Hi Ashley!! Wow, that is very cool that you found this!
It was really fun getting to know you. You are a great villager, and I hope to see you next year too!
Elli
Backpack rain gear This is your mom speaking. For years, I have tried to get you and John to always go equipped with those tiny rain garments that go into a backpack, but my efforts have gone unheeded. Well, getting soaked isn't so bad in the summer on a beautiful mountainside! I don't think there's any gear that could save you from lightening if it was your time. John's at camp this week, too, but I'm sure it won't be half as fun as what your students are doing!
Wow! Alia--it looks gorgeous up there and it sounds like such a fun camp--wow! You counselors must be so busy making all this fun stuff happen for the kids. Where did you find time to post this entry? :)
Looking forward to hearing what you do next.
Love, Aunt K
Thanks for the post Hi Alia! So glad to hear you're there and see some of the sights through your camera lens. Can't wait for your next entry. Have a wonderful month!
Thank you, Dog Lover! :) Thank you for your comment. Yes, I really liked Whitefish Bay - it is such a pretty area. It is good to get a comment from a Whitefish Bay person. :)
It didn't seem cold while we were there; then again, I'm Minnesotan, so who am I to judge that...? ;)
fun trip Sounds like you had a fun trip. I enjoyed reading about your stay in our town. I was surprised you did not mention how cold it was here.
The fountain across from the library is "school house park", my favorite place in the village.
(wfb = whitefish bay) doglover.
Your graduation, party, Sara and Fiona visit DEAR Alia, it was wonderful to find your detailed graduation blog and the many photos, on my way to bed just now (Thursday)! I'd have loved to be there for the graduation and party, and this makes me feel that I was. Happy to see Sara again, "meet" Fiona, see people I knew in the party pix, and hear about what you three have been doing this week. Thank you for sharing! Love
Beverly Hills, your newly found cousins Thank you for Forwarding the pictures and blog, after I told you my computer didn't "receive" them. What an adventure you had! It's fun to share it vicariously. (Your grandmother agrees with Aunt Dianne about how beautiful you are.) A cute little baby cousin with a big smile. Loved the pix of the Pacific ocean at sunset etc. I got engrossed n it all, and just now will go to bed. Your travel blogs stretch my horizons! LOVE, G-mama
Wow!! Aunt Dianne, that was such a nice comment! Thank you! Speaking of pretty, I saw TJ's wedding picture at Grandmama's house, and thought she was beautiful!
Anyway, yeah that was at Sunset Blvd. but since it was at night, it's hard to tell what's in the background. Oh... doesn't Stacy live in California? Where in CA does she live?
That's awesome you've been to Santa Monica... I thought it was such a nice place. I've only seen it in tabloids before. ;) So it was nice to actually see it.
Change my previous comment to the photo on Sunset Blvd. It initially looked to me that the ocean was behind you, but that was what my Pacific-crazed mind filled in the background with.
Hi I am so glad you went and were able to meet some of your relatives. I think the more connections anyone has to their relatives the better. You are getting prettier all the time. I think you look like Isabella Rossellini, who I think is strikingly beautiful. You should sent the photo of you by the ocean to all of your relatives. I LOVE the Pacific and have been to the Monica Pier.
Whoa That's funny! I had no idea you had the idea I'd play violin even before I started taking lessons. Yeah, well you know I love to ride horses, too! :)
Violins and mountains Alia, when you were just born, I clearly remember making a comment to some family member that I hoped you would grow up to "play the violin, climb mountains, and ride horses." Two of the three of these prophecies are manifest in these pictures!
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Hi Ashley!!
Wow, that is very cool that you found this! It was really fun getting to know you. You are a great villager, and I hope to see you next year too! Elli