True Love

How you ever really thought about what love is? What it really is? Not that mushy stuff you see on TV, or the 'love' that some teenagers talk about all the time, but real, genuine, love.

I've thought about it. I did while mowing the lawn this morning. Here's my conclusion:

Love is like joyful giving.

Love is when you everything you can to make that one person smile; going out of your way to make their day.

Love is also finding someone who makes you smile on your worst days.

Love is finding someone who brings the best out in you.

Love is to make someone shine.

Love is a two person game, and if played right, it last forever.

Love is treating them with respect.

Love is supporting their dreams.

Love is holding them while they cry, and telling them everything is going to be okay.

Love is telling them when they're right, and when they're wrong.

Love is just being able to be together, doing nothing besides sitting there, and enjoying every second of it.

Love is helping the other person on their way, and pulling them back when they stray.

Love is caring for someone and accepting them despite their past.

Love is when you can be completely yourself and not be afraid of being judged.

Love is teasing someone, and both laughing.

Love is knowing when somethings wrong before they've even said a word.

Love is loyal. 

Love is sweet.

Love is pure.

Love is patient.

Love is kind

Love is not boastful.

Love is not proud.

Love is not envious.

Love is not rude.

Love is not self seeking.

Love is not easily angered.

Love is not delight in evil.
Love rejoices in the truth.

Love protects.

Love trusts.

Love hopes.

Love preservers.

Love is more than what the world tells us, yet love is a lot simpler, too. It isn't this big glamorous thing that comes and sweeps you off your feet and carries you into the sun set, but it is something magical.

A Sad Story

Yesterday marks the end of two lives. Mocha and Fibbi. I went to water them to find that they had already passed. They were old, and not doing well. They're happy now. Here's some pictures from their prime.

Fibbi on the wheel

Mocha on the wheel. I entered this photo at the fair last year.

Fibbi next to his wheel

Mocha trying to climb on the wheel

Mocha being cute

You guys will be missed.

I Heart Photos

So as you all know I aspire to be a photographer.

Well, I'm one step closer.

I have a website!

Ok, maybe it's just another blog, but it's a really cool blog.

Here's the link: http://katetroxellphotography.blogspot.com/

Check it out and tell me what you think.

-Kate

Summer Twenty Ten

My summer has finally started. Crazy, isn't it? I get  3 whole weeks of summer. And by golly, I'm going to make them the best 3 weeks I've ever had... Ok, maybe not that dramatic, but you get the idea. So far, my summer is going great! Yesterday I got to hang out with Caleb. (I'm sure you're probably sick of me talking about Caleb, but he's the only person I see on a somewhat regular basis. Sorry. I'll make more friends in school, don't worry.) We had an Avatar Marathon (the cartoon, not the 3D movie), and ate some ice cream. It was nice. Then today I got to sleep in till 10:42, and it felt great! Yesterday I even figured out how to make a photo slide show which you can see at the top right hand of my blog (under the title). Ok, maybe I just used picnik.com, but still, I was proud of myself.

I'm planning a picnic with Sam, my best friend in kindergarten. When we hit high-school our friendship kind of faded away. Now we've been talking again, and decided our friendship shouldn't end. It's nice to catch up. I'm also doing a photo shoot with her, and I'm really excited. We're going to a little park in town, and she bringing some old homecoming/prom dresses. I'm pumped.

Guess what else?

I've learned how to make ice coffees at home! Here, I'll teach you too. Make some coffee. While that's brewing (I sure hope that's the right word) fill a tall glass with ice. Add some milk, but not too much. Poor some coffee in a mug (like you're going to drink it [black]) and add two spoon fulls of sugar, or to taste. Stir. Now, poor sweetened coffee into your tall glass (without making a mess). Stir. Taste test. Fix to taste (Too coffee-y, add more sugar. Too milk-y, drink some and add more coffee.) And tada! The prefect summer treat. It might take a few tries to get it to taste right, and you'll want to keep stirring it so the sugar doesn't all go to the bottom. But you'll get it eventually.

So all in all, my summer is going wonderfully. I have a great family, great friends, great life. And coffee.

Tell me, could it get any better?

I Did It

I am officially done with algebra. Hallelujah. 

A Love Story

Once upon a time there was a turtle name Mr. Turtle

He was very lonely and sad. Then one day he met Miss Moose.

They quickly became friends. Mr. Turtle asked Miss Moose on a date.

He gave her a flower, asking if she'd be his girlfriend. She very happily said yes. They went on many more dates.

Pretty soon they fell in love.

The wedding is August 31st. And yes, they're will be a photographer at the wedding. And yes, pictures will be posted.

Kate

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be a different person. To have a different family. Grow up someplace else. Have different ideas. Different stories. Different friends.

Sometimes I wonder what people really think of me, and I wonder if I was someone else, would I be Kate Troxell’s friend. I’m mean, I here good stuff about me, and the bad stuff I normally hear are complete lies. But ... what do people really think?