Yosemite. The home of half dome. The home of meadows and tunnels and waterfalls. The home of dreamers who reach new heights, and adventurers of stone and space. To wake up early, and drive out to Yosemite Valley for a green and golden sunrise sounded like the perfect day. That perfect day soon became reality when it was 7:50am and I was gleaming towards the natural treasures just within my own time and virtue.

Oh hey! It's been awhile.. I know. I've constantly been playing a game of catch up around here and I'm SO HAPPY to finally be posting again. The past 2 months have been a whirlwind with an endless amount of just life doing its thing. Just life doing its thing with me coasting right through having the time of my life which I cannot wait to tell you about! Everything has been moving so fast, sometimes I feel like I can never keep up. I mean, the leaves are slowly changing and Christmas decorations are already being put up. Before we know it, it's gonna be 2018... (Which means I enter adulthood SOON, and I don't even know how). Crazy. Time is ticking quicker than I ever thought it could. It's in these moments I like to take a step back and reflect on the change and good times I've had as I'm discovering new dimensions just within my own life everyday . So, I thought i'd give you a little life update. So much to say, so much to share. Let's catch up.

Heres the catch about a bucket list: 1. They are VERY hard to follow through with. 2. they are VERY easy to forget about. So I've challenged myself to complete at least half of this list by the end of summer. (And I most definitely need bucket list buddies - so if anyone wants to adventure, I'm you're person.) I have so many ideas, and so many exciting escapes that I cannot wait to endure on. Dreaming and wondering about it all thrills me with excitement and high hopes. So many new memories, so many new moments to savor. I just have this overwhelming feeling that this summer will be a good one. Maybe even the best one. 

Three little words, with four little syllables. The little things. Somehow, the littlest things mean so much. It's CRAZY how the littlest things can create the biggest and most meaningful impact in your life. Well, for me at least. I've always been a lover of the small, yet vibrant and glowing things. The unknown, more unpractical things to fall for seem to always draw an attraction for me. So I've realized that maybe we just have to live for the small things. Like someone picking up the pen you dropped, being called pretty, or even laughing so hard your stomach hurts.  From the gentle touching of hands, all the way to the freshly gardened flowers on your window sill. The smell of mom cooking breakfast in the morning as it seeps through the house. The nightmare you had at 1:23 in the morning that awoke you with fright. Maybe that's all that really matters at the end of the day. Sometimes all it takes is a little thing to spark something so big. Because guess what, LIFE'S ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS!

Living here has taught me new lessons everyday. Whether it be to never waste a moment of the sun and drive the coast whenever possible, or that it's socially acceptable and OKAY to wear flip flops everyday. But most importantly, this is my playground. My playground to journey amongst and to have fun in everything it has to offer. And there is SO MUCH!!! There are so many hidden gems to find just within my own backyard. I love falling in love with the culture here. I admire every aspect of the beauty found in every corner. Because around each corner, within each one we turn, there is the great unexpected. And the unexpected is so exciting. It holds new fascinations, hope, and the opportunity for our imagination to fly. I love taking the unexpected and viewing everything through that perspective. It puts you through a wild ride of last minute decisions and crazy moments that happen to turn into the best memories. My best friend and I decided to put on those glasses looking through the lens of the unexpected and found our new favorite hidden gem. Welcome to our little adventure. 

Time is one of the most powerful elements of our existence. Time is a continuous set of numbers that never slows down or speeds up to stay on track with us. We have to stay on track with it. It's constantly on replay giving us hours, minutes, and seconds to live our lives giving us measurements of moments to go create memories and shape who we are. I hate how controlling time is. It sets up how long we have to wait for everything. Lengths of our ages, school days, years, the beginnings and the endings. But what if we did have control over our own time?