L.A. RECAP

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Hiiiiii. I'm back from L.A. I got back late Saturday night (well technically early Sunday morning) and had a wild day at church yesterday (Sunday's are a very long day for me). I had a good sleep in though and I'm excited to share some photos from my trip with you!!

LA RECAP

We flew in Wednesday night and stayed at a hotel near the airport. Since the conference didn't start until Friday night, we had some time to kill so we decided to be true tourists and do a hop-on-hop-off tour. It actually worked out real well because it served as our shuttle from the airport hotel to Hollywood AND we got to see a ton of LA! It started at LAX and took us by Marina Del Rey, Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and finally to Hollywood.

The weather started out a little bit chilly with a side of extra smog....(ewh). But once the smog burned off it was VERY hot and beautiful :)

We stayed at The Hotel Roosevelt which is iconic and was the hot spot in early Hollywood days. I'm a big fan of the hotel. Nicely done rooms and gold and black in their logo. My kinda place...also their pool area...oh m geeee.

Obviously In & Out was a must. And can I say how much my heart was hurting to be so close to Mickey but not enough time to do Disney? #tragedy Hey James...take me back!!!!???

Godchicks (the name of the conference we attended) was at the Dolby Theatre which is where the academy awards take place!!!! And get this, it was the FIRST Christian event to take place there. Praising Jesus in that place was INCREDIBLE! The speakers were Joyce Meyer, Christine Caine, Dawn & Rich Wilkerson Jr. & Holly Wagner. Every speaker brought an incredible word...God was speaking very clearly. I'll be sharing more on that at a later time, but for now enjoy these last few pics!

Oasis Church's team did such an incredible job! I'm sometimes a snob when it comes to going into a new place to worship because our team is just soooo amazing but Oasis was phenom AND all the dancers and videos were sooo on point. I guess that's what you get when you have professional actors and dancers attending your church!

It was also a great time spent with my pastor, mentor and friend, Lisa. She is a treasure and we had a blast together!!

And how good was that PINK SKY and MOUNTAIN as we flew into Seattle????!!!!

Hope you're having a great Monday.

XO,

s.s.♥︎.

OFF TO L.A.

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LA

photo taken on our coachella trip in 2013

 I'm off to LA for a couple days and thought I'd say a quick HELLO! I'm so excited to be attending Godchicks conference. The lineup is UNREAL...Christine Caine & Joyce Meyer...!!! Be sure to follow along on snapchat (username: lauraliira) & instagram as I'll be posting LOTS. Get ready for a ton of in & out and palm tree pics...oh and guess what? Bando is having a pop up shop on Friday!! Can't wait to check that out! #DREAMCOMETRUE

over & out,

s.s.♥︎.

WHAT'S UP WEEKEND

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image via death to the stock photo

Welcome to the freaking weekend....well almost, all we got to do is make it through Friday...and you know what, we so got this.

Got any plans? The weather has cooled down here so it's not as beachy as I hoped but we're going to head out to Sidney on Saturday! James is working and I will be studying for an exam next week. Speaking of next week, I'm off to LA!! yahhooo. It'll be a short & sweet trip but I will be sure to take lots of photos of palm trees and in&out..don't you worry.

I'm on the hunt for summer dresses and this one is right up my alley.

Oh my goodness, how cute is this date night idea? I so want to recreate it.

We're starting to plan a getaway at the end of October and I am getting SOO PUMPED.

Oh and ps. I'm going CAMPING TWICE in the next month...who am I? I'll definitely need this glamping teepee to take naps in.

S'more oreos are a thing...but all I really want are those neon oreos from the 90s...please tell me you remember those?

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!! xo, s.s.♥︎.

LET'S BE FRIENDS!

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#CLUNGTOTHEJUNG IN IPHONE PHOTOS

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What do you do when your BFF gets MARRRIED? Take a BAJILLION photos on your iphone, that is what you do! Today, friends, I have a HUGE photo dump for ya. All these were taken on my iphone and don't you worry, when the photog gives Rach the pro photos, I will be sure to post all the goods and little details! But for now, here's what I had on my phone...thinking about that day still makes me SMILE so big....

eeeeeeee SO MUCH FUN!

Talk to you soon oh and HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY to all of you in the U S of A! 

xo,

s.s.♥︎.

OH HEEEEY

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Oh heya. I'm still alive incase you're wondering. It's been a bit cray cray round here the past week....MY MAN CAME HOME! and then two days later MY BFF GOT MARRIED!! So I have been one busy bee...and I'm also in the midst of writing papers for a course I totally have neglected (why oh why do I always do this!!??)

But I'm back...can't commit to 5 posts a week but let's say 3 (I'll try, I really will). I have soooo many things to show you ...including all the #clungtothejung magic (!!!!) but for now you can stalk my instagram // snapchat (@lauraliira) // twitter // facebook // pinterest

and in the meantime, how good are these drawings by Bouffants & Broken Hearts ???

Cuuuuuute. Hope you all had a great long weekend!! Mine was filled with wedding goodness and homework catch up :( It's tough staying in on a sunny day but I know the hard work will be worth it! And hey...summer is SO SOON so I'll get a ton more beach opportunities! yipppppeeee.

xo,

s.s.♥︎.