Happy 18th Birthday Faith!

Saturday was Faith's 18th Birthday! You just can't refuse an 11pm invite to a party. And she and her sisters are all so lovely....It felt good to finally have a bit of spontaneity in my life. Here are the pics:

Ready to go...sorry, no chocolates, just reeeally good book :)

There the Birthday girl is! "Isn't she lovely...isn't she wonderful....lalala"

Their sweet records totally made my day-a blast from the past-love it

Hmmm...which one?

Whatever happened to good music?

Pool time! They have this awesome solar insulator thing (don't know what I'm talking about) and the water was really nice and warm

"Come on in!"

Our warm-weather beauty tries to conserve heat :)

Quiet smiles

towels and toes

And chips!

Not to mention the amazing view, oh, and ping pong, and bat mitten.

In short it was awesome...a good balance between real mellow in the afternoon and then upped the energy in the evening with pizza and more people :) Love it. Thank you Faith for having a Birthday!

Yours truly,

Butterfly girl

Jordy's Brithday loot!

He's back, he's back, he's back!-YL tees and all! After babysitting, I came home and we had his gift-opening marathon. :) Or loot as Calvin and Hobbes puts it.

"I can't read cursive."

The awesome pocket knife from Aunt Betty and Aunt Pat

Grandma's present-love the box-those candy cigarettes are great for 50s night!

A quilt! Jean on one side and animals on the other-it's tradition for graduates to get a quilt...it was actually really beautiful.

And a duffel bag which will come in handy

And now for the present we've all been waiting for....

Dun da dun!

Mackenzie, check out that smile!

Beautiful

As we all crowd around

His baby-their first song together: My Savior, My God :)

Thanks Mackenzie for everything, we all love it!

Yours truly,

Butterfly girl

Yaay for days off!

Mom's bringing Jordy back from work crew! He loves rice (for breakfast, no less!) so I made him a big pot of it.
My aunt and family are camping at fish creek this next week, where Cassandra will join them-very excited to see them.
Then Mom's driving Dad and Jord to the airport for J's graduation-celebration-camping trip in Yellowstone National park. It felt the same way with Kayt for a while:Hi-bye all the time.
She'll drop me in Plattsburgh to do the second round of college shopping. I love the anticipation as it all gets closer.....

You know there's something wrong when you're freezing in August

Hannah brought in the 1st red leaf of fall-WHAT?!-I'm horrified

So I've been in this major sewing phase-no more sewing pile! Yaay! I'm just learning how to sew stretchy fabrics and use elastic and backing. Usually I just do touch ups...did two pairs of pants, a dress, a skirt, and my Houghton T. :)

The dress: Used to be floor length and ever so witchy looking.

The only pair of pants I own that aren't hand-me-downs.

Sewed to mimic skinny jeans

Houghton T and my "Africa skirt"-shortened

Sweet summers skirt bought from one of the local stores and the awesome, super-long scarf from our very own camp store

Yours truly,

butterfly Girl

To do list

Good beautiful, sunny, lovely day!

Got off from nannying today around lunch time. Yesterday I had one of those days where I just hit a wall. Took the bus home and got back around 4. And then it was like I was suddenly drained of any motivation. So today was one of those delightful days where I am actually looking forward to getting to my long to-do list...Most of it concerns stuff I just want to get done before college, (projects etc). Yes, I am a chronic list-maker...sometimes I even write down stuff I've already done so I can just cross it off. :)

Got pictures developed today. Most of them are for a little flip-book project I'm doing. I'd like to get it done so I can give it to Cassandra before she leaves for PA.

Song of the Day: Shattered

"How many times can I brake till I shatter...All I feel is the realness I'm faking.."-amazing lyrics

Yours truly,
Butterfly girl

Weekend

Heya!

So Friday I ended up getting home from babysitting at 11pm.....Fortunately, got a ride in to nannying Saturday morning. Hung out with Cassandra and April...

Played Ticket to Ride :)

Ok, guilty confession...I wasn't comfy in the shorts I was wearing, so I randomly went into a store, and walked out wearing a different outfit (don't worry I bought it). I felt vaguely like that scene in National Treasure.

Sunday morning hair

It started out really overcast and by the time we got home from church it was pouring.

products of shopping after church

So Kayt, Cassandra and Hannah and I dawned bathing suits and grungy clothes and went puddle jumping. :) And then of course it evolved into mud swimming in the obstacle course and swimming in the lake...oh, and then hot tub. Loveliness.

shower cap silliness

After the escapade:

And finally, after cleaning up, Cassandra and I had another....interesting :) cooking experience. Yeah, they were supposed to be these fruit rolls...didn't lay the slices flat...I'm blond?! How did you guess?!

Another reason to love mothers.

Yours truly,

Butterfly girl

Shorts

So yeah, just got back from a wonderful, refreshing, looong jog/walk to find that my shorts were.....inside out. I'm being scandalized by my own stupidity. :)

Well, this weekend is promising to be another busy one. Yesterday I nannied and then babysat for another family 5-10:30pm. Today I work as the ice cream girl 12-5...and then 6-10 babysit Hudson and Elly...and then get a ride into Aprils where I'll be staying for the night. Because Saturday I'm nannying...and it's Mom and Dad's anniversary so they can't drive me in. Not quite as thrilling as shopping, (which Mom, Kayt and Hannah are currently doing :) but it'll be fun to hang out with Cassandra on Saturday.

Received the labels I had ordered, only to remember that I'll only be at this address for another month. Still putting them to good use though! My mind was running in 100 different directions with all the things I want to get done in my last month before college. (ahhhh! :)

Got $25 dollars worth of pictures developed for my scrapbook (I'm still about a year behind...but catching up!)

Random photo of the flowers we got for Mom last Sunday.

Food, food and more food

Here's some random pictures of meals I thought looked good my cookie project :)

Supper side dishes

favorite part: the home-made blueberry jam on Upper Canada Village bread:)

When faced with left-overs, you can't go wrong with salad

And now for my cookie project

My kind of cooking (aka burnt)

Dad was adamant that they were NOT burnt-but I say if the chef says they are...they are.

So there you are with some of my latest eating/cooking experiences.

Yours truly,

Butterfly Girl