Maplewood State Park

This past Sunday afternoon I went out to Maplewood State Park with my friends Leah and Roxie. Even though it was cloudy it was still SO beautiful. It was so nice to get a break from homework, work, and the city for a bit to just enjoy being outside and the fall weather. It was a perfect, perfect day. The first picture is of Leah and I next to perhaps the largest pelican in the world. :) The park is just past Pelican Rapids, where this pelican happens to be. (Pelican Rapids is about a half hour from Fargo.)
Here's the beautiful Roxie.
Greta, Leah, Roxie.
Sweet Leah.

The park is actually right behind us past the lake...isn't it beautiful?
Ha!
This is what we got to enjoy when we got to the top of the hill.

Playing in the leaves. :)

I love this picture of these berry-type plants.

Good friends.
There was this really cool/nice shelter that we thought we should have a picnic at sometime, or some other event, that I was trying to show off but instead blocked.
All these pictures are courtesy of the amazing photographer Leah Kent. :)

This Is What Procrastinating Looks Like

This is my life most recently:
-learning tons of new things (in the educational sense)
-learning life lessons
-making new friends
-checking out new churches (and trying to decide which one I should make my "home church")
-attending Chi Alpha (a Christian organization on campus Thursday evenings)
-babysitting (Mondays and Wednesdays)
-trying to get a "real" job
-living with two cool roommates
-studying
-exploring Fargo/Moorhead area
-and finally PROCRASTINATING! :) Doesn't it sound so negative? I think so. I know so. It really is not a good thing to procrastinate, but somehow I do get everything done on time. I try not to procrastinate as much as possible, but here are some pictures documenting a day that I did happen to procrastinate for half an hour. My roommates, Leah and Ashley, and I rediscovered the joy of "photo booth". If you own a Mac, I suggest you look into this feature...if you have spare time. Well, here we are. You can check out our progression of photo taking. Sadly, these aren't even all the pictures we happened to take this particular day. There are probably 10 or 15 more. I know. Horrible. There was a positive side to this, though, (this is me justifying our procrastination). Roommate bonding took place. We laughed together, cried together (because we were laughing so hard), and overall had a good time. It was a priceless half hour of procrastination. Ok, enjoy the pics...I'm done talking.

Berry Season

Sunday evening I went blueberry picking in Canada with my parents. It was a great evening for picking! We thought it was going to be a little on the warm side, but it wasn't too bad. Now just imagine these little guys on your cereal, in a shake, pie, or just plain! :)
My mom always looks cute-even picking berries!
Dad was mostly our 'scouter', but he definitely did a good job of 'clean picking' too.
The prize? A five quart pail after only about an hour and a half!

Summer's Second Half

Isn't it unbelievable that the summer is already coming to an end? I really can't believe that it is happening. Well, as I shared with you before, I have been at Bluewater Covenant Bible Camp for the summer and it has been heavenly, really. :) I previously posted pictures from the first half of the summer and now here are summer pictures from the second half. These are maybe the kind of pictures you don't want to see, but yes, we did let kids ramp their bikes (with helmets and landing in the sand volleyball court). It was pretty crazy and fun to watch! (There are some good bikers out there! :)
This looks like it could be a not so soft landing!
Here's Aaron's "unibrow"! :)
My second 5th and 6th grade cabin group!


7th & 8th graders! (7 of the 10, one girl missed the picture, were from Roseau)
The kitchen crew had some fun with the juice glasses!
Isn't this gorgeous!
9th & 10th graders!
More 9th & 10th graders!
Here are a couple from 4th of July! I love this one of Madison and Micah with their sparklers!
My friend Joslin.
There was a water balloon popping contest...Joslin and I had a very difficult time getting it to pop but got many good laughs out of it!

A Birthday Party-Kid Style!

For my birthday, my friends Pam, Joslin, and Laurie threw a "Wall-E" birthday party for me! It was pretty cute because they had a Wall-E tablecloth, 'Happy Birthday' banner, glasses, and a cake! (Thus the feeling like a kid with a themed party. :) ) It was pretty nice.
The cake!
Testing out the cake....
and giving it a "thumbs up."
Here is the Wall-E that Pam made in the craft cabin-isn't it so cute?! Guess how many hours she put into it??.....7 HOURS! Good work, Pamela!