By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

Life is so beautiful, and God reminds me of that every day :)

Hey my few followers, whom I love so dearly :) I wanted to write a quick short blog about my summer so far, it has truly been the best!! The Wednesday night small group parties, dancing in the rain, talking to the adorable kids at the pool, falling off the hammock, telling miss molly we wont take the ice cream, watching the sun rise and set, cookin pancakes with amazing people, catching toads, sleepovers with my buddies, soccer with philo, taking pictures of everything, driving with my daddy, crashing my bike with Alexis, being evil when playing apples to apples, working at the pool, dancing in my rainboots, late night prank calling, early morning practices, Taylor Swift Concert <3, swing dancing at youth group, horse shows with mommy, feeding zinny marshmallows with Lauren, having water fights outside with the best little brother ever, clipping the goats, naming the stars with somebody special, soaking up the sun, roaming Slater and seeing the "pancake" face with Lo, pig races with Emily, extreme cupcake decorating, getting ready for the mission trip, and even those sometimes dreaded early morning drivers ed. classes have made this summer crazy good!! Summer 2011, I love you... :)

Peterson Critter Collection :)

okay, i thought i should share a few pictures of my animals, because they mean so much to me, and they are just plain awesome :)

 Jimmy the turtle :)

 Peaches :)

 Kiwi :)

 Salsa :)

 my dork of a dog :)

 Molly :)

 Jimmy :)

Kiwi :)

Molly :)

 Zinny :)

 Mr. Snowby :)

 Salsa :)

 Peaches :)

 Razzy :)

Zinny :)

What I have been up to :)

Well, we only have 9 more days of school, so I am extra pumped for that  :) I mean, who wouldn’t be :) Summer 2011 here I come!!  This summer will be absolutely ahhh-mazing!! I have so much planned like going on a mission trip with my youth group and drivers ed. (I don’t know if I will be the greatest, LOL) and of course summer swim team!! :)  I guess I am a bit sad though because I will be swimming for Ames instead of Ballard :/ But the best thing about this summer will be spending LOTS of time with my friends!! :) I love them soooo much :) I have had such a great freshie year though, so it will be pretty sad on the last day, but I def need a break :)

Last week I went to the Pella Tulip Festival, with my one of my besties Lauren, and it was so much fun!! :) Here are a few pictures from my day :)

Some really pretty flowers from a sweet store called Thistle :)

 Hehe, this family was so cute, I had to ask them for a picture :)

 Lauren and I :) she is such a beautiful best friend :)

 Hehe, me and my huge feet :)

 Our group :)

 it's tulip time :0)

  two of the coolest people i know :) just sayinnn'

 Holly and one of the drums :)

 Tulip Time 2011 :)

 we had such a great day :)

I LOVE HER :)