Garrett Hedlund

Let me tell you something Garrett Hedlund...

There is nothing that i love more than a guy in a plaid shirt.

However, you are oh so handsome.

Especially dressed up like a cowboy strumming that guitar.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I want to marry you.

(I just saw this movie tonight! I was awesome! He sure did look fine.)

Tis' The Season

Merry Merry Christmas!

Its white and cold here in Tennessee, but thats okay cause its Christmas!!!

Whoohoo!

Started the day off with a the Cram Fam favorite Coffee Cake, Williams-Sanoma Hot Coco, and Hashbrown Casserole!

One by one we opened up the present presented to us by big Mac a.k.a "Santa".

The morning was full of surprises!

Now, i get to enjoy all my wonderful gifts!

juicy couture tracksuit. Hudson jeans. leather jacket. voice lessons with Brett Manning. TONS of jewelry. TOMS. pink on pink under amour sweatshirt. this beautiful black cardigan with gold chains hanging on the back. a flip video camera. got loaded up on vera bradley luggage. taylor swift concert tickets. coach bag. $100. smelly stuff. pink blowdryer.

and thats just a few!

We all took our usual afternoon nap, but then we all got up and visited a friend in the hospital who has Leukemia and brought her a gift, and then headed back home to drop off the boys. Then Mom, Reagan and I went on a mission.

What is open on Christmas day?

Apparently only Chinese and Mexican.

Lahacienda was the ONLY thing we had the slightest bit of desire for!

After Lunner (Lunch/Dinner) we went to the movies.

A tradition the Crams have!

We say Country Strong!

(I thought it was great, but Paige and Morgs would beg to differ)

The nights finished off with almost dying in my car thanks to icy roads up hilly places!

Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope you had a great one!

And The Celebration Continues...

Birthday Dinner!

So i decided to have a birthday dinner with my friends.

So we all got dressed up, and headed to Cheesecake Factory!

It was such a fun night!

Morgan even flew it JUST for me :)

Best Friend

Morgan! Love you!

Birthday (cheese)Cake!

"Cute blow"

Thank you everyone for the Birthday Wishes!

Love yall!

Dirty, Dirty Santa

Everyone's gotta participate in an ugly christmas sweater party once in their life!

They are so much fun!

My friend Erica put together this awesome party at her house!

FGC Junior girls only!

We had a dirty santa party and i won some awesome socks!!!!

It was so much fun and i'm so glad I went!

Ugly, Tacky, Outdated, Horrific, Tasteless.

Christmas Sweaters!

McKenzie over here, brought her ear piercing gun and pierced Erica's cartilage!

"F"

Franklin!

Matching ugly sweatshirts!

Cute girls!

Garth baby Garth!

Garth Brooks.

Thursday night.

10pm.

done

Don't even know who he is.

I have heard MAYBE one song?

(Friends In Low Places)

Baby Kate came in town just for this concert and i wouldn't miss it for the world!

It was so fun hanging out with the Sweet CeCe's crew!

Holla!

Evan!

Haha so apparently Laura likes apples.

She literally at it to the core.

So no worries kate, she isn't wasting any food here...

We have never seen Kate drive anything other than the Durango.

So we found this extremely amusing that she was driving a straight up blueberry.

Coming up from the ground with his thumbs in his belt loop.

Kinda weird.

Oh yeah, we're hard core rocking out....to Garth Brooks.

To play a little trick on Snookie (Melissa) Kate was acting like the rental car was acting up. Stopping. Going. Stopping. Going.

and the funniest part about it was that Snookie totally bought all of it!

The second we got off the exit, we see Kates hazards turn on.

"oh heavens.." we all are thinking...

what in the heck is she doing?

pulling over on an extremely dangerous curve off of an exit.

crazy right? yes.

and only kate would do that.

wow, Kate can sure put on a great show for us to observe in the car behind.

ha ha ha!

Cookie Monster!

You are coordinately invited to...

Sweet CeCe's annual Cookie Exchange!

(yes!)

Every year at christmas time CeCe Moore put on this fabulous party!

and without a doubt the BEST christmas cookie exchange i have ever been to!

It is so stinkin' adorable!

How it works is simply this...

you bring a home cooked goodie; cookies preferably, hence "cookie exchange"

you place them perfectly on the beautifully assembled table.

chit-chat for a while with the fellow acquaintances

then when its time, you grab yourself a tray!

and away you go!

cookies cookies cookies!

Jacqueline's loading up!

My little Girl...

Not possible! I don't believe it. You have got to be kidding me...

SEVENTEEN???

But the calendar doesn't lie. My little girl is growing up!

Wasn't it just yesterday we were playing with baby dolls, you were hitting people in the nose

with your bottle and I was sticking bows in your hair?

Now look at you... you're a

GORGEOUS

TALENTED

RIGHTEOUS

STRONG

SMART

HARD WORKIN'

CRAZY TALKIN'

BARGAIN HUNTIN'

TAYLOR SWIFT LOVIN'

WILD DANCIN'

CONCERT CRASHIN'

FASHIONISTA!

What a PROUD momma I am!

Thanks for being such a WONDERFUL daughter and FRIEND!

I love you my little Sam Cram!

XOXO

17

You know what that means.

Today is my birthday!

Oh what a joy that is.

and to top it all off...

school got out!

yay!

Si think its only fair if i talk about myself for a little while...

humm, where do i start?

1. I love to sing.

2. I love thinking about my future but it freaks me out at the same time.

3. I have a bittersweet relationship with the cold.

4. My baby is my 4runner.

5. My favorite holiday is Christmas

6. I absolutely despise chemistry

7. I want to travel the world

8. I'm kinda OCD about some things.

9. I refuse to study or do anything on my bed unless its made and all one level.

10. I have yet to pull and all-nighter.

11. I'm addicted to Sweet CeCe's.

12. I have new found love for my heater.

13. I love taking pictures. I have a secret ambition of being a photographer.

14. Facebook is kinda an obsession.

15. I can watch Titanic and The Notebook over and over again, and still.

16. The way that i relieve my stress is is my shopping.

17. I am 17 and haven't been kissed.

18. Sparks Fly is the all time best record.

19. I want to audition for American Idol this summer.

20. I am a fake blonde.

21. I am the biggest procrastinator you will ever meet.

22. I am counting till the day I tie to knot. My wedding is going to be ridiculous.

23. I cannot live without my phone.

24. I seem to find the best deals on clothes and accessories.

25. I do not like being touched. Unless with a boy of course.

26. The only dream i have right now is to go to BYU.

27. I could have any wish it would be to live a happy life, full of surprises, and to be successful in anything i do.

28. When i was little, i used to have paranoia attacks in the middle of the night. It would seriously freak my parents out. They would tell you that they thought i was insane.

29. I have been involved with the law.

3o. When i was 7, i carved mine (and my brother's) initials in the back bumper of my grandmothers brand spankin' new jaguar.

31. I want to be on a reality tv show for once in my life.

32. I put salt on anything and everything.

33. Out of all things, my mom makes the absolute best ice water and salad.

34. I'm pretty convinced that i'm legally blind without my contacts.

35. I love candles burning, but never have them burning...

36. I have very fond memories of placing my grandmother's silverware in the wooden box.

37. I am the most thoughtful person. I love surprising people when the least expect it.

38. I love being independent and on my own.

39. I love my church, and will stand by it for life.

40. I love editing pictures.

41. I love being spontaneous and adventurous.

42. I have always wanted to perform in front of a huge crowd.

43. I'm bipolar about my hair color. one day blonde. the next day brown.

44. I have grown an obsession with bows lately.

45. every girl needs _____ i her closet. (pearl earrings)

Hope you enjoyed!

Grenade

Decided to do a little cover today...

Hope you enjoy!

Songbird. Thank You Again.

So, thanks to Miss Carol Songbird

SCHOOL'S OUT!

no school no school no school!

It a double wammy cause...

tomorrow is...

MY BIRTHDAY!

yay yay yay!

What a great fantastic early birthday present!

It may not seem like a lot of school for you Utah people, but us Tennesseean's get way exited when they call for 1-3 inches for the night.

(I know what your thinkin'...

we get that in August!)

HA! anyways! Thank you to Songbird for making today so much better!

Now, the problem is gonna be staying focused and study hard for those midterms...

Hummm.....

Happy Sunday

Dear Santa...

December is my absolute FAVORITE month!

Its my birthday and of course- Christmas!

Whoohoo!

The lights. The music. The presents. The colors.

Cuddling up by the fire.

Drinking hot cocoa.

Singing christmas carols.

Decorating the tree.

and everything else.

But i especially love the real reason we celebrate Christmas!

Im pretty sure these little kiddos cover it!

Yay Day

So in case you didn't know.

My mom, Paige Cram, is opening up her very own Sweet CeCe's!

woot woot!

So get exited people of Spring Hill, cause now you don't have to drive all the way to franklin to get yourself some fro-yo!

So i had just gotten done with lunch today and i walk to my 7th period honors history class.

My teacher, Mr Chapman, is greeting every kid at the door (like he always does) and i am the first in the room (like i always am).

and he goes "Sam Cram! Do you know a "Paige Cram"?"

i go YES!

he goes "Oh, well i read an article about her today about opening up a Sweet CeCe's!"

[no way i'm thinking to myself]

He then brings me to his desk where he shows me the article!

ah! i was so exited!!!

i immediately called my mom- where she didn't answer-to tell her what i had just seen!

soon enough she texted me back full of excitement!

so three cheers for Momma Cram's accomplishment!

check out the article here!

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Secondly.

Just to fill you in, I sing.

and play the piano.

and recently i have been putting together a medley of songs which consists multiple tracks from Taylor Swift's new album "Sparks Fly" including "Haunted", "Innocent", and "Better Than Revenge".

well every quarter my school puts on a production called "Open Mic".

its an auditioned show that kids in the school can come and show their talent.

So auditions were yesterday during lunch.

so, i thought- why not?

i auditioned.

and soon enough today when i got out of class i saw the big ole sign hanging up against the balcony!

i made it!

whoohoo!

It's Adding Up

Sometimes I feel like this is how my teachers feel.

We have less than 3 weeks of school before christmas.

2 weeks before exams.

And we all know what that means...and the cramming begins.

They put it off, and off, and off.

and all at once

BAM!

It's like, oh hey, you have a paper due in 2 days. You have a huge powerpoint presentation due in a day. You have a chemistry, biggest grade of the year, project due tomorrow in 3rd period, and you haven't even started it.

Yeah, im not gonna lie, but i'm pretty sure i kinda bring it on myself with my excellent skill of procrastination, but i mean c'mon.

Do teachers not think we have enough on our hands.

I mean we do have 6 other classes that in just the same boat as you and are trying to cram these last couple projects into the oh so little time we have left.

I mean, c'mon folks.

get it together.

its making me wanna pull my hair out!

Isn't this why you have like forever to PLAN your school year out.

That's what summer is for.

So stop wasting your time going on vacation and keep on pushing things back a day or two.

Please and thank you :)

Hello World

Throughout the day at work we play country music videos on the flatscreen.

Well, this song is one of my favorite from Lady A.

Even before it became popular, I love it!

But i'm not gonna lie, kinda teared up a little bit in the middle of Sweet CeCe's!

Had to watch it again, and take a guess.

I cried.

What can i say, its a touching song.

"Hello world
How've you been
Good to see you, my old friend
Sometimes I feel as cold as steel
And broken like I'm never going to heal
I see a light
Little grace, little faith for the world
Hello world"

"All the angels disappears

I remember why I'm here

Just surrender and believe

I fall down on my knees

Oh hello world

Hello world"

Punching Bag

Words cannot express how much I hate this guy.

Spongebob Squarepants.

Just the name itself makes me hate him.

I was in my perfect sleep and i wake up the this ^ laughing.

If you don't know what i'm talking about- watch this.

And then we shall feel the same way about him.

Just watching this makes me mad.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Our Butts Are Smokin'

You'd think he would check the mirror to see if he look decent for his re-take school pictures.

For the yearbook.

But nope.

Not Macadoodle

We get the proofs in the mail today, and to our surprise, we see a little somethin' somethin' printing on his t-shirt.

"Our Butts Are Smokin' At The Loveless Cafe"

the phrase everyone wants to look at when they see their kids school picture.

2o years from now, he's gonna look back and say to himself

"What was I thinking?"

Mckay will always be Mckay.

Of course, he got a kick out of it.

(and says he wore it on purpose- ya right)

Happy Sunday

Isn't it crazy when things that happened, or something that you talked about in church get brought up later on in the day?

Ok, so i was on YouTube looking around for some videos.

The first one i saw.

Was this one.

Virtue.

"It's not a word brought up everyday or something we hear about in todays society"

Those were the exact words my Young Womens leader said at the start of her lesson in church today.

And so were Sister Dalton's.

You hear things in church to prepare you for something or teach you knowledge.

But little do you know, that same day, you needed that knowledge.

It's happened to me before.

Maybe a friend was going through a rough patch and needed guidance, or your struggling with something specific.

I really do think that if you go to church, one way or another, your answers will be given to you.

In disguise.

It not a caquincedence.

But its a blessing in disguise.

Thankful

So...

Today is Thanksgiving.

So lets make a little list of what i'm thankful for.

the serious stuff.

food

family

friends

&

april collins...?

not but really...the silly things

food

my blackberry

my job

snickers

my camera

my comfy bed

my boots

my sweet ceces

chemistry-phych

flowers

birds

trees

the piano

my singing voice

cowboy boots

nashville

the 4 runner

my curling iron

my moms salad making skills

ice water

contacts

scarfs

light

cookie dough

taylor swift

my macbook

debit cards

phone cases

byu

my beautiful brother

the newspaper

forks

pens & paper

april collin's brilliant ideas

texting

facebook

my rebels

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Hope you stuffed your face!

This is a little video i came across today!

Thought it was appropriate.

Fields and Love

So i would just like to point out.

Andrea Larson

The best photographer.

Ever.

She was in my ward a couple months ago.

She takes the best pictures!

What a great eye!

She is the same lady who took Morgan's senior pictures and our family pictures!

She is unbelievable!

These are my cousins who live in Nashville with us!

Jason. Jordan. Bailey. Chapman. Grayson. McLane. Tatum.

So precious.

See. Now you know.

So go call Andrea up!

Here!