thursday night i sat on the ground in a tank top and shorts pressing my cell phone to my ear and struggling to hear amidst the noise and chaos of cornerstone. "thank you for making these last six months the most incredible months of my life. i love you, kelli jo." i just smiled so big and shook my head to gain agreement from the silent stars. "it's ( Read more... )

i was so humbled this week working with some of the most amazing girls in my life. the way they radiate Jesus through their lives make me smile soso much. i can't believe that i have been blessed enough to spend three weeks with them in a country that makes my heart flutter. all my prayers have been, "thank you Jesus for girls that encourage, love ( Read more... )

i am in love with red hair, slow smiles, soft laughter, bedtime kisses, random roadtrips, sitting at the waterfall: not talking, just holding, cooking breakfast for lunch, white t-shirts, waking up together, holding hands, arms entwined, stick shift vehicles, writing letters, planning lives, the peace corps, the number 48, back rubs, nirvana mixes ( Read more... )

so my mom and i have been browsing through thrift shops and second-hand stores like we are professionals (because you guys, we are!). A few weeks ago we bought this beautiful white antique dresser with a mirror attached. So these days I've been smoothing paint stripper across the wood and reading in lawnchair in the shed while it peels the paint ( Read more... )

this was the best weekend with the best boys. they got here late thursday night and it seemed like the time was never going to pass. but he knocked at the door at a quarter to midnight and when i let him in we were kind of all shy like we didn't know how to act. kevin cooked us pancakes friday morning and after jill came over, we spent the ( Read more... )

today, feeling somewhat nostalgic, i drove out to the park. i didn't get out of my truck, but parked under the biggest tree nearest the gravel road and faced the lake. i thought a lot about the thoughts swirling in and out and in and out of my head and my days that have been filled with such solitude. as i rolled down the window i caught the faint ( Read more... )

Jimmyredhed: I really miss holding you kel

i want to tell you that i'm happy to be home, i'm unpacked, and ready to go, that i'm making plans with all my high school friends and that summer is going to be great . . . but i can't ( Read more... )

i seriously couldn't be more content than i am right now . . .

he makes me so freakin' happy.

we've spent so many days lately, huddled beside each other, just the two of us. and as we walk our selves move in perfect unison. friday we went for a walk and wound up lying under a lilac bush just talking and laughing. yesteray he met my whole family and they loved him. my grampa's reply, "So I see you had to pick someone with your same hair ( Read more... )