we're best friends

{photo by Daniel}

last weekend was spent with my best friend Amy. we hadn't seen each other in over a year. it was the best weekend I've had this year. we laughed so hard and talked non-stop (just ask her family  ::wink:: )  

and we made a happiness list 

// matching Effie Tower necklaces //

// playing the piano and violin together //

 // purses aka our faithful friends //

// retelling awkward moments //

// thrift stores //

// frappes //

 // going to the mall // 

// the boat song // 

// laughs and giggles // 

// watching Clancy //

 // early morning talks // 

// night walks //

// volleyball night // 

// rhubarb pie //

 // the 'marshmallow' guy //

 // photo shoots at the park and downtown // 

// lilacs //

// cloudy days // 

// Claire's //

// smelling perfume at Bath & Body Works //

// caramel and chocolate //

// discussing love stories //

// matching skirts //

// happy colors //

// the candy shoppe // 

it was the most fun time I've had in a while. I love her so much! 

p.s. there are some awesomely amazingly epic giveaways going on : 

// here // here // here // here // here // here //  

I told you they were epic!!

awkward and awesome //no. 3//

awkward:


- the picture above... so much for taking a last day of school photo :P
there were defiantly photo bombers around

- typing and talking at the same time, and typing what you are saying instead of what you are suppose to type.

- having your inbox flooded by 4 girls (one a teacher) (myself included) sending over 15+ emails just talking about a pizza party and teacher gifts. wow, do we talk a lot...maybe

-being told "you have really grown up!" by a 17 year old guy... seriously dude, it's only been a year.

- going shopping in Walmart and knocking clothes off the racks every where I went 

- Bed, Bath, and Beyond shopping: so, we were going to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond, and my Mom had already gotten out of the car and was walking toward the store, and  I was quickly grabbing a drink of water before I went in. I tried to put the lid on and almost dumped it on me, and then I started walking quickly to catch up with Mom, and I dropped my purse, had to scoop back all my stuff back in and then I started walking as I was stuffing everything back in and almost walked into a tree. and then I almost walked into a car, and then I walked into the store just like I was any other normal person. fail.

- trying to stay behind the bushes at the park because someone was taking wedding photos behind us

- having a gazillion err... hundred pens in my purse at the same time.

-waking up with my hand tightly holding my finger because I had dreamed I had cut my finger

awesome:

- cool evening walks to the park

- getting a $5 giftcard to Starbucks.. I'm telling you, it pays to be on StuCo (student counsil) at my co-op

- sending the entire weekend with my bestie Amy! It was packed full of photo shoots, shopping, frappes, chocolate, movies, and lots of laughs, giggles and squeals.

- thrift stores. seriously we got some major deals on Saturday

- finding stuff that you never knew was in the Bible: Proverbs 3:24 "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet." 

anything happen that was awkward or awesome this week?

first cookout + photo challenge winner

summer is here. we had our first watermelon last week and I went to the first cookout of the year!!

// hamburgers // marshmallows // watermelon //

// chips // flowers // campfires // picnic ants // smoothies // sunshine

AND: I am so excited to announce the winner of the photo challenge :

Kyla!! 

congrats, girl! your photo was amazing!!

favorites of a quote junky

{photo by yours truly}

“I've loved you ever since the day you broke your slate over my head”  -Gilbert Blythe

 "It left us speechless, quite speechless I tell you, and we have not stopped talking of it since."

 -Miss Bates (from Emma, 2009)

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads only lives one." 

-George RR.R.  Martin

"You cannot love a fellow creature fully until you love God." -C.S.Lewis

‎"Don't you say you don't have any time, you have the same number of hours per day that were given 
to Helen Keller, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." 

-H. Jackson Brown  {and each day comes with 86,400 seconds}

“That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never can carry a map in their heads." 

"That's because our heads have something inside them," said Lucy.” 

 -C.S. Lewis


"Our fingerprints never fade from the lives we've touched."
-Robert Pattinson

"Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
-Mark Twain


"Enjoy every single moment. The good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the inspiring, the not-so-glamorous moments and thank God through it all."
-Meghan Matt


"Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose."
-C.S. Lewis


"There is nothing like staying home for real comfort."
-Jane Austen

Got a favorite?

photo challenge finalists

it's time its time! here are the entries for the photo challenge. 

these were beautiful, and I loved each one!! ♥

 carli nicole

I love the bright colors and the focus on the raindrops is amazing!

kelsey

this photo just makes me happy! :) I love swinging, the colors are beautiful.

kyla

when I first saw this photo, I sat and stared for 2 minutes. this photo belongs on a postcard!! the shadows are so perfect and the exposure is amazing.

jemimah c.

I love the textures of the petals and the yellow and white look beautiful!

so, there they are!! you can vote for your favorite on the sidebar ------>

and speaking of photo challenges...... I am entering into this one ;)

my sister! :)

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