Google Images

If you use the google image search and type "mumford and sons lyrics", this picture may or may not be on the first page of results... :)

Thanks

Its Thanksgiving today (A great American Holiday)! And I have so much to be thankful for! Oh all the usual things, but still so important to me. I have been blessed with such a great family! And even though I'm far away from them, I know they're always there for me.. I am so so thankful for my friends! Friends who have become family too.. They make being far from home way more bearable! I'm so thankful for everything God has done for/with me. I know everything has its purpose and everything is shaping me! And I am thankful for exactly who I am and who I am becoming!
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well" Psalms 139:14

Snow Days

This is what happens when a) it snows in Eugene, Oregon b) you live with such beautiful photogenic people: I drag them out to take pictures! More pictures to come soon!

Por Que No?

Last weekend, I went up to Portland with these lovely girls I live with to visit some of our amazing friends there. It was such a perfect weekend! We all needed this break for very different reasons and it was so so good! I actually carried my camera all over downtown and while we went shopping but didn't feel particularly inspired to take pictures. But we went to Por Que No? (translation: Why Not?) and just needed pictures.. If you are ever in Portland, go here for amazing mexican food and a really awesome ambience! :)

Just looking at these, I just want to be back there on this trip.. I cannot wait for this term to be over! As of right now(Nov 22nd 1:47pm), I have 17 days 18 hours 13 minutes more to go and that feels like too long!

Engagement!

I got the privilege of taking my friends' engagement pictures the other day! They are beautiful and I am so happy for them! To me, this was like WOW you trust me with your ENGAGEMENT pictures?? Because well, I think this is a huge moment in their life and I am so blessed to have gotten to be a part of it. See the rest of them here!

though youths grow weary and tired

Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.  
-Isaiah 40:30-31

This past week/weekend has been really hard and pretty discouraging. Just way too much going on and not enough time or sleep and not doing anything creative for a long time.. So yesterday I pulled out my polaroid camera and I had three more shots! I had planned to put text on it about how I was feeling yesterday but that is not me. This is for the hope and promise that I will have new strength..

creative break

BREAKTIME! ok, now back to work!
(animation from the photojojo store)