29/52- Hats

I took some Senior Pictures for my sister and cousin the other day, and this one is PERFECT for the "hats" assignment! Lucky me!

28/52 - Unusual

Yesterday, I did something completely unusual for me. I went to the rodeo.  On one of the hottest, most humid days of the year. Willingly.  And in a cowgirl hat I purchased myself!  For anyone that knows me even just a little, this activity is completely outside my "approved activities" list.  And truth be told, I had a BLAST! I love cousin time with my girls!  The only thing(s) missing were Helen & Leah.

I would also like to mention two things: (1) I took this picture with my old digital camera because it fit in my bag and my nice camera didn't. (2) I did in fact take this picture myself.  I had quite a humorous discussion with someone yesterday morning about the "selfie stick" fad, and I was quite adamant that I definitely did not need such equipment because I've been the master of the "selfie" since middle school... without a stick.  I also said that I couldn't possibly cheat on my somewhat expensive camera by using a selfie stick.  Well... I kinda cheated by using my old camera, and while the quality isn't nearly as good, I think the selfie part still works just fine! 

27/52 - Generations

Once again, I'm a week behind. This summer is killing me! I didn't take this picture, but last weekend, we had a party to celebrate my grandpa's 90th Birthday.  Here is grandpa with all his grandchildren (that were able to be there):

I did, however, take this picture of my youngest sister Leah with Grandpa and his siblings. We just love our extended family.

 It's a rare and welcomed blessing to have a family (extended family, too) that spends as much time together as we do! Like I told my mom in church this morning: It's no wonder I believe in fairy tales... I grew up in one! (And no, for the record, this morning's sermon had NOTHING to do with fairy tales. But we did talk about broken homes etc. and how so many kids out there have no concept of what a real home/family looks like. Which my mind translated to: those kids think family like ours is just for fairy tales.)

26/52 - Props

25/52 - Bump