It's OFFICIAL!

Coffee Colored has been published as an amazon e-book!

I'm so excited to share this project with all of you and I am hopeful for what it will become in the future. I've been blessed by the reviews and comments that I have had on it on wattpad for the past few months, and I can't wait to see how much further this will take it and my writing in general. It's been quite the journey and I can't wait to see what become of this little book.

UPDATE: You can now purchase Coffee Colored for $2.99 on your kindle or kindle for iPhone. Click here to purchase. :)

Thanks again!
Happy reading!

xoxo, Shi

Here Comes The Sun | Spirit Song 2014

//Kings Island
June 26, 2014

concert panoramas are my absolute faves.

So, this past Thursday I got to experience Spirit Song for the first time ever. (I've been wanting to go for, like, five years now). And let me just say...it was fabulous. 

We got to the park at around 9:30 because we wanted to spend the day riding rides before the concert actually started. 

mirror selfies for the win, am i right? 

So, once we got there we decided to hit up planet snoopy first for the little kids to try out some rides. (Just so you're aware, the yellow roller coaster in planet snoopy in the front seat is the best...at least for giggles). And after that we did the carousel. Absolutely no shame.

Once we were done there we decided we wanted to go to the racer, because why not? (Again, the best seat is the front. Just trust me on this). 

It was so much fun to spend the day riding rides and spending time with my cousins and my sister. They're beautiful and funny and amazing. I'm thankful that God blessed me with them. 

this is zoe; she rode her first roller coaster. i was proud.

my darling sister. i'm thankful for this one. 

Then we ate lunch and ya know. Boring stuff. 

But after that I took Allie to ride the beast for the first time. 

BEFORE. she was nervous.

AFTER. it was fun even though it beat us up. (ignore my excited roller coaster face--yikes).

Once that was done we went and met up for the concert. It was my first outdoor / festival type concert and it was so awesome (despite the heat). We partied extra hard. Tenth Avenue North was my favorite of the night, although the rest of the bands were fabulous as well. 

When it started to get dark, Allie and I decided we wanted to go ride a couple more rides and on the way back we danced around the park like lunatics. 

awful pictures but they really just capture who we are and i honestly couldn't love them any more. 

Ended the night with a crazy glow stick / beach ball dance party with Chris Tomlin. 

It was fabulous. 

I honestly don't know what I would do without getting opportunities like these in my life. I'm so thankful for the smallest adventures that I get to go on and the memories that I have been making. They've been pretty freaking amazing so far. 

I am blessed. 

xx Shiloh 

Weekly Eye Candy | June 23

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Hey hey. I'm back again with another weekly eye candy post for your faces. 

Life has been kind of crazy lately, what with graduation, getting a new job and working constantly, and still trying to make time for my family and friends. So it's good to be back again with a new post. 

These are just some of the things that have caught my eye lately.

• 1. gone writing is literally all I have wanted to do lately.
• 2. bonfires bonfires bonfires. I love them and they're just so summery that I can't help but want to have one every weekend.
• 3. red hair. I dyed my hair red about two months ago and I am loving it. 
• 4. the fault in our stars. I'm so in love with that movie. And the book. Agh.
• 5. I don't actually know why I love this picture so much; it just encompasses everything that summer is to me, I guess. Adventures and all of that. I love it.
• 6. this one just made me laugh. I graduated almost a month ago now, and so it's just sort of funny. Because really, I have no clue what I'm doing.
• 7. books books books. I've been reading (and buying) a lot of books lately. So, yeah.
• 8. I just thought this was a really great reminder. Adventures are out there, you just have to create them.
• 9. I miss watching One Tree Hill. A lot.
• 10. This bible verse is beautiful. It's a good reminder that the Lord is faithful and I love it.
• 11. Rollercoasters. I love them too much, obviously.
• 12. I don't know why but I just love driving with all the windows down and the music up. It's a good life.

So that's all I wanted to drop by and say. I'll be sure to update this blog more often now that I'm finally getting into a routine. 

xx, Shiloh

Booking It: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?

Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. Having missed her flight, she's stuck at JFK airport and late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon-to-be stepmother Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's sitting in her row.

A long night on the plane passes in the blink of an eye, and Hadley and Oliver lose track of each other in the airport chaos upon arrival. Can fate intervene to bring them together once more?

Quirks of timing play out in this romantic and cinematic novel about family connections, second chances, and first loves. Set over a twenty-four-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it. 

I loved this book. I thought it was humorous, but at the same time very thought provoking and interesting. The main characters, Hadley and Oliver, were so easy to love and relate to and I was left wanting to know more and more about them and what happened to them after the book was finished. 

I think that the author did a fabulous job at truly showing both of their emotions and the up and downs that relationships can have..even if they're only a day old. 

It was a really easy read and only took me a couple of days to finish (I probably could've finished in a day if I weren't so busy). 

 

*****

five out of five for sure.

check this book out!

Read on!