Amazing Iced Mocha!

I just found the best iced mocha recipe at Coffee and Tea Warehouse. 

It was amazing. 

 Until I spilled it.

 Thankfully I was wearing my PJ's and not something I actually cared about.

 It's nights like these that I love having a backyard.

Ahhh. Goodbye Summer! Hello School. 

Isn't it just great that school starts tomorrow? It's only orientation but I should still probably finish rereading my summer reading books and actually finish my summer spanish. 

We even have our first game tomorrow! Super excited for that one. Especially since pretty much have of my team has never cheered before in their life. Well, there's always a first for everything. 

Like the first day of high school! Eeek. I'm so nervous and excited I doubt I'll sleep tonight!

We had our freshmen corn roast last night. It was okay. Actually pretty boring. My parents and sister sat with a girl I had met at camp. That will make things awkward to see her tomorrow... but besides that, I made a new friend. Yay for new friends! Anyway, I'm getting excited! People were really cliquey because they only knew kids they either a. went to school with or b. do a sport with. Awkward. My Sara(h) count is up to 3, My Emily count is up to 5, and my Lauren count is up to 3. We'll see how those numbers change tomorrow. Eeeekk!

Back 2 School!

We don't go back until the 24th but we're definitely ready. 

We've got backpacks.

 Highlighters, pens, and pencils.

 Composition books.

 Notebooks. 

 Folders.

 Binders.

 New shoes and new uniforms. 

I think we're ready to go!

Kind of nervous to be starting highschool but I think I'll do okay. Any tips? 

Weekend Getaway!

Don't you just love those? We took to weekend off to see some friends up North at their beach house on  gorgeous Lake Michigan.

Our car ride was filled with lots of this...

Even some body art...

I even participated...

 We got held up in some lovely traffic...

 We did a little of this...

 Don't you love being all packed into the car?

 Ahhh. It was a perfect day to travel....

 We had some road snacks which were later substituted for brownies.

 We hurriedly ditched the body art 

Right after dinner (and dessert of course) we dove right in. Sort of. 

 We looked at the rocks...

 And dug our toes into the sand...

Even the view out the front of the beach house was spectacular...

My mom decided this is why she had children... to carry stuff.

 After many boat troubles, we finally went for a boat ride! In a different lake of course.

We then went swimming...

 and enjoyed some refreshments...

When we got back we were angered to see 15+ cars right by our cottage. Our normally barren beach was crowded. 

Someone decided to go wading... in their clothes.

We then sat, ate, and enjoyed the sunset....

Those cheeks!

We even went for yet another dip... in the hot tub this time, though.

We even flew through the air in princess attire...

 And enjoyed the sun set one last time...

 We even practiced rolling our eyes. That'll come in handy a few years down the line.

In the morning, we made a sandcastle...

And then it was time for the princess to go...

We dropped my sister off at camp and we enjoyed the lovely 4 hour car ride home in peace and quiet not associated with siblings and fighting which happened the way up. Ahhh. 

Tomorrow I get to enjoy day camp. My mom signed me up because I wasn't social enough. Now going to day camp is keeping me from being social. *Sigh*

Goodnight!