kersti

this girl is pretty awesome & i love her to bits! 

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” - R. W. Emerson

little miss summer

this is little miss Summer Walker and she is getting baptized this saturday. i'm pretty proud of her.   

the call

iv'e never felt like an LDS mission was what was in my plan. sometimes i was/am confused as to why it wasn't for me....I had the desire but it's not for me and despite everything i have still had chances to share my thoughts and beliefs. which i am very grateful for. its clear that my dear sister Claire is so perfect for the work this is her way of serving...she is caring and loving and is genuinely interested and LOVES people so much.

here she is opening it.....she's been called to serve in the Nevada Reno mission!

...she leaves August 20th 

we had quite the group of cute little visitors some even google hung out and called in for it.

 the crowd of friends and fam that came in support for claire.

she is a beautiful soul and will do a great job.

the block party

 Claire and Tom

 Esther and June

 Alicia(looking a little hangry) and Colby

 the sneaky kids hiding away in the trees

 Jon

Miffy, Junie Beans and Christian

the block party was fun as always.....lots of long lost and or moved away friends visited it was GREAT to see them again. i also enjoyed a quick run around the freedom festival with my roomies. after the dance, which by the way is very entertaining not only to dance in but to watch other dance, sat and talked to my teenhood friends and sat in the grass til 2am.