Boho Babe

I love flowers. They seriously make everything better and I love Spring/Summer because I feel like its socially acceptable to wear them. This headband was $2.80. I know right. They have the cutest floral headbands right now. Etsy also has a ton of them but they are a bit pricier. There are so many ways to wear them and I love the look of them. These are such a must have for summer- good and bad hair days. Boys surprisingly love them too, or boys that I have met at least... Oh and I cant leave out this sweater. This is hands down the best sweater I have ever owned. Its not itchy, its long and comfortable and its just amazing. I knew I would love it and when it finally came I was obsessed. I am loving that bohemian feel lately and stores like Pac Sun, Forever 21 and Urban Outfitters have really cute flowy, floral bohemian style clothing. The shoes aren't boho but I love them. Everyone acts way impressed when I wear wedges because they are pretty high but they arent even hard to walk in. Wedges are my favorite because they don't hurt the feet, make you feel taller and tall shoes make your legs and butt look great in case you didn't know. 

If you don't wear lipstick you should try it. It's so fun. I have 5 different colors now and they just add to the outfits. They make me feel feminine and classy. If you wanna try some out for fun Wet 'N Wild has some really cheap ones! I just got a bright pink but I was thinking I was gonna look right out of the 80's so I didn't wanna spend the money and it was less than $2. But I loved it and you might too! Anyway, this Spring and Summer try new hairstyles and new hair accessories. If you wanna be a bargain babe check some of the accessories at Forever 21 out, you won't be disappointed!

Sweater: Forever 21 similar here or here Wedges: Franchescas (they have amazing shoes & accessories!) Headband: Forever 21 but now I've got my eye on this one- here

Also, can I just that I didn't intend to do this Shirley Temple esque pose haha and my hand looks like I placed it under my chin when really I was holding my sweater...haha in case you were curious...

Or you could even make your own floral crown! I make tons of cute floral headbands for my beautiful nieces and it's so fun. Happy Spring!

xoxo CAIT xoxo

Headband Crazy

Hey! I've been a little MIA with Hawaii and then coming home and getting sick and having tons of homework. Well, the tons of homework is still here but everyone needs a break right?! I have been so happy with the weather here in Utah! Can you say perfect? So i whipped out some bright colors and my summer accessories and I am so ready. Let me just start by saying Forever 21 is on point lately, I got two sunglasses, a floppy hat, and tons of headbands. Everything besides the hat was under $5. Headbands are perfect for summer and the beach. If you have never looked at hair accessories or don't usually do anything with your hair you should definitely try something new this summer and start by looking at forever 21. I plan on wearing them all summer long because they keep your hair outta your face but still look way cute and beachy. These beautiful cut outs I have searching for forever! They are so in right now but I didn't want to pay a lot. Being the bargain hunter I am I scored these babies at Nordstrom Rack! Boots that are acceptable for Spring and Summer?? Heck yes. They go great with dresses, shorts, skirts and even jeans. I love them and get so many compliments on them.

Also, this is one of my favorite Vera Bradley patterns ever. I'm not a huge purse person, I mean I love them but I am totally the type of person that will set it down and forget where I set it down...as you can see in my lack of purses in my posts. So a lot of my purses are satchel style or backpack style. However, I am trying to branch out because I LOVE Kate Spade and Michael Kors and has anyone seen some of the cute stuff they have out! Good thing this girl has a birthday right around the corner :)

Booties: Nordstrom Rack! Brand Report Zappos (although these are more expensive...) Dress: Ruche similar here i LOVE their stuff Satchel: Vera Bradley (old pattern) check ebay & amazon they have some styles! Jean Jacket: this one is my new fav! Abercrombie or this one Headband: Forever 21 SUCH A GOOD BUY! P.S. they have it in another cute color as well Cat Eye Sunglasses: Forever 21 similar here

If you like me, cant keep track of sunglasses, Forever 21 has the cheapest best sunglasses!

xoxo CAIT xoxo

Aloha Oahu

Where to start...I am absolutely in love with Hawaii. 

We decided to go to Hawaii because 

a. it was Spring Break

b. lyle killed it in Texas & we could

c. we were pale & wanted a third honeymoon

d. all of the above

This blog is lotsa pictures & my random Hawaii observations

Waikiki/Honolulu is the WORST. if you go to Oahu do not stay there. The North Shore was absolutely perfect and not crowded at all. We LOVED where we stayed. Honolulu and Waikiki are fun to explore but the hotels are overpriced and you will probably have to pay for parking on top.

 Lolani Palace

 my stud husband

Homeless guys in Hawaii are less scarier than homeless guys anywhere else. They wanted me to take a picture of them

Dukes Statue. Other tourists aren't that good at taking centered pictures

 Some cool/weird tree in Kapiolani Park

And of course we went to the beach. below is Waimea Beach

Waimea Falls. This was supposed to be with a self timer but lyle didnt get to me in time...

One of the beautiful lookout points. We couldn't live in Hawaii because my hair was just the worst thing ever. As seen in the following pictures... 

Nuanna Pali Lookout. We were sad because it was foggy! The weather in Hawaii reminds me a lot of Florida- it will rain while its sunny and it will be gross one second and fine the next so we just waited until it went away (it did!)

A tripod is THE BEST thing we have ever bought. Especially if you love to travel. Get one.

Hahaha Lyles pose...

 We wanted to live like locals so we a teeny place that was a couple feet from the beach and went to the grocery store and guys everything in Hawaii is EXPENSIVE. Cereal is like $6.00 and they don't have a huge huge selection and all the food is way pricey. However they do have unique fruits and candies that are AMAZING. Hence we didn't feel the need to buy razors (we only did carry ons) which equals super sexy for Lyle (see below) and not so sexy for me.... 

 Lyle was very persuasive in Hawaii. Hence my participation in these photos....Lyle obviously posed me too because I have no clue what I'm doing in the first photo.

 We were never lacking in PDA. Sorry to the other tourists, but vacation is fun for that kind of stuff. We were asked if we were on our honeymoon a couple times...sure, our third honeymoon. 

More from Waimea Falls!

 I LOVE this!

Hawaii is not lacking in chickens or cats... the cats were more in the Waikiki area while the chickens were on the North Shore. Everyone owns them

 Lyle found this an appropriate time to ask why the chicken crossed the road...

 But it was so cute because they all had BABIES!

We explored many different beaches! Lanikai, a Waikiki Beach, Bonzai pipeline, Waimea, Sunset, Hukilau, etc. Below are pictures from Lanikai one of Lyles favorites. The sand was soft and white and it was so beautiful!

Then one day we went to the Latter Day Saint Laie temple! It is STUNNING. Lyle and i have now through 5 different temples together! Our goal is to hit go through everyone of them as we travel to many different places

The views are amazing!

We also went to the Polynesian Cultural Center- PCC. They had tons of different shows about different cultures along with lots of hands on things such as lei making, throwing spears etc. We then went to the luau there and saw the HA Breath of Life Show which had guys throwing fire and it was so cool

We just bought this hut in case anyone wants to visit us!

One day we went to China Mans hat! So then obviously we took a photo shoot. IT IS THAT STUNNING- i only edited two of these pictures and that was to make them lighter, the rest are what it really looks like!

All my swimsuits are from Amazon by the way for like $15! They are great when you eat Hawaiian french toast and feel fat haha

One day we went to Valley of the temples! It is stunning! I did not touch a single photo. I felt like I was in China sometimes...also because seriously everyone was Asian

 This whole pond behind us was filled with these huge Koi fish

freaking babe.

My top 5 favorite parts of the trip: (in no order)

1. Hawaiian Sweet bread french toast from Papa Ole's

2. the helicopter ride over Oahu

3. Our snorkeling excursion where wild dolphins swam all around us

4. laying out & getting sun

5. the amazing beauty everywhere we went

 this waterfall was amazing! our helicopter had no doors and he basically would flip the helicopter to the side so we could get different views and it was so scary! Its actually illegal to hike to this waterfall so it was cool we got to see it since its not visible

Lookin rough on my part- I lost a whole lotta hair in this event haha

Our pilot flew over this whale that was breaching! SO COOL

The snorkeling adventure was so sick besides the fact that we got up at 4:30 am...

we got on this boat and rode out and saw some bottle nose dolphins which is surprising because usually its just the spinner dolphins and he started speeding and the dolphins started swimming alongside and jumping in the waves. it was amazing. then we went snorkeling in an area where we saw 4 huge konas! (turtles) and a bunch of fish. The next snorkeling area i saw a reef shark RIGHT UNDER ME and I started swimming to the boat and freaking out. Lyle decided to get a picture of it (we haven't gotten our underwater camera developed yet!) The guy in charge said reef sharks wont bug you but hmm funny, on yahoo yesterday i saw an article where a man was attacked by a reef shark...it wasn't exactly tiny. The boat then got a call about a bunch of spinner dolphins spotted so he slowly dropped us in the water and told us not to move. Then all the sudden 55+ spinner dolphins started to swim under us. They all had little babies and it was phenomenal. They were completely surrounding us. They just swam around us several times. I have never had a cooler experience in my life. Then they fed us an amazing lunch! Ko Olina Ocean adventures was amazing! We had the best time!

I loved Haleiwa! It was the perfect little beach town with a cute bakery, little shops and amazing homemade icecream!

 We watched a Sunset on Sunset beach

We got to hike Manoa Falls and the Kokohead Crater Hike

please ignore the terrible shoes below...

More Pictures!

Halona Blowhole

 Get a picture of the sign! Thanks lyle...haha

 An amazing steak house where we ate with a beautiful view of the beach!

the reason I probably gained 20 lbs haha and for some reason lyle adores this picture...

RIP white wedge shoe. 

We had an amazing time to say the least. We ate lots of amazing food. Hawaii seems to be big on breakfast food and so am I. If we lived there I would be so obese. We ate from the food trucks and had shaved ice and at night we would fall asleep to movies that take place in Hawaii such as 50 first dates or Just Go With It.  We crossed things off bucket lists. We stopped at local little fruit stands and had the best time. We have already decided we have to go back next spring break for a couple days to finish up the rest of the things we wanna do then explore the big island!! The amount of photos i took is ridiculous, i have zillions more but these are some of the favorites! aloha

xoxo Cait xoxo