06.30.10

#1. i love swim days

#2. i love staff meeting-(tonight was delsa's...that equals extra happiness)

#3-went to old navy and found flip flops for $1.47

#4-mr. incredible ballerina, ballerhino (ha ha inside joke 0.41 sec) man himself (alex) made my jaw actually drop tonight

with this incredible hip hop performance. 

really? i will be shocked if he doesnt win the whole thing.

 #5-im in bed and its only 10:00.

happy wednesday :)

06.29.10

field trip day! we went and saw 'How to Train Your Dragon'

kind of a silly movie, but hey, i got paid to go see it.

my 'mini me' begged and pleaded for me to make her matching ankle bracelets like mine

so we are all matchy matchy now, and she though it was the coolest thing ever

(shhhh dont tell the others shes my fav)

some random lady in the park brought us a bag of pretzels 

cause she thought the 5 kids we had left at that time might be hungry

ahhhh so funny.

watched GG when i got home

printed off camp pictures for our poster

a killer deal on 2 pairs of pants, and some awesome roxy shoes

gotta love savers :P

saw a wicked cool sunset...but didnt get pictures :(

rented when in rome...hahaha

its such a stupid movie,

but i kind of sort of love it!

now off to sleep!

happy tuesday!

06.28.10

today was blistering hot

so we did everything imaginable to avoid the heat

...which is hard to do when you are stationed in a park for 8+ hours a day...

but we played koob

lots of quiet ball

made friendship bracelets

colored pictures and did crossword puzzles

made tissue paper flags

and made sidewalk chalk art

tomorrow we are going to the moviessssssss

i also watched did you meet the morgan's for the first time
and the only reason i liked it was because everything is funnier in an english accent
so thank you hugh grant for saving that movie,
and also, for this song. which i like. a lot.

06.27.10

church

lifetime original movies

nap time

pasta salad made by yours truly

life narrated by oprah

toe nail polish

sundayyyyyy

<3

06.26.10

ooooooo today was good:

kassie and i both won tickets to the boise music festival this morning. heck yes backstreet boys!

and if all works out, kym is coming for the adventure!

got some cleaning done. thats always a good thing.

helped make strawberry jam

went out back and saw that my sunflowers finally opened!

costa for lunch

errands with mom and gretch

finally bought 'the bow club' ring as my mom put it :) ....hooray for royal bffs 

and...only one month till my birthday!

la la la life is wonderful.

06.25.10

a very happy day.

see here.

i guess it doesn't really explain much,

but just know it was a wonderful day

that i wont ever forget.

06.24.10

today...

this is what we did:

and this:

 i very much approved of today :)

also had the greatest conversation with one of my campers...his name is jonathan, he is 7, but the first day he introduced himself as Johnny Appleseed...so that is what we call him :)

me: 'hey johnny appleseed, can i eat lunch with you?'

johnny appleseed: 'ya, ok'

me: 'what did you bring for lunch today'

johnny appleseed: 'a PB&J sandwich'

me: 'oh i bet its apple jam, since you are Johnny Appleseed'

johnny appleseed: 'no, not today'

me: 'oh darn maybe tomorrow'

johnny appleseed: 'ya maybe, but this is really good raspberry jam that my mom made, so i might eat this for a while. i will bring you some if you want cause its good'

me: 'guess what johnny appleseed, you are my new hero. im serious. im even going to tell my family that johnny appleseed is my hero.'

johnny appleseed: 'really? like the me johnny appleseed, or the one that died in the 80s?'

me: 'died in the 80s? ha johnny appleseed didnt die in the 80s'

johnny appleseed: 'oh you are right, it was the hundred and forties'

oh my gosh. i love working with kids. they never cease to crack me up :)

06.23.10

today was a good day.

semi stressful and scary at times (we had a dive and rescue for one of my 6 year olds at the pool today :( eek)

but over all it was a good day:

today was a swim day.

swimming makes me happy :)

and im looking rather lobster-ish and i love it

weird, yes, but i always kind of enjoy getting sunburned

mainly because by the time i wake up it will most likely have already turned into a tan (love my skin)

but also because its almost cliche to that of summertime.

and i love summertime.

ha. i know...im strange.

today was also lovely because my dear sweet bosom friend sara ence got her mission call!

to the one and only calgary, canada.

couldnt be happier for the girl.

she will do great things.

love her :)

06.22.10

bike ride to work with samuel

one of my favorite field trips all summer...the pirate park!

(and it was the perfect weather for this awesome day

even got a stellar sun glasses tan :)...)

came home and saw this:

i sure do love sara....

also, blue toenail polish

and glitter fingernail polish that apparently changes color in the sun!

we shall see!

ahhhhh i love summer!!!

06.21.10

today it FINALLY felt like summer

and its a good thing, cause its wet and wild week!

today we built sand castles

and made purple cow shakes.

yummmmm

06.20.10

jason mraz marathon blasting on the way home

pretending i was awake on the way home :)

and making it home in time to see my pop's for fathers day

and my grandpops

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

06.19.10

a sleep over at Jen's

breakfast with her adorable family

lunch and shopping with Mom, Dott, and Tess

finding more happy bracelets

and just enjoying a blissful saturday

<3

06.18.10

an absolutely gorgeous day

for an absolutly stunning bride.

my katie leeflang is now mrs. craigo

love love love

06.17.10

a superb day at work

and now off to utah

to celebrate this awesome girl:

plus a sleepover with Gwen

and all sorts of adventures with sara, kym, karinne, jen, katiejane

oh its going to be a swell weekend

06.16.10

watched "night at the museum"

and played the great 2 hour game of dodgeball ever!

sooooo fun!

staff meeting was a blast as usual.

and i was in a freakishly hyper mood all evening

so this brought some most entertaining moments with the siblings...

also, i love that each night,

my igoogle home page allows me to watch the sunrise in paris

oh happy wednesday

06.15.10

oh the boise zooooo

field trip days are always an entertaining adventure.

and the fact that we have giraffes now is enough to make me do the happy dance

a bad leg wouldnt let me fully commit to sprout ball

so instead my pal Kenna and i took sky pics.

seriously my fave

im constantly amazed by clouds and how amazing the sky is.

it brings me infinite joy

06.14.10

hooray for a sunny summer day and an entire 30 kids at camp

hooray for laundry

hooray for my siblings who never cease to entertain me

hooray for itunes
hooray for new tyler ward awesome-ness

hooray for thunderstorms 

and sitting by my window for hours watching the thunder roar and the lightening flicker

hooray for falling asleep to the drizzle of the rain outside...

06.13.10

mmmmm sundays <3

went to chandler's homecoming talk

poor kid was the ONLY speaker, 

and had to speak the day after his sisters wedding

bless his heart. he did great :)

took a glorious afternoon nap.

for 3 hours. haha 

yummy dinner.

yummy dessert.

the tony awards!

text to kym at 8:18 PM 'Hey, are you watching the tonys?'

text received from kym at 8:18 PM 'Are you watching the tonys?"

seriously. we texted each other at the same moment.

that is why we are friends

definite highlight of my day. i laughed so hard

watched toy story 2 before bed.

gah...so excited for number 3.

i sure hope they didnt ruin it!

now, off to sleep.

hope there are more kids at camp this week!

06.12.10

morning errands.

greenhouse.

$2 tank tops + a much needed new skirt ;)

planting marigolds

french pedicure

the mckay and shea wedding

running into LOTS of high school pals

FINALLY seeing my pal chase after almost 3 years

chatting with my fav cousin for who knows how long

watcing the glee finale for the___th time

boy. do i love saturdays

06.11.10

a whopping 5 kids today.

thats the most we have had all week.

5 kids can entertain themselves really well

i dont think i did much today...

plus, we had

gorgeous weather here

it was freezing cold in the pool

but an absolutely beautiful day complete with blue skies and toy story clouds

as well as the 1st free snowcone of the season from snowcone man trevor.

the day ended with an awkward wedding 

yummy dinner

and watching SYTYCD and then Stick It on DVR.

awesome

06.10.10

oh what did i do today at work today you ask?

well, it was freezing cold. 

so we whipped out the space heater.

all huddled in the shelter

and watched Cars.

some even fell asleep.

it was awesome.

and i only partially feel guilty about getting paid for it.

then we played baseball.

and then it was time to go home.

wow.

i also very much enjoyed this message from a friend:

"I'm going to change my relationship status to widowed.....because I've come to the decision that the guy I'm supposed to marry must have died and that's why he hasn't come along ..."

Never-been-married-widow support group anyone?

tonight i went on an adventure with samuel and mom to bagpipe practice and the Boise Co-Op
oh the things you will find...

06.09.10

summer rain

(i really do love it...although it was suppose to be a swim day...guess you cant have it all eh?)

playing the statue maker game

and mission

and approximately 7 consecutive games of Uno

we went to costa vida for our weekly staff meeting and the power was out!

the employee said..."oh hey! apparently we are going green"

strawberries as big as my head for dessert

a very entertaining conversation with my sister

oh man, she cracks me up

and this song...which im 1000% sure he sang for me...

06.08.10

bowling field trip with all 4 kids

lunch pack by gretch

4 square

beach volleyball

playground tag

more swinging

cute kittens

sidewalk chalk

and glee...

what a day.......

06.07.10

first day of camp!

and despite having only 4 kids show up

(due to meridian school district still being in school)

it was a pretty awesome day.

the weather was nice

the kids were and especially entertaining bunch

and we did some fun stuff!!

like: 2 on 2 bball

played 'guess who' about 50 times

summer bingo

charades

easy tie dye art

(we used our to make flowers)

and swinging in the park.

heres to an awesome summer!

 

06.06.10

helping in primary

watched one of my favorite movies with the fam

-music of the heart- makes me cry every time

afternoon nap

yummy dinner

visiting grandma and grandpa

"funner than a barrel of monkeys"

a rainbow filled sunset

swinging

packing lunch for camp tomorrow

watchinng frank sinatra and bing crosby youtube videos as i fall asleep

.doesnt get much better than that.

06.05.10

cleaning

room makeover

new old dresser

...painting it black

...and i may or may not have found eiffel tower knobs to complete :)

yard work

smell of freshly mown grass. (mowed grass?)

backyard bonfire

smores

texts in french from lyman

.happy saturday.

06.04.10

rain rain rain

visiting my beautiful park and setting up for camp on monday

junior counselor interviews 

(totally got to see one of my favorite campers!)

more rain rain rain

whale wars...semi obsessed now? yes.

hastings run

the proposal with mom...and even dad watched haha :)

06.03.10

boss sara driving the 15 passenger van...and we lived

attended the most entertaining CPR and First Aid training ever...who knew it could be such a blast!

getting off work early.

people staring at me as i belted glee songs with the car windows rolled down

mmmm tanning

hair cut on the back porch. just live when i was a kid

a kym text that had me laughing really hard

new lime green sandals

nightly FB chat with gwen-ie

<3 <3 <3

06.02.10

oh the joys of 'training'.

im still trying to figure out what we did today...

im not really quite sure.

but im not complaining.

i will gladly get paid to color and talk about games and craft projects.

summer rain. 

i love that stuff.

i just would prefer it DOESNT come visit the 1st week of camp

...fingers crossed...

coming home and watching glee again

as i colored a 'welcome' banner for a good 3 hours

oh what a lovely wednesday

06.01.10

ahhhh welcome june.

today was back to work! i think its almost ridiculous how much i love my job. and training week is just incredibly comical. oh wow. its going to be a good summer.

pie hole for lunch with the staff and e-fuzz. boy do i love downtown boise

i received another gigantic tub of teacher goodies. picture books and resources galore. and yes i did do the 'happy dance' when i saw a water cycle poster and lots of plastic money....judge me not.

dinner tonight was quite entertaining. its amazing how much you can learn about your siblings at the dinner table. love it!

um its tuesday. and i had an incredibly...giggly...time during this entire number. *swoon*

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