fall photo shoot

Last night mom and I had a blast putting together a home modeling photo shoot. :) Lots of fun! please leave a comment and tell me which one is your favorite.

Outfit number 1:

Outfit number 2:

Check back soon!! I'm sure there will be lots more! :)

sweetest Donna

This is our friend Donna, we go and visit her every week. She adds sunshine to every day. :)

Donna is 93 years old. :) go Donna!

garden joys

I had a fairly successful year with my garden :) Enjoy the pictures!

our trip to IL

Hello dearest blog followers!! Here is a post on our latest adventure :) Enjoy!

Our first stop was at the Amana colonies in Iowa. :) We had lunch there.

...and enjoyed the bakery and chocolate shop.

In the morning we went to the farmers market in Beliot, Wisconsin (where we stayed).

We bought some flowers to make and arrangement for the hostess of the Reunion.

This is the name of a local grocery store in downtown beliot.

We hung out inside and played cards :)

Later on we showed up to the reunion, bringing our offerings of an un-cut watermelon and a flower arrangement. :)

Here we all are!! Lots of peps...

Mom, Caroline, and I.

Before departure the next morning we posed for pictures with GJ and uncle Mike.

On our way back home we got caught in traffic....actually a lot of traffic! We were parked on the interstate for over 2 hours! It's a very different experience to park on the interstate open the door and climb out of the car to stretch your legs by walking through long-long lines of traffic.... :)

Elliot decided to take a snooze in the back. Smart idea!

While we were waiting I drew a picture of a blue tree and pink stars, what do you think??

Once we got out of the traffic jam we went to the Iowa state fair in des monies. We had a lot of fun :)

Behind us is a star boars sand sculptor.

The fair grounds were huge!! and there was a lot of people

Now we're back home enjoying the rest of our summer. :) Have a great week!

the old market with Rachael

While Rachael was here we went downtown to the old market. We bought flowers and enjoyed scooters smoothies together! It was just great! :)

At the flower shop....

'flowers make people happy!' Amen to that!!

Zinnas

Gerber daisies

For lunch we went to el ranchito.
Notice: the flowers go everywhere with me :)

This is a beautiful apartment building, I really wanted to go to the 10th floor where there is a ballroom. But we didn't have a pass. :(

the county fair with rachael!

This week Rachael came in town! We had a great time with her. Here I'll show the pictures of us at the fair. :)

Tuesday was fair entry day! So after all the stress we enjoyed some time at the local soda fountain. The Simpsons were at the soda fountain too.
Friday night we volunteered at 4-H food stand with Julia and Samantha. I love working in the food stand, it's a blast!

The cowgirl pose :)

After our shift we played Bingo :) Another one of my favorite things to do at the fair

We got to watch a little bit of the rodeo too.
'rope 'em cowboy!'

Saturday Rachael did the animal scramble and she got a chicken! Yeah rachael! Spencer caught a goat! Nice work!