Day 5 of Summer

Me and Shannon eating an orange.

We've got an orange.

Shannon, " Eww you licked my orange.."

-R

Day 3 of Summer

Yesterday was Day 2, and I rallied a little fundraiser with Shannon and Autumn at church for camp, and we made well over $200 in an hour.


Today being Day 3 I decided to make a new YouTube video. Totally out of my comfort zone, but eh, what the heck.

http://www.youtube.com/user/brilliantlyrachel


Oh, and my mom can't stop making fun of me. This is real humbling... ;)
Enjoy, more to come.

-R

Day 1 of Summer

I count today as my first official day of summer. With that said I am going to carry out my plan of being productive everyday through out the entire summer. So today I made a little check list and completed the tasks:


1. cleaned entire house
2. 3 loads of laundry
3. make sweet tea
4. make candles

It took me the whole day to complete the list, but it was a day well spent. While making candles, I thought of this verse:
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

The reason I thought of it is because Jesus is my light; candles give off light. Pretty basic, but a good reminder!


How I made my candles:

Step 1.
Find all old candles that no longer have a wick, (or candles you just don't use anymore), and extra wax, (I used used surf wax).

Step 2.

Place wax in tin cans, (such as sauce or bean cans)

Step 3.

Watch it anticipation...or not, doesn't matter ;)

Step 4.

Choose your colors. Pick out as many colors as you want layers. Peel the paper off of the crayons completely before adding them to the tin cans.

Step 5.

Wrap the wick around a chop stick, and place across a yogurt container. (If you're doing more than one layer, wait until the first layer is COMPLETELY cooled before pouring on the next layer...I kept mine in the freezer to cool faster.)

Here's a blurry close-up of how the wick is supposed to be:

Once your candle has completely cooled, remove from container. I didn't trim the wick for this photo, but make sure the wick is cut to 1/4 inch.  And viola!

-R

Hobo

For Tyler's 7th birthday we all dressed up as hobos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq31ERcGJ74

K, so maybe I always look like that. I tried.

Dinosaur?

The cake was yummmmy.

Stuffing our faces.

Sticky bubbles!

<3

Yummmy fire.

Group pic.

Roooaarrr.

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It's good to sea you...its good to see you go.

-R

To Clean Or Not To Clean

Should I clean? Or play guitar...its always a tough decision.

-R

Fully Bloomed This Time Around

-R

Scarves Anyone?

An assortment of Shannon's scarve collection, I find intriguing.

-R

There's Beauty All Around Us

As I walked into my kitchen to enjoy an asiago bagel, I immediately halted in awe of the beautiful amaryllis, fully bloomed, standing magnificently on my window sill. I couldn't resist, and had to capture this moment.

-R