don’t sweat the ’small stuf’

pun intended!

my friend chris, just got asked to fill in as a guitarist at big stuf! yay!

congratulations to him, we are all very proud of you. be sure to shred on that guitar and they’ll keep ya all summer. prayin for you dude.

 

in other news:

i woke up this morning, and went straight into the kitchen to make a gallon of sweet tea:

can i get an amen?

that is a sure fire way to start your weekend off RIGHT! heck yes!

this weekend is going to be super busy for me, and i’m gonna be working my butt off, but i’m stoked none-the-less.

yay for three 10 hour days in a row scoopin icecream.

SCOOP DE DOOP!

i also made some cinnamon rolls this morning. 

we didn’t have milk for our cereal, and we also ran out of eggs.

so what cha do is bake some pilsbury crescent rolls, then mix some butter, sugar, cinnamon & honey in a bowl, melt it in the microwave for like 15 sec.. then drizzle it on the rolls. then put those suckers back in the oven for a min.

TASTY!

i’m becoming quite the home-maker these days.

 

 

did i mention my best friend is staying home??

AHHHHHHH!!! my life is so good right now!

i am blessed, and very thankful all at once.

love you guys! 

 

VFTD: Matthew 7:7

sweet & low, little girl

i’m back from camp! scratch the exclimation point.. i’m actually sad to be back from camp.

i have lots of stuff to share with you guys.

camp: wow. i had seriously so much fun @ camp. i met a ton of younger awesome girls, and i cannot wait to begin investing my life into theirs. worship was awesome, jeffrey & six piece suit did an incredible job at leading us all week. I got to spend a ton of time with people i don’t usually get to spend with. 3 people, really that i wanna shout out to haha. Hannah Marie Watts: Good lord. The world is so blessed with her in it! I have always considered her a close friend, but over the past week i’ve discovered a truly faithful friend in hannah. She is one of the most beautiful & strongest girls that i know, and she inspires me and encourages me to try harder to be that way also. I honestly love this girl whole-heartedly. Jake Dudley: truly one of the cooler guys in my life. I’m so glad i got to spend time with him and get to know him better. My brothers mean the world to me, and i am happy to have found another in him. He rocks, and dude i don’t care what place we were in Jake ruled at leading the red team!!! Clay G. this kid is seriously the coolest. It was fun getting to hang with him at camp. We have a TON in common. We both love photography & music & jesus & sweet tea. and really that’s all there is to life. You probably wish you were as hip as he is. haha.

Mal & I DOMINATED at the talent show. don’t believe me? see for yourself:

video: yea you right, we can break it down.

I have a video to post from camp (but really have nothing to do with camp). I’ll probably post it later tonight and just edit it into this post. right……..HERE.>>

my dear friend: Tim Schurrer stopped by on his ‘Home Is Where The Heart Is’ Tour [you like that? ]

i had a photo-show at the edwin bean coffee bar on saturday night and although really no one came, i was stoked to even be asked to come, and we had a lot of fun none-the-less. we set up a huge screen and projected some of my work up in a room @ the cafe and it was really cool lookin’. it’s weird to see all of your heard work up on a big screen. i was excited. Tim and his tour manager, Daniel spent the night at my house and we had a stinkin blast. those kids are so much fun. Tim made us delicious spaghetti and I (with little help from Daniel) made some KICK BUTT funfetti cupcakessss!

video: cupcake face

They boys stayed for fathers day lunch and Tim did a private show for my family in our livingroom, then i painted some TOMS for Daniel. it was a lot of fun and i was sad to pack them up and watch them go. it’s weird cus my room smells like boys.

My Mema: is in town!!!!! she is not only in town visiting but her and her husband robert are HOUSE HUNTING!!!!! ahhhhhhh!!!! i’m so excited. i hope they find a house like…tomorrow. seriously that would be so wonderful to have them here with us instead of 8 hours away in virginia. i love my mema and it makes me sad that i don’t get to see her on a regular basis. i cherish the times i have with her and having more would be such a blessing. then we could actually spend our vacation time on a real vacation all together! for real. i’m super stoked.

Job: I started my first day today at BRUSTERS.

my outfit is so cute. don’t you think?

i think the visor adds a nice touch:

sadie mae was really happy to see me after work.

photos: check out the photos from the Matt Tillman & Band photoshoot.

best news!!!!

Mal is not going back to samford! i am currently speechless and unable to express my excitement or gratitude. my best friend.. finally home for good. thank you, jesus.

sorry: i’m sorry this post is so long.. i try to make my blogs super organized for those of you who are more fans of scanning rather than actually reading. i hope you appreciate that! haha.

i love you guys.

healer

You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease

I trust in You
I trust in You

I believe You’re my Healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You’re my Portion
I believe You’re more than enough for me
Jesus You’re all I need

 

Nothing is impossible for you
You hold my world in your hands

Jesus help me to believe that with every ounce of me.

I pray that you will heal us.

I am afraid to ask for healing, because i’m afraid you’ll say no. I’m afraid of being dissapointed in you.

I cannot let fear hold me back.

Heal us. We need you.

Jesus i pray that you help me to be a faithful friend.

i’m trying so hard.

we love you.

nothing is impossible for you.

middle school rules!

right? i mean, its cool to still act like we’re in middle school huh?

no but really. if you guys haven’t caught on yet.. the COOLEST thing to do is hide behind anonymous names!

please excuse my sarcasm.

hahaha i’m laughing so hard right now. but for real you guys.. i wanna take some time out of this blog and tell you something.

malloree danielle morgan:

she is my best friend & my other half (better half really).

she has a heart like none other and i find myself praying for a heart like hers.

if you don’t know her, you should get to know her. because she will be one of the biggest blessings in your life.

if you don’t know her.. and you choose to believe lies about her, or more likely create lies about her. it’s your loss. and i feel bad for you, because not only are you missing out on a potentially amazing friendship but you also have nothing better to do with your time but sit around and make up lies about someone for no reason. why? you’ve obviously got some underlying issues or bitterness about something. i mean we all do, but seriously your life could be so much cooler than that.

spend your time investing in others.. encouraging, uplifting and inspiring others instead of wasting your days trying to bring everybody down to your level. Love people. Thats the best thing in the world you can do, and if you aren’t you’re missing out on the big picture. it makes me sad. 

 

anyways,

we leave for camp tomorrow!!! I CANNOT WAIT! it’s going to be such an amazing time.

summer camp last year was the highlight of our summer, and i’m positive that it will be again this year. I pray that my girls (as well as everyone at camp) will have a lot of fun, but be super focused on the reason why we are there. I pray that they will make some sense out of my blabber trying to teach them. But i know that i will learn far greater lessons from them.

we leave tomorrow @ stinkin 5:45 am. pray for us while we are gone!

probably wont be blogging at all while i am gone, but rest assured there will be a video blog of camp when i get back.

 

love you!

yes, even you miss anonymous.

learning

so i was asked to join a ’self-portrait’ group on flickr. First of all, i didn’t even know that flickr had groups, thats how un-hip i am these days.. and secondly these groups are HUGE. simple free-lance no body people like me have flickr accounts with a HUGE fan base. im talkin hundreds of comments on each image, with constructive criticism and comments and suggestions. it rocks! i had no idea. well every single one of these accounts got attention through posting their photos in groups. so back to where i started, i was invited to become a member of a ’self-portrait’ group.. and i was weary to join for lots of reasons. everyone takes photos of themselves for their facebook & myspace profiles.. don’t act like you dont. and if you don’t its because you’re my friend and i’m always taking them for you

but this is different all together. this group has different ‘projects’ to challenge the photographers to learn more about themselves, their cameras, shooting, and post production work. I was still weary until i saw some of these photos. WOW. seriously some of the most beautiful photos i’ve ever seen.

some positives:

-learning about lighting and space at your own pace, without the pressure of shooting someone else.

-learning how to give direction to people when you’re shooting them.

-challenging yourself with new ideas and creativity (its okay to get frustrated with yourself!)

anyways, i’m not sure how long i’ll participate in these projects, or if i’ll post them anywhere other than the flickr group but i’m excited and quite nervous to try it out.

here’s my final images for my first ‘challenge’:

title: between the trees

title: multiplicity

(my first real attempt at cloning in photoshop)

anyways, i’m sure no one really cares about all of this, but i found it interesting.

i can’t wait to start school and learn more. i’m readddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

love yall,

krissy leigh

stuck in my head

nada surf’s song ‘always love’ has been stuck in my head for the past week.

its a good song to have stuck in your head though.

“To make a mountain of your life
Is just a choice
But I never learned enough
To listen to the voice that told me
Always love Hate will get you every time
Always love Don’t wait til the finish line

Slow demands come ’round
Squeeze the air and keep the rest out
It helps to write it down
Even when you then cross it out

But Always Love Hate will get you every time
Always Love Even when you wanna fight

Self-directed lives
I want to know what it’d be like to
Aim so high above
Any card that you’ve been dealt, you…

Always Love Hate will get you every time
Always Love Hate will get you…

I’ve been held back by something
Yeah. You said to me quietly on the stairs,
I’ve been held back by something
Yeah. You said to me quietly on the stairs.
You said
Hey, you good ones.
Hey, you good ones.”

 

Six Flags was tons of fun friday. I will have photos up ASAP.

i didn’t get to ride too many rides, but it was fun just chillin in the sun with people i love… passing out flyers to all kinds of people. including crazy fans.

it’s been a lot of fun getting to hang out with lindsay too, she’s such a sweet girl.

I cannot WAIT until camp! seriously, like i need it to come sooner.

i find myself being in a terribly melancholy mood lately, and as much as i hate it, its almost like i have no control over it. i need to stop worrying about certain things. I need to stop reliving the past and just get on with it. I know God has some awesome stuff coming up in the near future and i cannot wait to see what all he has in store. i just hope that he grants me patience to wait for the prize. things are never the same as they used to be, and the continue to change daily. i wish that wasn’t so. i wish some things just stayed the same. the older i get, the more i realize that the only thing that really stays the same is my heart. As much as i’ve grown, and learned and blossomed, i still take the time to respect and care about the people that loved me in the beginning, when i was difficult. I may make new friends, but i still care an awful lot about people who’ve been around. I’m wondering if it’s worth my effort anymore. I realize that my love for meeting new people is a blessing and a curse. I absolutely LOVE meeting new people. but it never stops just there, i always want to hear your story. I want to know more about you, have coffee with you, hear about your life.. and hopefully find some way in which we are connected. I love it. I love how we are all connected by things we can neither define or take control over. Things like hope, love, past, dreams, goals, needs, brokenness. passions and compassions. I become more aware everyday, the need in which we all have to connect with eachother. Sitting with someone that i just met, and having them look into my eyes and truly listen to what i have to say…is so refreshing. And listening to that persons story, always ALWAYS time and time again i hear my own story spoken back to me in different words. And its encouraging, its inspiring to know that i’m not alone. That is the blessing that I think God always intended us to be to eachother, company & fellowship. And i’m a big believer in that. However, i also feel like i over-commit myself. I meet all of these people and i get so excited and then there is no possible way that i could give as much as i want into every relationship i have. there’s simply not much left of me. I feel God calling me to more time to myself lately, and i hate that because i absolutely hate being alone. I’ll find absolutely anything to occupy space and time for fear of silence and lonesomeness. I don’t think that’s how Jesus intended me to be. I am grateful that He’s given me this longing for people and knowing their hearts, but now he’s teaching me more. 

How can you love all of these people, the way I created you to love them, if you do not fully love yourself?

wow. thats a serious question, Lord. One i’m not prepared to answer.

perhaps i need to take a break from trying to make everyone happy. More-so the old friends rather than the new. perhaps i should realize that i cannot carry friendships alone, that it is a 2 way street. perhaps, for once it’s time for me to be fed, and it’s okay that i’m not starving myself to help everyone else.

i just need to rest. the reason why i’m terrible at all of the above, is as i’ve come to find, because i am terrible at loving who God has made me to be. I can no longer base my opinions on myself on the opinions of others, but rather the only opinion that really should count is that of my Fathers.

its hard.

this might be a lesson that’ll take a while. but i’m willing to learn.

i’m sick of pushing people i love away, because i’m so terrible at loving.

i want to love as jesus does, fully and unconditionally.

i want to love with all of me, i want to be known for my love.

i want that, really to be what is said most of me when i am gone. ’she loved’

i’m ready for that.

Jesus, thank you so much for the relationships in my life. I thank you for my family and i pray that you will discipline my heart. Help my actions and words to match my feelings. Help me to love more outwardly to them. Thank you for my best friend, and my girls. They are the absolute world to me. I pray that you will teach me to love them right. Thank you for my brothers, and my dude friends – they have truly been an example of who you intend men to be. I pray that you will help me show how appreciative i am of that influence in my life. Help me to love them right. I pray for my girls at camp, Help me to be a true reflection of You to them. Encourage their hearts to trust mine, and give me a heart of understanding and love.  Thank you for all relationships, new and old. I pray that you will give me the courage to see them the way they are. Help me to know its okay to let go of some of the old, and embrace the new. Help me to love from far away, for those who want no part of my love. Help me to understand. Help me to see everyone the way you see them Jesus. I know that i can’t love perfectly as you do Lord, but i’m willing to try. Thank you for your unfailing, unblemished, perfect love for my sorry heart. Amen.