Getting Ready...

Believe it or not, It's almost that time of year again... School time! [and it's my junior year... slow down mother time... please!]
I've been trying to find some pieces that I like enough to play for my junior recital... gah! not freaking out... hah...

Highlight of August: I get to spend some wonderful, quality time with my beloved piano before I head off to the practice rooms with everyone else... Oh my piano... she is my favorite... Look at her!





We have a special understanding... the way I can get different sounds from her keys and create different tones for different pieces of music... so wonderful!



She is so easy to play, and if I get into my music, I will end up playing for two or three hours without remembering to look at the clock!



I realized that I don't have ANY picture with me playing the piano in the past five years or so... that makes me so sad... I should work on that... really...

This was from six years ago... my first piano camp, where I met my first college piano professor, who started teaching me the fall of that same year! Crazy how life surprises you.. :)

Road Highlights

Just under three weeks left... I can't believe the summer has gone by so fast!
I have been thinking about the relationships that we go through in life... some of them are lasting, others are simply interactions made on the journey. At the beginning of the summer, I struggled with the thought of meeting so many people that I may never see again. It seems that my life is filled with friendships that come and go on summer travels or changes in life stages. But as I have made new friends, and have been blessed by pastors, home-stays, and campers, I have realized how important even these relationships are. God puts everyone, everyone!, in our lives for some reason- to be encouraged or to encourage us!
There have been so many times this summer that someone we have met has said just what I needed to hear whether it be encouragement or a challenge, and there have also been so many opportunites to experience a quiet understanding with someone who may be going through the same thing I am.
So really, in so many words, don't underestimate the impact that God has on you. A look, a smile, or a word... you have no idea how what you do or say may impact someone else... someone you may never see again. [And who knows... you may make some life-long pals in the process!!!]

Here's some fun pics of the summer... there are so many on my facebook, but I'll post some more here later!


The Awesome Cova-Girls!



Celebrating David's Birthday on the Road




Great Homestays



Wonderfully Amazing Time on the Beach





Worship With Fun Campers at Seaside