L A T E L Y

i. enjoying the nice spring weather. (before the cold front came in.)

ii. strawberries. thats all that needs to be said.

iii. coffee house drinks. also hanging out with those two crazies.

iv. first yotty's of the summer.

v. getting nostalgic over camp. also sad because this is the first year I can't be a camper.

vi. reading all the books in the world. currently searching for Margo with Quentin. PAPER TOWNS.

vii. finally getting to spend a rainy day inside with a book.


SIDE NOTE: I'm pumped to get this blog going again this summer. It's always been a creative outlet for me photography and writing wise and I'm super excited to start putting stuff on it again. Especially sharing all the things I haven't had time to share in the past months (like my trip to Colorado). Writing, photography and summer. It's gonna be good.

earn your wings| first week at college.

Finding a place to begin telling you about this past week is much harder than you think. So much has gone on and so many changes have happened. In a way I think I'm still processing everything. In some ways it feels like this isn't even reality and in others it feels like its been like this for months.

I was taking a pretty big leap of faith when I came to OC. My first time on campus was only a week ago. I had only seen pictures before that. I knew practically no one. I was moving to a more "southern" state. And I soon discovered that there are more texans here than I can process. But I took it all in. I soaked myself in the changes and newness.

My emotions were everywhere on move-in day. I was excited and nervous at the same time. As we were nearing Oklahoma City, a storm hit. As you can imagine, it made for a very interesting move-in day. Moving into a place you are going to live in for the next year is more work than you think. By the end of the day, I was exhausted. This was only the beginning.

The next six days were a blur of activity. Earn Your Wings is what OC calls freshman orientation. It's a week to get to know your freshman class, as well as how things work on the OC campus and other information about college life.

The week was long, but there were definitely some highlights. Kite day: a day where K-6th grade kids from a near by academy came and we paired up with one of them to fly kites for a few hours. It was a complete blast. Dry Gulch: a western town camp, complete with go-carts, bumper cars and a carousel. I learned a lot during EYW. The most important thing that I think all of us freshmen learned, was what OC is all about. OC is a community, a God serving community. This is something I'm extremely excited for. I've already seen this after just one week of being on campus. I'm so excited to see what happens in the next four years.

Earn Your Wings ended with a "maroon out" at the first soccer games of the season and a banquet on Sunday put on by the faculty for the freshmen. After this week, I was excited for classes to start. Yesterday we inaugurated OC's new president and it was the first day of classes. I am so excited for this coming year and making OC my home. This will truly be an adventure.

xo.
-m

road trip: st. louis

[ ALL OF THE ABOVE PHOTS WERE TAKEN WITH IPHONE 4S. ]

St. Louis has a special place in my heart. As a youngster we would always pass by the arch city on our way to visit family in Missouri. We always left in the evening after dad got off of work. I would keep myself awake just so I could see the city at night. It was always my favorite part about driving. Once, about four years ago, we took a three day family vacation to St. Louis. Spending the whole day at the science museum and another day at various other museums since the rain cancelled some of our other plans (like going to the zoo). This year we decided to repeat our trip to St. Louis, only it was different than before. I drove my own car, with Megan as a companion, while our family drove ahead of us, leading the way. It was a blast. We sang along to songs on my twelve hour playlist. We ate way to many teddy-grams and to much snapple. We accidentally got lost once, because I missed the exit. We drove into St. Louis at night and it was as if I was a kid again looking out the widow. The lights, the buildings, the cars going along the interstate, it was all beautiful. And "beth/rest" by bon iver was the perfect song to drive in this city with. We all knew this was going to be a fantastic road trip.

xo.
--m

p.s.- notice the new design? That was down my megan. She's pretty cool. 

pss. I don't know what happened to my scheduled posts.... for some reason they didn't work...