La Vie est Belle: Snapshots of Summer

Summer is ending,it went by so fast, I can't believe it!
Sharing some only a small fraction (and very random) pictures of what took place these past three lovely months of summer !

Kicked off summer with our first 4th of July party with dears friends of ours! (I just love how festive dessert looked!)

August came and we as a family with another family put on our running shoes and ran for Myanmar! These kiddoes did such a great job!

My sister and I made a new friend this summer . This sweet and lovely lady from Ketucky came over to our home while visiting CA for a tea party and a great time of fellowship! Deryn we just loved having you over and getting to know you, miss ya already! :)

Yummy food, pretty table decorations ,great fellowship.

It got hot, very hot,I believe the hottest was 115 this summer but I couldn't bring myself to take a picture of that so I snapped a picture of a breezy, balmy 111 degree day . Yes this is accurate. :)

We took a road trip down to Laguna Beach for my cousins wedding. Smile everyone, your big sis is taking another picture for the millionth time in the car (brother in the background thinking "seriously Ashley,another picture?!"):P

The groom ,my new cousin, he's so awesome!

The bride ,my sweet cousin,my twin, she is so pretty and awesome too!

The lovely couple dances away

This is my favorite picture, my cousin with my sister. We laughed and cried so much, it was a great wedding!

Oh yes,there was also a lot of dancing ,and I had a great partner!

We need to be professionals in this dancing business! I love my little brother!

I caught the bouquet. . ... well ok so I caught half the bouquet! Olivia caught the other half (if you ask me I really caught it first! :P) but hey better catch half than not at all ,right?

Wonder if anything will happen now,does this mean we might both get married at the sametime?! ;)

Lucie and I serious goof ball camera sessions this summer.

Got to meet this lovely gal in person after keeping in touch via instagram. Lily is such a sweet godly woman, and her vintage style is superb and lovely! It was so nice getting to see you face to face, can't wait to do it again!

Then came the big,

the bad,

but beautiful garage sale!

It was so nice to par down, to clean out and kiss excess things good bye!

Such a wonderful feeling to have breathing room again !

This is a picture of the almond orchard I live near. This is a picture of the orchard that makes my allergies go crazy during the recent almond harvest. This is a picture of the the almond trees harvested. The almond trees are such a huge part of summertime, because you know once they start harvesting in mid august, you know summer is coming to a close and Autumn is coming (my favorite season! !).

This is me ,in my very goofy,summery ,Chinese garden hat, I love to wear outside . The neighbors finally stopped asking me if I was of Chinese descent while I worked outside, I think they're used to my corky hats now! ;)