10 Artists To Check Out

I am going to start doing this every now and then. I'll post artists that I love at the moment or think you should check out. So here are my first Top 10:

1. Tyrone Wells

2. Andrew Belle

3. Madi Diaz

4. Andy Davis

5. Rob Blackledge

6. Needtobreathe

7. Ben Rector

8. Owl City

9. The Civil Wars

10. Meiko

Enjoy!

Go Forth

I LOVE these two Levis commercials.

I think they are brilliant,

I can't really put my finger on exactly what it is about them that I love

but I love it a lot.

You Set Off Avalanches In My Heart

Last weekend we went to Dallas to see Tyrone Wells.

We also went to the World Fest. It was so much fun.

Tons of good food and time with family.

Here are some pics from the weekend

BOo

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Happy Halloween!!

I love this holiday!

I love the costumes, the pumpkins,

the little kids everywhere all dressed up, everything.

Hope you have a wonderful spook filled day!

Chaos

Lately my life seems out of control. Like I am constantly having to play catch up.

I can't seem to get a handle on anything.

I am constantly having to do things at the last minute,

always feeling behind and always regretting not doing the things I love.

Feeling friendships slipping away

not having time to spend with the people I want to the most

I hate it.

How do I get it back?

Quote from Savvy and SImple

Hide and Seek

Maybe if I mask it, hide it, ignore it

Close my eyes for long enough

Repeat it to myself over and over

block it out

run

hide

It will go away,

disappear,

cease to be real

This morning I fell in love with this.

We Are The Outsiders

We saw Needtobreathe Friday night in Tulsa. They were wonderful. These are some of my favorite lyrics by them...

1.'Cause I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall

I don't want to have to see you leave me

I don't want to take, I don't want to lose it all

Maybe I'm a fake, maybe your a lie

Maybe our last chance died with last night

'Cause I don't want to stay, I don't want to fall in love with you again

2. Let the songs I sing bring joy to you.
Let the words I say confess my love.
Let the notes I choose be your favorite tune.
Father let my heart be after you."

3. In your ocean I'm ankle deep

I feel the waves crashing on my feet

It's like I know where I need to be, but

I can't figure out, I can't figure out

Just how much air I will need to breathe

When your wave crashes over me

There's only one way to figure out

But will you let me drown

Will you let me drown

Hey now, this is my desire

Consume me like a fire

'Cause I just want

Something beautiful to touch me

I know that I'm in reach

'Cause I am down on my knees

And waiting for

Something beautiful

4. Why don't we dance anymore

I'm not okay with that

Why don't we laugh anymore

I'm not okay with that

5.I’m finally broken, falling too far

Burned up in pieces from chasing your stars

With twilight approaching all that I’ve seen

I could never get over what you’ve done to me

quote from Design Crush

Agape

I got this post from my dear friend Grace's blog. Read it here

This post hit me pretty hard. All of these points are great but numbers 1., 2., 3. and 10. bring that little twinge when I read them.

These are the things we learned from C.S. Lewis about the fourth love, agape love.

1. The secondary things in life will always be vying to be the first things, they will continually let us down and continually work to attract us.

2. Do not love God just because He is safe to love.

3. Contrary to popular thought, loving God does not keep us from sorrow, sometimes there's heartbreak involved.

4. Agape love has nothing to do with our feelings towards him, he loved us first.

5. Agape love is utterly disassociated with need.

6. God gives us agape love and gives us the ability to love with agape love.

7. Agape love is different in that we don't hunger for it, we hunger for the natural loves, but we do not hunger for agape love.

8. We want to be desired, to be delighted in, we want to fulfill and satisfy the needs of someone else - but when love has nothing to do with us and isn't dependent on our worth at all, we don't want it as much.

9. "Need men less, love men more."

10. "To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable."

I Promise You Kid That I'll Give So Much More Than I Get

Michael, how do you always do it?

This video puts a smile on my face every time.

I love the idea of this song..

And it's just so dang fun

Where The Wild Things Are

I could NOT be more excited for this movie!! 5 more days...it's going to be one of those magical movie experiences....

Pumpkin Envy

These are absolutely incredible. Oh how I wish I could make these happen for my halloween.. Guess I'll just have to look at this picture over and over instead.

Harry Pottered

I have now officially joined the Harry Potter Community. Until about 3 weeks ago I had never seen any of the Harry Potter movies. Honestly I thought they were stupid and I didn't even want to give them a chance, I was too skeptical. One day I had the strange urge to both read the books and watch the movies.

My friends Haley and Joey(both Harry Potter fanatics) gladly lended me all the movies, they were so excited I was going to watch them! So I gave in and popped the first one in. Surprisingly, I liked it. i wanted to know what happened next, so I put the next one in (yes they are each over 2 hours). I got sucked in.
So last night I finally finished them off, luckily a theater in Fayetteville was still playing Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!! So the gang went out and saw it. I love going to the movies, especially when the movie your going to see is almost empty, because I love escaping into this other world, getting sucked into the screen.

I loved this last movie. It was wonderful and now I can't wait for the next two, i'm gunna have to wait awhile. I have grown to love Harry, Ron,Hermione, all of the characters. I'm a little embarrassed at how much of a nerd I sound like right now but I am now an unashamed Harry Potter fan.

So Harry,
Thanks for welcoming me so late, I've enjoyed our time together.

I love October

Pancakes are my new favorite

This weekend I visited Nashville.
It was perfect.
We went to all my favorite spots and even tried a few new ones
I finally tried The Pancake Pantry (a terribly delicious famous pancake house).
I got Sweet Potato Pancakes and they were delicious



I love that city.
The culture, the people, the experiences, everything.
I really feel like this is where God is calling me to be for the next chapter of my life.
We'll see, He is always so full of surprises.
But for now, I'll think of it fondly and enjoy the place I'm in.

ba ba ba bangs

I got bangs today. they make me feel different, I love them.
It was time for a change, something different and risky.
You should try it sometime.
Do something you've wanted to do but have just been too scared.
Live it up.

Girl Named Tennessee

Spending the weekend in Nash!!!!!