Summer Happenings

lots of beautiful flowers.

posing with the mother

cuddling with the cat

hanging out with the cousins



thinking she's adorable

yep, adorable

watching the baby geese


and the baby kitty

eating as much watermelon as i possibly can

and pineapple, too

celebrating mother's day

paying attention to the beauty all around me


helping raise money to find a cure for cancer

getting thoroughly freaked out by lizards


loving the sun

[when it's out]

hanging with morgan

celebrating the aunt's birthday

thinking she's beautiful

enjoying grandma's pool

celebrating pentecost



loving her face

listening to the music

appreciating the sunsets

making smoothies


taking walks


completely loving summer

Summer Break (Update)

You may (or may not) have noticed that I haven't been blogging on here really since my summer break started. There are a few reasons for this:

1. It's SUMMER! I've been spending more time outside.
2. I've been focusing on training for my 10K race on July 4th.
3. I've been blogging about my training on a different blog every day.
4. Did I mention it's SUMMER BREAK?!

So basically, this is probably how it's going to be for the rest of the summer. However I'm getting a post ready for tomorrow that will be overloaded with pictures. Get excited!

A few things...

{tweet}
Did you notice I joined Twitter? My favorite part is that I can have my five latest updates on my side bar. Go look! And follow me, if you want.








{bow cuteness}
Elaine at A Life in Cupcakes sent me these adorable hairbows [thanks, Elaine!]. Go check out her Etsy shop. If I were not completely broke, I would so buy this for myself!


{wayne is coming}
My sweet Wayne
will be here on
Friday!!!
I can't wait
to hold him
and kiss him
and take about
a bagillion
pictures
with him!

Updates.

Here are a few updates from the past few days and today...


First of all, I just wanted to say that writing down what I'm thankful for really helps me. Seriously, it works. I wrote my Thankful post late Wednesday night, and the next day I felt 100% better. It was amazing, I must say. Our Lord truly does listen to everything we say-- even the small things, and I'm so very grateful for that.

Also, [I'm hoping this doesn't come off as I'm bragging, I'm just trying to keep myself encouraged and motivated] I've been doing pretty well with my exercising. I've finally come to the realization that exercising is just a part of life. It's not something you only do if you want to lose weight. It's not something you only do if you're going to eat well that day. If I have pizza for lunch, that doesn't mean that I can't still do some activity, just because I ate a "bad" food. I guess I'm just realizing that I've had the wrong mindset about exercising and eating right for so long. This may sound silly and it may not make sense, but it's just something I've been thinking about a lot lately.

Finally, I just wanted to let my sweet manfriend* Wayne know how very proud I am of him for the decision he's made recently to accept Jesus as his Savior and join the Christian faith. This is truly the most important decision any person could make, and I am filled with joy about it. I'm amazed at how God has shown Himself to Wayne and me throughout this past year and a half. Thank you, Lord, for all Your many blessings.


*I'm with Carrie Bradshaw on this one.