River Rapids

I went to the river last week, It was very hot out! I'm glad that it's cooling down now. I wore my new swimsuit that mom bought me for my birthday. We've been going to this river since I was little! It's a very nice walk to get there, We drive to the trailhead and then hike down the trail to any beach area, most of it is rocky though, which is usually empty depending on what time you go.

 this time we found a small trail that lead to a partially sandy and private riverside beach! we took this really mossy trail to get to it, We even saw this worty toad while climbing back up.

Birthday Surprise!

 I spent almost an hour on invitations, but I had help from Piper, they got sent out and I got 100% afirmative RSVP's!
Around noon a about a week back, the day finally came for me to have my 12th birthday party! I invited all my friends over and had a great time! We had a round of hide-and-seek in the yard and just played around for a bit. Mom called us in for snacks and to open presents.

look at this stash!

 

I love my presents! I got a whole bunch of stuffs!

including a rilakkuma toaster set for ruthie, from Gia.

and new Jammies from auntie.

 A whole bunch of crafts from Piper, she's very crafty and knows where to find these things.

 A robo park from kirsten, she says she got it in a french museum!

then mom round us all out into the front yard, to open her presents. I recieved 1. tankini, 1 bikini and  a one-piece. "what gives mom, what's with all the swimsuits?"

She then made one awesome answer.

"well, your going to need them for the West Edmonton mall and Siba Beach!"

we freaked out, I was estatic! Alberta, specifically Jasper and Edmonton, may be my most favorite place in the world. I've heard that the waterpark in the mall has a new slide, I hope  I'll be tall enough to ride it!

My aunt and cousins live in edmonton, I'm super excited to see them again! 

The girls slept over for the night.

We had a great time and look forward to photos from our upcoming trip.

Party planners.

 Today was so nice out I just had to get outside, but my mom told me to get my party plans done, so why not bring my work with me? Gia is the best planner and she's so organized so we went outside together and made arrangements.

My birthday is on July 27th and my "party party" will follow soon after my family one. Gia helped me plan the guest list, invitation ideas and party games. It's going to be lots of fun! We walked and talked around the vineyard, it's such a beautiful place, I love it in the summer. I love summer in general though, with the warm air, swimming, school break and getting to read what ever you want whenever you want.

 

I really look forward to seeing my family altogether again, it always seems to turn into a mini family reunion!

Seattle Start-up.

This past Wednesday and Thursday my mom and grandma took me to the Seattle American girl store, and they said I could bring a friend too! I chose Kirsten to come with me, we had a great time together. It was a long ride there and we were exhausted by the time we got there, but we had trouble falling asleep, we kept giggling and talking until Mom had to remind us what time it was.

 We were so excited to go that we didn't know what, or who, to pack. Mom made us settle with one stuffy and one doll in the end.

  Here we are settling in to bed, I put curls in the whole night and most of the car ride so my hair would be extra curly the next day.

Here we are before we left!

the mall wasn't open so we took a few pictures and then walked around for a little while. We had smoothies for breakfast and browsed the store windows until American girl opened their doors.

 we were the first ones thru the doors! I spent most of the visit in the spa, I got the pampering plus package, it was very relaxing and I felt so nice afterwords. The spa girls loved my dress and boots, I felt very special when they noticed.

we were very happy with the trip by the time we were done shopping. We saw many different stores such as Build-a-Bear and a Sanrio store.

this was an amazingly fun trip and I would love to do it again with another friend, we go every summer, so let me know if anyone else wants to come along next year ^.^

Last day Extra

I forgot to mention some exciting news! Well, I will start from the beginning. After the rites of passage and last day events had ended Kirsten and I went back to our classroom to grab our bags.

when our teacher Ms.Emily approached us.
We talked for a bit then bid our farewells, oops, I had almost forgotten to say good-bye to Hime and Ponyo, our class pet fish.
``Oh, Lanie I almost forgot, Poor ponyo and Hime don`t have anywhere to stay this summer. I wonder if you could take care of them? Ms. Emily inquired.
``I would love too!!` I replied.
Well I have a small summer project and I love them!

Happy canada day!

Yay! It's a great day today!! It's the perfect weather to go parade watching, I can't hardly wait.

Schools out!

I'm so glad that school is out, no more homework or long hours of work ^.^ My school got out on the 15th of june. I'm still waiting for my report card. . . I hope it's okay. Anyways on the last week of school we had a sort of fun fair/ sports day and remember that "great idea" a while back? well it finally came to life, I set up a really cute stand and sold erasers, stationary, books that sort of thing. I even got free ice cream for it! it was really fun setting up and managing it all by myself (well sasha was an assistant ;)

I took the photo while sasha held my ice cream for me. it was a really fun day and I even made some money out of it. it was a great kick-off to a great summer ^.^

And not only that but after Some of the girls from school and I went on a camp out in the back field to sleep out under the stars, it was great fun we got to talk and giggle all night long.

 What about you guys?