A Magical Little Island

Anyone who has spent more then 12 minutes with me knows I love nothing more then personal time with a close friend going on an adventure outside involving whimsy.

I am a born and bred Southern California girl so I don't know how this was the first time I had other ventured to Orange County's Balboa Island. Let me tell you, it's love. What a magical little land!

I mean, seriously? We took the ferry over to this magical land. To make things even better...we took it for free courtesy of the 16 year old who was running it. 

What is a day of whimsy without cotton candy?

Highly recommend Balboa Bike N Beach Stuff. We were able to rent beach cruises for 5 dollars for an hour! The staff was really helpful and even allowed us to take the bikes for an extra 20 minutes free of charge :) Definitely hit them up if you are in the area!

The thing with eating cotton candy is that it is some messy stuff...

Such a dreamy day with such a dear friend!

Outfit: Top: Jcrew; Shorts: JCrew old similar; Necklace: 31 Bits old similar; Shoes Steve Madden 

7/1/12

I just adore the magic of summertime. There is something so therapeutic about rolling in the waves. It is simply the loveliest. 

This weekend I....

....rode bikes on the beach

watched as my best friends husband bbq'd while wearing an 8 year old girls pink goggles

layed here for house watching the Real Housewives of multiple cities

and then talked about how we can better teach our kiddos at my church about Jesus

Valetines Day

These are old pics but I figured now is as good as a time as any as I was failing as a blogger when Valentines Day actually occured. I was working on Valentines which meant that myself and the nugget were each others Valentines. We made heart shaped pizza's and ate them on the beach in our Valentines outfits.

Today is a big day. Good Friday. I never quite know what to do on this day. Its perhaps the biggest day of the year in terms of "wow, thanks Jesus". How would Jesus want us to commemorate this day? For sure with worship but what does that look like? It could mean going to a church service and singing out songs of worship and adoration but it could also mean sitting around a table with good friends having fellowship and praising God in that way. I go to a church that meets in a high school which means that our building in unavailable for us to use on good Friday. So more then likely I will spend the day just meditating on what Christ did for us in a much less formal setting.