i love i love i love i love the way You hold me!*

*one of my favorite new songs this summer :)

CANNONBALL! notice the lovely golden hue of my grass.

this picture has mostly nothing to do with this entry. 
it was inspired by this post....
http://mcmomentsandmemories.blogspot.com/2011/08/wordless-wednesday-where-you-can-find.html

love ya, Sis. Kathy! soo jealous too! ;)

an attitude of gratitude.
i've really been feeling this lately and it's been awesome! how do i love Thee? let me count the way:

:: 8/4/2011 was my Holy Ghost birthday! so that makes me umm.... 14?? purty cool! smack dab in holy ghost teenage years. oh, the drama..... not really. thank God!

:: see that there kiddie pool? i kinda sorta dropped my phone in it for 3 seconds yesterday. yeahh....it was barely showing any signs of life. i took the phone apart, let it dry out on the patio table, lay the parts on my blow dryer and did the "stick the phone and battery overnight in rice" trick {rice absorbs moisture}. i pressed the power button this morning, sighed and typed "Ebay.com" into my browser window.... then my phone began booting up! Jesus resurrected my phone.

:: i read some of the horrible ordeals that people have had to face in their lives. it reminds me of how blessed i am to have been kept from so much.

:: i say over and over how it is such a privilege to be living for God with a {mostly} sane mind. people give up on God for the dumbest reasons. i honestly cannot wrap my mind around some of these reasons.

:: job. work. employment. trabajo. i despise having to be awake before 9:30am {my wakey time is around 5:30am} BUT with this country in so much economic turmoil, it's a crazy, wonderful blessing to have a job.

i could go on! God is good, friends. thank Him for every breath you're given!