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and so winter begins: blogmas day #8

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(4 days until Christmas..)

I sit here once again at my kitchen table, watching out the window a big open sky with a sunset fading from blue, to pink, to orange. What a lovely first day of winter! 😊 It feels so peaceful here after a full day of being out and about. It hasn’t been extremely eventful, but I thought it’d still be worth it to sit and write about the kind of day I had:)

This morning I made myself a breakfast of sunny side up eggs (cooked a little too long but they were yummy *nods*) with some bagel seasoning on top which makes it soooo good. You probably don’t really care for what I ate this morning but it was a small detail that made my day brighter ;D (i had a real nice lunch too in case u were wondering)

I spent some time reading in bed with my new favorite blankie EVER. It was a secret santa gift from a friend and oh my goodness I AM IN LOVE. (i now know what it’s like to sleep on a cloud.) It’s by far one of my favorite parts of each day.

(me in my blankie)

Later in the afternoon, we went out on a search for a few more last minute (very last minute) gifts.. and I returned with no gifts for anyone but myself hehe.. It is dangerous for me to go shopping now, I feel whenever I do there is always just something I don’t want to leave without 😂 My goodness especially at the mall, there were so many cute things!! I didn’t get many photos, but I shall share a few!

I bought these blue light glasses and I love them so much!! So much so, I ripped off the tag as soon as i left the store just so I could wear them the rest of the trip hehe. (oh.. yeah those are my siblings being weirdos in the back 😂)

I also got a beautiful ear cuff! I don’t have a good picture of that, but it is rose gold and covered in pretty jewels. I still haven’t gone to get my ears re-pierced, so a cute ear cuff will suffice until then 😉

We spent alot of time walking through stores and there were such cool things! It hurt a little to leave them behind, but they’d hurt my wallet even more. 😅

Such as this absolutely adorable backpack!! (y’all have seen “Up” right??) It has a bunch of Russel’s little badges all over it and oh goodness I wish I could have it so bad! But unfortunately, I do not think a backpack would be worth $80.. yeah I was sad:( But definitely still going on my future wishlist.

AHHHH this shirt! SO cute, my goodness I love Winnie the Pooh ❤

Here’s another random photo; I just thought this little pin was too cute! Box Lunch is crazy expensive, but UGH so adorable!

That’s about it folks. This post was quite short and simple, but I so enjoy making those kinds of posts! Thank you guys so much for poppin in and listening once again to my endless and slightly unamusing words. (seriously thank you, i’m so happy you guys have enjoyed blogmas 😉 ) After coming home, we took time to chill, and now I hear my Nanna and Papaw are coming to visit! Sooo i’m gonna log off, and call it a day:) Have a wonderful evening loves, and I shall return again tomorrow!

*sings* these are a few of my favorite things.. blogmas day #6

Hailey Madison3 Comments

(6 days until Christmas..)

Ahh hello there people! What a wonderful day it is to sit here and write 🙂 I can hardly believe that we are already half way through blogmas 2021 here on Sunshine & Rain. Oh how I have enjoyed this! I get to sit here at the table 12 days in a row, listening to my playlist, letting all my writings out. (i feel i am in paradise)

Today I thought I might share some of my recent favorite things, whether that be holiday related or just something i’ve been loving recently. Of course I won’t be able to give my whole list, there’s alot of things that I love. Too many to fit in one post 🙂 I love many of the simple things, as you will see here as I list them off. I find quite alot of my happiness there, and I wanted to share that with you today 😉

  • waking up to sunshine on my wall
  • snow that sticks to the tree branches
  • listening to podcasts (my favorite is currently the Tim Hawkins podcast, absolutely hilarious)
  • sitcoms (current favorite sitcom is FreeLancers)
  • snackin on candy canes
  • gift shopping
  • painting (i’ve been making paintings as gifts)
  • seeing Christmas lights
  • reading the book of Luke for advent
  • wrapping presents
  • wearing my favorite jewelry pieces
  • hot cocoa w/ marshmallows in the evenings
  • burgundy reds & light navy greens
  • samples at costco (yeah.. today samples were my lunch. it consisted of cheese, pizza, jerky, croissant, granola, and lobster ravioli. and it was incredible. 🤣)
  • polaroid photos
  • snow flurries
  • butterfliesss
  • mushrooms (because they’re absolutely adorable)
  • sugar cookies
  • clear night skies
  • reading in the morning
  • opal & any other pretty jewel
  • making Christmas cards
  • ugly Christmas sweaters
  • flower bouquets
  • fuzzy blankets
  • the anticipation of Christmas being SO CLOSE
  • bundling up all cozy
  • cloudy days
  • peachy pink nail polish (and here comes the girly side)

Today I didn’t write out something super long, because I wanted to keep it short & sweet (hey, like me!) Thanks again y’all! I love ya, and I appreciate you all so much 🙂 Please have yourself a nice day, and a merry little Christmas ❤

And so blogmas day 6 concludes. I shall return tomorrow 😉

sparkly things, sitcoms, & searching for oysters: a daily log :) blogmas day #5

Hailey Madison2 Comments

(7 days until Christmas!!)

Hiya hiya lovely people! I am happy to welcome you once again to another day of blogmas 😉

Today I didn’t have a full plan for a post set in place, I just couldn’t think of a worthy topic that I hadn’t already set out for the next few days. But after sitting down and looking back in review, I see that this day was quite a worthy thing to be written about 🙂 So, here I present a daily log! I hope you enjoy getting a small glimpse into the things life brought me today; it was quite eventful. I am very excited to tell you about it! 😉 As each day passes by, many new blessings come through.

My morning started off very well. I felt well rested and took lots of time to read in bed which was absolutely lovely! (I am currently re-reading The Siren by Kiera Cass.. such a wonderful story <3) A couple hours later I began to realize how sucked into the book I had gotten and how long I had sat there. (this happens more often than you’d think hehe..) I forced myself out of the comfort of my bed and into the kitchen where I grabbed donuts and bacon only to return back to my bed where I continued to read for another couple hours.. yeah I know. It’s a problem.

No haha, I promise my morning was more productive than that. After my reading time was over, I decided to clean up for the day, put on a comfy outfit, and take some self care time. I recently fought off a sickness which wasn’t enjoyable at all, and I had just been so out of it. So today I went ahead and took time to make myself feel nice 🙂 I started doing my makeup (for the first time in a couple weeks), painting my nails, and putting on some favorite jewelry. Seriously, it felt sooo good considering i’d looked and felt like a potato for so long before. *nods*

There wasn’t much that happened in between then and later this evening besides me munchin on pizza for lunch, so we’ll just fast forward through that *fast forward sounds* ( wait what in the world are “fast forward sounds”.. never mind you know what I meant 🤣)

My Mama and I went out on a trip later this evening to check off the last bit of my gift shopping list and goodness it was so amazing to be out and about again in the bustle of the holidays. I did find what I needed to complete the gifts, and I am so very excited to give them to my friends! 😉 I have to admit though, it’s been awhile since i’ve gone shopping, and I couldn’t resist grabbing some small things to treat myself hehe. I get easily distracted by sparkly things hehe. (it’s a blessing and a curse)

I also did happen to pick up a small Christmas gift for my Harry (yes, that’s how much I love my ferret) I got him an adorable pink stuffed squeaky pig! (shhh don’t tell him 😉 ) He seems to have a thing for piggy toys, so he’s my wittle piggy 🙂 My doggo also seemed quite excited when he saw me come home with it, so I have to hide it haha! Tank may end up loving it more than Harry 😂

After leaving on store and getting very distracted with cute sweaters, mugs, and jewelry, we headed over to Kroger where I was given the chance to show an act of kindness 🙂 There was a woman there who approached me and my Mom asking for some assistance in searching for oysters in a can. Haha yes, quite an odd thing to search for but it was really funny the way she described it! She said she was looking “for a fish that was brown and round in a can but it wasn’t a fish.” We were as confused as she was on the search for something “round and brown in a can” that a family member had sent her to grab for the holidays. After lots of laughing, we finally figured out she was sent to search for oysters. Funny enough, they were on the top shelf.. all the way in the back.. and all three of us ladies standing there were under 5 feet tall. 😂 I was able to climb into and stand in the cart to reach far back for a couple cans of oysters. This lady was the sweetest little thing ever, and it made my whole day being able to help her. ❤ Oh, the ways you can show kindness 🙂

Once our adventures with oysters were over, we headed home and I got to sit and laugh with my family while watching a favorite sitcom. Now here we sit watching a Christmas movie, (any Home Alone fans out there? ;D ) snacking on candy canes. Well, I think i’ve summarized how wonderful this day was pretty well 🙂 I could never fully express all the happiness it brought! God has blessed me in so many ways, and sometimes I cannot help but express my joy and gratitude through my writings.

So, that concludes day 5 of blogmas! Thank you for stopping by to listen to another one of my spontaneous rants that you all seem to enjoy 😉 I love and appreciate you all so much!

I hope your day has been absolutely lovely, and I wish you the sweetest of dreams tonight ❤

I shall return tomorrow with most likely more adventure stories 😉

Being open to beauty: blogmas day #4

Hailey Madison2 Comments

(8 days until Christmas!!)

Hello people, I hope that you’ve been having a lovely day! Welcome back to blogmas 😉

For today’s post, I have decided I want to write on a certain topic I’ve got to especially thinking about today. So, not necessarily oriented around Christmas, but just a thought I had that I now shall turn into a rant. *nods* I think it’s what I do best. 😉

I want to write on being open to beauty.

Today I worked on putting together a video montage of basically my whole 2021 in review. I managed to find so many photos and video clips put together that still just barely seem to scratch the surface of what this year was for me. I looked back on all those, and actually forgot about the many blessings and memories I had. I was on the brink of tears as all these moments came back to me; it was all beautiful. It can be so easy to complain about all the disappointments and chaos this year brought, that we miss each of the good moments. Now looking back on all the good and all the blessings God gave me this year, it completely outweighs that.

Really, this year has been beautiful in every way, and so much more after learning how to be open to all the ways that this life can be beautiful. What I mean is we often put a limit on our own lives, on our own success, on our own happiness. We often put God in a box, also putting a limit on His works. We do this when we begin to compare our lives to the lives and happiness of others. We see what they have and the happiness they contain and suddenly, we begin to think the only way to be happy is to have the exact same kind of beauty their lives hold. All of this stems from comparison. Oh, what a misconception this is.

You see, God works in more than one way. God makes things beautiful in more than just one way. Oh how long it has taken me to really see that. But when we begin to put a limit in place, we close off our minds completely so that we are blind to all the ways that God has already made our life beautiful. We are too busy searching for the kind of happiness someone else has, that we miss the happiness that God has already placed in front of us. Our own selfish desires tend to get in the way of that. We are so set on what we think will truly fulfill our happiness, that we refuse to accept anything else.

Do not put a limit on God! Our God is limitless and works in wondrous ways. He makes nothing but beauty, so why would you think He would make your life anything less? He has given you everything you need to thrive right now. He has given you everything you need to find the happiness you seek. If you create limits and close yourself off to the many ways this life can be beautiful, you’ll miss it all. Do not put a limit on your happiness based on someone else’s idea of what that should look like.

God is a perfect provider. He knows exactly what you need to be able to grow in each season. He knows what to give you, and He knows when He must take things. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense. But it was never meant to. We will never completely understand everything; we are not God.

But He knows. He sees. He understands. There is no one kind of beauty. Beauty is in the little things, and now I can see so much of that. God can bring you such wonderful things, if you would just be open enough for Him to work in ways that you cannot imagine. Yes, the unknown is scary. Handing it over to Him and trusting Him with the outcome is a frightening thing sometimes. But there is no better person to trust than Him. The creator of all beautiful things. He is far more trustworthy than yourself. Yes we can create such big plans and in our minds they work out perfectly, but really that’s never how it plays out. Because God can give us so much more than our own imaginations. Be open, and you will see all the ways He is working even now. Be open to the beauty of the immeasurable amount of ways He works.

Collecting wildflower bouquets, watching a butterfly float past, dancing with friends to a blasting stereo, a beautiful summertime cloud with sunlight shining bright behind it, late night calls, golden sun on my bedroom wall giving its morning greetings, fireworks in a dark sky, watching lightning out on the back deck, listening to the music of a thunderstorm, being goof balls late at night, laughing to a funny podcast, hugs captured and to be kept, a family hay ride, and millions and millions of other moments that hold a kind of beauty that I cannot describe. This is where I am planted. This is my happiness.

This is beautiful.

walls of our minds (this open room) ~ hma

Hailey Madison6 Comments

I decided to visit this room again

for what must be the thousandth time.

Gave me a sense of comfort

like you were still here.

My heart won’t accept that you’re gone.

~

It felt like everything was the way it used to be

left the way it was meant to play out

but it lead us through a different story,

now the silence has never been so loud.

~

In this room, dust is left upon each thing

each memory I dared not touch

for I was afraid to mess more up.

I wanted to keep as much as I could

the way it once was.

~

Thorns and thistles have taken over

the flowers that once bloomed here.

This room is plain and small,

but it was everything to me.

It once had color, when you were here.

~

Before you decided to leave,

to leave it all and walk out,

there was safety in the air.

Now it’s all empty

and I’m not sure if I want to be here.

~

I walked in that room

and felt along the wall for the switch.

Ah, there it is.

Lights strung across the ceiling flicker on,

and everything comes back.

~

It’s colder here now

but I guess we haven’t come here in awhile.

cold weather,

a gentle and sweet

autumn breeze

always makes me think of you.

~

The hum of our music still fills the room

your footprints still there in the dust

from where we danced.

~

Your footprints are left across the floor

and fingerprints across my heart,

and now they’ve turned to scars.

The lights here in this room are on,

but with you it was never this dark.

~

Your laugh still fills the empty space

the most lovely sound in existence.

I’d give anything to hear it once more.

~

I’ve closed up this room

so nobody may come inside

and touch what belongs to me,

but was never rightfully mine.

My mind has always known

I couldn’t keep it forever,

but to the things this room holds,

my soul is tethered.

~

I know I shouldn’t still be here

wallowing in the longing

for what I cannot have.

It’s unhealthy and suffocating,

but oh, how I want it back.

~

I stand in this very room

where we used to dance

and sway to our own melody

that only we could hear.

But all of it feels so far away,

just a distant memory.

~

Pictures cover the walls,

glimpses into the best moments,

though they’ve begun to fade.

Crumbling to pieces

I cannot make them stay.

I cannot bring back the color

to what those moments were.

~

Too many times i’ve come back here

letting the longing take over my soul.

Too many times i’ve sat and cried

on this floor where we once stood together.

Too many times has my heart

broke for you all over again.

~

Too long have I held onto someone

that already let go.

~

This empty place

has been the home of both happiness,

and hurt too.

Here I now begin to pick up these pieces

and tuck them away another place.

Here in this room I begin to clean

and wash away the hurt

of what was once here,

but is no longer.

~

Here in this room,

I begin to make space

for something new.

~

Someday,

someone else may come

to heal the wounds left by you

and make this our room.

~

someone for my heart to hold to.

and so December arrives :)

Hailey Madison3 Comments

Why hello there beautiful people!! *waves and hops excitedly*

Ahh, it seems that I took another blogging break without notice just as I said I wouldn’t, atleast twice before. My apologies for another sudden disappearance; I have found that taking time in between to rest helps me to regain my inspiration. Rest has been something I have very much been needing in all different areas of my life. But I know that i’m not done here and will not be for a very long time, for I find myself still coming straight back here with great joy after each break 😉

This is a slightly delayed post, but it’s only 3 days into the month so I think you can forgive me. I wanted to pop in to cover a couple of things, but first let me wish you a very Happy December!! *aggressively tosses confetti* Ahhh can you believe that this year is almost over? And Christmas is so soon?! (22 days and counting! 😉 ) I am so happy with how this year has gone, and I have accomplished more than I can even recall. I very eagerly await what the last month of this year will hold! This year, I am doing Blogmas a bit differently. If you’ve been following since last year, you may remember I did 25 days of Blogmas. Though it was really SO much fun, it was also quite overwhelming. But I was actually very proud to see I made it all 25 days without missing a single one! Haha, I surprised myself with how far I could go! But this year, I have decided to only do 12 days of Blogmas. Between work, school, church, and family, 25 days of blogging would be too much. This will give me much more time in preparation, and just take off a load of unnecessary stress over lack of time 🙂

I have been writing down and preparing SO many ideas for Blogmas 2021, and I am thrilled to share them with you starting on Dec 14th! You might get a peek at my own wishlist, gift ideas, a day in my life during the holidays, a Christmas song cover, and much more… so keep an eye out!

I am not quite sure whether I will be posting anything between now and the 14th, (hehe, i can be a very spontaneous person and i love it) we’ll just figure it out as we go along! Thank you so much for the love and support you’ve all given me, I am very excited to start checking out y’alls Blogmas posts! (if you’re doing 25 days, stay strong! If i made it through, so can you!! ;D)

I sit here at the kitchen table, wrapped in my favorite light cardigan, as an orange December sunset shines through. So much has happened, and there is still more ahead. Oh, how I love the Holiday season.

The best it yet to come 😉

gardens

Hailey Madison5 Comments

I’m gonna build myself a garden

filled with marigolds and roses

oh, to run in green pastures

and hay meadows golden.

there may come fear and hurting

but let it be that it all flows freely

in the rivers that keep this garden growing.

tears that stain and sting but later on made

the flowers oh, so sweet

the brightest colors rise from the dirt.

I’ll lay in these grass fields

and gaze up in wonder at the stars

while I inhale the aroma of the earth

beneath my pounding heart.

tears are the rains that flood the grounds

and reap beautiful things.

sunshine on my skin that warms my soul

and reminds it there is still more coming

it gives peace and reassurance

through unknown and painful things.

gonna have trees to climb with branches up high

rooted safe and strong in the ground

if i should slip and fall

I pray you’d catch me, don’t let me stay down.

give me the strength to let go

to surrender and let it be

please show me this hope and this peace

cut these ropes that hold me captive, set my soul free.

you just watch

you’ll wait and see

one day these seeds will sprout

and flourish from the scars of the ground.

let go of this ego

and their standards of living

planting seeds every place that I go

shifting things in this big world.

watch this garden grow

reaping beautiful things that

were sown from sorrow.

uprooting trees that have fallen long ago

blocking paths into new things unknown.

slowly watering and reviving

the flowers of my past that have wilted

and ripping away the thorns that once overtook them.

I’ll live something different from

anything ever seen

sharing the pure joy and love

of the One who walks these paths with me.

I will flourish and thrive

blossom and grow in every aspect of this life

complete enjoyment with peaceful sighs.

hear the beautiful song this garden of mine sings

that has risen from the ashes

of love, and broken things.

my life is a garden.

🌼 Summer 2021 bucket list: I have returned ;)

Hailey Madison29 Comments

AHHH, hello loves!! This is Hailey (hope you still remember me hehe…) and I am SO HAPPY to be back in the blogoshpere after taking a break these past couple months. No, my break from blogging was not planned, but it was a decision that I am quite glad I made. I got some much needed time, still I apologize to all my blogging friends for just falling off the face of the earth haha!

At the beginning of this year, I was really on an inspiration and motivation burnout, stress started to take over and there had (and still has)been so much going on, that I really needed to step away and focus on different things. I have been experiencing so much change and it was so hard to keep up with everything, I was overwhelmed. I needed to take a step back, slow my mind down, and see what I really needed to set my gaze upon.

I am in a season of growth and discovery. It has been and has continued to be a painful and confusing journey that I am walking through, but it has been one of healing and restoration. I am learning what it means to let go, and let God. I have lost what feels like so much, yet through that there is so much more I have gained. My God has been faithful, He has placed in my heart a new perspective and through Him I have begun to experience real peace. He has been my guide and my comfort. He has given me so much, He has truly been so good. Every day I am continuing to seek Him out and what He has called me to. I have grown in my faith, in my trust, and in my own confidence. He is walking alongside me in this season, I can hear God speaking to me that this is my season of revival. He is restoring, healing, and doing just what he promised He would do, if I would just begin to turn my heart over to Him. And of course, I did just that.

Eventually I will post something explaining more in depth of what i’ve been up to since March, so much has happened and I’ve been altogether going through so much growth. New feelings, new friendships, opportunities, ideas, etc. Through this journey I have been on recently I have been leaning further into my Jesus and depending on Him, which has been such a beautiful thing. I am experiencing stronger gratitude, joy, and shifts in perspective. God has been working within me and renewing my heart. He has revealed to me many things about both Him and myself. He has been my guide, comfort, wisdom, and reminder throughout this walk I’m on with Him. I rejoice in the fact that I am becoming closer to Him than I have ever been before. I am learning to count my blessings and hold to Him when things start to shake. He has been a great Teacher & Father to me. I see myself as a flower, and Him as the gardener. I have been put through sunshine and rain (get where the blog name comes from?) but it has put me through so much growth and change for the better. He continues to watch over me, love me, to care for me while I bloom beautifully into the woman He has created me to be. I can say that I am truly a pretty different person than I was only a year ago.

So here I am again with a soul refreshed and a heart being restored. Hello again, I hope you are doing well, I have missed you so 😉 (that was by far one of the most sporadic, spontaneous intros I have ever wrote… and I love it, okay moving on!)

Well my goodness I forgot how much I love doing this! Today I am very excited to share with you my big ole’ summer 2021 bucket list! *yayyyyy* After being gone for this long, I thought this would make a nice post to return with, and this just makes me so excited and happy that it’s SUMMER!! Ahhh ice cream, flip flops, sunshine, flowers blossoming, evening walks, all of it. I just love visualizing everything, and I look forward to checking off all that I can on this year’s bucket list! (and this isn’t all there is… I add more and more ideas to my list as the season goes on ;D) Feel free to draw inspiration from any of these, and let me know what you look most forward to this summer or what you have on your own bucket list!

I believe that this will be a beautiful season.

Hailey’s 2021 Summer Bucket List: 🌼

(more still in the process of being added 😉 )

  • drink plenty of water daily
  • spend lots of time outside (soak in the sunshine!)
  • go thrifting
  • watch a thunderstorm
  • work towards clearer skin
  • go swimming/to a pool party
  • eat ice cream
  • get a good natural tan
  • ride a roller coaster
  • skateboard
  • take morning/evening walks
  • stargaze and cloud-watch
  • play in the rain
  • climb a tree
  • collect and press flowers and leaves
  • have a picnic
  • journal and scrapbook
  • grow the blog
  • get more plants
  • eat a delicious burger or sandwich
  • watch fireworks
  • have an outdoor bible study/time with Jesus
  • road-trips
  • swingsets
  • bonfire with s’mores
  • cookout
  • eat lots of fruit
  • drive with the windows down
  • bike rides
  • kickball
  • go out with friends
  • rock my summer wardrobe
  • trampoline games
  • body paint/henna tattoos
  • write encouraging notes & leave them for a stranger
  • earn and save some cash
  • write pen pal letters
  • make a new friend
  • make a chalk masterpiece
  • play hide n’ seek
  • take lots of pictures
  • walk a nature trail
  • DIY face masks
  • spa day and do nails
  • write a fan letter
  • take chances and try new things
  • paint something
  • eat salads
  • go to the movie theater
  • see a rainbow
  • make a fort
  • go roller skating
  • go to a concert
  • catch fireflies
  • turn old jeans into shorts
  • play basketball
  • make flower crowns
  • teach Tank (my doggo) new tricks
  • jump rope
  • play on a big playground
  • add to my rock and crystal collection
  • have a sleepover
  • root beer floats
  • grow out my hair
  • bookstore and library trips
  • take Harry (my ferret) on a walk or trip
  • game night
  • pet goats
  • make bracelets and jewelry
  • get chick-fil-a
  • have a jam session
  • watch bumblebees
  • see a blue jay and a hummingbird
  • set up morning and nighttime routines
  • fruit smoothies
  • recycle something
  • give lots of gifts and hugs
  • random acts of kindness
  • cookies and milk
  • rock the flip flops
  • run barefoot
  • plant flowers
  • invite friends and family over
  • DIY perfume
  • learn a new skill
  • do outreach/volunteer work
  • go to the lake
  • see a butterfly
  • smell something sweet
  • make guacamole
  • read, read, read!
  • experiment in cosmetics
  • grow in my faith
  • photograph lightning
  • learn to play a new song
  • dance party
  • collect more stickers
  • go to Plato’s Closet
  • stay positive and confident
  • see a dog in sunglasses
  • compliment a stranger
  • try boba/bubble tea
  • decorate sunglasses
  • cuddle with the pets
  • call a friend or family member
  • have a yard sale
  • keep up with writing
  • make an awesome summer playlist
  • doodle on a band-aid
  • pull an all-nighter
  • pick berries
  • cold brew coffee
  • late night dinner
  • gluten free cookie dough
  • technology breaks
  • ice cream sundaes
  • collect seashells
  • shopping day
  • see a waterfall
  • FaceTime photoshoot
  • make ATC’s (artist trading cards)
  • lemonade & sweet tea
  • go to a baseball or soccer game
  • play with bubbles
  • chips and dip
  • zoo trip
  • candy store
  • pick eachother’s outfits with someone
  • try new hairstyles
  • donuts and milk
  • wear pretty dresses & skirts
  • outdoor movie
  • makeovers
  • pray always and constantly
  • see a turtle
  • choreograph a song
  • stay cute 😉
  • do something silly late at night
  • blow dandelion fluff
  • eat out for breakfast/eat out in general
  • take a trip to an outdoor market/festival
  • snow cones, popsicles, & slushies
  • afternoon naps
  • run in a field
  • rock messy hair, don’t care
  • live a beautiful summer ❤

Ahhh there’s many reasons summer is my favorite season (hey that rhymes) and I hope you can see them all. Summer reminds me of joy, growth, and beauty. I feel like this season will be full of those things.There is so much planned for this summer and I honestly cannot contain the joy and excitement it brings me!! (I have a pool party with my friends this evening actually, so you can imagine my excitement for that!)This summer is a wonderful gift, and I intend to use it the very best I can 🙂

Thank you very much for checking out my latest post ;D I have alot more upcoming stuff planned here on Sunshine & Rain that I am quite excited for! Including photo dumps, favorites of the month, bullet journal spreads, new poetry/short writings, weekly favorite moments, Igniting Inspiration, maybe even a room tour and much more 🙂 The Sunshine & Rain site is also under construction so you may notice some change in themes; I’ve been updating and switching some things around and I am very much looking forward to it being finished!

I am so delighted to be back and writing again. I hope you are doing wonderfully, and have a day as lovely as you 😉 ❤

Later tater!

*sigh* it’s good to be home.