Let's Try This Again...

Alright, so I'm a slacker. A BIG one. I set up this blog about a month ago, and I haven't even posted anything until now. You can see why my first blog would have failed. So, this is try numero dos. We'll see how well it goes.

Anyways, hey everybody! My name is Rian. Rian Nicole Shepherd. I'm hoping that most of you who are reading this blog already know me pretty well so that I won't have to bother with any silly introductions, but I do want to make a couple of things clear.

First off, I am a little nuts, and this blog is mostly for my own documenting purposes, so if you don't understand a lot of it, don't worry, you're not the only one. Secondly, like I told you, I am a slacker, and therefore I'm going to apologize in advance for the fact that these posts will most likely be few and far between. Finally, this blog is made possible by some of my best friends Olivia Mabey and Emily Erdmann. Both of these lovely ladies are avid bloggers and therefore this blog is inspired by them. This one's for you girls.

Now that we've got that out of the way, as a first post, since it is Thanksgiving time, I just want to list off some of the things I am grateful for.

First and foremost, my family.
This is them. That's Phoebe down in the left corner, with Lily right above her. Dad's the one sticking out his tongue (yum), and that's Mom looking disgusted. I'm the one looking disgusted next to mom, and then Isaac's right below me. They're pretty weird but that makes me all the more grateful for them.

I am obviously also grateful for my many wonderful friends...

Here's Livi...


This is Betty (known affectionately as "Belly") being her nerdy little self (just kidding, she's not nerdy, but even as a nerd she's GORGEOUS)


Jessica is hilarious. I love her.


And dearest Breanna


My beloved Caroline and Michaelah


And then here are some of my girls. Emily (the aforementioned), Jennie, Amy, and Haley (I feel like Carly and Eva should be in this picture too... you will most certainly see more of them later).


Yes, I have guy friends as well (Christian, Andy, Adam, etc...) but I don't have the patience to put all of their pictures up. :P If any of them along with any of my other girl friends (who are FABULOUS, and I wish I had the room to name all of them) want to send in a formal complaint, I will be happy to oblige them and put up their picture.

Next, I am SOOOOO grateful for my Savior and His Gospel in my life.

I am grateful for books, chocolate and ice cream (even though I'm lactose intolerant...don't tell my doctor), action movies (and yes, chick flicks sometimes), inside jokes, naps, good music, and a lot of other things that aren't coming to mind right now...

Oh! And, I am grateful for hot showers (I would be mentioning this right now because the one I had this morning was cold).

I think that's a wrap for this post, but I will be back soon (hopefully), and... yeah. That's all I guess. (I never know how to end these things)