FIPS?!?

The FIPs are here. The FIPs are there. The FIPs are everywhere in St. Joe! 

During the ending months of May till the end on August, my town is filled up with what us natives like to call FIPs (Effin Illinois People). They are literally everywhere. They come here, fill up our beaches, and crowd our restaurants. I may complain about them from time to time, however I must admit one of my favorite games to play in the summer is 'native or fip' where you simply people creep and decide if they live here or are a tourist. And I must also admit, from time to time I get mistaken for a FIP, like yesterday. 

This weekend my dear friend from Anderson, Mandy Moore, has been visiting me in my lovely town. One of the many things in downtown St. Joe is that every summer they have different animal statues around town, and this summer is dogs. A sure way to spot a tourist is to see if they are taking pictures with the dogs. Well... I guess yesterday I guess I can't blame anyone for mistaking me as a FIP.

[We saw this darling little flip-flop on the bluff] 

[Mandy and me :) ]

Beth decided to get some sweet silhouette pictures while we were down at Silver. 

[Me and Kaela]

[Me, Keala, and Mandy]

[Mandy]

[Beth and Kaela]

[We played some v-ball down (and we pretty much rocked it out) but we couldn't find where Kaela hid the volleyball!] 

[Me]

Summer nights everybody are you with me?

Let that Igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise

Summer nights everybody's feeling sexy

Holler if you're ready for some summer nights

Happy Father's Day!

Sunday was a very special day for every Father out there... Sunday was Father's Day. As we do for most holidays, Sunday was a family day spent at my Grandma and Poppa's house. I love spending time over there. I love having Good Ole' family time at G&P's. Sunday was spent with my Father, my Grandfather, Mom, Grandma, Beth, Uncle Aaron, Uncle Mike, Aunt Sarah, Mikey, Perry, and Frankie. After church and a wonderful brunch that my Mom made, we headed over to G&P's and started to afternoon off by playing a game called "washers". It's a lot like corn hole only you have big washers instead of bean bags and you are trying to get the washer to land in a box. If it lands in the box that is one point and it is three points to get it to land in the center cup. 

[Yeah! I scored!]

[Grandma and I observing]

[My beautiful sister Beth]

[Boo.... My team lost :( ... I don't like not winning]

[The winning team holding up 21 fingers to show the score (The bug spray counts as a finger! haha) ]

[This is my Poppa's garden where he grows lots of yummy fruits and vegetables!]

[Look who just got his very first cell phone!]

[Me and Frankie]

Dad pictures

[Happy Father's Day, Dad!]

[Abby, Poppa, Me, and Beth at Maracus Bay in Trinidad]

[Me and Poppa]

Happy Father's Day!

I've got Sunshine

On Thursday night Hilary, Morgan and I were planning to go shopping however our plans were altered and we ended up going down to Sawyer and walking along the beach at Bethany and then heading over to Seth's house to celebrate his 23rd (NOT 26th! haha) birthday. 

[Blonde, Brunette, and a Red head :) AKA: Naomi, Hilary, and Morgan] 

[Beach Glass]

[Pretty sunset :) ]

[Walking to Seth's]

[Seth got some pretty sweet presents!]

[hahah... Good joke, Caleb!]

[Me and Morgana!]

[Seth (the birthday boy), Me, Morgan, and Isaac]

Naomi's life update:

-On Tuesday I was initiated into P.E.O.

P.E.O background (as stated on http://www.peomichigan.org/node )

One of the pioneer societies for women, P.E.O. was founded on January 21, 1869, by seven students at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Originally a small campus friendship society, P.E.O. soon blossomed to include women off campus. Today, P.E.O. has grown from that tiny membership of seven to almost a quarter of a million members in chapters in the United States and Canada. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is passionate about its mission: promoting educational opportunities for women.

[Here I am with Beth, Grandma, me and Mom. All of which are also P.E.O. members]

-On Wednesday night I played some Tennis with Beth and Alecia. 

-On Friday night we went to an early Father's day dinner

[We have had some pretty bad storms lately] 

[Kelsie's grad party] 

Happy Father's Day.

Father's day post coming soon!