a song to match your mood.

day 8 a song to match your mood.

i chose this song because i finally told my parents and my family that i am not going to be moving back to south dakota for the summer. i am staying here(rexburg, idaho) or moving to utah. it's hard because i know how much i love being

around my family and they mean the world to me. they really do. i love my parents soo, so much and they are literally like my best friends. i love my brother and his fiance sara (who are getting married on may 28th!) and i am so, so excited for them to begin their life in vermillion, sd. i love my family at home. i love my dogs and i love my friends. but.. i .. i almost feel like i have grown into an adult here.. i have become who i am.. and i just love all of my friends. my roommates are literally like my sisters. i love each of them SOO much. i am growing up. i am holding leadership positions and i have responsibilities. weird right? but it's true... to me, at this point.. it doesn't make sense for me to just leave

everything and move back home for a couple months. and it's hard.. it's hard to talk to my dad about it... because it's hard to tell him that i am growing up... it's hard to tell

him i'm not eighteen anymore... and that i'm only visiting home this time. .. but.. i know it's the right decision. .. and that doesn't mean i will always be happy i made the decision.. and that doesn't mean that i won't miss being with my family at home over the summer...and it doesn't mean that it will be simple.. .. but it does mean that i've taken the initiative to maybe.. perhaps.. almost.. become...dare i say it?.. grow up and become an adult.

(my daddy and i..isn't he the sweetest?)

(jameson, my brotha.)

(my mom is so pretty)

(mom and dad)

and mom and dad, if you are reading this.. i love you.. and i will always be your little hopper. thank you for your support .. and your battle... for in your questions and thoughts my eyes are opened and i start viewing things in a different light. sometimes i realize i am being an idiot.. sometimes my choices and ideas get validated ... but always it shows me how blessed i am to have two wonderful parents who love me and care for me.. and just want to see me do what's right. thanks for being there.. and willing to put up with my stubbornness... and i want you to know.. i cherish the times we spend together.. and the examples you are to me... and sometimes.. it's true. . i wish i'd never grown up and would have the luxury of giving you the biggest hugs everyday.

i love you.

-stephanie

never grow up - taylor swift.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da0JBKlyu8Q

Your little hands wrapped around my finger

And it's so quiet in the world tonight

Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming

So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

To you, everything's funny

You got nothing to regret

I'd give all I have, honey

If you could stay like that

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

Just stay this little

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

It could stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you

Won't let no one break your heart

No, no one will desert you

Just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies

And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off

At 14, there's just so much you can't do

And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots

But don't make her drop you off around the block

Remember that she's getting older, too

And don't lose the way that you dance around

In your PJs getting ready for school

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

Just stay this little

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/taylor-swift-lyrics/never-grow-up-lyrics.html ]

It could stay this simple

No one's ever burned you

Nothing's ever left you scarred

And even though you want to

Just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room

Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home

Remember the footsteps, remember the words said

And all your little brother's favorite songs

I just realized everything I have

Is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment

In a big city, they just dropped me off

It's so much colder than I thought it would be

So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

Wish I'd never grown up

I wish I'd never grown up

Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up

Could still be little

Oh, I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up

It could still be simple

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

Just stay this little

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up

It could stay this simple

Won't let nobody hurt you

Won't let no one break your heart

And even through to you want to

Please try to never grow up

Don't you ever grow up

(Never grow up)

Just never grow up