summer bucket list.

go on a hike.

go camping.

take 10 really cool pictures.

make a family/friend photo album.

bake something new.

make dinner for my family.

make dinner for a different family.

have a legitimate slumber party.

go on a scavenger hunt.

host a trililogy movie fest with friends.

spend an entire day in the Loop.

go to Kayak Coffee shop.

go to the zoo.

go to the muny 3x's.

walk Forest Park.

have a picnic at Forest Park.

go to Shakespeare in the Park.

go swing dancing.

paint a picture.

try out some Indie music.
go to an art show.

learn about a culture.

go to a concert.

learn about a historical person.

read 3 books (atleast).

go antiquing/garage saling (with anna).

watch all the movies on my list.

do random acts of kindness.

do something crazy &/or spontaneous.



There's the list! Hopefully I can fit it all in. I'm going to try to take pics of each thing and post them so be on the look out. So glad it's summer!

to be confident.

My prayer right now... I want confidence. The confidence to obey God when he asks me to do something that takes courage. Or the confidence to obey Him when He says it's time to give something up. I want the confidence to be who I am in all situations and around all people. To be who God created me to be in every relationship. I want confidence in Jesus. To follow him no matter what it takes. The confidence to let Loving God and Loving people be the center of my world. I want the confidence to not only dream up what my life and this world could look like but actually achieve those dreams. I wonder who I'd become if I'd actually receive the confidence God desires to give me. I guess "confidence" could be interchangeable with "trust". I desire to trust God in everything.

for me??

Umm... I WON an iPod Touch the last day of camp! So crazy. They did a drawing of names tags of people who volunteered to help pick up trees & brush around the camp ground (had a bad storm a few weeks before.. lots of damage). Funny thing is: I ACCIDENTALLY ended up helping for an hour the first day. AND my name was only drawn because one of the ten (out of like 50 other name tags) picked had already won an iPod... so they needed to pick another and it was ME! Nothing like this has ever happened to me before! Still pinching myself.

last year of camp.

my church family: camp blessing #1

my youth pastor & great friend: camp blessing #2

my girls: camp blessing #3

My last year (as a student) at camp! I've been going to Pinecrest Camp since 3rd grade.. that's eleven years! It's always been a wonderful time of just hanging out and having a blast. This year was perfect. Had a great speaker and a talented and fun worship leader. Plus the games were fun and the food was delicious! I always love camp just because I get to know my church family, my girls especially. We have such a great time just being with one another and goofing off. One of my favorite times is when we re-cap the week together on the last night. It's cool to see that God is actually doing stuff in people's lives. I've learned not to let camp be my emotional high for the year or to just let this time of escape from life be wasted. Last year it really did mark a time in my life that God just shook up my priorities. I learned that life is about loving God and loving people and that truly is all that matters. This year God showed me I'm not following him in everything. I'm still trying to control things and I'm not trusting Him. But I'm also learning that all of this is a process. It's ok to allow God's love and grace into my life. I'm so thankful for God's patience. And for all of these wonderful people in my life that love me for me and that spend life with me.

parental date night.

My daddy and moma and I went on a little date the other night. The three of us headed down to a place called Forest Park and went to Shakespeare in the Park. We had some lattes and watched "The Wives of Windsor" ( set in the 1930's) in our lawn chairs. It was completely free and perfectly beautiful outside! I had so much fun. I really do have the greatest parents in the world. I'm continuing to realize just how much they have sacrificed for me and just how blessed I am to have been given parents that love me so much. It was a wonderful night. Definitely soaking up these moments!