Virginia is for lovers.

On saturday, Brandon and I ventured to Shenandoah National Park. It was really beautiful and a gorgeous day for it. We werent equipped to be hiking, but we had a picnic packed and Shenandoah is beautiful for driving on a sunny day. they had overlooks every so often at different elevations with breath taking views. I had no idea how beautiful virginia is ! :) in all the traffic and congestion in the area i live, i fail to fully appreciate virginia's beauty, until saturday. its nice to have a different perspective on where you live. God certainly has made a beautiful world. it seems such a shame to not go out and see new places and take it all in !



on a side note: brandon and i are clearly new to the "picnicing" world. i didnt have a cooler. so we bought one. we decided to get panera sandwiches to take and we had a bag of oreos as well. .. .. which all sounds fine, until we put the sandwiches in the cooler first, before the ice.. without really thinking. when we finally found a place to picnic, we got out soggy sandwiches out.. i actually had to wring out my bread. it was gross. and really funny. we dubbed that our worst picnic ever. without the oreos, that picnic really would have sucked. but the company was good:)



and for memorial day - we had hamburgers.. made off the george foreman. not quite the memorial day i'm used to - but it was better than no hamburgers at all! although i like this living on my own, it sure will be nice to be more established and settled.. with a backyard &.. a grill :) oh the joys of growing up.


hope you enjoyed a little taste of virginia! come visit soon <3

Pseudo Graduation :)

For one week - i got to pretend that i was actually graduating & i spent it in beaver falls, hanging out with everyone & visiting with family. geneva had some random events that we went to. Kennywood - Pirates game etc. it was so much fun. but it went by so fast. i kind of forgot how much fun it was to live in beaver falls with the girls. to be near them all the time, staying up late just to talk, or going out and doing something completely random. these are things that i miss, and probably took for granted. but the whole week really was a blast.

and then, something weird happened, on may 16th, at 10 am. we graduated. haha i mean, we all knew it was going to happen eventually, but coming in as freshman, i didnt see our paths ending up like this. me, in virginia. meag & toni getting their own apt together in BF. meag- engaged. & rob moving to chicago?? .. and i'm still not done! haha i sat in that seat during the ceremony & it just wasnt as exciting because i still have classes till august.. but then, it was nice just to share that with my family & friends:)

so one small chapter in my life is (partly) closed.. but august 21 i get to fully close it :) thats only.. THREE months away ! !