change.

Hello again, and happy summer! Well, it might not be "officially" summer yet, but in my mind, summer starts on the last day of school..... which was May 20!

** Big News ** I'm going to be taking some time off from teaching to attend Culinary School at Platt College! It's exciting/scary/awesome all at the same time! I've wanted to go to culinary school for a while now, so I'm going for it! Although it seems crazy to give up my full-time job/salary/security, I can't let fear keep me from doing something I'm passionate about. Thankfully, my parents are still letting me live with them, and all my friends and family are very supportive and encouraging! I start at the end of the month and will be done in 9 short months! I know God has a plan for my life, I just have to be patient. I'll be blogging about my experience.

In other news, I met my nephew, A.M.J. for the first time last month. He's the most adorable, sweet baby ever! I can't wait to see him again. It was great to hang out with him, Beau, and Jodi!

I've been gathering all my pictures of wedding crafts for my BF's wedding, and will be posting them soon. It's a process.... but tons of fun! I can't wait for her wedding- I might even be more excited than they are! ;) We're currently working on sanding and painting window panes that we found for $5 at the most amazing antique store ever- River City Trading Post in downtown Jenks, OK. I'm also supposed to be sewing yellow flowers and mod-podging wooden "B"'s for the chairs. For now, I need to get together decorations for the wedding shower! I included asneak peak of the material flowers I've been sewing.



Who loves summer? I DO! It's my all-time favorite season! I seriously thrive during the summer months. So far this summer, I have..... done a lot of shopping, layed out at the pool/yard, eaten at fun downtown restaurants such as El Guapo on the patio, been to a few cookouts, went to the lake for some country concerts, gotten Josh's Sno-cones, been on night-time runs, and just relaxed! Call me crazy, but I kind of enjoy the Oklahoma heat.
P.S. I just downloaded some fun music from iTunes:
Jewel's Sweet & Wild album- it's country and girly and I really like it so far!
The "Country Strong" soundtrack- if you haven't seen the movie, go see it! Garrett Hedlund is my favorite for sure, and he has a great raspy/country voice! Go check them out, y'all!