Summer Time, and Everything's BUSY!

Well, this week has been busy! I have been babysitting, swimming, cleaning our pool...which is VERY time consuming, shopping and hanging out with friends! There are so many weddings this summer, it's so awesome!We went to one yesterday, and it was SUPER SWEET!  We are getting ready to go on vacation, Wednesday! I'm SO EXCITED! I LOVE traveling!! We always have "mystery" vacations... we never know really where we are going until the "day of" and then... even that's subject to change! We just roll with the flow! We are such a hippie family! I love it! So, We are thinking of going North, or North East this year! My Mom has four states left before she has visited all fifty.... and she hopes to go to all of them before her fiftieth birthday (which is in two years)  - So...Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Alaska are left. WOW just the thought of us going to Alaska in the future, gives me chill-bumps! That would be SUCH an adventure! It would almost be like leaving the country!
Today, I'm going to sew one of my dresses for vacation! It's a red 1950's dress! I'm really happy about it! (If I have time... I will make a purple and white one also..but I don't think I will have time!)

 Here is our house :)

 This is the road I walk every day! I pick lots and lots of flowers in this field!

 I found this picture today, and just had to put it on here! Awwww....

Here is a picture of some of my friends at Camp! This picture was taken during 'Staff Training'

SUMMER!

I know I haven't posted any thing in such a long time!! This summer has been very busy for me! I spent pretty much the whole month of June at Camp David of The Ozarks J That was a BLAST!!  Camp was such a growing experience for my faith, this year! God is SO awesome!!       My family went to St. Louis for an evening to watch ‘Shakespeare in The Park’ perform ‘The Taming Of The Shrew’! They moved the time period to the fifties! The set looked like it came off the cover of a vintage ‘LIFE’ magazine!    ……On a side note: We have new neighbors! I can’t wait to get to know them better!   4^th of July was GREAT! In the morning we went to our little town’s parade, and I saw Rachel!! <3 I had a blast hanging out with her! And we both bought “red flair” hair extensions! I can’t wait for choir to start next month! I miss seeing her and Charity on a regular basis!!   Okay, here is my stupid “teenager story” for the week… I went with Katie to the License Bureau to get my permit renewed…  My permit has been expired for a while now, so I have just put it in my journal… there is a little pocket to put it in, and it’s actually a really cute picture, because I was so young, and SO excited to get my permit! So I walked into the building, and handed the guy my permit… he updates some information… and  from behind the desk I couldn’t see all that he was doing… but I heard this horrible machine sound and I asked if I would be able to have it back when he when he was done. And the guy just drops his jaw and says in a “sorry” voice: “Oh, I forgot to ask you if you wanted it back… I’m sorry, I just shredded it…” I was SO sad!! He tried to re-print me one, but his computer was not co-operating! So when he took my new picture, I saw it and it was HORRIBLE. And so, I asked if he could do another picture (because they usually let you do that…) he said “Oh, I’m sorry… it’s too late, this is what it’s gonna have to be.” I was SO mad… when I got in my car, I cried *all * the way home… Golly Moses, I felt like an emotional stupid teenager, afterwards, but I was SO sad!  …and I still hate my new picture!  :S oh well… I’m sure everyone has a similar story…