Tuesday's Tens!!

For some strange reason, Tuesdays are my good days. I have no idea why, because i tend to hate the beginning of the week. But bang, Tuesdays come around & suddenly everything is funny & happy! you know that mood that you get in when its super late, and everything is hilarious? Yeah. thats me. on Tuesdays! Just today i went into my spanish class & asked my friend nick "you know what day it is??" and he said "oh no! tuesday! that means your crazy mood!" there you go. So in honor of my happy Tuesday moods, here is my Tuesday Ten! The list includes 5 things i am currently loving, & 5 things i am currently not! 

soooo here we go! :)

Tuesday Lovin':

1. Peace Tea: I already gave a shout out to them the other day, but i have to give them their props!! this stuff is amazing...i am a huuge tea drinker & a longtime friend of Arizona....but Peace tea is so good!

 2. Say Yes to the Dress! this show is amazing. Its the only thing i ever watch while working out or editing photos. i am soooo going to on this when i get engaged!

3. Edename: i could live on this. 

4. Excercise Balls: dont they just look fun? well, they are. 

5. Ensenada, Mexico: ok, ok so i haven't actually been here...yet! i will be in 4 days :) and it is going to be amazing! so it gets its own shout out this week!

Tuesday hatin':

1. Tuesdays: despite my unusally happy Tuesday moods, Tuesdays are not fun. Sometimes they make me want to bite my computer, like this cool lady :) Cause' you know thats what we all do when tuesdays roll around!

2. Mice. This is what i woke up to this morning. in my hallway. Sorry little Gus, but that isn't where you belong. gross.

3.  Salted Almonds: i hate them! whatever happend to plain, raw almonds? i dont like all of this seasoning & whatnot taking over my taste buds! plus, the extra 56298724 calories aren't appreciated. thanks though.

4. Spider Bites: I got a super gnarly one on my arm this weekend, and it has caused this huge red knot the size of a baby's fist to form on my arm! Suuuuper cute.

5. Google Images: Just because i saw some super frightening & disturbing images when i googled "spider bite" looking for a picture. gross. 

Happy Tuesday! :)

Dear Diary

i feel like i should be saying something like, Dear Diary, i'm sorry i haven't written in so long, but....

haha! I never was good at keeping up with diaries (diarys?) when i was younger! I could say how insanely busy i have been, list all of the school projects, or finals, or all of the hours i was working out at the gym, or at dance rehearsal. But lets be honest. I could have fit some blogging in! 

The other day, my lovely friend Lauren {click on her name to check out her awesome blog!) reminded me that i need to do some blogging, because i was getting a tad boring! :) and she was right! sooo here i am again, i promise to try my hardest to blog everyday this week before i leave for mexico {more on that later!} 

Recently, i have had some serious cravings for photoshoots, & now that i can drive AND have a car, i have a ton of more freedom to spontaneously go on photoshoots whenever i would like! So on Saturday, my fabulous friend Kathleen and i planned this quickie photoshoot! :) Kathleen, Heather, Katherine, Melissa, Hailey & i met at our local sandwich shop {Panino's...mmm so good!} and then headed over to this nifty secret location. We drank Peace Tea {even better than Arizona....i know, i know. but trust me! so good!} ran from squrrels & spiders, explored, and got itchy legs from all of the tall grass! i will only post a few now, but here is a taste from photoshoot number ONE on saturday :) 

{thats right, there was more than one!}

{this whole springy, picnic-y, yummy feel was so fitting!}

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So after this oh-so-fabulous day of shooting, i was driving home listening to some Pepper & eating up the yummy late afternoon sunlight, when i get a text from Lauren. Hey! sooo are you in the mood for a photoshoot? today? if not thats ok! i understand! First of all, HOW CUTE is she! second of all, i was soooo excited! two photoshoots in one day? i. am. there. 

So i hurried home, uploaded my pictures from my first shoot, & then headed off to meet Lauren & some other of my faaavorite junior high ladies to take some pictures! Now, let me just say something about daylight savings. Ok, so the whole losing an hour of sleep was not fun. Especially for me! I am one girl who loooooves her sleep! But the best thing about it? the yummy lighting. the late sunsets. the yummy lighting. the warm days. the yummy lighting. SOOO the lighting was AMAZING! so fabulous! which means the combination of such lighting, these amazing girls, & an altogether beautiful and fun day, created some of the prettiest pictures ever! I will just show a few for now, too much prettiness at once can get hard to handle ;)

 have a {fabulous} & {blessed} & {joyful} monday! 

xoxo

Distraction cast aside, we seek Your face
We offer up our lives to bring you praise
A love the walls cannot contain
You are holy Lord
{hillsong united}



THIS is what is on my mind today. For me, it is very easy to get completely wrapped up in to-do lists (oh boy, how i love them!), schoolwork and craziness. 
My mind is constantly filling with ideas on who i should hang out with, what i should do, when i should do it. What non christians should i invite over to hang out with? Do you think if i hang out with them one on one, we will get the chance to talk about serious stuff?
 I get sooo worked up about the hows & the lagistics of things, or how i should act in order to make my friends think that it isnt that strange to be a christian, that i forget the soul of it. Somehow, that foundation, that drive is lost.
 I dont think that constant worry about what i should do, how i should act, who i should talk to, is what God wants from me. No, i think that all God wants is for me to soley rely on Him. Completely, unquestionably, & with faith like a child. What He wants is for me to cast aside all of my distractions, and seek His face. And he will take care of the rest. 
God tells us that as long as we seek first His kingdom, we don't need to worry about anything. At all. He will take care of everything. 
With a promise like that, everything else seems so miniscule! so irrelevant, so tiny compared to his Glory & greater plans. His love that walls cannot contain. Why do i forget that then? Why do i sometimes worry more about what others think about God, than what God thinks about me? Thats what i'm meditating, working on, & pursuing in my life this week. The Bible says that faith without deeds is nothing. But what about deeds with little faith?









ps, i dont know why there is such a large gap at the top! 
whoopsies :) have a great day!

This is probably my favorite photoshoot of all time.

Not only because the outcome was beautiful photos, but because it was a day spent with two of my favorite girls. 

Taylor is one of those people that you just want to be around. She can make anything fun, and she is such a wonderful example of how to live for Jesus. She is hilarious, gorgeous, fun, sooo nice, and has the best mexican accent ever ;) 

Sam is just one of those girls that everybody loves. Seriously, I cant think of anyone that doesnt like her! She has the best laugh ever, is super crazy & loud, beautiful, and genuinely loves everyone she encounters.

Time spent with these girls is always memorable-whether it is boogie boarding down the local river, sneaking out of our cabin at Hume, singing loud in the bathrooms at paradigm, having intense truth times, or going along with me when i tell them to lay in the freeeeezing cold water & have their picture taken ;)

The gorgeous Sam. She swears that she isn't photogenic. oh puh-lease.

The beautiful Taylor

When we first got down to the river, it was sprinkling. We all prayed for it to stop raining & it did! It stayed completely clear until we got to the part of the photoshoot where we wanted it to be wet & rainy! WOO! way to go J-man! :)