So again, not really "teen" related... but another update to my life list:

I've been featured on Jasmine Star's blog :)

Here are a couple of my favorites:

Yesterday I accomplished something on my life list :)

I know that this is unrelated to my teens, but since I started writing about it on here, I have decided to continue with updates.

DO A PHOTOSHOOT WITH JASMINE STAR.

It was amazing! It will be posted on her blog at the end of this week or beginning of next week if you want to check it out.

Here are a couple behind the scenes pictures:

So since posting about my Life List, I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of updates... and I know this isn't technically about my teens, but since I wrote about it on here, I thought I'd give updates. I created a special tag for it, so if it's something you're interested in you can follow it. If not, sorry to deviate from the typical blog topics... but again, I write this blog as a way for me to look back and remember things and be encouraged. I am excited about this list and working at accomplishing the things that are on it. So here we go!

I don't want to give away too much just yet, but I am SUPER excited about a couple of opportunities that I have. The first one is this: I have a photoshoot booked with Jasmine Star! That is what I am MOST excited about right now! I cannot wait. It is definitely going to be a blast. This is a photographer I came across when I first got interested in photography a couple of years ago, and she was just kind of starting out. I was completely blown away by her work and who she is as a person (she's a pastor's kid too!). I haven't actually met her, but I have followed her blog and I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet her in just a couple of weeks! She has inspired me in more ways than one, and I am so excited that I finally get to do this... and meet her!

Another update... I'm working on some of my running goals. I'm coming up with a plan and I am going to try really hard to be disciplined enough to stick to a schedule and start working towards that marathon. I don't really like to run, but I know it's good for me and I really want to do a marathon (although I'm not really sure why...).

I have something else possibly coming up that I'm pretty excited about too, but I haven't decided for sure, so I don't want to write too much about that yet.

I'll keep updating as I accomplish things!

God is sure good. Even when life isn't :)

There's a song by Tim McGraw that's called "Live Like you were Dying". It's a WONDERFUL song... and a great reminder to live everyday to the fullest.

Recent events in my life have really made me think extra hard about this. It's amazing how God can use the worst of circumstances to remind you of how blessed you really are. It's also amazing how sometimes we have to think about death in order to remember life.

I have decided to really actively work at this list. There are things on here that I may never accomplish in my life, but there are things that I most definitely will. There are other things that I quite possibly could accomplish but it is going to take really working at it to do it.

Ive been keeping a list for quite a while, but I've decided to work on it again after all this time. I think EVERYONE should have a life list! It's a great thing to have goals! So here is my life list. I'd love to hear what is on yours!

-scuba dive the great barrier reef COMPLETED

-run a 5k

-run a 10k

-catch a fish

-live in a foreign country for 3 months or more

-write "Mr. Pearson's Pumpkins" with my mom

-run a marathon

-Go to Greece

-own a shootsac and a canon 5d

-go on a hot air balloon ride

-Make it on a jury

-go deep sea fishing

-Invest in someone's life COMPLETED

-Learn to play the guitar

-audition for the Amazing Race IN PROGRESS

-Write a book

-take a road trip and camp... no hotels and no destination

-Go to Israel

-go on a safari in Africa

-Finish Photography project

-Get one of my photos published (or win a contest)

-go sailing on a sail boat

-Fix up an old house

-Go to Denmark

-Learn to ballroom dance

-Do a photoshoot with Jasmine StarIN PROGRESS

-Go to Italy

-Start a family

-Go to Australia COMPLETED

-make a documentary

-Get my BA IN PROGRESS

-Go to New York

-buy a house

-Learn to speak Spanish fluently IN PROGRESS

-Write a children’s book

-Photograph something spectacular on every continent IN PROGRESS

-Start a new scrapbook of my life

-Go skydiving

-Name a star

-sleep on the beach

-see a volcano

-Coach a volleyball team

-Go to Panama

-trash my dressIN PROGRESS

-Get a puppy

-Get my masters

-Get ordained IN PROGRESS

-Go on a missions trip to another country COMPLETED

-Be in a Movie as an extra

-Go to Brazil

-Change someone's life

-Go to Hawaii

-Read the Bible from Beginning to end IN PROGRESS

-Be in a musical

-ride a camel

-visit all 50 states IN PROGRESS

-Go to Chile

-Write a play

-Write a screenplay

-Go rock climbing (on a real mountain)

-Get my website up and running IN PROGRESS

-Write in a journal every day for a year

-Go to Haiti

-visit the White house

-Photograph a wedding COMPLETED

-Make a living doing something I love COMPLETED

Just because I think EVERYONE should hear this song.... (and maybe it will inspire you)