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Summer 2013

One of my favorite things to do is look back though past events and times in my life. I thought it would be fun to do a recap of all of the wonderful (and not so wonderful) things that went on for me this summer.

May

I shared some articles that I wrote for the school newspaper, my brother moved back to Pittsburgh, and I made Jimmy an Oreo cake for his birthday. Yum.

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I answered 12 questions about purity rings and got super muddy at MuckFest MS Pittsburgh.

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June

My family went on vacation to the Outer Banks and we rode horses on the beach. That was definitely one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

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I also wrote a super random poem about swimming.

July

I took two weeks off of blogging and social media. It felt pretty amazing. I also competed in a triathlon and began working for my parent’s real estate brokerage during that two week period.

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Hannah did some modeling for my blog and I struggled through a dry socket after having my wisdom teeth removed. Worst time of my life. I also baked 763 cookies for my brother’s wedding during the week that I had a dry socket.

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My brother married the love of his life, Racquel. They’re such a beautiful couple!

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Hannah got the cutest puppy for her birthday and I made a lot of pickles! The pickle recipes can be found here and here. I promise they’re super simple.

Jimmy proposed to me. That was hands down one of the best moments of my life! What a blessing.

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Last but not least, I started a crazy busy semester at good ol’ Penn State.

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So that’s my summer in an nutshell. I had my ups (getting engaged, watching my brother get married, and baking a ton of cookies) and my downs (wisdom teeth removal+ dry socket).

All in all, I’d have to say that it was a wonderfully perfect summer.

I’m sad to see my summer break end, but I’m also extremely excited to see what God has in store for the future!

How was your summer?

Keeping up

Hey hey. I just wanted to say that I’m having a hard time keeping up with blogs right now. I feel guilty because I don’t want anyone to think that I’ve been ignoring their blog.

I love reading and commenting on blogs but I have found that my life is pretty busy at the moment with school, friends, family, running, and hopefully a job in the near future. If I haven’t been commenting on your blog, don’t fret because I’m still reading and creeping on your life 😉

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This past weekend was quite fun. Hannah and I got our eyebrows waxed. I think it feels good and she hates it with a passion. Also, the lady that waxed my brows asked which local high school I went to and thought Hannah was older than me. I’m six years older than her. Fail. Like our eyebrows?!

I spent Saturday evening at a Mexican restaurant and then a car show in downtown Pittsburgh. Ten people ended up going to the restaurant and car show…. I was the only girl among a bunch of boys. Crazy and fun. Jimmy and I got in trouble for being above the whole car show and taking this picture. Jimmy’s brother and friend thought it would be fun to go to the upper level of the convention center and hang out even though a few signs said not to. We spent about 10 minutes upstairs and then got ushered back down. Ooops 😉

Other pictures from the car show:My dream truck. A watermelon truck!Some of the boys… acting awkward.An Orange Crush car… pretty sweet.Jimmy and his brother fighting?At the end of the car show, some famous BMX biker’s were doing a stunt show so we watched and this one guy got broke. Like I think he fractured his hip…it was crazy.

On a side note, I have been reading this book:The Long Run is about a NYC firefighter who was run over by a bus and made a comeback as an elite athlete. So far, I’m loving it. Such a page turner! I will do a proper review when I finish the book.

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What did you do this weekend? Are you reading any good books?