in everywhere we meet, in everywhere we look

sometimes it doesn't take much to make me happy again.

this morning i was going through things im thankful for. (a habit that never left at thanksgiving, i guess).

and that led to thinking about some of the best memories ive had, and remembering the times they come from.

i like to think particularly about that time Danielle had the girls small group to spend the night over at her house. We made cookies and drank jones soda, and sang songs for an hour. i felt God so strongly...

Danielle went to bed because she had to be up early for work the next day, but the rest of the girls stayed up till 5 am taking pictures and singing and laughing, and we built a fort underneath the table and slept there. it was one of the happiest times of my life.

i like to think back to a couple years ago when it snowed a foot here, and everything was cancelled and i was sad that i had to stay home (which i hate doing), but at night i went on a walk with my dad and my brother, and the air was so still, the cold was so crisp and fresh. We made footprints through snow that no one had walked through yet. (i just love the idea of that, dont you? That no one had touched the exact spot in the snow you have touched; no one had felt the coolness of the bunch of snowflakes that you are feeling, and then that moment you had is locked in a mark in the snow, and anyone who sees it next will know that you were there first.) we ran and threw snowballs and laughed and laughed and laughed- it was the only sound you could hear. then we went home and all got warm. that was happy.

or that time at marissa's birthday party that there were 6 or 7 or 8 people on the trampoline, and we had a giant trampoline mosh pit, and we laughed and kicked and pulled, and i got a bruise on my cheek because luke sat on my face. that night i felt like i smiled for hours and hours and then went to bed smiling and smiled through my dreams and woke up smiling again.

i like to think about times like this.

this

this

and this.

sometimes...

it doesnt take so much to get me happy again.

thank you, God.

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in everywhere we look,

in everywhere we look,

in everywhere we look;

its all crazy, its all false,

its all a dream,

its alright everywhere we look.