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Yesterday was Friday...
It was a pretty nice day out and so I had Lauren dress up to take pictures with me. They didn't quite turn out the way I had pictured them in my head, but the sun still made them more beautiful.

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So my Aunt gave me a piggy bank yesterday for part of my 'college fund'
I asked her if it had a name and she said that it didn't, so I told her I would name it.
It has to be Princess... something...
any suggestions?   
Her name, thanks to the brilliant help of Amanda Wennstig, is now Princess Penelope. OF COURSE! How did I not think of that earlier?

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Yesterday was a daddy-daughter type day.

I had a tour of Sacramento State scheduled, so my dad and I just made a day trip out of it. It was a good day. We got breakfast and coffee at a crepe place, took a tour of the campus (which I really enjoyed), then spent the rest of the day at my grandparents with them and my Aunt Barbara.

Overall it was a very successful trip.  I got one more college under my belt to think about. 4 down, 2 (maybe 3) more to go...craziness!!  This sign was on the campus. It cracked me up...

 I have the same phone as both of my grandparents... no big deal!

This was part of the scenery on the way home. The whole trip was so beautiful. Especially the sunset.

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It's been an interesting couple of days. A lot on my mind, a lot to think about... just a lot of different things running through my head.

All of these things inspired this picture... and this of course: http://www.flickr.com/photos/claudijay/2454274272/in/faves-emilygrace1/

p.s. at first I tried to write 'he loves me, he loves me not' on the pedals, but the pen was being stupid.

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haha.... 1-2-3...=)
so today was a lazy day. I was SUPER tired today and not really up for thinking about picture taking. So I stepped on my back porch and snapped a picture of our new lawn chairs that my mom and I just got.
you like?

oh and Ramona decided to get in the way of everything because she's a stubborn little thing.

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I woke up this morning, earlier than I should've on a day off from school, and it was so sunny outside. I stepped out on our porch to feel what the weather was like, and it was surprisingly warm for 7 in the morning. So I ran upstairs, got my camera and went in the front yard where the sun was coming up. It was so peaceful.
Everything around me was silent except for the birds chirping, and I could just feel that it was going to be a nice day. It actually reminded me of Camp when no one is really around or awake yet. It was a great feeling.

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May Day!!
the one day that gives me an excuse to take pictures of flowers and I don't. awesome.

Last night we went to San Jose for the World Service meeting. It was great. They played one of the first showings of Nikole Lim's film: "While Women Weep" and oh my goodness... it was very powerful. It followed three women in Kenya, Africa and showed just how strong and hopeful they are after everything they've been through. It made me miss Africa so much more than you could ever imagine. But luckily my dad got the book, DVD and also let me get a bracelet that women made in Kenya, so we got to bring a little more of Africa home with us.
I wish so badly to go back there some day. I do, I do...

these are all the button's in my mom's car...