ringing like a bell.

our marriage day was so much fun.

chase's friend from san clemente, elise capener, took our wedding photos for us,

& they came out beautifully.

we were married december 28 in the salt lake temple,

surrounded by family & friends.

i wept like a baby, of course.

chase did too--of course.

it was perfect.

my heart is an apple.

there's something so sweetly summer about plucking a raspberry from the bush & popping it straight onto your tongue.

my sister claims the kids eat two berries for every one that makes its way into their buckets.

. . . i guess i'm still just a kid.

we are tall weeds.

dirt

under my fingernails

encrusted into my knee caps

& smudged across my temples:

gardening in the morning makes me feel like a child in the best way.