i love that the ocean never closes. you know like starbucks closes and 9:30 and target closes at 10 and the green forest internet cafe/fro yo place with millions of asians closes at midnight. the ocean never closes and you can go there all the time, whenever you want! and it will always be there!

ben & jerry's+jesus+the ocean=wonderful times.

that was my night last night--perfect.

i love living in ventura!!!!!!!!!!!

the freedom house.

and now that summer is over, this new journey is beginning.

the house that has been in preperation and prayers for over a year has finally come together. and seeing God bring it together, and i mean there is no possibly way this could have happened without God making it so, has been soo rad.

19 college drive apt #7

ventura, ca 93003

five girls, one mind, one amazing, beautiful, sovereign King.

put those things together and good things come of it.

i am blessed beyond belief. thank you jesus.

too long.

this summer was not like i expected it to be at all. i really thought it was going to be just easy and fun, just a good time pretty much. especially cause my best friend stephanie was working with me! and i guess i kind of expected any problems i had, to NOT follow me there. but i was soo wrong in every way. there were so many hard things that happened that i had to figure out how to deal with, and completely rely on God in order to do that. and i mean completely. i learned and grew and was stretched and tested-- i had a complete attitude change. and it was so hard. but so good. it hurt soo good.
other than the hard stuff, the summer was wonderful. i got to be in a beautiful place with some of my best friends in the world, and work with kids-- best job ever.
i'm so thankful for the crazy, hard, stressful, wonderful summer i just had.

thank you jesus.

i am soo ready for summer

hume lake is calling my name.

and the babies are too.

starting tomorrrowwww :)

Set goals that take divine intervention to accomplish.

a really good article..

go here!

family

this past weekend was the best of this year to date.

i got to see my joshua brother jake get married to beautiful heather. 

(photo by eric turner)

(photo by eric turner)

sooo happy!

(photo by eric turner)

i also got to see most of my joshua fam.

oh it is love. for real.

Life can only be understood backwards,

but it must be lived forwards.

- Soren Kierkegaard

home again home again jiggity jig

i love california. i love being home. i love sleeping in.  i love that i can drive with the windows down. i love picking my sisters up from school and bringing them to softball practice and church. i love family dinners and all cooking together. i love watching multiple episodes of 24 all together at night and watching lost with my sisters during the day. i love that my cats come into my room and sleep on my legs while i'm sleepin. i love theological talks with my daddy. i love running into people i know when i go up to the store. i love my church. i love the fact that its not raining every single day. i love playing raquetball. i love having a full sized bed.  i love being with my family.

this is the best.

tulips

we went down to woodburn to the tulip festival--it was like a dream come true!

it was soo beautiful, its like you just cant stop looking at it!!