FALL | 2015 | Favs, Photos, Etc.

This is quite a bit 

later then I had anticipated posting it!

But who says you can't enjoy fall photos in winter?!

Anyway, I got a handful so scroll on and 

enjoy this season throwback :D

One of my FAVORITEST things about

fall is all the beautiful 'fall' hues that we can finally wear

(since summer is all bright and pastel ;D). One Sunday me and Kelsey

happened to be (almost) twinning so we took a moment to 

snap a photo!

 So, back in October a couple sisters and a friend whet to a young people's

conference... They get to have these fancy theme dinners and dress up

so us 'younger' people who didn't go wanted to have a party of our own! So,

Me and Mary decided to age a bit ;D this was too fun! 

we laughed so hard that day when we were getting ready, I had to fix my hair

multiple times. It kept falling out!

Took Valerie out for a photoshoot with a friend on her

birthday (coming soon!). They're the cutest best friends ♥

and their laughter is adorable! 

 I got my first dear magazine... Best magazines ever!

 Some artwork I did (on a leaf!)

I kind of redid my little corner of the bedroom and

redecorated it. I found this frame and decided to use it as a 

dry erase quote board (since I get tired of staring at the same

quotes all the time!)

Got some fairy lights in the target dollar section (Score!!!)

This year has been rain, rain, and more rain... But that's fine cause it

makes for some great photos

ah... the foggy mornings are definitely one of my top

favoritest things from this fall! so beautiful.

Also loved all the frosty mornings too ;)

 So... I like to bike whenever there's no snow on the ground

(If there is snow, i'll be running!) I did freeze my fingers that ride though!

I was used to all my Hilton Head island rides the previous week! 

Was able to 'shadow' my friend photographing another one of my friends 

senior photos which was really fun because I got to go on a random little

adventure with some of my best friends AND the location was beautiful (bonus!) 

Been really fascinated with shadow/ light reflection photos lately and

thought this one was cool! (take a moment to appreciate that mountain of hair on my head :D it takes some time to get it to stay up top like that with it being so long!)

And thanks to Kelsey for letting me borrow these sandals

  almost every day since she bought them! (She did end up giving them to me later on ;D)

Had a few backyard fires (in the fire pit of course!)

I was walking in the house after taking some pictures and

I saw this bright orange thing on my shirt but had to resist shaking it off so

I could take a picture of it first!

Had a billion movie late nights with Emily, Natalie and 

occasionally Esther (it seems like). I've been working on stuff for etsy!

(Emily and I will be opening one soon!). We discovered these sweet potato chips 

that are SO addicting! but their healthier than potato chips so

that's a plus!

I found the I am they band this fall and 

I love every song I've heard from them! Amen is one of my favorites. 

their harmony is amazing.

One morning I made myself go outside in the wet, rainy weather to take pictures

and i'm glad I did! it was so purty outside!

I am so thankful for a friend who let me borrow her Canon powershot for a few weeks

to get used to the Canon system (since I'll be purchasing a Canon in the near future!).

I had so much fun with that camera and I'm SOOO excited to get my own dslr!

So, every day I wasn't borrowing Kelsey's sandals I was wearing my minnetonka moccasins!

Mom found them for me at  goodwill for $8.00 (SCORE!!!!) I was so happy about this find!

Had so much fun with family and friends at our annual church fall camping

trip at Indiana dunes state park.. (post about that coming in several parts!)

This is the first year I've ever been able to capture the moon

and people ACTUALLY be able to tell what it is! got some cool shots!

More rainy days!

You wanna know what a slow/ lazy reader I am?

Ok, I set a goal at the beginning of 2015 to read 15 books. Easy right? (for some of you!)

NO... you wanna know the grand total of the books I read cover to cover?

a whoppin 3 books. Yep! 3!

This year I eased up on myself and set it for 10 books.

I'm currently reading Women of the Word and as a family we're reading Love Does.

I highly recommend both of those books! i've loved them both very much and i'm not even all the way through. 

 Ok. Last favorite of mentioning... my pinterest feed during fall.

It always has such cool, inspiring photos!

That's it! theres still plenty of fall adventures to be posted
but I promise, they're not random photos! it's camping, road trips, photoshoots etc.

Have a whimsical day,

Alaina

Sisters Mini photoshoot // Summer 2015

Yes, I did take a little pause on blogging
because I've been so busy with Christmas stuff
so I didn't have the time to blog!

So, late last summer

I asked Mary if I could have her camera

considering she hardly ever uses it! And of course being

the sweet sister she is, gave it to me :)

It's a Nikon coolpix p100. 

It's not a big fancy camera but I am 

getting as much practice out of it that I can

before I buy a pro dslr. 

So one evening I was all excited and asked Esther, Natalie

and Valerie if they'd want to go out for a shoot.

They were all excited too, which was great!

Her smile is beautiful ♥ such a cutie!

Natalie was great at helping me get the girls to laugh 

or smile for me.

This girl has gorgeous hair!

Where we were taking pictures there was a ton of
those snowflake looking wildflowers (whatever they're called!) so
we picked big bouquets of them and ended up dropping them all
since i had them climbing trees and running around :D

Today is Natalie's 13th birthday! I can't believe she's 
13 already =O boy does time fly. Happy birthday Nat!
Love you to peices ♥ May God bless you and may you draw 
closer to Him every day. I'm blessed to have such a sweet
young lady as my little sister :)

Also, Happy new year everyone!
I hope you all had a fabulous 2015 and I hope your
2016 is even better! 
I've been so blessed by so many people and
have had great opportunities 
over the past year and I can't wait to see what God 
has in store for 2016.

Thanks for stoppin by :)
Have A Whimsical Day,

Alaina

Independance day | July 2015

So... Don't get too excited 

yet but I'm almost caught up with my posts :D *Happy dance*

But that's beside the point of this post!

This past independence day was a blast!

we spent it at home with our grandparents.

We played corn-hole (one of my personal favorites!)

had a water balloon fight, ate good food

and watched fireworks off the

roof of the fifteen passenger van, downtown!

I didn't make it too far in the tournament :o !!!

 There was even a little audience! 

 Little Jimmie just learned how to ride without training 

wheels this July! so he was on his bike zipping around!!

 Just some of the balloons for the fight :)

 ='D This girl cracks me up! after our water balloon fight

she decided to put on her footie pajamas!!

For dessert I didn't feel like eating ice-cream

but I'm ALWAYS in the mood for fruit so I ate frozen raspberries

and a banana with magic shell on top!

 She doesn't really prefer to look at the camera...

 The fireworks were fantastic! Always such a joyous occasion. 

And us rooftop sitters :) 

we even had big brown paper bags filled w/ popcorn!

I'm so thankful for all the men and women who

fought for America's freedom and the ones who are still defending 

this country. We are so blessed but take SO much for granted...

May God continually bless this nation.

Have a whimsical day,

Alaina