Swimming {more summer pictures}

Summer always consists of LOTS OF SWIMMING. My parents have time share in Scottsdale and we can use the pools so when we weren't in our own pool it was fun going to the fancy pools.

Some end of Boston Summer Pictures

So I had one delightfun time in Boston this summer. I quit my jobs before I left to Europe so when I got back my days consisted of job hunting, breakfast out on the deck with my journal and or guitar, then long walks through the city {in perfect weather} exploring museums, the island off the coast, the zoo, and all of the Emerald necklace treasures by myself while everyone else was at work. Meg and I would round up some people {or contentedly just us} and drive up the coast to a variety of beaches, berry picking farms, and antique port towns. Unfortunetly, I didn't have a camera through all of this but before I left to move back to AZ (beginning of August) Leonardo gave me a camera so I have these pictures of my last weekend there. I still need to get some pictures from Meg of some of the other summer festivities.

Arabian Nights Party
(belly dancing Donatella, palm reading, henna tatoos)







On our way to Walden Pond for a night swim (this was a spiritual experience...being in a lake in the middle of the forest, in the middle of the night. I layed on my back moving my arms back and forth in the water, gazing up at a blanket of stars with the moon just peeking out behind the hill of trees to light our night. One of my top favorite nature moments where God spoke to me through His creations.

Ashley's Bridal Shower


Em's Birthday Party




A great last weekend note to end on.

Can't wait to hang on Halloween

UPDATE: some things that I like lately

I like my job. I like the people that I work with. I like that I can see planes taking off with a backdrop of camelback mountain from my desk by day, and if I work late I can see the city lights by night.

Last weekend I scored a voucher for $750 from Delta for giving up my seat on the plane back from SLC for a later flight. {that will be towards my England flight, thanks.}

If you are what you eat then at breakfast you can call me:

but by lunch my name has changed to this:

I'm loving fall rollin' in!

I bought these C.D.s the other day and I'm lovin' them both equally.

Let's hear it for my boys

So I know...the blog has been neglected.
I decided to update it with some pictures of my 3 main men and myself. I took them out for an outing a few saturdays back. We went to IHOP where the pancakes smile and to the dollar tree where you would have thought they were making a crucial decision at a car dealership when I let them pick out two toys each. Then we went to Seetas to play with the new toys and put together a dinosaur puzzle that I had purchased for the outing. Dinosaurs kinda rule our earth again, at least in Cotter's world. I love these boys like love loves love, which creates the problem of me rather hanging out with them then the boys my age.





Cotter

Gage

Benny Cruz

SUGAR

Europe is Amore

I went to Italy,Croatia,and Greece this summer with Kenz and Mom (Dad was there for Rome and the Amalphi coast too). We met up with Simona for Florence and Milan(my dear,dear mission companion from Italy) and had a lovely, lovely, lovely time. Oh, how my eyes flourish and my heart sings in Amore land. I wrote an Italian song with my phrase book. I will for sure go with my love someday.