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there's been so much going on lately: 

creating.

last week, these lovely ladies and i got together to make these dresses. it was such a good time, just being together and doing something fun. these dresses are so easy to make and take very little time! i am not much of a seamstress, but i would definitely make another one of these! 

celebrating.

last week i turned "old"--so says my one amazing friend. i quickly replied with "just trying to catch up to you!" as a graduation/birthday present my mom and i are traveling to prince edward island for a few days. i was totally not expecting that (and definitely don't deserve it), but i am looking forward to a new adventure!

last week we also joined my cousin in celebrating his graduation. this boy is just like a brother to my family and i. having lived beside each other for over 7 years, there was rarely a day he wasn't at our house-- and it was rare if he wasn't there for every meal. this fall he's off to serve our country. 

last weekend a very good friend of mine got engaged (which i definitely saw coming). i am super happy for her and her man, and look forward to seeing how the Lord will use them. 

adventuring.

a group of the teens from church took a trip to hershey park two weeks ago and for many of us, it was a day of firsts. first roller coaster. first time upside down. first time at hershey. and maybe a day of lasts- like last time trusting our youth leader when he convinces you that it won't be that bad ;) always an adventure with this group!

a trip to gettysburg with these crazies. more || here ||

a few miles hiking with the family on memorial day evening. hiking is a favorite of mine. especially when it involves "no service" on cell-phones, quiet woods, talks with my brother, and singing birds. 

preparing.

as mentioned above my mom and i will be making a trip to prince edward island here soon, so we are in the process of making plans for that.

photography school will begin in the early fall. websites will be starting **hopefully** soon. and new sessions booked. 

enjoying. 

open windows.

flowers blooming.

researching photography.

emails about God's Word from great friends.

the busyness of summer.

learning.

as i have been studying God's Word lately i've been drawn to the idea of CHRIST'S love and the command of love. [i john 4:10] herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. CHRIST saw man: filthy, disgusting, sinful, dirty, rotten. made of dust. and HE loved. never was there a moment that HE didn't love, never will there be a moment HE won't love. it's kind of hard to grasp that love, but that love doesn't stop there. [i john 4:11] beloved, if GOD so loved us, we ought also to love one another. we are to be loving others because CHRIST first loved us. 

*as a side note, i recently started journaling as i read the Word of God and have enjoyed it so much!  

sharing.

"life is not measured by the breath you take, 

but by the moments that take your breath away."