yes

Full On Crush

since the first episode. and its never really gone away.

Have Mercy....

  

I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

[Carl Sandburg]

Graduation is coming. Soonish.

And Im trying to discover my next step.

I know I'll figure it out. 

Correction: 

I know Heavenly Father will show me where I need to be. He always does. But for now I'm undecided.

 

Being undecided about things doesn't sit very well with me. It requires a great deal of patience. I like plans and goals and moving forward. I like being productive.

But what do I do to get there when I'm not exactly sure where there is yet?

 

 Why put down roots when I can have wings instead?

I want....

colors

call me crazy? 

Thanks Karen

you just get me when I need you to...

Yea dude I feel you

Time...

Is precious. And it occurred to me the other day that there are so many things that I want to know. So many things I want to do and to learn. And time is very impatient. It never waits for you. So I had to reevaluate how I use it. And here is the conclusion I came to.

Goodbye.

I will be back eventually.
Maybe.

But lets try and do a few things first.

That's the magic number
5 Books Read off my list
5 skills I didn't have before
& 5 projects finished.

Then we will see how much I miss you.
See if I even realized how much time there is in my day
or how easy it was to waste it.

Reading is Cool

"Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Knowledge is power!" Joan Didion

Last week my little cousin Cord was visiting from Oklahoma. He is 7. He is 7 and sat on my couch perturbed that I was interrupting his reading of Moby Dick. The kid is amazing. I didn't know wether to be embarrassed or inspired. So I chose both. The next day I finished writing my summer book list and started The Impossible Art.

classic

mary-kate and ashley have always understood me. its like they put my thoughts to catchy songs...

America is Awesome!

I love 4th of July! It's always been one of my favorite holidays! It makes us all stop and really consider the blessing of Liberty that we all have and can so easily take for granted. There is something amazing about having a country to love. We should regard the blessing of freedom with deep gratitude and always be mindful of it's cost. This country was built on incredible courage, great imagination and unbeatable determination and bravery! We are so blessed and we should celebrate it! We are Americans! We are yankees and cowboys and firecrackers and patriots and we are lucky!

So have fun at your cookouts and pool parties or baseball games and beach days and make sure you think about all the reasons you love this country!

and here are some little 4th of July designs I made! You can pull them from here and print them as a 5x7 for a card or to decorate for your celebration!

I like when

things come together and fall into place...

Whats wrong with me....

That I'm not dying to go back??

Changed My Perspective...

Have I done any good in the World today?

“the needs of others are ever present, and each of us can do something to help someone”.

It's been a good week...

When I don't surf and be in the sunshine and play in the ocean, I get sad.

I crave that feeling of sand in your hair and when your skin gets all tight from the sun and salt water and when you feel like jello because you surfed until you couldn't possibly go any longer. And when days like that are missing from my week, I just start to feel sad inside.

I needed this week.

Thank you Ocean for always being there for me...

Sometimes I Just Feel Like Her...

The Art of Tangled

Glen Keane was the Main Animator of Ariel in the Little Mermaid. He was also the original director, then executive producer and animation director on Tangled. (He has 1001 other major artistic accomplishments other those, but these two felt so personal)

He is amazing and incredible and so talented.

him doing his thing. it's a quick video so watch it...

Claire Keane is his daughter ( so cute right?) and a concept artist for Disney. She is the one behind Rapunzel's personal art that she spills all over her tower walls. I love love love Rapunzel/Claire's style. I want this all over my walls.

This. is. Adorable. and its short too so watch it its so cute.

Rapunzel Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair

best day ever