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Family Vacation: Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park

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Rocky Mountain National Park was the most beautiful park that we saw or our trip, it was also the shortest time we spent in any park. We swung by here for just a day, but oh what a day it was. I was so glad that we were able to go during the 100th anniversary.

obligatory family picture

I am in love with the vintage postcards they sell in the national park giftshops!

My siblings and I playing on a glacier...in July.

My pretty mama. :)

I asked my dad to take this picture...you can't tell, but I'm standing on a cliff and the wind was so strong I thought it was going to blow me over the edge!

When we got up into the high altitudes of the park we ran into some fog. We also ran into some gorgeous sunlight breaking through!

GRACE

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Family Vacation: Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Park

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My parents told me that this summer I could choose where we as a family would go on vacation, so I chose everywhere! We traveled way out west and this was our first stop Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado.

It is so strange to look out and see sand dunes in the valley of a large mountain range.

Note to self: don't play on miles of sand dunes barefoot. My feet were so badly sunburned that they were too sore to walk on for several days.

This was our first of many stops.

GRACE

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The Day I Decided To Be Happy

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Just another mundane tuesday. Just another day of work. This day was different though...this is the day I decided to be happy.

I went to work as always thinking it would be a normal day. As it turned out half of the people that normally work on my day took the day off. I had the whole counter at the deli to myself. Answering the phone, taking orders, checking people out, putting ice in cups, wiping tables, all that was going to have to be done by me. I could have been mad and irritated all day, but instead I decided to make the most of the day and be happy.

Thankfully we weren't very busy that day and when we had a slight rush my coworkers that were there helped me out. I had two people that I know come in (which always brightens my day), and two different people give me compliments. It was a good day of work.

After work I went home and relaxed until Joshua's tball practice. I brought my camera and got a couple shots of him. It made my day just to watch him practice what he loves to do.

So how did the day go differently than normal? It didn't. I mean the day itself didn't change. I still went to work, my family still went to ball practice, but it was different. It was different because I didn't let my circumstances get the best of me. I decided that I wasn't going to harp on the "bad" things that happened. I WAS GOING TO BE HAPPY! And I was. :)

G R A C E

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Meet Isabella Jane

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The Whittington family gained a new member...

I was a little skeptical when my mom told me that she planned on surprising Amelia with a kitten for her 9th birthday. I had forgotten though how clean and cute kittens are. Thanks to this new addition I'm a crazy cat lady now. I miss her so much when I have to leave the house. I don't know how I'm going to cope when I have kids!

Her name is Isabella Jane, but for short we call her Bella.

She was yawning, but it looks like she's in attack mode.

She loves playing in the stable.

She's going in for the kill!

G R A C E

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Branson Missouri Vacation Part 2

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This is an accidental picture that my mom ending up getting...but it's my reaction to seeing the Amish. I was seriously so excited.

The Amish!!

Family picture in front of our rental vacation house.

Silver Dollar City was the best.

Joshua's first roller coaster!

He loved the live bluegrass.

(photo creds to mama)

Promised Land Zoo was a great place for kids or anyone really to learn about animals from a christian worldview.

I really want a tiger cub now...

Guess what day is it...oh never mind.

A baby buffalo!

This llama would not let us pass. He stood in front of our car and stared at us with that "give me more food" look.

The camel was making sure Caleb videoed his good side.

The parakeets were my very favorites.

We got sidetracked one day while driving and from Branson Missouri ended up in Eureka Springs Arkansas! So we went to the thorncrown glass chapel.

We just had to take advantage of the golden hour sunlight.

I don't even like journeys but I really liked the shadows...photographer probs.

While at sliver dollar city we toured marvel cave...

The cave was one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen. If you ever have the chance to tour one please do. It was like I had gone to another planet!