{9.21.14} Snapshot

I am so grateful for this dear sister who goes on spontaneous yellow adventures with me ;)  Running through a field of goldenrod has been on the bucket list for a long time now, and today was the perfect day to welcome fall :D 

The bugs were horrible.  The sky threatened to rain.  Oh and we have papers due tomorrow.  But the sunshine yellow flowers were definitely worth it :)

{7.26.14} Snapshot

//because after a long day of transporting, lifting, and unpacking, this wee family is finally installed in their new home :)

Elsa's Graduation Celebration :)

My goodness.  Do I sound horribly sentimental if I say that time flies by so fast?  It seems like just yesterday that Karolina, Elsa, and I were dressing up to match our American Girl dolls, playing "Farmer In the Dell" after church, painting our faces with oil pastels to look like Indians on the warpath, taking turns on the swing hanging from the oak tree, and seeing who could do the most impressive jump from the diving board.  Now Karolina will be a junior at Grove City, I'll be a sophomore at PHC, and Elsa will be a freshman at Hillsdale.  My goodness.  

All memories aside, today was the day that this dear sister graduated high school.  Needless to say, we had quite the party :)

(yes aren't we attractive?)

There were lots of spirited badminton games....

....and don't even get me started on the food.

Elsa is a ridiculously talented artist (hence her art major at Hillsdale) so it was lovely to see some of her work displayed :)

(she was rather excited about the hanging lanterns.)

Can you tell they're sisters? :)

All the Grove City attendees...

...yeah they were a little crazy :D

Elsa, thanks so much for asking me to take pictures today!!  It has been such an honor to grow up with you, and I can't wait to see where the Lord leads you in these coming years :)

{7.5.14} Snapshot

//because summer weddings with my favorite people are pretty much the best thing ever.

Hello {Summer}

Well hey there!!  I'm almost embarrassed to post anything here anymore because I know that months go by in between updates, but tonight I'm waiting on a batch of cookies to come out of the oven and I decided that it was the perfect time to do a quick post concerning all things summer :)

Since getting back from school almost 2 months ago things have stayed pretty crazy....working three jobs keeps me on my toes :)  BUT I have gotten some time to do fantastic summer-y things such as

1.) Sleepovers with this beautiful lady (who also stops into work to make my day much happier :D): 

2.) Throw a well-loved ball endless times per day:

3.) Photograph this lovely wedding:

4.) Break it down to the Cupid Shuffle with my favorite little person at said wedding:

5.) Oh and speaking of the wedding, did I mention that I got to spend the day with this dear friend?  Yeah.  She's basically the best person ever.  

6.) Uphold my crazy aunt status with this lil' peanut:

7.) BUT BUT BUT I saved the best for last!!  Meet my new, perfect little niece, Aimee Elisabeth:

Of course I had to snap some pictures of this precious face ;)

Gaaaaahhhh isn't she so perfect???  I can't wait until she comes to visit me in August :)  

But with that, my cookies are done and it's getting late....it's amazing how quickly the 2AM college mornings have faded away now that I'm home ;)  Hope you all have a fantastic 4th - it promises to be a hot and humid scorcher here in Pittsburgh :D 

~ Bex