Ruche :)

I think I'm officially in love with them!  This photo shoot was absolutely breathtaking and I loved every photo! :) I also love Brandon Kidd Photography, and they shot it. Bravo!

lovelovelove, naomi

p.s. there's also this fabulous new feature that I just found on Blogger that let's you upload videos from YouTube super easily! Awesome :D

that's what i call power

"He gives snow like wool;

He scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

He hurls down His crystals of ice like crumbs;

who can stand before His cold?

He sends out His word, 

and melts them;

He makes His wind blow 

and the waters flow."

Psalm 147:16-18

Wow.  This is my new favorite Psalm  :)  Those last two lines are sooo significant right now, while us East Coast Americans are sitting in the middle of a hurricane.  I don't think I've ever been in a natural disaster, so I was kind of excited (Yes, I am weird like that.  I get excited when I might die ;P).  Unfortunately (I meeaan, thankfully), it's not that bad.  It's just very windy and rainy out.  But reading those verses this morning, I just thought about how powerful our God is.  The chapter before was titled "Put Not Your Trust in Princes."  WOW.  See a link?  Princes (insert: Presidents, governors, politicians, kings, etc.) aren't half--scratch that, aren't a billionth as powerful as God.  Our God, MY God.  And how incredible does that feel to know that He's on our side?  "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)  I feel like the world is ending because of all these earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes.  But really, there's nothing to worry about because 1) God is on our side and He's taking care of us, and 2) If you're a Christian, you'll be taken before anything really awful happens.  All the other disasters have been happening in other parts of the world, like Japan and Haiti, and I felt really detached from the whole situation.  But now, with the earthquake in Virginia that reached Boston and Hurricane Irene cutting through MA and NY, it doesn't feel so far away.  Maybe now that people (insert: NorthEast Americans) are actually experiencing a little bit of the devastation that's overtaken less prosperous countries, we'll be more generous and open to giving/helping causes that support "the least of these" that have been attacked (see my last post).  Well, I gotta go, but that's my shpeel for the day :) 

These are the hands that built the mountains,

the hands that calm the seas.

These are the arms that hold the heavens,

they are holding you and me.

...you will be safe in His arms.

Safe by Phil Wickham

let's DO something.

"Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and injustice when He could do something about it."

"Well, why don't you ask Him?"

"Because I'm afraid He would ask me the same question."

-Anonymous, from The Hole in Our Gospel

Hello, my wonderful unkindly-forgotten friends! 

I am currently reading The Hole in Our Gospel for my English choice summer reading book.  I have 11 days to finish 114 pages! :) But, so far, this book has been absolutely incredible.  I highly recommend it, especially if you are overly interested in social justice, World Vision, and/or the hole that is missing in our modern-day Christian Gospel.  I am overly interested in all of the above, which is probably why I am enjoying this book so much!  God has shoveled a whole heap of love on my heart for "the least of these," especially recently.  Like the founder of World Vision, Bob Pierce, said, "Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God."  That's pretty much exactly how I feel!  Thank You, Jesus, for putting this on my heart...  I think I want to be the president of World Vision or another aid organization... 

The United Nations created a list of eight goals they wanted to accomplish by 2015:

The Millennium Development Goals -- Adopted September 8, 2000

By 2015 we resolve to:

1) Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty

2) Achieve universal primary education

3) Promote gender equality and empower women
4) Reduce child mortality

5) Improve maternal health

6) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

7) Ensure environmental sustainability

8) Develop a global partnership for development

This makes me proud to be an American!  We're actually doing something!

I need to go clean the bathroom (one small step for cleanliness, one giant leap for common health), but I will be working on compiling a list of things to DO.  Because, really, 

"What's the point of all this if you're not going to let it change you?"

lovelovelove, naomi

the reasons i'm away:
my twitter
my instagram
and soccer :)

i got a busted finger at practice today :( sad day...

the left middle finger :\ (compare to the right one)

uuuuugh i feel like i don't have anything to update about... :P
well, have an awesome day!!!!
lovelovelove, naomi

In Christ Alone

No guilt in life, no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me

From life's first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

Till He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.

I'm sorry, Jesus

don't mind me, just wasting my liiiife watching some 19-or-so-year-old British kid named Charlie on YouTube...

...and I thought this one was funny... because I agree with like everything he said ;) Anyways, I will hopefully be posting worthwhile posts soon, as soon as I get my camera's card back from my mum and as soon as I have time! (That I'm not wasting watching videos on YouTube... I'm sorry I'm wasting the life You gave me, Jesus. Imagine how embarrassing it would be to be watching some stupid video on YouTube when Jesus comes back! Aaaawkward...)
Anyways! Have an awesome day, and use your time wisely! You don't know how much of it you have left o_o
lovelovelove, naomi

congratulations Japan! excellent game, thank you :)

here we come london 2012!

USA vs France in pictures

wooooh!! here we go!

kapow! (9' Lauren Cheney, 1-0 USA)

oooh ouch (55' Sonia Bompastor, 1-1 tied)

yeaw! that was awesome :) (79' Abby Wambach, 2-1 USA)

and to finish it off (82' Alex Morgan, 3-1 USA)

Way to go USA, ladies! What an awesome game (well, for us...) :) Sorry France, you know I love you and everything... well done USA, keep up the fantastic work! I'm looking forward to Sunday's finals match vs Japan!

lovelovelove, naomi

aaaah i love this guy x) he's so cool... american gladiator was a fun show :) too bad it was only on for 2 seasons ;P lol

study of how the body obtains energy, builds tissues, and controls body functions using materials supplied in food

I really want to see this movie...

but it's only showing in Australia... and I can't find it on Youtube :( sad day...

Sooo, there's a good reason why I've been away a while. And the explanation is coming soon. Like everything else in my life, coming soon... *looks off dramatically into the distance*

Lol. so the explanation (trust me, it's a good one) and pictures of Ashlee, magazines, and flowers (there's a surprise ;P) are all coming. Soon (fingers-crossed).

lovelovelove, naomi

(Title explanation: I typed in "coming soon" and apparently I've already had a post titled that, so I typed "stuff" cuz I thought it was original, and I've done that one, too. So then I deleted everything except the "st" and that's what came up. Haha xP) 

I think *ucgh* I have chronic *ucgh* hiccups. :(

9 Lives Stop Motion from LiNK Global on Vimeo.

lol the trash truck dude is rocking out to everytime we touch by cascada ;P hahahaaaa... inside joke...

photos coming soon: roses and ashlee's senior photos

bam

so i am m.i.a. no longer!

anyways, i love these dudes...

please ignore the brief language :P
sorry i keep posting videos... personally, i don't like watching videos on other peoples' blogs... lol
and then this. thaaank you :) i love this site (link)

and this one :) (link)

yeay :)
lovelovelove, naomi

go canucks!

watching bruins vs canucks while listening to garou and céline: sous le vent :)

ruche lookbook

http://www.shopruche.com/lookbook_sunlit_serenity.html

uuuuh! best thing ever! i looove love love the composition of Ruche's lookbooks, and their photos and outfits are adorable! you should definitely check it out :) here's a taste:

i love this spread... and the outfit :)

all photos are ruche's!!

me: "i think i'm the only one who looks at my blog."
ashlee: "that makes two of us."
but it's ok, because look what i found by watching the movie i posted!!


you can NOT watch that and say he isn't the coolest player around... puh-lease... ;)

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

that you not stir up or awaken love

until it so desires.

song of solomon 8:4

true love waits

Set me as a seal upon your heart,

as a seal upon your arm,

for love is strong as death,

ardor is fierce as the grave.

song of solomon 8:6

Many waters cannot quench love,

neither can floods drown it.

song of solomon 8:7

schoooool

i have the best titles, don't i ;) haha...

i don't like the fact that school is over. it makes me sad. um. very sad :(
because people are leaving.
and people are going to college.
and i'm gonna have my nice lonely cry-fests every night.
:(
and i don't want people to change.
because this year was awesome.
and from here on out life gets hard.
i'm lazy, i don't like hard...
sad day :(

but can you say, fernando-torres-look-a-like-going-to-my-school-next-year-tha-thump-tha-thump.
ugh i say i don't like people who are shallow.
and yet, how can i write that and be so hypocritical?

i'm excited for soccer.
i'm excited for basketball.
i might be excited for softball. ?
i'm excited to be activities leader.
i'm excited to do stuff over the summer with my friends and family.
i'm excited to see my friends again next year.
i might be excited for challenges that will make me stronger.

i'm not excited for all honors classes.
i'm not excited for the extreme dedication 3 season sports takes.
i'm not excited for hectic schedules with 3 sports, activities, and all my classes.

but i have hope because i'm not the first one to go through this.

i have hope because i have incredible friends and family that i know are there to support me.
i have hope because there are awesome teachers and coaches who'll guide me through h.s.
i have hope because my Savior is the One who supplies for all my needs.
i have hope because my Savior is the One carrying me through the crashing waves.
i have hope.

completo!

i.

am.

done!

with freshman year of high school! i'm 1/4 of the way through!

wooh! ;)

rawr*

this isn't mine. i just found it on google. lol i don't even know what it is ;)

lol so I had my last two finals today, math and Bible. we have 2 hours to take each test, and we can't leave if we finish early :P almost all of my other exams I finished in an hour, but Bible only took me 32 minutes :P uuuugh! But math was torture, it was so hard... I'm in algebra 2-honors, and the exams are supposed to be the easiest, but that was one of the hardest tests I've taken D:

anywho, I'M DONE! and it feels great! but it's really sad, too... :( because next year is going to be deaaath with all honor classes, activities leader for my grade, and 3 sports, every season... well, I need to go, but I hope y'all have an awesome year! 

lovelovelove, naomi

noooo!

no nando!! haha this is such a weird situation because i'm so happy he scored, but not against my team :( lol... anywho, we got pwned really bad, cause spain rocks, and we ain't so good... ;P but it was a groovy game anyways... :D have a smashing coconut day!

i've decided.

i'm going to be a nun.

the world is too overwhelming & stressful...

i don't need it.

oh my gosh, i'm dying laughing at these...
JustForLaughs
those are absolutely histerical!!!

:)

boys are confusing.
any guys out there, can you please explain all the other guys?
sometimes i really have no idea what's going to happen to me.
in the future, i mean.
future is kind of scary.
but it's kind of exciting.
sometimes i think that because i got a b+ on that pop quiz i won't make it to college.
why is life so... complicated?
i need to talk to Abba...
...

mmmm lightning

watching lightning x) yeeeeaayyy...
ashlee's lovely commentary...
hehe...

lol that's attractive.
i'm not actually scared. more in awe x) i've never actually seen lightning, i always miss it...
anywho, gotta go study for exams... D:

almost done!

Tomorrow is the last day of school school!! ;D Then 4 days of exams, then we're free! xD yeay!

"let's get some ice cream!"
...
mickyD's dude: "we ran out of ice cream"
...
"can i have 3 iced teas"
...
*"i don't like iced tea"*
...
mickyD's dude: "here's your 3 large iced teas"
...
thanks man.

[tagged]

hey look it's me! ;)

i love that outfit... and all the orange x) lol that's from my computer's webcam in the library at my school... i thought i'd post a pic from my webcam before i have to give it back :( sad day! i love you computer!

lol my childhood. right there.

this was my mom's favorite artist ;D hehe
(i'm likin' the brown velvet bathrobe)

totes adorbs :)

sooo cute x) that's my mom, dad, and sister (tori) around '93... for some reason i just looooove that photo...

and this is a little sketch i made during church today when we were singing "love lifted me"... :) i heart doodlessss! i think it could be made into a card if i colored the heart like a hot air balloon and added "& you" to the me to make it cute... haha no one would get it if i just did that as a card... i'm considering making an etsy with oddities... like cards and stuff because tori makes cards too :) and i really want to get a summer job picking blueberries x} hehe yeeeaaayyy!!
lol anyways, have an awesome day!
lovelovelove, naomi

definition of a trader

i love these kind of videos :)

WORST. BOOK. EVER.

oh my goodness! mr horowitz, kindly rewrite this book! [lol warning spoilers ;)] jack is not supposed to die, you are a jerk. (and you hinted that she didn't die. that's cruel) sabina was supposed to die (or atleast be sent away to antarctica to live with ice. and cold stuff.), and alex (loooove) was not supposed to go live with them of all things! pooor alex... :( what happened to the yassen novel? blunt has a wife? (poor wife D: ) alleeeeexxxx!!! mr horowitz you destroyed him!! you killed him!! you're an awful person!! 
*mooooaaaaannnnn*




need i continue? meh. i am not in a good mood with this book. NOT COOL MR HOROWITZ! 
*sulks away unhappily*

[in a gangster new york accent]

Caller: "Hello, can I speak to your mother?"
Reuben: "Sure thing. (Aside) Hey Dann-o! We got a customer!"

Me: "You callin' for some crack?"
Caller: "No."
Me: "Jack?"
Caller: "No."
Me: "...SpaghettiOs?"

lol we're such bad kids... talking about bad stuff... haha that would be me and my brother making up an imaginary conversation ;) we're so cool...

hawaii 5-0

ninja ni-ninja

lol, the top tv shows list is getting squishy... ;)

loooooove these guys x) (including chin)
(and kono. yeah kono :D)

naomi's illumination for the day:

"civil war" is an oxymoron.

the mentalist. go jane.

oh boy, I've been gone for a while...
I was going to post:

"AAAAHHHH!!! GO AWAY RED JOHN!!!!!"

the other night, but Blogger was down :P Stink.

Anyways, I am finally posting again to my humongous audience of 0. Woo-ooh!

That (up there) had to do with my 3rd favorite show:

haaaawt!! aow aow

I had just caught the end of the episode and Jane was about to be murdered but then Red John saved him by shooting the people who were going to kill him, and then he was WICKED SCARY and was wearing a creepy mask and voice-changer and he was scaring Jane and I wanted to give him a hug because Simon Baker is suuuuch a good actor and I was so convinced and scared too and Red John was creeping out Jane and you really need to watch it if you love Jane as much as I do. It makes me really mad (lol this is how much tv shows affect me ;P) because Jane is so obsessed with Red John and trying to catch him... I can't think of any possible reason why Red John doesn't just kill Jane and not lead him on these ridiculous trails... meh!!

Anyways... I love Jane...

Guess what I didn't do Friday night and all of Saturday? Eat! Because I was doing the 30 Hour Famine from World Vision! This is my 3rd time doing it, and of course it was awesome again :) Lunch on Friday is our last meal until dinner on Saturday. Our youth group does service projects during it (as well as Tribe games), and this year we did a lot of yard work... some for a lady in the church, and a bunch for the church itself. We sorted clothes for the Make a Wish Foundation, too, and we had an awesome fashion show with them ;) The point of the Famine is to raise $$ for children in 3rd world countries to help feed and care for them. Yeaaaay!

Aaaand I need to go eat dinner :) seee ya later!

lovelovelove, flo 

merci d'avoir enchante ma vie...

                                      -deriere danse by kyo

best. thing. ever!

lol this is what my family finds amusing ;)

The girl married her Prince. The bad guy is dead. It’s a real Disney weekend here on Earth.

via RWATTSAYSBOO

about this...

I think http://foreverandever22.tumblr.com/ has a good perspective on it. They posted:

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. -Gandhi. As followers of Christ, let’s never celebrate death, unless it is followed by a resurrection.”

No resurrection here, though... He doesn't actually say that's what he was talking about, but it applies. Also, Proverbs 24:17-

“Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles or is overthrown.”

A lot of people were like "Pwned!" and all this stuff... essentially "rejoicing" over Bin Laden's death... I think it's really sad when someone dies, even if he was our "enemy", so to speak. I always wish there was another outcome, (I tend to have supernatural hopes) that he would become a Christian and see the error of his ways, or whatever... idk! Well, anyways, let's not "rejoice when our enemy falls," America.

-flo on the go (although I'm not on the go today :( stinky sickness)

i honestly don't think anyone looks at my blog anymore... :(

"He who has God and everything else

has no more than

he who has God only."

-C. S. Lewis

he shoots, he scores!!

yay fernando! he finally scored on chelsea :)

check it out, it's absolutely beautiful: here

oh, about the video I posted, you should check out the other BBC ones because I posted the wrong one... they're funny :)
have a fab day!

sooo funny!

will and kate are married!!

I just watched the royal wedding of

Prince William of Wales

and

Catherine Middleton

now Her Royal Highness, Princess William of Wales, the Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus

She's so gorgeous... she looked absolutely stunning!

Catherine's sister, Pippa, looked fabulous, too

and I had to add this. I love them, and check out Victoria's heels! She's pregnant, too! David is so dashing... note the top hat :) Gotta love it

I'm sooo happy for them, they're such an adorable couple and I reeeally hope (and pray) that this will be a successful marriage and it won't "end" like so many others... Congrats!

shoot, 4-1... :(

go team!

GO SABRES!

GO FC SCHALKE!
(normally I would cheer for ManU, but since they're playing Manuel Neuer... sorry guys ;P)

and even though i don't really like baseball and don't care if they win or not...
GO YANKEES!

It kinda stinks, because all of them are currently losing... (respectively, 3-0, 2-0, and 3-2) :( sad day... and I have a big history test tomorrow and really need to go study for that... :( even sadder day... well, I hope everybody else had a fantastic day!! :)

Haha these things make me laugh...

Teacher: Can you see God?

Class: No.

Teacher: Then maybe there is no god.

Student: Sir, can you see your brain?

Teacher: No.

Student: Then maybe you have no brain.

Saaaassy! lol I love it :P

(source: http://thehopemovement.tumblr.com/)

magnetic mumblings...

Recently I've been making a lot of magnetic poetry ramblings... honestly, it's so much fun! And it's everywhere at school. The first group I made with my friend on the metal cabinets in the art room:

after every deep blue silhouette

comes a surreal white sculpture

you could throw up dust.

imagine glass above colored water;

demand fashion.

i feel glorious

This one I made up while I was staying at my friend's house this weekend in Pennsylvania:

that prince

         he wishes the mad storm

         were kind.

     born of the rain

     will was their name.

wrote magic all day

that turned the sky wild.

    songful and pinkest

           am silent.

              time.

because one little star

pulls sun here.

together,

     they fed man noon.

They are obviously really random ramblings, but it's so much fun! I had another one that I "composed" for the magnetic poetry contest at school, but I left it in my locker. If I remember, i'll post it... :)

Also, i mentioned i went to Pennsylvania this weekend. We went to check out the University of Pennsylvania for Tori, and we're pretty sure she's going to go there! We had a lot of fun, and I got a boatload of photos, so I'll be posting those sometime soon! :)

I think that's it, so au revoir pour aujourd'hui!

signing off (...why do I still do this?)

[[zoomzoom]]

flo [is still] on the go :)

open windows...

i am so excited for summer!

i'm feelin' the vibes:

open windows

running around barefoot

wearing aviators

swimming @ my fave lake

shorts during the day...

and shorts at night

the sun

cute little towns

flip flops

open windows

late nights b/c the sun's still up

open windows

fires

fresh air

open windows

i. am. 

so excited for summer

:)

template and the sun x)

i was kind of tired of the other template... i wanted something simpler :) and i thought this font was cute ;P
so the other day i had some inspiration to take pictures and i took a LOT of the sun... it's my new best friend :)
i have so many photos to post... since december... the problem is, i have to use tori's adapter thing because mine was dumb and broke, plus blogger posts really gross versions of the picture, so i always want y'all to click on them to see the much better, actual version. maybe i should just get a flickr or something... that'd be fun... ;) b/c i still have pictures to post from photoshoots with grapefruit juice, icicles, hot chocolate and it's steam, roses and a puddle and my shoe :)
here's my photoshoot with mr. sun:

my nail polish looked wicked neon in the shade ;)

je t'aime, lumiere... x)
i love the color of the last buds... yeay :D
sorry if the pictures go way off the page, but i like x-large better ;P lol anywho, again, please click on the pictures to look at them...
signing off
[[zoomzoom]]
flo on the go