sometimes being tired means:

you go to bed so you can try again tomorrow. xo

ending a common volleyball myth

for those of you who think volleyball is a wimpy/girly/should-have-been-cheerleaders sport.... check out these videos. *grin*

ummm wow. amazing. 

i don't want to give anyone a concussion, and i'm not a bad sport. but i seriously want to do that. : ) 

incredible serve? yes. but what's more amazing: the girls who passed those serves... 

i had a great volleyball game this afternoon. we won in 3 sets. yesss. : ) happy tuesday. 

tidbits.

it's been a very busy week... between school and volleyball and my family-- oh and the rest of life-- i've been on the go quite a bit.

this past week has been the first official week of my senior volleyball season. i. love. volleyball. and i'm pumped about the season... [team stats are here btw.]

on thursday i spend the morning with a friend. even though we had to go to pinehurst for an appointment, it was so lovely to be real and be together.

my family switched around rooms this summer, and i'm still settling into my new space. i'll show you before and after pictures soon. but this week, i've hung wall collages and organized and decorated... a little inspiration: i did something like this. and this is how i hung the collages.

i've been missing my sister who went back to college last sunday... she leaves for ireland tomorrow, and she skyped to say goodbye this afternoon. *sniff* i'm so thrilled for her, but having her on the other side of the world will be different.

to end on a happier note: i had two power-ade slushes from sonic this past week. life must be good. : )

thanks for listening. and for being here. have a wonderful week.

light.

Colossians 1:12-13 ESV "Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son."

1 Peter 2:9 ESV "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."

1 John 1:5 ESV "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."

a few links

i'm quite busy this week, but i want to share some cool links. have fun...

i love this post. amazing transformation...

check out these beautiful verses.

i bought a journal recently. each page has a different design on it, and the color palette is very pleasing. : )

this little girl has really been on my heart.

an awesome music video.

thinking of a happy memory.

happy thursday everyone.

summer favorites 2

we spent a weekend with my uncle at lake gaston. it was amazing. i was so sore after an entire day of skiing, tubing, knee boarding, and swimming... a good, successful kind of sore. 

summer favorites 1

a few random pictures from our trip to vermont:

a small welcome

i'm here. : ) and thrilled to be.

thanks for sharing a little glimmer of my life- the beautiful and the broken.