Life..

What a day!

Maybe I learned to Surf today...and maybe I swallowed buckets of salt water...and maybe it was so much fun.

Maybe I was terrified of being eaten by a shark and had a few mini freak outs.

Maybe I got caught under waves a lot and thought I was going to drown.

Maybe I was NOT on a beginners board and did awesome anyways. 

 Maybe the board smacked me in the face a few times.

Maybe my toes turned paper white and my fingers turned a dark shade of purple...(thanks raynauds) 

Maybe I really want a surfboard now...

Maybe after I went home and showered I went to an Archery range and shot some arrows for an hour...

Maybe I am NO Katniss Everdeen. 

Maybe I spent the day with three awesome boys.

Maybe Chipotle and swimming again was the perfect end to my summer day!

It's finally here...tomorrow.

Tomorrow I'm finally learning to surf.

I feel like I shouldn't even be a California girl because I don't already know how!

I'm excited. And terrified of getting chomped by a shark...

xo.

pictures via pinterest.

I'm currently obsessed...

"The fullness of Your grace is here with me
The richness of Your beauty's all I see
The brightness of Your glory has arrived
In Your presence God, I'm completely satisfied
For You I sing I dance
Rejoice in this divine romance
Lift my heart and my hands
To show my love, to show my love
A deep deep flood, an Ocean flows from You
Of deep deep love, yeah it's filling up the room
Your innocent blood, has washed my guilty life"

....with the song divine romance. I have always always loved it, but lately it has been on repeat in my heart, head, laptop, car, phone, and any other place I can play music. Some of you may know, and some may not, that I have been single for a while now, and I've had to learn that that is OK! However, It's lonely. And sometimes find myself thinking "man I wish someone would come hug me" or "dang I wish I could just have one person to spend my time with." I'm a romantic woman. I like kisses, holding hands, hugs, making a sweetheart feel special and great about themselves, and just having one person who I know will always be there if I need him. I'm perfectly content being by myself...but I am having to learn and teach myself that Jesus Christ needs to be the lover of my life, heart, and soul. I want to love him with every single thing I have in me. I want to be completely satisfied in His presence alone. I want to rejoice in the divine romance that He has for me. I want to have the courage to lift my hands, and more importantly my heart to show MY love for HIM. I want to focus on Him, and let Him fill the lonely part in me. I want that first. Then once He is, I know He will give me the desires of my heart and bring the man that He has picked out for me into my life. Until then, I will keep singing and praying this song.
That's all.

Thoughts.

Call me crazy, but I believe God put women on this planet to be wives and mommies. Of course we are each individually called to serve Him in different ways as well, but being wives and moms are what us women are made to do..and I'm 100% stoked on that...and I'm basically ready right this second.

It's hard to be patient when you know just what your calling is. 

And even though I'm a millionbilliontrillion percent ready...God has some awesome timing..and I trust him completely. 

pictures via pinterest.

Dear JUSTIN BIEBER, I like you and you're a cutie...even more so when you sing in FRENCH. Woah. If I don't get tickets to your current tour I'll be a sad camper.

(:

maybe.

Maybe i've been sleeping in until noon every day this week.

Maybe siren slept completely under me all night and I really like snuggling her. 

Maybe I want this sweatshirt SO BAD.

Maybe I'm so excited that the fourth of July is close, because it's my favorite holiday and I really like fireworks. 

Maybe I'm going to put one of these in my room this summer!

Maybe I'm so ready for November and December because I get to see awesome people. 

Maybe I'M SO secretly excited for amanda and james to have a baby so I can buy it lots of cute baby things. 

Maybe I'm terrified of not being able to handle six classes next semester, but I know I can do it!

Maybe I really really really like Greek yogurt! 

Maybe I really really really really....really want a foot tattoo. 

Maybe I'm gonna go sunbathe now (:

I like you, summer.

pictures via pinterest 

I'm excited there is still TWO whole months of summer left for me to enjoy.

In those two months I plan on surfing, shooting guns with my dad, running in the color run, camping, mexico, wedding things, and lots and lots and lots of naps. 

xo!  

Better late than never daddy's day.

Dear dad,

I'm glad you are MY dad.

Thank you for supporting our family, loving us unconditionally, for being such an awesome example of how a husband should love his wife and children and even others around him, for always asking if anyone needs anything at the store, teaching me how to laugh and joke, for filling our home with music, and loving cats like I do.

I love you so much! 

XO.

Wednesday happy list.

 here are 15 little things that make me terribly happy..

1. When Siren wakes me up in the morning with her little nose on my face.

2. Black coffee in my anthropologie mug.

3. When someone besides me laughs at my jokes.

4. When my hair actually stays where I want it to.

5. Beating a high score that didn't belong to me.

6. Wake boarding.

7. Reading an intense part of a book.

8. Wedding boards on pinterest.

9. Driving back into the Salinas fog after being out of town. (I actually might be the only one in the world who enjoys this.)

10. Beach bonfires.

11. Getting into bed with clean sheets.

12. Finally finding a parking spot after a long quest in a full lot..

13. Being able to breathe through my nose after having a cold.

14. Hanging up new clothes in my closet.

15. Getting in a line just before it gets long. 

xo lovelys

oh..

this has been my life for the last few weeks...and i love it. thank you, summer!