...you can't do that...

i have always wanted to be a painter and i decided that this summer in colorado i would try my hand at painting. i just finished painting the background to my painting and even though it is such a small accomplishment i feel so "good"... 

i have found that i tell myself often that "i can't do things"...i have the personality that if i can't do something perfectly or completely i won't even try it...my goal this summer is to challenge myself to do things that i have in the past told myself "i can't do"... for example...i went hiking with friends yesterday and wanted to stop so many times but made myself keep going. i think too many times i take the "easy" way out and don't challenge myself. i don't want to live that kind of life...i want to challenge myself physically and spiritually...i want to press towards the goal...because in all reality i can do a LOT of things that i once told myself i couldn't do...

philippians 3:14 

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

camp nurse katie

i'm a camp nurse this summer in fort collins, colorado and i am LOVING it! basically i put band-aids on scrapes and tell kids to drink water all while looking outside at the mountains of colorado...i couldn't have asked for a better job this summer....

found this parking sign at a high school in estes park and thought it very appropriate to take a picture with it...

the drive...

leaving my last apartment in florida to start the journey to colorado....

after day 1 of driving i got to stay with jamie and aj in atlanta and have a "life-changing" burger

as you can see by my face i was ready to tackle day 2 of driving

this picture was taken right before i drove through an apocalypse of tornados and torrential rains and high winds....the Lord directed the wheels of my car and kept me safe...thank you JESUS!

armed with starbucks for my third and final day of travel...this was the longest day of driving, which ended up being almost 12 HOURS!!!

this is the view at the house i was staying at in colorado springs before i headed up to fort collins....SO worth the long days of driving....

new adventures

yesterday i set out on a new life adventure and i think i'm going to have fun! a friend shared this verse with me in regards to my new adventure...

 You will go out in joy
    and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
    will clap their hands.

isaiah 55:12