My Daddy

On this day designated to Dads all around the world, I want to give a shout out to mine.
He's truly the best.
For always believing in me, telling me I'm great and I can do whatever I aspire to do, for introducing me to music in all its shapes and forms, for thinking even the ugliest things I make are pretty, for noticing my new dresses (even if it's a few months late), for loving me for who I am and many more endless things.
I love you Daddy, Happy Father's Day!


Learning

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I've been learning a lot lately.

I've been learning to trust.
Trust God with what He has for my life and the plans He is revealing to me.
And those He hasn't yet revealed.

I've been learning to be patient.
With my family and friends.
Especially when that's not so easy.
And with time and opportunities and circumstances that I have to wait for.

I've been learning to love.
Again, my family and friends. And all the small little habits and quirks that they have and the many things they do for me. And all the many different ways they each need to be loved.
Which is not always the way I would want to be loved.
And even people I don't know, but I have small interactions with in my every day to day. Whether it's the cashier at Target or the teller at the bank. Asking them about their day and smiling goes a long way sometimes.

I've been learning to appreciate.
All the wonderful blessings I do have in my life.
My dreams. My relationships. My abilities. My opportunities.
Even when I'm tempted to think that there's nothing, it's just a lie the enemy is trying to feed me and I look around and realize how much I have to be thankful for.

I've been learning to see.
See people's true emotions and thoughts even if they try to hide them sometimes.
And how I should react to them in the right way.

I've been learning to listen.
Because more often than not it's just not about me.

I've been learning to lead.
When it's asked of me.

I've been learning to follow.
Because I don't know everything.
Even if sometimes I think I do.

The dictionary defines learning as: The acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, practice, or by being taught.
So needless to say I am not claiming to know how to perfectly do any of these things.
In fact I'm not that great at a lot of them.

But I'm learning.


Week In Review #7

This week I...

-Updated the shop!
-Got back into drawing/sketching a little bit
-Treated myself at Anthropologie one day
-Went to see The Artist again! Still love it.
-Had a few adventures with some good friends
-Came up with some new jewelry designs
-Worked on a neat project for The Gray Haven
-Started training for The Gray Haven. So excited about it, it's going really well!
-Ate at Don't Look Back again! Still need to post about it...
-Became more obsessed with this song
-Missed my long hair



LuLu's

A few weeks ago I went on a lunch date with my Dad to a new (for me) restaurant called Lulu's.
Check another new restaurant off the list!
I got the black bean burger and the mississippi mud cake afterward.
They even wrote the dessert menu on a mini chalk board! So cute.
In all honesty though, nothing really was extra special. It was all pretty good but it didn't stand out too much to me. Except for the guacamole on the burger.
Now that was good.
But I'm guacamole obsessed. So don't mind me.
Everyone there was super nice though, and that's always a plus!
Can't beat some good customer service.
(Of course all the pictures are with my phone... I just feel funny taking pictures in a restaurant with my camera. Everyone stares at you...)


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Other restaurant's I've tried since my resolution:

8 Ways to Wear a Scarf

So I was perusing through some old photos and came across these that I took for an article for From The Runway to RVA with Larissa.
I thought I'd share them with you here in case any of you needed some new inspiration with how to wear your scarves!
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Read the original article here.
Also check out Larissa's new style blog here.

If you try any of them out, take pictures and share them!

Hannah's Prom

Meet Hannah.
I had the opportunity to take this lovely girls prom photos last month!
Isn't she gorgeous?
I mean just look at her smile.
Her date was a pretty handsome guy himself.
Here are a few photos!


 
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More photos here

Interested in hiring me to take some photos for you?
Read this!

Week In Review #6

This week I...
-Read. A lot! Hurray for Summer time and getting back to reading like the book worm I am. I've read two books this week already.
-Re-discovered rangoons. Can you say delicious?
-Got some mail from a dear friend back in England. Miss her (Love you Jenn!) 
-Jackie and Will were in town for a couple weeks! I got to spend some good time with Jackie which was lovely. Seeing them made me miss Edinburgh though. Jackie and I of course stopped by The Yarn Lounge (I maybe bought something).
-Spent the day at the river with some friends. A wonderful day.
-Reached 400 followers! I cannot even believe it. It's crazy. You guys are the best!
-Went to First Friday (pictures forth coming)
-Celebrated donut day
-Finally got to go to the beach! It was heaven. I'd missed it so. 
-Ate funnel cake (enough said)
-Saw a rainbow
-Played some pool (and won. Just sayin.)
-Tried Panera's frozen lemonade smoothie. Not as good as Busch Garden's, but not bad.
-Worked on my travel blanket
-Went to a family cookout. It was so good seeing some extended family again. Love them all.
-Made my first ever video! I'm obsessed now. I will be making videos of everything and anything now.
-Reunited with one of my very dear and best friends. We've known each other for more than half of our lives. It was so good catching up with her (love you Han).
-Went to Don't Look Back for dinner! Post about that also coming soon.

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How was your week?