Boating...and...more boating.

Summer is coming to a end. It has flown by too fast, I just can't believe August is over and September is already here. School is now started for lots of people, but since our family doesn't have any students (yet....) we can still play a tad bit longer than others. Our summer days have been filled with lots and lots of boating. It's very beneficial to have a brother with a boat :) Ryan loves being out on the lake, so we try to get out there as much as possible.Ryan's happy place. For the July 24th weekend, we celebrated at Pine View, along with lots of other boaters. That weekend was the "Monster tour 2011" where professional wake boarders competed against each other....and we got to watch! We started out early, 7AM to be exact, so we could get some good water to wake board. After about 9AM, everyone starts coming and the water isn't so great.

My brother Mike, who basically lives on his boat all summer. Can you tell he goes a lot? I wish I could jump the wake too.

Kip....he basically lives on the boat too.

Getting my tan on...while talking on the phone too.

The newest addition to our big family, Mason, my cute new baby nephew! He was only 3 weeks old (at the time) and already they are training him to be a true boater.

playing with the kiddo's

Ryan and me...watching the professional wake boarders

He doesn't love those glasses...

Momma and baby

The little family

It's hard work to be this cute.

Grandpa and Grandma (my brother's a grandpa, haha!)

But he's one cool grandpa

More boating....another random summer day, filled with water, sunshine, and a rope swing!

Michelle (my niece) and Bonehead (aka Katie)

It's cold in the morning! Can you tell I love Pink? (Pink hoodie, Pink towel) If everything I owned was Pink, I'd be one happy girl.

Pink life jacket...I'm telling ya...pink is the best!

That's me, just hanging out. I wish I could do a flip :) That would be a better pictures to show off.

Michelle's first time wake boarding! I can't believe how fast she picked it up, she'll be a pro by no time. She'll probably be doing jumps before me.

That little Mason makes everyone so happy. He just is so cute.

All us girls....and the baby :)

The Rope Swing!

Mike, the ballet dancer.

"Yipeeeee!"

Out of all us girls, Holliann is the best wake boarder! I wish I could get some air like that :)

I guess I'll just have to keep on boating....practice makes perfect.....or at least better in my case.

The End

It's over! I can't believe it! I'm kinda sad about it. But I guess it couldn't go on forever....otherwise it would get old and boring, and we wouldn't want that. I've been a devoted fan from the beginning, I've read all the books and seen all the movies in the theater. It has been a fun little hobby....and Harry Potter will always be favorite of mine. I guess it's not quite the end....we can always re-live Harry's story over and over again! Yay for movie marathons! I know, I know....those 3D glasses are awesome! :)

The movie was everything I expected, I was very pleased. The ending was just like the book, which was perfect. Since I do love Harry Potter so much, I thought I'd share some of my favorite spells. If you are as a big of nerd as I am, you just might recognize some of them.

ALOHOMORA: opens locks
AVIS: makes birds fly out of the end of your wand
DENSAUGEO: makes teeth grow out of control
EXPECTO PATRONUM: creates patronus
EXPELLIARUS: disarms, such as knocking their wand out of hand
FERA VERTO: transforms animals into water goblets
FINITE INCANTATEM: stops any spell
FURNUNCULUS: causes a person to break out in boils
LEVICORPUS: turns your opponent upside down and dangles them in thin air
LOCOMOTOR MORTIS: the leg locker curse; locks an opponent's legs together
LUMOS: creates light
OBLIVIATE: makes person oblivious, erasing memories of an event
REPARO: repairs broken items
REPELLO MUGGLETON: makes and area invisible to muggles
RICTUSEMPRA: causes a person to curl up in laughter, as if being tickled.
STUPEFY: stupefies an opponent, or knocks them insensible temporarily
TARANTALLEGRA: forces an opponent's legs to dance uncontrollably

Here's just a random picture, of me and my doggie friend Teddy. He's Ellie's doggie cousin :)

Faith

July was a busy month. I have more events to post, filled with lots of pictures, which I meant to post today....but here I am....not doing it. I just have so much on my mind lately.

Since the end of January, our life changed forever, and so have we. At first, the shock helps numb the pain. After the shock fades, you aren't so numb anymore, and it all comes flooding back. People say time heals everything, but they failed to mention how much time? Some days I feel like I'm not so strong. It's been hard to think that I'm still stuck in this part of my life, we are so very ready for the next big step in our life. It feels like it's been a long journey, it has taken us over 2 years to get to this point. It doesn't seem to be a infertility problem, I have actually gotten pregnant twice. We lost our first baby at 7 weeks, and our sweet Jason at 26 weeks. The doctor says I'm very healthly and he says nothing is wrong with me. I guess it's just a trial we have to go through. So, after everything we've been through, here we are.... right back at square one. It's not in my control, and sometimes its hard not to feel hopeless. This has been my thought process the last couple or months. For my sanity, I NEED to change. I thought I could do this healing process by myself, that eventually everything will work out. I honestly do believe my dreams will come true, and everything will work out. But with the way I've been thinking....will this make me a better person? Will I be the momma I'm suppose to be? What is the lesson I am suppose to learn from this? It's taken me 6 months to figure it out. Some things I can't control, no matter how hard I try. I need to have faith, I have to humble myself and turn to the Lord. Not say it, but do it. I can't do this myself, I need his help. I don't know why I am typing this all down, for you all to know. I guess it's not for you, it's for me. I guess it helps me, to let you know how I feel. That I am still so very sad about losing my sweet baby, that I didn't forget him and never will. That you know I believe that we will be together again, and that I won't let this trial destroy me. I want to be a good person. I've always been a shy girl, I keep to myself and don't talk a lot. I'm the kind of girl that stays on the side lines. But since everything has happened, I saw how many people love and care for us. That I am just not some girl, on the side lines that people ignore. I am loved. Thank you for caring about us. So, I guess on here...it's easier to say how much that service means to us. It helps us feel stronger and helps lead us in the right direction. I don't want to seem like I am complaining about my life. We are so very blessed and I love my life. I wouldn't take back anything that happened. I know Heavenly father has a plan for us and for our son. I am so very proud I am his momma.

Wedding Bliss

Every summer...July seems to always be one of the busiest months of the summer. This year July was a tad more busier than the normal...we had plenty of wedding planning going on! My cute little niece got married July 8, 2011. And I was a bridesmaid! We helped set up, and take down, the whole wedding, just like we did with my brothers wedding last November. It was such a great weekend, full of lots of love and laughter. The day went perfectly, and I am so happy my adorable niece got her happily ever after.

Dun, dun....ta-dunnnn !! (insert wedding tune here.)
See me over there...on the left side, I was the ONLY Bridesmaid standing up there (its a good thing to knew I wasn't what everyone was staring at :). Katie, the other bridesmaid, was also the photographer...so she was kinda busy taking all these pictures.
Yay!! for kissing the bride!
That's me...hugging the beautiful bride :)
We're just a bunch of Blondie's :) If y'all didn't know better, I could say they were mine own. Too bad their not, but at least I get to claim them as my nieces!
What a sweet little family :) The newly weds!
Us !!
My brother Mike, and sister-in-law Julieso sweet.
brother and sister
Grandpa and Grandma
The three Amiga's! I love them so much! My niece, Kaci, is just like a sister to me. We have always been close, my whole childhood is filled with sweet memories of all of us. We were always together.

The Carlos family Sisters...oh, how I LOVE them to pieces
We are...bridesmaids! Haha! He's my favorite
Can't tell we're sisters...can ya?
My brother Jeff and Vanessa, my sister-in-law and ALSO a momma to be! How exciting!
The Linford family
My favorite Aunt Connie and my dad. Love them both, so much!
Awww...to be young again....
the nephews....
the nieces.... Awww, sweet. I wasn't so sweet...I stuffed that cake up Ryan's nose!
Another Momma-to-be! More excitment!! (Something must be in the water...I need some of that water!!!)
Almost....the whole family.
My cute mom and dad. They are the best.
The bubble send-off! Look how happy they are! Makes me so happy.
It was a beautiful day....exactly how weddings should be! I love weddings, it's a great way to celebrate the starting of a new family with lots of love. Gee, in less than a year, I've helped plan two whole weddings....I think I could be a wedding planner. haha! I can dream...right. Who knows, maybe one day :)