Road Trip

I'm out in Nebraska today on the way to Colorado to see my cousins.

It's a girls road trip!

My mom, sister, aunt, and I are all having a grand time pondering the rocks of the West.

We started our trek on Saturday,

drove all the way to the South Dakota/Nebraska boarder.

When we stopped for gas that night we found tons of crickets at the gas station,

they appeared to be basking in the florescent light.

Yesterday we took more time sightseeing on our was through Nebraska.

We found some really cool rock formations at the Toadstool National Park.

This is my mom and her sister in the rocks.

These are footprints of rinos.

This rock looks like Kill Roy

And after all that walking we stopped for some root beer floats, ice cream, and pie.

We also stopped at a buffalo dig but I didn't think to snap a picture. =(

It was really cool to hear the girl talk though, there are over 600 buffalo estimated to be in this really small area and no one knows why they are there for sure.

Finally we say some antelope along the road as we made our way out of town.

Catch up with you tomorrow-in Colorado!

One Big Thanks

Closing night of MAME

I was honored with the Fine Arts Festival Scholarship.

This is the Thank You I made for the board.

I was so flattered they thought of me.

Wrap-up of Thank You's

I finished making the last few cards for my crew today.

Here are a couple:

I made this one using some wrapping paper I saved as a color inspiration.

I use this pastel color theme a lot, but I don't think I'll ever get sick of it.

It's girly but light and still catchy.

Have a marvelous day!

Lots of Thanks!

Tons of thanks have to go out to my stage crew

and even some actors/actresses that helped me out this summer.

These are a few of them,

I still have more to make-

the work never ends-but at least this work is fun!

You Missed it!

I made pound cake, brownies, cupcakes, and cobbler.

All of it was so good I didn't get any pictures of it!

I guess I have to make some more and be better at documenting it.

I did steal some pictures off facebook of the cast of MAME enjoying the cupcakes.

It looks like everyone liked them!

I'll be back later today with some cards from last night.

PS If you're in Waupaca check out MAME

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

all at 7:30!

Finding the Beauty

For the past few evenings I've been hard at work

changing scenes for Mame,

and in the off time I sometimes do a jig

in time to the music that always seems to accompany these musicals.

When I'm feeling adventurous I venture further and sing along with the experts!

Well we open tomorrow!

(7:30 be there!)

and we took a break from rehearsing for tonight.

This gave me the opportunity to enjoy the downpour we got all day.

When the weather was through I was able to sneak a kayak journey in before dust.

It was refreshing to get back out on the lake.

On the way back into the house I found this nifty spot of moss

and snapped a quick picture to share!

July . . .

This month has been so busy!

I got my sister back:

I'm stage managing the community theater production of MAME.

Opening night is Friday!

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I also got a new MacBook for college!

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I've been working two jobs and this is my first day off in about two weeks.

It's bitter sweet though cause my boss didn't have us come into work because she is sick. =(

I did get to have lunch with my dad and pick some raspberries.

Then I came home and make some scones out of the berries.

I even had some left over to snack on while I uploaded my photos.

Finally I celebrated my 19th year in this world last Friday,

nothing big, I didn't work a full day and I hung out with my family.