the fest of summer

summerfest:) 

the one weekend all summer that everyone swarms to the park to play:) 

and of course, we had to get our summerfest on.

the first day we went, we went on two rides and about died. 

buut it was really fun:) 

then we decided that we would look around cause maybe if we kept moving, we'd feel less sick?

yeah. no. we're officially babies. 

there was this one really cool stand that was selling frogs. 

FROGS!!!! AH! soo cool. 

you had to give the little boy a dollar, and he'd give you 3 balls. you had to stand behind the line and make it into one of 9 cans. if you made it, you got a frog. or if you spent 3 dollars you got a frog. 

so ellie, of course got all excited and went over. 

BUT! before we came over to the park, ruby let us do her hairs and make up:) she looked so pretty! i'm officially awesome at flat ironing hair:) 

so when we got to the frog stand, the little boy gave us 3 balls, then looked at ruby, smiled, and gave us a 4th. and when we looked at him like uhh..? the sign says 3..? are we gonna have to pay more?? he just smiled, and looked down and said, "it's for her.." 

and that just about melted our hearts:) oh puppy love:) 

i'm positive that ruby thought he was cuteeee:)

12 balls later, no one made it in. we obviously have no future in basketball. oh well. we still got frogs. two as a matter of fact. 

yay for bert and ernie:) the frogs. 

here is ruby, looking all cute and stuff :) 

then day two rolled around and this time, we were really gonna get our summerfest on. 

with tanner:) tanner is ellies lover..ooo la la..

so it was us four against summer fest. 

we ended up at the car show. and it was actually really cool. we found this one green car. like eco friendly. and the only thing that was different about it, was the spark plugs. and with just changing that, you get better gas mileage and a cool sticker:) and who doesn't want better gas mileage????!?! 

we found this one stand that did glitter tattoos:) 

so we made tanner get a glitter tattoo and said happiness in Chinese:) 

then we had to leave cause i had a wedding to go to. 

so i got home and threw some clothes together and went with ma besite, britt, to Stephanie's wedding. 

Steph has a twin, Michelle. us 3 were BEST friends since we were little. like i almost did ballroom because they were really intense dancers. and my mom and there mom were friends. 

like we had sleepovers every conference weekend and they were always the first ones to show up and the last ones to leave all my birthday parties. like we were tight. but then something went down with our mammas and we just weren't that close anymore. now it's more like we're sorta friends but not..

but i still thought it'd be nice if we went to the wedding. 

so we did. 

it's so crazy to think about how many girls my age that have babies on the way, and are tying the knot with some other boy..uhmm, yeah. my longest relationship was almost two months. 7 weeks to be exact. and that was soooo long. in a good way.. for the most part. ha. but to think that there are girls MY AGE getting married for forever, is simply absurd. but if they can make it work, props to them:) 

so we show up at the church and there's the line up. 

momma, steph, sam, and all his groomsmen... most awkward thing of my life. we pretty much said congrats, hugged her, shook hands with a dozen strangers, dropped off our present, and peaced out. 

our next destination was the parade. because we were in it:) 

tara, our main instructor, is out of town. so val was all on her own. the look in her face was heartbreaking. she taught lessons every day, all day, did everything imaginable, and ran the parade. so i asked her if she needed help with anything, and she looked at me with these huge eyes of relief, and asked if i would help with the parade. so i said yes:) then i told britt, and she asked if she could help, so we did:) 

we got to run the ENTIRE parade, and hand out fliers and frisbies. oh the things grown men will do for frisbies. pretty much, i got mauled by little kids, and lost my voice from screaming "ANYONE WANNA FRISBE??? YOU GOTTA SHOW ME YOUR BEST TAEKWONDO MOVE!!!!!" all day. then by the time i gave them out, the truck was a good 200 feet away, so i was booking it back and forth. all day. did i mention that i was wearing a BLACK tee shirt??

it was really kinda fun tho:) the looks some people gave me were really priceless. i had my hairs all curled and my black belt. little girls would look at me like "oh my goodness. she has a black belt and she's a girl.." others gave me the "oh wow. they hand those things out now a days?" then i would kick or something then they'd just smile sheepishly. oh i love my life sometimes:) 

of course we ended the day with fireworks:) 

we were in line for a ride tho. and the guy was a total jerk. we seriously stood in line for like an hour and didn't even get on. he kept on letting randoms get in from random places in line. it was SO annoying. but austin and shawn were there and kept us pretty entertained. i miss austin:) and shawn is a pretty cool kid actually. 

twins and i ended the day off with a sleepover:) too bad i'm allergic to cats since like TWO days ago??? what is this??? retarded stuff. i love sleepovers. they remind me of the good old days when nothing really matters.

then today was my little sister's first day in young womans:) awwww. she's getting soo old!!!!!

it was really funny when they asked her to say something about herself, it went something along the lines of "uhm... i like shopping.... and playing the wii...." in the most elle woods voice i've ever heard my sister talk in..

but yes. this weekend has been a blast:) 

oh! did i mention the date i went on? yeah. who knew that making play dough, playing in fountains, and milkshakes would be way fun:) andrew thomas, you're awesome:) 

and now, i'm prolly gonna regret this loooong post, because CROSS COUNTRY STARTS AT 7:30!!! TODAY!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH:) 

i love me some distance running:)