Summer Happenings!

It's August already. How the heck did that happen?! Time seems to move so fast sometimes! Here are some happenings in my life this summer.

I called Lara up one Saturday morning to see if they were going on a hike that day. I was happy that they were and I joined them on their hike from Carderock to Great Falls and back (about 7 miles round trip). :) It was a beautiful day this day!

Back in 2010, I started making collages of the pictures I had from my semester at the BYU Jerusalem Center, but I didn't do anything with them. They just sat in my google photos and I never looked at them. That is until this summer when I finally decided to do something with the photos.

I used mixbook.com and put my already made collages plus a bunch of pictures I hadn't made into collages yet into a photobook. I am really pleased with the way the book turned out! It's good quality and I love having the book on the coffee table in my living room where I can look at it whenever I want (and I do look at it often). :)

I went to the County Fair at the beginning of the summer with two friends. What else do you do at a fair but eat lots of food?! :) I didn't know you could get different flavors of corn dogs but you can. I think this one was Wisconsin Cheddar and it was delicious!

I had an ice cream cone for dessert.

 And then later in the evening, I got funnel cake and a watermelon drink (drink not pictured)! :)

 Towards the end of the evening, they had fireworks. Overall, it was a pretty fun evening with lots of food, walking, music, and fireworks.

Kristina and Tom and kiddos came into town for a week! Kristina, Lara, and I hiked from Carderock to Great Falls and back the Saturday morning they were in town. It was good sister bonding time!

 My 12 and 14 year old nephews are taller than me! Crazy! :)

Whenever a sibling from out of town comes to visit, we usually try to have a family gathering with all of us in the area. There's always a lot of laughter and fun when we all get together. :)

In this picture, we're sad that the rest of our siblings nor our parents could join us. We had a hard time being serious for this photo. :)

I went to Wolf Trap with some friends from my ward to see a live production of The Little Mermaid. I wasn't sure how they were going to portray being under the water on the stage, but they actually did a really good job with that! It was a cute production!

Recently I've been wanting to try something new. I am not an artist in the least, but I had heard good things about paint nites and how you don't have to have painting or drawing experience to enjoy it. I decided that's the new thing I wanted to try!

I found a paint nite that I was interested in and invited some friends to join me! I loved the experience! The instructor was excellent and the atmosphere fun. Painting is kind of therapeutic and I definitely want to do it again. :)