just call me sister ence.

the papers are IN.
done and done.
now... we wait.
i have a feeling
it's going to be
a VERY long
week and a half.
but honestly, i
haven't been this
sincerely happy
in a long time.
i can't stop
smiling this
night, and what
a glorious feeling
that is!  hooray!

fearless

guess what i did this afternoon?!

pookie muffin

s: "juje, i need you to come to the party store to help me pick out prizes that will be good for little kids."

j: "ok, but i'm not a little kid anymore."

s: "oh yeah?"

j: "yeah, i'm a ten-year-old woman..."

< as she licks cookie dough-caked beaters >

paint me in your sunshine

i
find
solace
in
knowing
that
everything
always
works
out
just
exactly
how
it's
supposed
to.

no
matter
how
many
unknowns
there
are
or
things
you
wish
would
happen...
or
not
happen...
things
always
work
out
in
the
end.

and
it's
just
like
they
say:
if
it's
not
ok,
it's
not
the
end.

good
night
moon.

driven and scattered.

FINALLY got my efy schedule today.  filling out my planner calendar i realized all the sudden summer is going to go by sooo fast!  june 26th i leave for provo.  efy for 4 straight weeks.  back to the 801 for a minute, until the fam goes on the summah trip that whole week of july 19-23.  then it's back to the efy grind from the 26th till august 7th.  on august 7th, just moments after my last efy session, i'll catch a noon plane and fly to UCLA where LEAP will take place until the 14th.  once the 14th hits i'll be a free woman again.  on my papers (which i submitted to my bishop today!) i put my availability as the end of august... if by chance i end up leaving end of august, there will be just 2 weeks to get everything ready then i'm peacin' out of here!!  summer just got crazier.  i'm a little sad to be leaving my family all summer... for provo no less... especially the summer before i leave for good, but i feel very blessed that i got offered 6 weeks of efy (exactly what i asked for!) and that i am able to go down there and be part of this experience!  efy was some of the highlights of my high school years and i can't wait to learn and grow as a counselor during this summer.  sadly i'll have to say goodbye to the bucket list gang - about broke my heart telling devino about it tonight :(  but i know this is what i'm supposed to be doing right now.  just all seems so CRAZY and i know before i know it summer will be over and all the chillins will be heading back to school. 
ps signed my life over to the byu honor code today.  not sure how i feel about that.

retro

driving past liberty park the other day
i saw this old black man on roller skates
with a walkman in his ears... dancing
and skating and singing and flailing
his arms, just like he was on cloud 9
and was untouchable.  just another
reminder that life is beautiful, and
worth celebrating!  love.

life is beautiful.

june 7th.

today is going to be a great day.

...

if you ask mae mae to smile this is what she does:

these are the goods from the first summer 2010 bbq: 

coleman graduated this week... what the?? 

the bucket list gang: 

i get to play with this lovely lady this week, and couldn't be more excited!! 

aaahhhh summer ROCKS!  

we're family.

63 days until the happiest week of the year.  

this is why i miss LEAP so bad: 

family!  

love you guys!  <3

       

t-swizzle

i remember what you 
wore on our first day 
you came into my life 
and i thought, 

"hey, you know, 
this could be 
something"

i heart coleman

s: "is this your cup that's been in the shower for like 4 weeks?"

c: "yeah.  i ate ice cream in it once."

s: "you ate ice cream in the shower?"

c: "it was homemade stuff."

s: "why did you eat ice cream in the shower?"

c: "because i wanted to."