (I actually got a tan!).
Today, we woke up early this morning, probably around 7ish, and my parents took us to Starbucks (God Bless!) and after our Starbucks run, we went to this really cool place where you could explore tide pools. It was honestly a very cool experience! I loved seeing all of the sea life there. Anyways, after that we drove down past San Francisco a little bit and stayed in the area for a while and had our picnic at a cute little park. After that, we drove to Half Moon Bay, and relaxed on the beach again for a while; but not too long because it was actually freezing!
We all just had dinner now, we ordered a pizza and my mom made a ceaser salad, and it was delicious! Now we are just finally relaxing a bit before we go on our hike to watch the sunset. Hope you all enjoyed today's blog! Hopefully will be posting one on Friday when I am home from my trip


Until next time,
Kersten.

Here are a few pictures I have taken from my trip so far :) 

My first ever Acai bowl! It was so good. Definitely recommend them! 

Life Update

Hello everyone!
I am so sorry for the lack of blogging these past few months, I have seriously been crazy busy ever since! But I thought I would give a little bit of a life update since I finally have some free time over the summer to start blogging again. I have been home on summer break for almost a month now, and it has been so nice and relaxing. 
I finished my first year of college at St. Cloud State! I am so excited and happy to be done with school for the summer. It has been so nice being home and spending time with my friends and family that I haven't gotten to see all year really. I'm still slowly getting back into the swing of things here, but this summer has already gone by fast which makes me a little bit sad. Anyways, like I said I just finished my first year of college and it was amazing! I've definitely had my doubts about going to school there and wanting to transfer at times, but towards the end of the semester and when I had to move out of my dorm, I'm going to be completely honest with you - I didn't want to leave! I have met so many amazing people and my sorority sisters are all amazing as well. I am also very excited to say that I am going to be living in my Sorority house this coming year! I will be living with 9 of my amazing sisters, and I can't wait to get to know them better and become closer with them! 
Also at school, I have finally figured out a path I want to take and kind of figured out my life plan a little bit. I plan on majoring in Mass Communications, emphasis on Public Relations. I will be minoring in Travel and Tourism, in the hopes of being a flight attendant after college for a little while. I have officially registered for all of my classes for the fall as well, and I am very excited! 
Anyways, I just thought I would give a little life update for those of you that are interested and enjoy reading my blog! I am back for the summer, and hopefully will have more time to blog during the school year as well. 
Hope you all are doing well! More to come later, 


Xoxo, Kersten. 

Hello, again...

Hello everyone!
I am so sorry for my lack of blogging these past couple of months as I have been very busy with college. College life is exciting yet extremely time consuming! I have been keeping up with my classes as well as my sorority life commitments. It has all been so rewarding lately though! I am home for Thanksgiving break currently and I thought that since I have some time to relax it would be fun to start blogging again.
I am very excited that I have finally made some set plans in my life. I just changed to an elementary education major and I couldn't be more excited to explore my future career! I also signed a lease to live in my sorority house next year and I am extremely excited to live with 9 of my sisters!
I am super excited for some things coming up in the near future as I also have 3 weeks left of my fall semester here at school. I can't wait for the holidays and I am so happy that they have officially started! I went Black Friday shopping with my mom, cousin and aunt and I got so many good deals I can't wait for Cyber Monday tomorrow! Anyways, I will be hopefully continuing to blog more throughout the next couple of weeks.

Xoxo, Kersten.

Life updates and such

Hello everyone!

I am so sorry for the lack of blogging lately, as I have been focusing on school and homework and such. I moved into SCSU about three weeks ago, and I absolutely love my new home here! The people are extremely nice and friendly, I've already made some really good friends here... I may have even met a cute boy. 

I love my classes, and I love that I know at least one person in each one. My roommate is a sweetheart, and we get along super well and I love our late night talks together. I actually even met one of my best/closest friends here already through the band, and joining band was honestly the best decision in my entire life. It introduces you to so many new people that you'd probably never meet otherwise, and they are extremely friendly too. I love seeing band members around campus because they'll smile or wave at me every time, even if I don't really know them either. 

We have our first football game halftime show that we perform in tomorrow and I am extremely excited but nervous at the same time. And then, I am coming home on Friday! I cannot wait to see all of my family and a few friends too. It's so weird not knowing anyone here from school, but at the same time I really like it because I am still keeping in touch with some of my really good friends from high school. 

Just wanted to keep you all updated on my first couple weeks of college!

Xoxo, Kersten. 

It's been a while...

Have you ever just felt that you are in the right place at the right time?
I can already tell that college is going to be the BEST four years of my life. I have only been here for a week, and let me tell you, I love it so much here! It feels a lot more like home than my hometown ever did. Of course there are times when I miss my friends and family back home, but if I don't think about it isn't bad at all. I just know that I am supposed to be here, seriously.
Band camp was actually amazing, I already feel like I'm a part of a new family, which is such an amazing feeling to be honest. Every time that I see a band member around campus, they'll wave at me and smile and I immediately feel at home.
My classes started today, and they were actually really great. My morning started off right which made the rest of my day amazing. One of my new friends and I stopped at Starbucks before our first class which was Biology 101, and it had 100 people in the class...
The next best part of my day was when I was waiting in the hallway for my English class to start and the cute boy from band walks up to me and we just started chatting, and he asked if he could sit with me since he and I didn't know anyone else in the class, which of course made me very, very happy.
After a long day of classes, I came back to my dorm and my roommate said there was a present from her on my desk. Sitting on my desk was a Harry Potter coloring book that I have literally always wanted! There was also a note saying "I heard you say you wanted this so I picked it up for you." It's just the little things like that that really make your day.
So, with all that being said I can't wait for classes tomorrow!
Until next time, xoxo, K.

New beginnings

Hello everyone!
Today's been just a bit bittersweet and nostalgic. It blows my mind that I move in to my dorm room tomorrow and classes also start a week from tomorrow! I am extremely excited to be starting my new life in just a couple of hours! Yes I am very nervous as well, but I only really get nervous when I think about it, if that makes sense. 
Yesterday I had a wonderful day with my family, it was nice to see everyone again and have them over for lunch. 
Today my sister and I went to Starbucks this morning to start our days off with some coffee, of course, it's a necessity. After that, I packed a little more (I'm almost done!) and then my mom and I  went to work out at the gym together, which was nice since we never get to go together anymore. Tonight I am getting dinner at Applebee's (my favorite) with my family for one last time. 
Yes I will miss my family and best friends dearly but I am very, very excited for all that is to come this year and to finally be living on my own and exploring who I really am. 
Until next time! Xoxo, K. 

A little nostalgic...

Today I've honestly just been feeling a bit nostalgic, as I am heading off to college on Monday I am enjoying my last couple of days at home with my friends and family. This past week has seriously flown by, I can't believe that I only have two days left until I move. As nervous as I am, I am also extremely excited. I'm excited to start over, seriously. I'll be going to a school where I only know five other people from my high school going there, and it's an hour and a half away from home, which isn't too bad. 
Anyways, I've had a really great past couple of days with my friends and family.
On Wednesday, my best friend and I spent our last day together sadly, but I had an amazing time as I mentioned in my previous blog post. Yesterday, I got to spend some time with my sister for once which was really nice. I packed, and relaxed of course. 
Tonight is my last night out with my friends, and I'm kind of sad to be honest. My friends and I are all getting together for one last time and having a nice dinner at Osaka, which I am very excited about because I love hibachi! And spending time with them of course.  Tomorrow, my cousins, aunt, and grandparents are coming up for one last family dinner/get together and I'm super excited to see all of them for one last time. 
With all that being said I am just very excited for new beginnings that are on their way. 
Until next time, xoxo, K. 

The Best Day

Have you ever just had such a good day where absolutely nothing goes  wrong and you just want to tell everyone about it? Well, that's exactly how my day went yesterday. 

To start my day off, I got to sleep in pretty late for once and actually got a decent night of sleep. I'd say I woke up around about 9:30 or 10. Some would say that's too early, but to me it isn't. I have kind of had trouble sleeping lately so it was nice to actually have a good night's sleep last night. Anyways, after I had woken up and got ready and all, my mom and I headed out the door and went to go get our hair done together. Mine turned out super cute! I just got all of my split ends off (finally) and my eye brows waxed, and let me tell you they turned out amazing! One of my favorite things is when you have a nice lady that does your hair for you. 

Anyways, after getting my hair and eyebrows done, I went back home and had a decent lunch before relaxing for a few hours. In the meantime, I started a new show on Netflix called "The Secret Life of The American Teenager", I'm sure you've all heard of it. I'm already addicted!

After relaxing for a while, I went to go pick up one of my best friends, Sara, for a girls day together since it would be one of our lasts. We decided to go and see the movie "Bad Mom's", and it was SO much better than I thought it would be! Seriously I highly recommend seeing it. Anyways, after seeing that, Sara and I went to Buca Di Beppo for dinner, and it was seriously amazing! 

So, that was my amazing day that I had yesterday. Have you had a really good day lately? I'd love to hear all about it! Until next time, xoxo, Kersten. 

Top Ten Favorite Things

Hello everyone!
So I don't really have too much to talk about today, so I kind of just wanted to go ahead and share my top ten favorite things that I have been loving within the past couple of weeks. I've decided to do this maybe once or twice a month, just listing at least ten current favorite things of mine at the moment. I hope you all enjoy, xoxo, Kersten.



                            TOP TEN
               1. My Lilly Pulitzer agenda 
               2. The game 'Best Fiends'
               3. Instagram (follow me!)
               4. Pretty Little Liars
               5. Netflix originals 
               6. My coloring book
               7. Working out every day!
               8. Online shopping
               9. Amazon Prime
               10. Rimmel London stay matte powder 

Oh how time flies by...

Hello everyone!
Long time no talk, I know, I know. And I apologize, I do. But as a teenage girl that is moving into college next week, my summer has suddenly been extremely busy. Let's get a little bit caught up with each other. 

First of all, I just thought I should let you all know that this coming Monday, I will be moving in to my dorm room! I will be attending St. Cloud State in central Minnesota, for (hopefully) the next four years. I plan on getting my bachelor's degree with a major in Spanish education, and hopefully a minor in special ed if all goes well. I am very excited for this journey to begin, as you can tell! I will also be rushing this coming September, which I am also very excited about!

Anyways, this past weekend I was up north near Duluth with my family for one last family vacation. And before we left, I had my last day of work (for a while at least). It's honestly so crazy to think about how quickly time really does fly by. 

This week, I will be packing up to start my new adventure at St. Cloud State. I am very excited to blog all about my college life/experience within the coming days, weeks, and month! Very excited things to come, stay tuned. Until next time.


                      Xoxo,
                       Kersten

Where Have I Been?

Hello everyone!
I'm so sorry for the long delay of blogposts, but I have finally decided to start blogging more now! Yesterday, I did some college shopping with my dad and bought my very own MacBook Air! I love it so much! It was of course very expensive but I knew I have always wanted one for college so I finally decided to splurge and use some of my graduation money for it. It's definitely worth it! The quality on here is so amazing, I still can't get over it. Anyways, I have just been very busy with hanging out with my boyfriend and family since I will miss them the most next year. I also did the Color Run this past weekend with my mom which was a ton of fun too! I'm super excited for college to start! I am very much looking forward to the classes that I am taking this year. I also plan on being in the pep band at my University and joining a sorority too! I can't wait to be a part of Greek life! I plan on going shopping pretty soon for all of my dorm stuff that I have yet to get, so I will definitely be doing a blog post on that in the near future. I already have my bed spread and let me tell you it is super cute! I just about died when I saw it. I'm going for a bohemian/elephant theme this year and I couldn't be any more excited! In general I'm very excited for this coming fall. I'll keep you all updated soon!
Xoxo, Kersten.

Graduation

Hello everyone!
I'm so sorry that I have been MIA for quite a while, but I am finally on summer break and I have a ton of time to blog! Recently, I got a boyfriend, so that's been taking up most of my time these days but he's great so it's worth it. Another big thing that's happened in my life is I graduated high school! I feel like I can finally get my life started now. Today actually marks 60 days until I move in to college! It's so crazy it doesn't even seem real. I also had my grad party yesterday which was a huge success! Lots of friends and family came that I wasn't expecting to and it made me incredibly happy to see everyone that came. Here are some pictures from graduation week, hope you all enjoy. Xoxo, Kersten.

My wonderful boyfriend even came to the ceremony and 

suffered through a couple of hours of just people talking.. he's 

a keeper! 

Look mom, I did it!

Class of 2016.

Can't wait to see what college will bring! 

Workout From Home!

Hello everyone!
I hope you all are doing well today, I know I definitely am! Today I want to talk about something that I don't normally talk about, which is fitness! I myself am definitely not very athletic, but I do try to be active and work out when I can/want to. A typical workout at the gym for me usually consists of 15 minutes of eliptical, 15 minutes running, and 10 minutes rowing. I like to end my cardio work out with rowing, because I usually go into weight lifting after for a good 20-30 or so minutes. However, I do know that not a lot of people have access to going to the gym, so I thought I'd share with you all a quick, somewhat easy work out you can do just at home! I found this on one of my favorite blogs, Citrus and Style. Hope you all enjoy! Xoxo, Kersten. 

Kylie Lip Kit Restock Announcement

Hello everyone!
As many of you know, I have been patiently waiting to get my hands on a Kylie lip kit, as I have mentioned in my previous blog post. Today's blog post is for all of you that are also waiting to get her lip kits, and you can tomorrow! She will be restocking at 1:22 PST, 2:22 MST, 3:22 CST, 4:22 EST, 10:22am Hawaii, 9:32 PM London (UK), France, Germany and Norway at 10:22 PM, and Sydney, Australia on Tuesday at 6:22 AM. I hope this helped anyone that is looking to get one tomorrow, I am beyond excited to get mine? Also, which one do you plan on getting or want the most? I am getting Koko K and the Heir lipgloss! I am so excited! Xoxo, Kersten

Liquid Lipstick Obsession

Hello everyone!
Recently, I spent the day with my cousin and it was so nice catching up with her again and hearing all about her busy life as a college student! I need to tell you all about my new obsession thanks to her, which is the Kylie Jenner lip kits! I am absolutely DYING to get my hands on one once she relaunches them at the end of this week. I have been absolutely loving getting into makeup lately, and now seeing the Kylie lip kits I can't wait even more! I know however that the lip kits are a bit pricey for some people, as they do retail at 29.99. So I thought I'd share some dupes with you all that will hold you off until Kylie relaunches her lip kits soon. Hope you enjoy! Xoxo, Kersten.

1. Too Faced Melted Lipsticks

2. NYX Lingerie Lipsticks

 

3. Tarte Tartiest Lip Paint

A Life Update

Hello everyone!
I thought today I would just give you all a little life update, since I am finally back on my blogging game, and I have been loving that! Anyways, as many of you know I am currently a senior in high school, and I graduate in 45 days and I could not be any more excited! I will be attending St. Cloud State University this coming fall in central Minnesota, and I plan on majoring in Spanish education while I am there. I would love to study abroad one day, I think that would be the coolest thing ever! I am also currently working at Noodles and Company, and I love it so much! I love the people there and even better, I get free food and the pay is super good! Another thing most people don't know about me is that I am a planner addict! I love decorating my planner and I love the planner community so much, it's such a fun hobby to have! Don't get me wrong though, it's super expensive and that's where most of my money ends up going. Well, that's pretty much all I have to say about myself. If you'd like to see more of my daily life, just follow me on my social media if you'd like! Xoxo, Kersten.

10 Things I Have Been Loving - April 2016

Hello everyone!
I am so sorry I have not had much time to blog recently, I have been so busy with end of the school year stuff and just life in general! I thought that since I haven't posted in so long I will just give you all a quick ten things I have been loving update since I haven't posted in so long. Hope you enjoy!
Xoxo, Kersten :)

10 Things I Have Been Loving:

1. Zayn's new album

2. My Erin Condren Life Planner

3. Spotify premium

4. College dorm room tour videos on Youtube

5. Buying stickers for my planner

6. The Glam Planner shop on Etsy

7. Birthday cake oreos

8. Working out late at night

9. My new job

10. The fact that there is only 6 more weeks

of high school left!