Wait, you can put pictures on your blog?!

So, as it turns out, it's pretty great to put some pictures on your blog! I know everyone does the "Photo Friday" thing, but since it's Monday, and I just wana put some pictures on here (and I won't remember or be consistent enough to keep up with the Friday thing) so here they are now!

This is my best friend in america, Bizantium Joel Polcyn! She's the greatest and best and I love her alot. We're super different, but quite the same in alot of ways, including some very important and/or challenging aspects in our lives. So it makes me really happy that we can know exactly how the other one feels and experience the same thing at the same time, even if she does live alllll the way in Ohio... I'm so stinkin glad you came home to see me! (or your family...whatever ;)


And this is my mom and dad. They both love Jesus a whole lot and they're both wonderful. Last night my dad and I had a great little chat on the couch in the living room and I really loved it. He told me alot of things that I didn't even know before. And I just really love listening to his stories and life experiences. He's a stinkin GENIUS too! So that's always fun. And my mom and I get to hang out all week at VBS, which is a super blast. My mom's great because she actually reads my blogs haha. And because we also have lovely chats and go for walks and have more lovely chats. (Yep, I really love talking...)

[Side note. I also love my siblings really really alot and I could write about them all day long. But I don't have a picture of us all together on my computer so I will write about them a different time.]


And this is my buddy Nycole! She gets a shout out because she's great! And she's coming to see me in like 2 ish weeks and I'm supa stoked! We've also had some great talks (go figure) and I just really love this kid's heart and what God's doing in it. Yayaya for Nycole! Can't wait to see ya bud. Thanks for reading (:

And for anyone else out there who reads (this)...thanks. And stay tuned. My next blogs gona be about puppies!

Nothing Better.

I'm alittle scared to write another blog. Surprisingly, not because I think you will judge me or think I'm an idiot or a hypocrit, but because I might feel that way about myself.

Looking back at some of the things I've written, it blows my mind how awesome some of that stuff is. Ok, yeah, not like I'm an amazing, profound writer, but just because what it says is true stuff...real stuff. But at the same time, when I wrote it, I didn't even know how real it was. I didn't realize that I often times don't trust God but fool myself into thinking that I'm somehow letting Him have control of my life. I didn't realize that most of the time what I say, write, and justify in my head does not come from what I know is right, from past experiences or other gained knowledge, but instead only from what I've heard is right from "them". I didn't realize that I don't even know who "them/they" are...

Here's what I figure though. God uses things in my life that seem to be of no significance for a huge significance. Or even just things that i think I can grasp the depths and profound greatness of to slap me in the face months, or maybe even years later, and cause me to know truth. I also figure that God can use lessons and stuff like I'm talking about to teach me over and over again, and I guess I'm pretty thankful for that.

Tonight, as I went for a run at 12:17 a.m., God did just that. I think alot of it has to do with having a willing heart. And as hard as that is to come by sometimes, God's the one who will equip me with that, and He always knows what He's doing. Yep...ALWAYS. (and yep, this is one of those things I will look back on and think "gosh, if i only knew that then..." because I probly won't remember that on this night, my Father really did give me the wisdom and the ability to trust Him and know that I don't have to depend on myself because He's totally got my back. It's cool though. That's the fun of writing things down and getting to look back on those words and see how the King has worked in my life. And there's nothing better than that. :)