Hey guys!

Long time no blog, am I right?

I'll go ahead and let you guys know that I am in the middle of rebranding my business as well as my blog! I'm super excited for the revamp thats coming and am looking forward to the future. With that being said, I'd like to kind of reintroduce myself in a way...

My name is now Presley Odom as I have gotten married since my last blog post! I am very much into fitness and have built my own business around what I once just considered a hobby. I really enjoy helping others in this area, wether it be helping them lose weight or showing them how to get more toned, I love it all. I also love beauty and fashion and just want to share some of my "secrets" (or tips, rather) with you. If you're a person who enjoys the occasional blog full of reviews, health tips, food ideas and fitness tips, you'll be happy to know you can find all of those things in the future of my blog.

I love you all & cannot thank you guys enough for the love and support that has been shown to me. As always, leave a comment letting me know what you thought of the post along with some ideas of what you would like to see me include in my upcoming posts.

Peace & blessings,

Presley Odom

Hello Lovelies!

 Just a short post today. As some of you know my summer has been insane. I've gotten a new job and have been out of town more times than I can count. I'm actually about to leave today for Galveston. But do not fret! I haven't forgotten about you guys. I really want to keep this blog going. So my plan is to start In September once I've adjusted to my new school and work schedule. So if you'd drop a sub I'd appreciate it. I would love to hear what you guys are into, and what you want to hear more of! So let me know and I'll try and touch on everything. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and bared with me on this blog. I love you guys, and I'll see you all in September!

Peace, Love and blessings,

Presley

Two Islands.Six Days.

Good evening friends!

I'm sorry I haven't posted lately, but as some of you know I've been swamped getting ready for vacation! I just got back from Hawaii Yesterday! I thought It would be cool to come back and share some of the awesome things I've experienced with you guys! So this blog will just kind of be about my trip as well as some future blogs I have in mind for the next couple of weeks.

Let's see, where do I start?! I'm not sure I even have the words yet to describe how incredible Hawaii is! So I'll start with my adventure from day 1.
Day 1 was exhausting. We were up for a solid 23 hours straight just traveling. We flew from DFW to LAX to catch a connecting flight to Kona, Hawaii. And lets not forget the time difference. Texas is 5 hours ahead of Hawaii so it took almost the entire week to adjust to the time difference! Day 1 wasn't very entertaining to say in the least, so on to Day 2!

 Day 2 was fun. It was a free day for the family to explore the island and resort. The picture above is of me enjoying the beauty and splendor of the ocean view. We got to swim with Sea Turtles or the "Honu" as the locals call them. Even though they were wild they were very chill and friendly! Below is a picture of my brother Jett hanging out with one. The picture is clearly taken underwater so its kind of fuzzy.

Other than sea turtles, exploring and tanning there isn't a whole lot more to share about Day 2 unless you want me to go into detail about my breakfast, lunch etc. ;) 

Day 3 was another free day so I went down by the beach and found some cool shells and palm tree bark that washed up on the shore. (yes I definitely brought back every piece of the bark I found... Don't judge me haha.) We swam with some more sea turtles, took some more ocean pics, hung out by the pool, traveled up a mountain and ate some scary sushi with apples in it for dinner. (I'd rather not talk about the sushi) When we got about halfway up the mountain we found a beautiful view that of course called for a very cool brother and sister picture. 

We met some cool locals while on the mountain as well as a precious photobombing dog named Cocoluna who insisted on getting in on our family picture. literally, every time the camera came out this puppy would get in the picture.

On to day 4! Day 4 was extra cool. We got to go up in a helicopter and fly over all 5 volcano's in Kona. We flew around the entire island in 3 hours. We also found us some cool lava over the active volcano. 

Also, I got 2 free t shirts from the helicopter shop and who doesn't like a free t shirt? that's right no one! We also flew over all of Hawaii's waterfalls! 

I have a lot more photos but I'll spare you :)

Day 5 was another travel day as we island hopped over to Oahu! When we did get there, we spent the rest of the day checking out our very pretty hotel!

Day 6...... Now day 6 was probably one of my favorites as we did something I have always wanted to do....I went swimming with SHARKS. That's right. Sharks. We had to get in a cage and everything!

There were several sharks as you can see but this does not even capture all of them! My brother spotted a Hammerhead shark. We saw a Mako shark and several Galapago sharks! it was AWESOME. Definitely an experience I'll never forget. 

Here's a shot of us in the cage

We ended the day with some snorkeling at Sharks Cove. 

Day 7 was a free day spent snorkeling and lounging around the beach. I also brushed up on my hobby of photography. I do own a camera I swear, but due to lack of space in my bag, all the pictures I took were with my phone. Caught some pretty cool pictures but this one might be one of my favorites That I've taken. Especially since it was taken with a phone. Iphoneography at its best. 

Titled: Surfs Up

Sidenote: I may be selling some of my photos soon. I'm iffy about it so let me know what you guys think! On the subject of Photography, In a couple of weeks I will be blogging about some of my favorite pictures taken by my friends, family and of course my own work!

  

Last but not least, Day 8. Day 8 was our last day on the island before we flew out that night. We spent the day at Pearl Harbor. It's definitely something I've wanted to do, and I think everyone should visit. If you get the chance do go! We visited the USS Arizona Memorial as well as the retired ship USS Missouri. Very Cool in my opinion but also very sad as expected. Something unexpected and amazing did happen though. We met a Pearl Harbor survivor and I swear He was the sweetest man I've met! He is 97 years old and still going strong! 

Although I've left a lot out I hope you've enjoyed reading about some of the cool events that happened this week! I'm happy to be back safe and sound. Again, I apologize its taken me so long to get another post up, but I am getting back on schedule! Next week I plan on talking about some of my other travel experiences, as you guys know I do have a travelers heart, so be expecting quite a few posts about this subject :) In a couple of weeks I hope to have enough friends who want to share their Photography that I will be able to Write that blog up! Love yall! 

many many blessings, 

Presley

Every moment of our lives, is a moment added to the story we call life. Isn't that what we do? We tell stories. We tell stories to Inspire, motivate, frighten and engage, the list goes on and on. But what we sometimes fail to see, is that WE are stories. We are a puzzle, constantly going through life collecting all the pieces to see the final masterpiece. Some bland pieces, some colorful, Some straight pieces and some with wicked curves. But in the end, you see that everything you went through in life, in your story, was for a reason. So you reach the end, you see the completed puzzle and suddenly it all makes sense. Why some things never worked out and why some did. When the end of your time comes, what will your story be?

That's what I'm figuring out. Of course I can't see the future but come on! We all have this desire to see the final picture. to make sure that what we go through will be worth it. But let me say that YOU alone are worth it. every moment in our life, every puzzle piece we collect are the pieces that will make your picture. Lately I've been collecting a lot of gray, bland, boring pieces to my puzzle. I decided to change it. There I was, an 18 year old girl, doing the same thing I did everyday. Wearing the same style everyday, and seeing the same people everyday. Worn out yet? My schedule pretty much consisted of work, gym,church, Work,Gym,church, work,gym,church,Walmart, etc. ect. Anyways you get the picture. So I stepped down from some ministries and made some time for me. That's right me and I am not even a little ashamed. You see, we have all been given 24 hours a day to manage. And everybody and everything became a priority before I even considered myself a priority. I realized that I had been given passions for a reason. It makes me who I am. And so I started trying new things, and I've been thinking about the story I want for myself. I want to travel the world, I want to fall in absolute love with someone, I want to do new and unexpected things. That's how I got here. For goodness sake I decided last night I wanted to start blogging with no idea of what I would even talk about. I mean I used to write for fun all the time when I was much younger but then I stopped. Sure I can wing an essay the night before its due and manage to make a decent grade on it, just as well as the next guy, but that becomes very old very fast. I want to write for fun again and this time not just for my eyes alone. I realize this makes me vulnerable which I'm normally quite uncomfortable with, but sometimes the greatest experiences come from stepping out from what you're used to. So here I am! I have no idea of what I will talk about when I blog, and I have a very small fan base who might actually read this haha, but If someone does read this and wants to here more, I am open to suggestions :) and would love some feed back! Peace and blessings for now, I'm out. 

Much Love, Presley