Summer // 2014 - what I've been up to

hi there friend!

OK, so I've been keeping you all updated with the vacations 

i went on this summer but not so much what I've been up to

when were at home! i think this is the busiest summer i can remember!

it seems like we were rarely home (which is mostly true!). but it was an amazing summer

i must tell ya! 

soo i'll start you off with these gems that i get to babysit!

we do love to dress up (if you couldn't tell already!)

 i got to eat dinner with my little soldier James, Paul George Washington and two lovely 

princesses Valerie and Faith! Natalie was our wonderful chef! 

if you know me at all, you might know biking is

one of my favoritest and bestest things to do!and i

did plenty of it before my bike broke! but i have a marvelous sister 

who let me barrow hers a LOT! thank you Mary!

 i also started running more frequently than i typically do!

(i like running in winter better tho!).

i had some great partners with me sometimes!

 i enjoyed all the lovely rainstorms that came our way! 

 and... of course I've been drawing!

 one evening i went for a   run when the sun was setting...

 it was beautiful =D

God sure creates the prettiest masterpieces!

 we had our friend Donald come for a visit an

us older girls and mom treated him to Debrands for the first time!

 than we walked around the outdoor mall and took selfies with

some hats!

 been babysitting this happy, funny, adorable girl

who is 2 now! shes growing so fast :)

 she is to much cuteness!

and so that's some of what I've been doing! more will be

coming!

have a whimsical day!

*AJ

Wordless Wednesday

Spoon Lake trip - 2014

hey there!

 yup its been like almost a month since last time i posted but

we went on another trip to spoon lake IL, to see our aunt get baptized

at there lake home! it was our second time there this summer☺

but im posting the pictures from our first tip this summer!

enjoy...

 me and Mary before we left!

 there were the prettiest clouds ever! we drove under these 

ginormous rain clouds!

 always my crazy bench partner ;)

 me and Emily did each others nails the night before we left!

Emily did flowers, stripes & polka dots on mine and i

did two clouds (one with a bow!) and polka dots! i had this whole

creative idea but... one little smudge and poof ... weird nails instead!

 me and Mary just like taking pictures before swimming:)

 this is our aunts dog (also named maggie)!

she is the cutest sweetest dog!

the boys down by the lake!

 pure happiness...

 aunt Kathleen took some of us girls for a 

boat trip around the lake!

she is just a downright cutie!

saw these beautiful clouds♥

 every single time we go to the lake

we always have icy pops! the best☺

 talking the evening away (waiting for others to arrive!)

 i stayed up with Emily and cousin Sarah to sit on the front patio

and wait for the arrival of the rest of the fam an i saw this bug and

about screamed! its like something you would see in the zoo in a glass display

case! it was as hard as a rock (its beetle wing thingys that is!).

 me and Kate took the kayaks out for a ride!

me an kate went back to the house after kayaking to check

on the dogs and than take em swimming!

Valerie, Truly & Faith playing war in the yard!

dad and James playing a game!

 corn hole tournament we had... it was Kelsey and cousin Sarah 

against Hannah and Grant 

 Hannah and Grant against Isaiah and Paul!

 yes, Hannah and Grant won the first round

than they were up against me and natalie, they won

again soo... Kate and Mary stepped up!

and after it all, they won! but we rarely practice soooo....

ya... ;)

 Kate, Maggie Truly and Emily

 Paul

 this little cutie waiting to go to the lake!

 twinsies!

 we had a nice cloudy jetski ride!

 Truly and I

 Valerie (her mouth is full of carrots!)

 this is what the 2 little's liked to do after lunch!

 Esther and Grant

 Emily and I!

 there was SO MUCH seaweed... and it was really funny to get some in your hands 

and go put it on someones shoulder and watch there reaction! ( most of them were 

not very pleased! oops :D)

 Mary taking the girls out for a ride!

 us girls...

 all of the kids at the cabin!

 me and Sarah! ( ignore the magnificent hair ;D)

annnnddd we headed home after some VERY fun filled days!

we are so blessed to have such wonderful relatives to visit!

super Mabel pictures may come later!!!!

thats all...

have a whimsical day☺

Alaina Josephine