a new best friend and some old ones, too

meet my new best friend

isn't it beautiful?!

one of the yearbook cameras has been on loan to me for the past two years. since I can't take it to Aubs with me, I figured it was time to invest in my own. PTL for graduation money and target giftcards!

I attempted to make a cute camera strap without using a sewing machine..needless to say, it was super janky. so until I find one I can't live without on Etsy (aka - one that won't use the rest of my graduation money), the Nikon one will have to do.

after slaving away working  on headbands (BTW-I am now in business! they are $4.50 for one flower or $7.50 for two flowers) and a janky camera strap for the majority of the day, my favorite girls came over for movie night. yay for nights with sweet friends, junk food, and good movies. I'm actually taking a break from all the excitement to blog :)

I "cooked" :)

last time my friends and I tried to cook, it was cookie dough cupcakes found on pinterest..yeah. they were NASTY. we did something wrong. so this time, I took the easy route.

they also happen to be Jane's favorite food

we took cute pictures

and compared chaco tans..jane's winning

watched some of the best movies ever. I forgot how stinking great Stick It is..way too much rock for one hand!

so thankful for time with precious best friends to laugh and share our hearts and what not.

love these girls :) cherishing this time before we all go our seperate ways..whether thats going to bama or staying home for a year or two more of high school..or living feet away from each other in KELLER. (we found out were suite mates today..there will be so much love in those rooms and the shared bathroom)

hope you're having a wonderful week so far..tell your friends how much you love them :)

bloggin day one..not so successful.

I almost missed my first day of blogging everyday..pitiful..
it's probably because nothing worth blogging about happened.
I switched from an iPhone 3G to an iPhone 4..but that's about it. big thanks to mom for cracking my screen and getting me a new one that doesn't die randomly or have vibrating seizures.

the best part was giving my brother my old iPhone (we got the screen repaired of course)
he was so surprised and excited..I took his hopeless little phone and changed the sim cards..it took FOREVER to get his other phone--sidenote: what is it with 12-year-olds and not giving up their phones? what are they hiding?--anyways..I took ran into another room and locked the door..and when I gave it back to him, he didn't even notice. he was like "THANK YOU..wait what? this is your phone? SERIOUSLY!?!"
I want to give him an iPhone every day to see that face. I wish I would have taken a picture of him.

anyways. sorry this post sucks.
I'm going to go make some headbands..like so.

want one? let me know :) I'll just be crafting away.



updates and goals

happy memorial day weekend, friends! :)

so far I've spent mine by the pool in my chacos. the tan is coming along real nice.

(pardon my ugly toenails)

anywho. let me catch you up on life.

this major season of change has taken off all too quickly.

I graduated on Wednesday. what? graduated? scary. hasn't hit me yet.

such beautiful friends and sisters! so proud of these ladies

ran to hug my best friend/soul mate Jane right after. so thankful for this sister!

how blessed I am to have such precious parents.

not only has my title as "senior in high school" changed to "freshman in college" and my school changed, but relationships have changed..the Lord has taken a relationship out of my life. He overwhelmed my heart with His love and sense of purpose. His ways are higher and His plans are bigger than mine. this change has been hard, but it will certainly be for my good and His glory! He giveth and He taketh away, and I cannot wait to see His plans for me unfold. this is all so new. but I am SO excited to experience new places, build new relationships, and grow even more in my walk with the Lord. I move into home sweet Helen Keller Hall on August 7th. whaaaatt. I am thrilled! not only because I get to spend the next year of my life with so many of my sweet friends, but I'll be like 100 feet from chickfila and starbucks. FIST. PUMP.

anywho. this summer is going to be spent with best friends and family. making memories, cherishing the time we have together, completing a super senior summer bucket list with my loves, getting ready for the next step, etc. it will also be spent meeting a goal. I don't know if it's stupid to set a goal to blog..but I am doing it. two of my favorite bloggers are Ashley at under the sycamore and Emily at today's letters. I want to be these women when I grow up. forreal though..does Auburn have a blogging/crafting major? they should. anyways. they blog almost EVERY DAY. craziness. SO, my goal is to blog everyday that I can..starting NOW. I may blog about something I did that day, something crafty, something random, something the Lord is teaching me, or something I just want to share. maybe about all five. who knows. it's a way to document the days of this special summer. it's also a way to get me to stop obsessing over others' blogs for a little bit and start tending to my own. I want to do this for the rest of my life...in college, when I get married, when I have kids, all that jazz. why not start now?

so there you have it..an update and a goal.

see you here tomorrow ;)

"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ."

1 Peter 4:10-11