Secret Beach & Foil Dinners

If any of you have ever been to Camp Firwood, you know what I'm talking about. Ahhh the glory of a foil dinner. Bell peppers, potatoes, onions, carrots, and, of course, lots and lots of sausage. Mmmm delicious. I remember being a camper and always wishing (and praying, I'm sure) that my cabin would win the barbeque sauce for our campout. Long story short, tonight we had bbq and it was absolutely fabulous. I made the trek down to Secret Beach with my good friends Dustin and Nat, and then three other friends who staffed at FW with D last summer. We had such a great time. This is me and Dustin down at Secret Beach, which is located off of Chuckanut past Larrabee State Park. This next picture had great potential, but our lovely friend Dustin wanted to join us.Can I just say that Nat added an awful lot of spice to this little trip. He is deathly afraid of heights, and not exactly what one would call "the outdoorsy type." I laughed so hard on the way down the mountain. It's steep. VERY steep. So Nat just looked down in absolute terror and he clawed his way down. For me, it was completely hilarious. Poor guy.



This is Keaton. Yes, he is a stud, and yes, he is holding a disgusting, rotten crab. Sick. He pitched this crab to Dustin and D hit it with his makeshift bat into the water. The poor crab broke into a million pieces.


Overall, the night was great. It was a nice night, no beautiful sunset, but no rain. We had the beach all to ourselves, and it was so good to enjoy the company of friends. The one downside? I smell like campfire. Boo.

i love matt giraud.

I've currently listened to Matt Giraud's performance of "Let's Get it On" about fifty times. Gosh I love TiVo. It's fabulous. Every season of American Idol there seem to be three or four songs that I completely love. This is one of them. He's amazing. This is a silly post that I'm sure no one will be too interested in, but considering that there is no one in my house to talk to, I'm letting you all know instead. Cheers. Have a good evening!! :)

No Place Like Home

After two quarters in the dorm, I moved out. I'm back home with my parents. I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I'm not going to Western next quarter. I will be going back in the Fall, but for now, I'm taking online classes and will be working as much as I can to continue saving up money for Europe. I head out to New York on May 11th to work out there for a week and a half or so. It will be great to see the Kleins again, I've missed them! (You can see some pictures of the kiddos in my last photography post- Isabelle and Jordan.) Anyways, currently I'm in my nice cozy bed with my little pup laying next to me. The last few days have consisted of me throwing stuff out, gathering clothes to ship off to consignment stores and Goodwill, and also nailing up pictures. Here is the final product of one corner of my room. It's my favorite bit of the room for sure.
Currently I'm listening to Brandi Carlile. If you don't know who she is... Please do yourself a favor and click here. She's just fabulous. Downpour, My Song and Turpentine are some of my favorites. Definitely give her a go. I doubt you'll regret it.

Photography

I've decided to put up some pictures up that I've taken over the last year or so. I've totally fallen in love with photography, and I wanted to share some of my favorites. Keep in mind that I'm a nanny 50% of the year, so lots of these pictures are of the kids I work with.

Sunset at Eliza Island

Here is Jon, Jordan and Isabelle
in Argentina

Jordan

Reese- 2 Year Pictures

Cleary STILL an Amateur

Let's just throw that out there.


Don't judge me for the awful paragraphs that consist of two words per line while posed next to a picture. I'll learn, I promise!

Phew.

Gosh. It's been a long time since I've done this. I've started about 5 posts since I last published anything, but I never finished them for one reason or another. Well, I guess there's a lot to say! I passed all my classes last quarter, thank the Lord, and am nearing the end of another quarter. It went by quicky! Spanish is again proving to be difficult. I honestly had no idea there could be so many tenses for a language. English and my Social Psychology class are going well, and I've got a good grip on the content.


Here's something exciting- I'm going to Europe for a month this May and June! I'm moving out of the dorms for the Spring quarter and will be taking online classes. (Don't worry- I'm coming back to Western next Fall!) It just makes more sense because I will be in Europe during the academic year. I honestly can't wait! We (me and my good friend Matt) will be going to France, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland, England and Scotland. We've got lots and lots of plans! We are staying with Matt's friend in Scotland, my dad's family in England, and then with some of his cousins in Paris. We'll be staying in B&Bs and hostels for the remainder of the trip. Feel free to donate to the Europe-or-Bust fund! Only kidding. (Kind of...) :) I'll talk more about that later. For now, I'll just share some pictures with you from the last couple of months. Here is me and Missy at Boulevard. Missy is one of my very best friends and I'm sure you have all heard me talk about her at one point or another. We went to Arizona in November together and had a blast!

Me and three friends went up to Whistler and stayed in Carly's house for a long weekend. Here are a couple pictures from the trip.

L-O-V-E! Get it?
Max, Carly, Me, Noah




This is Noah, Carly, Max and me up on the ski lift at Whistler! We went for a long weekend and had sooooo much fun! The snow was crummy, but it was amazing weather. It was so great to relax with friends, hot chocolate and hot tubs.





That's all for now, I suppose. I'm off to bed. Spanish quiz in the morning and then a day full of Europe planning. (Rick Steves is my new best friend.) Blessings to you all!

Cheers,
Katy