making : messes in the kitchen
cooking : chocolate chip cookies and grilled corn tacos
drinking : habanero lemon lime orange maple cold pressed juice from the pressery
reading :  The Secret Life of Bees, and Emily Climbs
wanting :  a juicer (to make my own juices!)
looking : at my family 
playing : grown-up
wishing : for future plans to come to the present
enjoying : family time
waiting : for school to start
liking : colorado
wondering : and beholding
loving : my loves
hoping : in my heart
marveling : at God's incredible breathtaking puzzles of our lives
needing : distance to be less so
smelling : afternoon rain
wearing : soft green socks (finally!)
noticing : the little things
knowing : "Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks" Luke 6:45
thinking : Of what I'm filling my heart with. 
opening : a checking account
giggling : with my sisters
feeling : blessed. 

A taste of summer.  

Josie

This is Josie Hope.  She's a fellow online-schooler who I had the pleasure of spending the day with this summer.  She has the most beautiful hair and lives far away from me but not too far from my grandparents' house.  She speaks a bit of french.  She is a horsewoman and a crazy-talented violinist.  She doesn't think that anyone can really look good in braces, but I think she's crazy beautiful.  She's got a love of photography and has a great tumblr personal blog of her amazing outfits that I want to steal.   She's a hard worker and a sweet, sweet girl.  We took photos of each other whilst wandering around my grandparents' nursery.  

lillian rachel.