Ode to Summer

Sad days are upon me...school is starting back up.
This means not only homework, but being around people all day, which isn't one of my highlights, being an introvert at heart an' all.
However, it's not all bad. It gives me a chance to be a light within the darkness-and that's where my heart's set these days. I just want to be the different, godly one, and the public school is the perfect place to shine my little light. It'll be fun to see where this new school year takes me. :)

Anywho, this journal entry will probably be the last one of the summer, and so, it is destined to be about my summer. This break has been full of joy in the form of vacations with my family, marching band, and growing in my faith in Christ. I've had a great break, and even though I don't feel ready to go back to school this year, I know I'll live. xD
My first vacation this summer was up at Salida, Colorado, where my family and I went to southern Colorado to just get away. We went to the Great Sand Dunes, saw some falls, and overall had a great time.

The very next day after this little trip, Dad took me hiking where we nearly got lost, but enjoyed all the nature!

My kitty enjoyed being photographed...Okay, so maybe not. xD

Cooking crazed omelets became a sort-of hobby for me for breakfast... (And so did days spent at my grandparents' home cooking with my grandmother) :)

 

Family friends were often a part of our summer lives...

Photography became a major past-time for me...!

Rootbeer

The "Hybrid"

Our trip to Yellowstone took place...!

Marian and I

Walks around a nearby lake with my brother and Dad occurred from time to time...

My family and I went up Mt. Evans...!

...And got stuck in traffic on the way home :P

Then about a month later, we went up the mountain again, but with my cousins! And we did other cool things, too!

 I met the craziest squirrel I have ever met in my entire life (his name is Nut xD)

Nutty want some birdseed?

Too bad! (yes, he is in the picture...Rootbeer's teaching him a lesson :D)

Rootbeer somehow became even cuter...!

Oh, duh! Marching band too! Although this is a picture of me and my friend during our last concert of last year...oh well :P

Me and my friend, 'Lexis

And there's been so much more that's happened this summer, I couldn't write about it all! I'll definitely miss this summer; it's been full of fun. But, I guess all good things must come to an end sometime...

Goodbye summer. See you when the bees take flight, when the flowers bloom, and when the rains come again. I'll be waiting.
~Kathy