Family gatherings, cookies, and red shoes!

I have some random pictures on my phone that I wanted to remember.

In the middle of July, my brother, Nate, was on a work trip in New York (he lives in northern California) and decided to make a little detour to D.C. to see us, siblings, that live in the area. It was fun to have him here, even if it was for only two days! 

I got to meet my newest nephew, Benjamin a couple of weeks ago! He is soooo cute! (Matt and Karey are visiting from England for a few weeks.)

I made some M&M pudding cookies awhile ago for a charity bake sale and they turned out pretty well. :)

I went on a walk early one morning and I saw this bird out on the water and the lighting was perfect and I just had to capture this shot.

I got new red shoes. You have no idea how hard it is to find cute, flat, and the right color of red shoes. I found these shoes at DSW and they were calling my name as soon as I walked in the store. They were on sale, they fit nicely and they were the right color. (I actually did look around at other red shoes, just so it wouldn't be an impulse buy, but these were definitely the best ones.) :)