favorite songs of august.

 1. Let It Shine - All Sons & Daughters

2. Another Break Up Song - Allen Stone
 3. Houdini - Foster the People

4. Sing - Urban Rescue

5. Rivers - Passenger

kenya: beautiful children.

soooo, exactly one week ago i returned home from an AMAZING two weeks in kenya. unfortunately...i'm not even going to TRY to describe everything we experienced 
and post it on this blog. there are just no words for it.

but here are some photos! i'll split it up into a few parts.

PART ONE: beautiful children.

 edwin.   i have so many more pictures of so many more faces of so many more beautiful kids with beautiful hearts.
i wish you could meet them. beautiful children of kenya, i can't wait to see you again. 

newly found loves.

so i discovered some new loves recently. 

here they are, in an organized list.

1. making organized lists.

2. chapstick that smells so good, you're tempted to eat it.

3.  buying whole bean coffee and grinding it with the coffee 

bean grinder that i found in my family's pantry.

4. making awesome dinners from trader joe's because they're already half way prepared 

but feeling really awesome anyways...

5. fun headbands that make lazy pony tails that much better.

 (disclaimer: paris hilton is not on the list.)

6. soulful music.

7. the library.

more to come. 

just wanted to post these newly found loves because i don't want others 

to take as long as i did in discovering the greatness of these things. especially the library.

CHECK EM OUT!

favorite songs of june.

honestly,

once this album came out on the 21st of the month, 

i pretty much forgot about everything i had been listening to prior to its release.

(bon iver - bon iver)

it's a masterpiece.

an attitude of gratitude.

eek. life has seriously been flying by recently.

as excited as i've been all year long to graduate, i can't believe it has already come and gone.

it's weird to feel relieved, nostalgic, and happy at the same time.

but most of all, i just feel thankful.

thankful for an exciting, challenging, and life changing 4 years of high school.

thankful for amazing friends and the memories we share.

thankful for a family that supported me every step of the way.

and thankful for a God who put up with me whenever i tried to stray,

and proved to me time and time again that his plan is perfectly perfect.

so now i need to figure out what to do with all this thankfulness...
how to let it change me, or how to have an overall
attitude of gratitude. 

i think i'll start with some thank you cards.

favorite songs of may.

only four this month. enjoy :)

"Even Now"United Pursuit

 "Bedouin Dress"Fleet Foxes




 "Calgary"Bon Iver




 "Come Away"Jesus Culture

cliffs & art in the streets.

recently i've been trying to make more use of my little camera...
so here are a some pics from this past weekend!

friday: cliffs of PV w/ thomas & kat.

saturday: art in the streets w/ sterling & katy.













































i highly recommend taking a trip to both of these places and snapping some pics.