summer {vibes}.

well friends, as wonderful as it’s been, it’s time to wrap up my summer festivities.

& let me tell you, it’s flown by!

…i’ve been running for almost 2 months now… & am up to 4.7 miles!

…been on roadtrips to kansas for a wedding + to missouri for a float trip/lake weekend.

…ran in the color run + another 5k for the american baseball league.

… & now i’m about to go bananas in belize for 2 weeks!!! {note:: this vaca is falling on my one year anniversary + it’s the same place we honeymooned… & it wasn’t even planned that way}

so although i apologize for being so absent with my blogging, i must say it’s been worth the break! i feel like i’ve truly soaked up my summer. with that said, i will officially return at the end of august//beginning of september.

now it just needs to cool off a tad.

soakin’ up the rest of the rays,

 sarahjo

roughin' it.

drove. pitched a tent. ran in the crisp morning. black coffee + baked beans for breakfast. canoed all day. burnt shoulders. camped out. drove some more. lake time. water skiing. tubing with my momma. cliff jumping. water up my nose. twice. more burnt skin.

& totally worth the crazy looking sun rash i had last night.

oh how i love summer weekend-ing,

sarahjobell

the long haul home.

“thank God for the county lines that welcome you back in

when you were dying to get out…

you got somewhere to go + get found

thank God for hometowns.

i always find another piece of me

walking down these old familiar streets.”

{it’ll be worth the drive to get back to kansas a few times this summer.}

spring {in every shape + size}

spring brings renewal in many forms::

the breeze blowing through my window,

igniting my imagination.

& the hope//preparation for summer adventures.

sipping on cold starbucks drinks once again,

while continually reminding myself that i need to maintain my florida tan.

planting flowers//herbs//veggies in every.single.pot in own.

{the patio is looking rather lush…

& it makes me giddy.}

 sarahjobell

my {fresh-picked} friday five

it certainly feels like years since i’ve done a friday five. need i say i’ve gotten lazy with my blogging? {because we all know it’s true.}

1. classes for new updated charting at work are OVER. thank you, Jesus. it’s quite stressful all changes going on.

2.started running this week. {again.} want to be in a bit better shape when i go to the sunshine state next month.

3.ok, i think i might give in and read the hunger games series. {eventually.} saw the preview last night for the movie. gave me goosebumps.

4.looking ahead with my husband to spring//summer festivities:: siesta key in march, concerts//5k in kc in april, maybe a coldplay concert in june? color run in the fall? oh, how i love wanderlusting.

5.can’t stop my tee shirt fetish! urban outfitters, just stop appealing to me already!

happy weekending my lovelies,

sarahjobell

wandering {aimlessly}

i realized today that it is possible for adventure to take on different formations...

whether it be scouting out the best downtown shops in belize city.

then getting lost.

trying to find a specific restaurant.

& getting lost.

it doesn't necessarily have to be the well-thought out or planned kayaking, hiking, & snorkeling trips {although i am seriously stoked to see the mayan ruins + go cave tubing!}. sometimes, wandering {sort of aimlessly} + then celebrating in what you find in the end is the best expedition.

adventure is out there!

sarahbell

beautiful shades + strategies

pretty awesome how You strategically place each cloud in the sky.

making a perfect formation.

or create the ocean to be the most crisp shade of turquoise.

i'm awestruck.

how a heart like mine can be so blessed...

i'll never know why.

but i love You for every hardship that led up to it,

sarahbell

{good} realizations

june can bring on all kinds of good realizations.

like that your natural God-given hair color

really is what looks best on you.

it's ok to be a brunette bombshell too,

sarahjo

{on the} move

well, it's almost the end of may.

what. the. heck?

with june rather rapidly approaching,

Lord, let me remember what summer is all about::

i've never been more of a wildflower.

& i thank You for the freedom summer brings.

sarahjo

{secret} garden

"once we hid in the garden + told each other who our hearts belonged to."

finals + freedom

::for all the high school/college kiddos::

i don't miss finals.

or studying for that matter.

it would be nice to have summer again though,

sarahjo

{something} so sweet

oh, good gracious...

i can't listen to this song without tearing up.

or having a huge grin on my face.

makes me long for summer + sundresses + car rides with the windows down on a dirt road...

+ honeysuckle,

sarahjo