I dug this CD out the other day and forgot how much I love her.

Also, I found out she's 38. I freaked out!!! I totally thought she was my age or just a few years older. I hope I age that good!

Oh look! Pictures of the sky.... that's weird.

These two sweet boys spent the night with me this past Saturday. I got up and made them a special little breakfast. Fruit and muffins with strawberry milk. Miriam Chesbro gave me the little plates- aren't they cute???

So anywhere I go, there is always someone saying "Oh my gosh, those boys are so pretty!" Haha, I like that it's 'pretty' and not cute or handsome. However, they ARE so handsome. Here's proof:

This is Nolan, who is 9. He's already so athletic and has a great personality and tons of friends because of it! He's holds a special place in my heart. I will NEVER forget the first time I held him that day in the hospital.

This is the middle child, Aiden, who is 6. He's so shy and quiet, but just the sweetest and most thoughtful child I know. And I'm pretty sure he's gonna be a heartbreaker the second he hits high school.

And this little stinker is Kasen. He's 4 and is such a crazy little boy. He always makes me laugh, and if you got to hang out with him everyday like I do, your heart would melt on a regular bases, too.

Need I say more? They're amazing.

Road tripping to the big ol' state of Texas

what is this.....

Ah. 1930. That explains it. Thanks for the 2 hour detour, you little unincorporated town, you.

I love purply pinky skies.

Also, I love this song

Oh my, crazy sky

Tonight at my parents' house, I watched some crazy clouds blow in...

This is the side of the sky where the sun set... opposite from the crazy clouds!

Then, on the way home, me and Hunter witnessed lightening that resembled a spider web- bolts that ran across the sky, but 20 or so struck all at once, all connected. Hunter said "That's National Geographic lightening!!!"

More pretty flowers from my parents' house...

Mine and Hunter's garden! Except... it's not a garden....

Hunter's peppers are finally growing!

Hunter calls me Noodle.

Goodness, gracious, sakes alive! I can't believe I'm 25!!! (tomorrow...)

Also, I need everyone to listen to "Beautiful Things" by Gungor. It's probably the most amazing worship song I've heard in a long time...

Switchfoot has been one of my favorite bands for over 10 years. Jon Foreman writes some of the most sincere lyrics over any artist I know. These are songs from older albums, but I love them.

Poparazzi (Learning to Breathe):

This is a tune for the poparazzi
The who's who and the so and so's
This is a tune for the graven images
Of Marilyn Monroe
We saw your face on the magazine
We heard the song on the MP3

You're stuck in my head
Stuck in my head
Stuck in my head
You can close your ears and your eyes but
Pop will never leave you alone

Leave me alone with your social mingle
You try so hard to stay on top
Leave me alone with your little jingle
With your picture perfect pop
We read the article in Seventeen
We saw your video on MTV

This is a tune for the late Nirvana
The teen spirit rock and roll
This is a tune for the velvet Elvis's
On the 90210

I thought my eyes were gonna get off clean
Till I read your lips on the TV screen
You were busy saying what you didn't mean
Now everyone's singing along
With your ridiculous song
You got it stuck
You got it stuck in my head

Innocence Again (Learning to Breathe):

Do you remember when
You were way back then
You held the world inside your hands
When you told me love
Was the strongest stuff
Your strength was innocence

But, oh man
The signs of the times are omens
You're starting the day in
No man's land again

Who are you gonna be?
When you're on your knees, who do you believe?
Fear is a lonely man
You've been given innocence
You've been given innocence again

You should know by now
That your darkest hour
Is when your broken heart goes down
It's a bitter end
When the sweet begins
Grace is sufficiency

But, oh dear, we'll never deserve it
No dear, we never could earn it
Now, here, the choice is yours

Grace is high and low
Grace is high and low
Grace is high and low
We'll never be the same

Home (Legend of Chin):

It's a long way from Miami to LA
It's a longer way from yesterday
To where I am today
It's a long way from my thoughts
To what I'll say
It's a long, long way from paradise
To where I am today

All that's in my head
Is in Your hands

It's a long way from
The moon up to the sun
It's a longer ahead of me
The road that I've begun

Stop to think of all the
Time I've lost
Start to think of all the
Bridges that I've burned
That must be crossed

Over, over, over
Take me over

I've been poison
I've been rain
I've been fooled again

I've seen ashes
Shine like chrome
Someday I'll see home

Home, home

I can see the stars
From way down here
But I can't fall asleep
Behind the wheel

It's a long way from the
Shadows in my cave
Up to Your reality to
Watch the sunlight taking over

Over, over, over
Take me over

I've been poison
I've been rain
I've been fooled again

I've seen ashes
Shine like chrome
Someday I'll see home

Home, home 

Learning to Breathe:

Hello, good morning, how ya do?
What makes your rising sun so new?
I could use a fresh beginning too
All of my regrets are nothing new

So this is the way
that I say that I need You
This is the way
This is the way

That I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
I'm finding that You and
You alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

Hello, good morning, how ya been?
Yesterday left my head kicked in
I never thought I could fall like that
Never knew that I could hurt this bad

I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
I'm finding that You and
You alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

So this is the way
that I say that I need You
This is the way
That I say I love You
This is the way
That I say I'm Yours
This is the way
This is the way