20 Years Young

Tomorrow is my birthday! I'm turning 20 and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm no longer a teenager.. whaaaa!? However, I'm excited for what the 20's hold for me! A new decade of new adventures I'm sure. Today I wanted to spend the day with my best friends! This morning we woke up and did Top of The World hike in Laguna. Hiking here is definitely not the same as Arizona! Regardless, it was still fun and nothing can really beat the beach after a hike. After that we went back to school and got ready to go get some coffee at Hidden House in San Juan Capistrano! I'm in love with this town & can't wait to go back another day and explore more. God blessed me with such amazing friends & I'm so incredibly thankful for them. 20 is going to be good.

Happy Monday {February}

Happy Monday everyone! My mondays this semester are quite busy filled with six classes. It's easier now than ever to complain and be grumpy. However, it's February! This is one of my favorite months because it's my birth month, love month, president's day month (= a day off of school), & it's short! I encourage all of you this happy monday to remember how loved you are, & and if you aren't feeling loved here are a few verses that can remind you that you are...

John 3:16 ~ Romans 5:8 ~ Galatians 2:20 ~ 1 John 3:1

San Diego Roadtrip

No school on Monday? That means roadtrip!! We (Emily, Anissa, Lo & I) spent our Monday exploring the many parts of San Diego! My roommate-Emily- lives in North county San Diego, so we stayed the night at her house Sunday so we could wake up and have the whole day to be tourists. We started the day at Old Town San Diego, then to Balboa Park, and ended the night at Hotel Del Coronado! It was definitely a busy day, and by the end I was exhausted & cranky BUT I had a great time, especially with these amazing girls.

San Diego from Rachel Wise on Vimeo.

Overdue Film

Film is so incredibly fun. I sometimes wish I didn't love my DSLR so much so I could spend more time shooting film! This film was extremely overdue-majority of these shots were taken during summer. The first few shots (up until my sister asleep in front of the antique store) were taken with my waterproof film camera- which I never finished the roll of but thought it was about time to develop! The rest were taken with my Canon AE-1 Program which I LOVE & need to use more. Hopefully this year I will take more shots on film because it's definitely something I love and want to do more.