Nonsense.

I'm sitting here in the middle of the driveway in the evening twilight.

Brushing away pesky mosquitoes

The sky is a deepening, mottled mixture of powder pink and blue

The eerie glow of a lamp illuminates the maple tree in the front yard.

The breeze rattles leaves and whips my hair from my face.

I can hear the distant hum of the AC unit over the sound of my iPod

I glimpse the last of the sunset through the forest across the lane and observe the glow of a TV in my neighbor’s window
a bird flies by and then crashes through a tree, emerging on the opposite side.

A first few fireflies shine their light, and then disappear.

The trees are dancing in the wind.
and here I am, in the midst of it all, writing away in my notebook.

What I would love to do someday is go to a cliff somewhere that overlooks the ocean. A cliff that is low enough that when the waves crash against its side, the spray soars to the peak. But not too low. Here I would build a great swing. Then I would sit and swing, watching the magnificent sea and listening to it as it thunders and roars.

But such is just a fancy. A creation of whim. It will probably never exist.So I'll just sit here, and continue my writing.

I have a dream....

lately, i've been thinking about bucket lists. What is a bucket list? It's a list of things you wish to do before you die. I have decided to create one :) There are different reasons to write a bucket list. They help to keep you from burying yourself in the flurry of life and to keep your eye on more important matters. It also sets a goal for yourself. If you don't have a goal, chances are you're not going to get there.

I mean, obviously, because if you don't have a goal then that goal doesn't  exist and you can't even BEGIN to head towards something that doesn't exist because you don't even know that it exists so how can you possibly ever get there if it isn't there in the first place.

whew.

this whole thing reminds me of the movie Tangled when they're all singing about their dreams. Love that movie.

Anyway. Back to my bucket list.

some things that i would like to do, but probably will never do (but NOTHING is impossible)
-Travel to every country in the world (not all at once of course...)
- see all the wonders of the world
-run a marathon
-go skydiving/ bungee jumping

-fly a hot air balloon

of course there are a bunch of others but i don't really have time to write them all out and i highly doubt that you would enjoy reading a list of things i would like to do but probably never will.

here's a list of things that are more likely to happen.
-run an 8k- i actually am thinking about running one this august for the ECSC...fun :)
-travel to at least 1 country. i mean, i'd rather go to two countries...or multiple countries. but one would be better than none. or perhaps not.
- learn a third language. i'm thinking about learning German in college.
-learn how to longboard/surf. It's so. much. fun.

- climb a mountain. i love mountains. i think, if i had the choice, i'd rather go to Tennessee than Hawaii.

the list goes on and on.

well, i shan't bore you any longer. These are some of my ideas. Hope i get around to completing them someday :)

Strawberries in the Sun

Today's adventure: Strawberry Picking. Yup, it's that time of year again.

This morning, mom decided spur of the moment to go strawberry picking. So we piled everyone in the Big Blue Van and drove off to Brookdale Farm. Let's just say that, with two two year olds, it's easier said than done. But it was fun and we had a great time.

:)

Yum :)

perfect..... ;)

So, all in all, it was pretty great. :)

Spring Break (my longest post EVER!)

Ahhh.....spring break. The one week in the middle of spring that gives you a taste of summer (if it's not too cold...i'll tell you about that later) and, perhaps, a boost of energy to get you through finals to summer. If not, it will probably make you miserable because you lost your freedom once again and summer seems way too far away. Pour Moi, I would prefer the first case.

Part of spring break that makes me not look forward to summer are the times when there's nothing to do. So, my plan, is to come up with a list of projects to keep me occupied when all my friends are busy or i can't go anywhere, so i don't spend all day on facebook. So far I have

• get a job! -I reeeeaaalllly want to,  aaaaannnd... i'm working on it, just not sure if i can yet.
• paint my room- my brothers had my room before i got it, and its painted this really bright boyish blue...not my taste 
• read- what i would like to do is get together a list of classic books (like, a lot) and find a nice little spot, the beach would be good, and just read and read and read and read and read. sounds nice :) (and better than sitting on facebook any day!)
• art- I would like to take art classes next year, so i want to try my hand at painting and such :)

that's all i can think of at the moment. hopefully I'll think of more.

Anyway. Spring break. the first few days i didn't really do anything. Tuesday I went to the Botanical Gardens with the family (which is easier said than done, with two two-years-olds!) and then i went to my friend's house to hang out with a bunch of people. Wednesday I went to Daniella's and we went WERE going to go to the beach, but it was WAY too cold.  Then we were going to go see a movie. We walked all the way there, and it was SOLD OUT! But all was well. we still had a great time (you know you're best friends when you can do practically nothing but still have a blast) we ended up going on a walk to the park in the frigid temperature and took some pictures :)

I think this one's my favorite :)

Afternoon walk to the movies <3

love her!

Thursday I went to Liz, Cat, and Hannah's house :) First, we stopped at 7-11 and got some sour patch kids and Arizona Tea (the best!). Then we sat on the dock and just talked. It was so fun :)

yes :)

 

 

the river

 

photo credit goes to Cat :)

there were a lot more pictures by the way :)

Friday I went to a surprise party for a friend, then Saturday I had Softball. we lost. by a lot. But it was still fun :) i was there from 8:30-2:30 because of my brothers' games though and got burnt to crisps (say that with a lisp- it's really fun, trust me), then had another party. Sunday I had 316 (AKA youth group).

In a nutshell, I would say it was a great spring break :)

untitled (:

I've been thinking lately that i never really write anything on my blog. All I ever do is post pictures, with maybe a caption or two, and an explanation. it kind of annoys me. A like to write, it's just i never really know what to write about. You know what I'm saying? (: But....i decided to give it a try and write about something...not sure what yet but give me a few minutes and I'll figure something out :)

'K, here goes........

Lately I've been really interested in drawing flowers.They're just so beautiful. I think it's so fascinating that there are so many of them, and then there are multiple colors of each flower. Just to think that God created each and every perfect one of 'em. He must have a pretty good imagination :) It's also interesting how people can communicate with flowers. For instance, if you sent an Azalea to someone, it would mean "take care" or one of the other meanings.

I'm not very good at drawing, but I still enjoy it ;)

I like that way Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it.

"The earth laughs in flowers."

Blue eyes....

I love how most of the people in my family have blue eyes (I just happen to be one of the odd ones, having green eyes) But if there was an award for the bluest eyes it would go to **DRUMROLL*** -Caleb. :) i just love his eyes :)

they other day i got the urge to take pictures, and i chose him to be my victim :) hehe

i love him! :)

Spring......

Whenever spring rolls around, I always get the urge to stroll outside and take a million pictures :) There's just so many fascinating things about spring. i love  all the flowers and the sunshine :)

 the only thing i really hate about it is the pollen and the allergies that accompany it.

 Joel :)

Hope you enjoyed :)