Summer!

Ahh, summer. Hot, sticky, humid summer, filled with bonfires and parties and swimming. Summer is my favorite time of year, and finally it is here!

I suppose big things have been happening, things that I should report on! Graduation for example...

Here I am in my cute little cap and my National Honor Society/International Thespian Society medallions. Graduation was a great day! Cake, ceremonies, grad parties galore. I am so glad to be done with high school. 

My best friend, Bailey (the blonde one in the middle), gave a beautiful graduation speech about what we take with us - humility, grace, the ability to win without losing friends, and lose without falling apart.

Graduation was such an exciting time, and I am glad to have experienced it, but it was such a relief once it was over! The real fun could begin then: Graduation parties, dinners, pool parties, fire pits.

I am also taking up oil painting! Yesterday, a good friend of mine took me to Hobby Lobby and helped me pick out the paints and canvases and palettes that I would need.

I am so excited to get started. I want to paint a canvas to put in my dorm room, with a beautiful lanscape that fades into a neutral background so I can put a quote on the canvas. I'm also doing some shopping for posters and wall art for my dorm next year!

Summer is such an exciting time. There are finally enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do - paint, play the ukulele, go to the gym, cook. I am so ready to really delve in to everything I've been wanting to do.

In the meantime, here's a couple of my favorite summer songs! Hope you enjoy!

Have a great June, everyone!