Summertime! :)

So, you may have guessed that my summer has been slightly busy, since I haven't posted anything on here in three months... :D

I've been working two jobs and taking two classes. Working at the concession stand at the pool and at the elementary special ed summer school (the summer school is only during July). Classes are Language & Communication and Reading & Writing in the Content Areas. The classes met for the last time last week, and my final paper and unit plan are due this Tuesday/Wednesday. I need to get "crackin" on those...eek!

My cousin Brenton Salyers passed away July 4th after another round with his melanoma. He had been married a little over 13 months to Cheree Coffman. We all went down for the funeral and then left Mom down at her parents for a week. When Dad and Andy went back to get her, they brought back a surprise...



...my cousin Ashley! She was at our house last week. Monday she went swimming with Andy...Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday she went to summer school with me in the mornings...Thursday she went shopping with me, Mom, and Laura Beemer. Friday morning Ashley and I headed back down to Missouri. This time, I stayed at Shane and Alaina's. Here's what we did on Saturday...



...it was tons of fun! I've heard about SDC my whole life, but this was my first time there.

Even better than SDC, though, was a whole weekend with the twins!



They were 9 months old July 6th...they are SO adorable and so much fun!

I have a BUNCH more pictures from my summer so far (especially of the babies) on Facebook. You can view them here. Enjoy!

I've Been Tagged!

I knew it would get around to me...Dalayna tagged me :)

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I've been tagged......
1. Choose the fourth folder where you store pictures on your computer. 2. Choose the fourth picture. 3. Explain that picture. 4. Tag 4 other people.

I currently only have three picture folders on my computer, so here's the fourth photo of my third album...



This is Thanksgiving 2008 at Uncle Gary and Aunt Liz's. I'm holding baby Sean (one of Shane & Alaina's twins) and that's his auntie Ashley kissing him.

I tag...Amy, Laura, Jeanne, and Jessica

It's A Boy!

My high school friend Brittany (Moore) Kucnick called me this morning to tell me she had her baby yesterday! They named him Josiah Tyler, and he was 6 lbs ? oz and 18 1/2 inches long. He was due April 13, so almost a week early. Brittany and PJ are making a trip this summer to see friends and family (they live in Idaho)--his family in Pennsylvania, hers in Iowa. She wants to get our group of friends together to see the baby and hang out sometime around the end of July/beginning of August. I'm so excited!


Brittany and I after the choir concert senior year of high school


Brittany and I at her wedding reception two years later


pregnant Brittany and hubby PJ (I didn't take this picture...I stole it from her Facebook hehe)

So I'm having fun thinking about what to send for Mr. Josiah...I'm liking what I see here, here, and here. :)

Giveaway!

Mmmmm, doesn't this sound marvelous?! A giveaway drawing for a free sugar scrub! I put my name in for the Lavender one. Check it out!

Getting Practiced Up

So I have three apartment-mates...the two who aren't my roommates tend to leave dishes sitting out for a week at a time and leave piles of books and papers in the living room. Earlier in the semester I was getting extremely annoyed, but I've decided it's not worth the energy. Instead, I'll just clean up after them so I can have the clean apartment I want. It'll be good practice for when I have kids! lol

Here's what the kitchen looks like when I get done with it...


Dishes clean and put away, and no extra stuff sitting around!

It doesn't stay that way for long, unfortunately...

Oh well! It's practice! (That's what I keep telling myself...)

The weekend at Mark's...

...turned out a little different than we had planned on, but it was still fun! My camera stayed in my purse, but today we took some pictures on Mark's camera before we left (me to college, Mark & Relyssa to meet Dalayna), so I'll get those from him sometime.

It's FRIDAY!!!

I normally think Fridays are pretty cool anyway, but this one's extra special! This afternoon I'm headed to Mark's for the weekend...along with Ryan, Relyssa, and Lyss's friend Ashley. Fun times! I'm taking my camera...we'll see how many pictures I get though, I tend to take my camera places but then forget to use it, haha. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to it. Haven't seen Mark/Ryan/Lyss since York convention...that's been 6 months! And my birthday is next week...so this is like an extra-special early birthday present :P