BlueBelle

I can't wait to meet Dad and Doris' new dog, BlueBelle! Here are some photos that Doris shared with me. They pick her up tonight. She is an Australian Shepherd.

Wake-Surfing

See more pics in the previous blog! But here, after numerous attempts, I am getting up for the first time ... in sequence!

Water Water Everywhere

I had a water-filled weekend between Lake Gaston on Friday and Water Country USA on Saturday. It was an absolute blast! I am relying on pics from friends, so it may take me a while to gather them all up, but I will continue posting them to the blog as they come in.

Wake-surfing at Lake Gaston - my first time doing water sports ever! I have a ton of photos, but here are just a few of me NOT crashing into the water. :)







Crash!



The ladies at Water Country...



Action photos!



(I'm on the right slide at the bottom... screaming at the top of my lungs.)

Here are a few of us enjoying ice cream at Water Country!

Laine Elizabeth Palmer

Continuting my tradition of posting babies of friends ... here is me with little Laine, born in June! (We were at ANOTHER baby shower ... my friend Ashley is due with a boy, Alexander Kish, in September.)

Mother-Daughter Beach Trip

Mom and I spent a few days in Virginia Beach. The weather was perfect and we saw everything from dolphins to a man walking on stilts! Check out the video in the next post.

Finale

Our room overlooked the ocean, and on Sunday night there was a boat right outside our window setting off fireworks. I caught the finale on video! This is taken from our balcony. It's sideways (oops) but it's really spectacular ...

I'm published!

I recently started submitting articles to Brass Magazine, a financial magazine targeting young adults. (I learned about it through work.) Well, my first article has been published! You can check it out by clicking here:

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