old, antique building

So the other day my mom, my brothers, and I went to lots of stores scrounging for food for our camping trip this weekend, birthday gifts for dad, and necessities. We were in the downtown area and we came across this building that I absolutely fell in love with. I don't know what it was, I guess just the old, beautiful, antique look of it! So I stuck my camera out the car window and it ended up looking really cool! So I messed around with it, and edited it four different ways. Thought I'd show you. :]

original

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Which edit is your favorite?

photos & words

I walked outside yesterday-to seeing ants, ants, and ants. We must have spilled something sweet. ;]

Summer is so awesome. Just walking outside and seeing the clear blue sky, and the bright summer sun! It's amazing-and I never want summer to end!

Bike rides are always fun! Not so much though when you're stuck going up hill the whole way there..but then on the way back you get all the down hills! ;]

I love to wear summery outfits. :] Especially when there's flowers on it.

Here's Kiley-my best friend, in a field, with ticks, risking it for a good picture, and half laughing. I love her. ;]

I loved these flowers in this field. It was a perfect place for picture takin'. ;]

Kiley begged me to go with her in the field..so I ran out there and ducked in the weeds so I wouldn't be in the picture. So I took a picture of her getting her picture taken.

Happy Wednesday!

love,
Ali
P.S. Happy Birthday dad! ♥

it's all so wonderful

The large blooming flowers that continue to bloom in our backyard,

The sun shining down and making all my pictures so colorful and bright, 

the green grass, and being outside with bare feet,

the white & blue shed in our backyard,

my curly brown hair,

the bright green leaves on the trees,

my little brother digging up dirt,

the big pool we have in our backyard,

the dog we have,

the wonderful parents I have,

the fact that I get to dogsit for my friend while she's on vacation,

the fact that I'm going camping in a few days,

the fact that I'm going on a big family reunion in a couple of weeks,

and the fact that Jesus loves me,

It's all so wonderful.

Six Random Ramblings

1.]I have 59 followers now, and I'm pretty excited. To celebrate having 50 followers and to celebrate my one year of blogging [I started blogging August 3rd, 2010] I'm having a giveaway! Stay tuned, because we have 3 or 4 awesome prizes! I would be open to having even more sponsors-so email me at alilovesvb97[at]gmail[dot]com if you would like to sponsor too!

2.]I have now got a photo challenge blog button that works-thanks to Miss Emily K.! I'm pretty pumped about that too because I'm used to having people add my link also..not anymore! ;]

3.]This weekend was jam-packed for me! On Friday night I babysat my brothers, on Saturday we drove up to my cousin's baseball game [which took us 45 minutes], and we got there and it was canceled because of storms! Then we went to my grandma's 60th surprise birthday party, and stayed there all day and overnight! Today has been like the only free day I've had for a while..so I'm enjoying it by helping out my dad in the yard, coloring [hee hee ;], posting, reading, and swimming!
4.]Okay-this series is a.m.a.z.i.n.g. I'm not really much of a reader, but if you read those books..you will become one. Guaranteed. 

5.]I am loving these flower pictures. The color, the angles, the lighting, the everything. I was so excited to post these! Let me know what you think of them!
6.]This post is going no where now..so I'm going to leave you at that..and be back here tomorrow for a regular post!
P.S. Fruit Punch Gatorade on a warm summer day while working outside and swimming=amazingness. Just sayin'.

photo challenge finalists

We have 5 lovely photo challenge finalists here for you today! Thank you everybody for linking up! :] Here are the finalists:

Kiley at Click and Capture

Love the lighting and the twisty stem!

Ashlyn at Capturing Memories for a Lifetime

I love the bell and the sun peeking through!

Gracie at Lollipops and Cupcakes

I love everything about this picture! The lighting, the colors, the way it's not a close-up! Probably my favorite this week!

Mary Ann 

I love this color purple, and I love the focus!

Madie at The Road's Journeys

Love the colors, and focus!

Now please go vote on the sidebar for your very favorite flower picture! Join back in a couple weeks for another photo challenge! :]

i'm such a girly girl

I love to paint my nails, do my hair, wear pink, take pictures of girly things, wear pink, paint my nails, wear pink, wear pink, did I already say wear pink?

I'm pretty much obsessing over this page right now. Pink is my favorite color, in case you couldn't tell.

I'm now officially obsessed with the color pink, and my past favorite colors were blue and green. How can that be so? I've completely changed my look of things. Used to be: "Ick. It's pink-so not buying that." Now it's: "YAY, It's pink! SO buying that!!"

Okay, I swear I've been sucked into this crazy alien ship and they're all forcing me to buy pink. Except the weird thing is..I'm listening to them.

See that bear in the corner with the hearts on him? He's one of those mini pink teddy bear hearted aliens that's forcing me to wear pink.

Nah, just kidding, I choose to wear pink-so deal with it freaky pink aliens. :P

Anyone love pink as much as me? I didn't think so. ;]

it's so hard saying goodbye

As Haven and I walk down to my grandma's house we think about how fast time flies, how fast life can slip right through your fingers, and how fast Dakota's life was. As I heard my parents talking about my grandma putting her dog down, a sudden alarm went off in my head. So this is it? Dakota's going to be gone, tomorrow? Will I get to see him before he's gone? So many different thoughts went through my head at that time, but one that is most important is, How is Haven going to react to this? 

Dakota was a grey and white Husky, and lived with my Grandma for 15 years. He was a hard dog to deal with, he tore up everything, and always seemed to be getting into trouble. Yesterday he was put to sleep because he was getting old, he woke my grandma up at least 5 times a night to go to the bathroom, and he growled at people.

But, we all loved Dakota so much, and he became a huge part of the family. Especially Haven's. Haven grew up with Dakota, she even lived with him for some of her life. He used to be her best friend when no one was around. It was especially hard for her to say goodbye.

[these dead flowers remind me of dakota, how he used to be this young dog, and very playful and fun, now he's in his old age, and is now no longer with us.] 
But, then as I looked into Dakota's eyes one last time, a rock hit my heart. I started to get sad, and really mad that we had to put him down. Haven and I went back into the house at least 4 times, because it is so hard to say goodbye.

Dakota is now gone, and is past suffering. It is better for him that way. But, we will always love him.

*I'm sorry I'm using old pictures, it's just that my camera is acting up, and is not working. I'm so mad. Like I tried to take pictures outside, and maybe the heat did it. But, the pictures are all fogged up and stuff. So mad. //just tried to use my camera, and it works again. haha*

love,
Ali

P.S. If you still want to enter into my photo contest, enter a picture of a flower, HERE! 

photo contest|flowers

Well  hello lovelies, and welcome to Livin' My Life 4 Jesus' photo contest! I decided I wanted to try these photo contests again! The theme this week is flowers. This should be a really easy one, so lots of people should enter!

There's my picture! So everyone, please link up a picture by Friday, July 22nd!

Rules

-Picture needs to be taken by YOU!

-Only one entry per person

-Blog hop around and comment on at least 2 other entries

-Please add my button to your blog post!

-You can post your entry on flickr or your blog!

-All pictures need to be appropriate-or I will disqualify your picture

-Have fun!

{please add this image to your blog post [copy and paste] and then underneath put my URL. Thanks! For some reason my blog has major problems trying to make buttons and such, because I even had a friend try it. If anyone would like to make me a button, I would really appreciate it!}

something beautiful

This weekend our cousins came over! There is an eight year old boy, and a five year old girl. Right now, in the girl's life makeup, nail polish, hair, and dresses is pretty important. So when she came over this weekend, I kind of gave her a "makeover."

I just did  her hair all fancy, added some eye shadow, lip gloss, and blush to her face, and added a pink scarf. I could tell she loved the treatment, and when I was "dolling her up" I wished I had a little sister I could do that on all the time. Oh, how I wish I had a little sister I could pamper 24/7.

This one I'm entering into Kiley's Click and Capture photo contest!

something beautiful-newsboys