flower headbands.

so i have a new thing. flower headbands. they are so pretty and hippie-esque. i not only love to wear them, but i love to make them. my friend mere and i have been on a headband streak for a couple months now. what can i say? i heart.


check out some of the ones we have made:

wearing my favorite at my cousins wedding.

you can actually look like a flapper or a hippy with these! guess who is the flapper and who is the hippy here. 

we recently made some baby headbands and are sending them down to a missionary friend in mexico who is due with a little girl soon. pictures of those will be put up after she receives them...don't want to ruin the surprise :)

worship fit for a King.

combined both of these songs in worship tonight...wow. 

set a fire down in my soul, that i can't contain, that i can't control, i want more of You God, more of You God.

i love the King and the King loves me.

double dates and bloggy friends.

so i actually posted this earlier and it very mysteriously disappeared. i probably deleted it and am just getting around to noticing it. anyway, here are a couple pictures from last fridays double date with a fellow blogger and church friend, allison from nestful of love and her boo, drew. we had a yummy mexican dinner at cactus pear, amazing frozen yogurt at orange leaf, and a great time mini golfing. allison and i were nice while mini golfing and let the boys win for a change. we had such a great time!

                                        

check out her post about our double date here! 

a beautiful summer thursday.

what a blessing of a day. started off with a workout, then went to completely ruin said workout with gourmet cupcakes and coffee. i met up with my friends meredith and paige for sweets, girl time, and awesome conversation.  here are the goodies we chose; a raspberry lemonade cupcake, a red velvet cupcake, a buckeye cupcake, and a white chocolate raspberry cupcake truffle. i know, right?

paige and mere are both going to be seniors in high school this year and are both beautiful beyond words. they love jesus and strive to look like Him. they do not know how much people look up to them and they're both such an encouragement to me. meredith loves to read blogs, like me, and will actually be starting her own blog soon. she doesn't know this yet, but she will. all in good time. and when she does, i will post a link to it!

since we didn't have anyone to take a pic of all three of us, we had to do three pics of two of us. if a picture is worth a thousand words, you now have 4,000 words. i think the reason these girls like to hang out with me is because i'm so witty. 

following this lovely afternoon was an evening with my very best friend from high school. hanging with her is just like old times. after catching up with her, her family, and their new puppy, it was amazing to drive home with the convertible top down and just worship on the top of my lungs. God is so good for providing days like today. He is also good for providing a day like your day. thank Him for it. 

things to rejoice about.

hello beautifuls...smile today! or smile tonight, since it's almost 10:00 p.m. my time.


need a reason to rejoice? 
1. read about how God used my friend kyleigh in an incredible way. 
2. also, meditate on psalm 103:13- The Lord is like a father to his children,
      tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
amen and amen. 

my italian kick: the easiest caprese bruschetta.

the easiest bruschetta:
using a pastry brush, glaze a couple pieces of sliced bread with olive oil.
generously cover each piece of bread with shredded mozzarella cheese.
top it off with cut up grape tomatoes and fresh basil.
bake for ten minutes at 350.
easy peasy. 

the best part is that this can easily be transferred into a breakfast dish. simply exchange the olive oil and mozzarella for cream cheese and skip the baking. yum :)

mint green.

please join me in an obsession for all things minty green.