New Jersey

As briefly discussed in my last post I recently returned from an 11 day trip to New Jersey! I went visit my boyfriend and his family. His mom rented a beach house in Lavalette that was a quick one block from the beach. It was so peaceful to have the only things on my to do list be, go to the beach, eat yummy food, spend time with people I love and play the day by ear. We saw fireworks for the 4th, took many trips to the Seaside Heights boardwalk and spent hours in the surprisingly warm ocean water! Here are more pictures from my trip:

{Matt playing his favorite game on the Boardwalk}

{The group watching fireworks}

{The famous Shore Store on Seaside Heights boardwalk}

{Matt's cousin Kelly and I}

{A beautiful view on top of the clouds on my flight home}

In Hiding :)

Though it seems as if I've fallen off the face of the earth I can assure you I haven't. For the past ten days I've been in New Jersey visiting my boyfriend and his family. My week has been filled with going to the beach, eating lots of yummy food and visiting great people :) here are a few pictures (more to come) :

Instagram

I recently got the Iphone on Sunday and I am in love! I have wanted it for so long and I finally just went for it and got it :) Here are a few great pics from my instagram! Feel free to follow me at caseylynn531!

{My new phone cover! I am in love!!}

{Last night my friends had a FIESTA party!!}

{My gorgeous puppy Mika eating Ice Cream}

{The best ice cream place there is right in the heart of my home town}

Up to speed!

I feel like it has been years since I have blogged last, but work, school and weekends jammed packed haven't really left much room for blogging. But I'm back no worries! I have a lot of posts planned for the up coming weeks! Today I wanted to share with you a "Throwback Thursday" by posting an old pic and its explanation:

{This is my Daddy! I think this picture is form Easter, I'm not sure how old I am but It is my favorite picture of my dad and I. With Father's day last weekend and his birthday next week I figured this would be a good picture to share. He is the rock of our family and holds us all together, I learn something new from him everyday and he is one of my best friends}

Me Time!

Today was perfect, I had the whole day off and the house to myself. I went to class this morning took a quick test got 89% and was on with the day. For weeks now I have had such a long list of the crafts I want to accomplish and today I set out and got them finished! Here they are:

{I've been wanting to try this for awhile so I did}

It is much easier said than done!

{My Cousin and his Wife are expecting a baby and naming her Ellie}

This is for the shower Saturday!

{I bought these keys last week in GR at the antique store}

They used to be red - I painted them white

Craft Night

Friday night I spent time doing crafts with my dear friend Nichole, we had a plan but then once we got down to business and started making things we both just ended up doing our own things, she made a wedding present, while I made cards, she made a gift tag while I made my redneck wine glass. Which is what I am going to share with you. A redneck wine glass is basically a decorated mason jar, glued to a candle stick and you can decorate as you wish! :

{I decorated mine with paint pens}

{Grapes}

{Some of the cards I made}

Lost and Found

Thursday I had the day off and I took a day trip to Grand Rapids to see my sister, we had lunch at The Sky Walk Cafe, looked around the gorgeous Amway and then headed over to antiques heaven! The original plan was to go to this event, which was help in downtown Grand Rapids, though the street vendors were a disappointment the actual antique stores made the trip worth it! Here are some pictures of the store that left me both speechless and repeatedly saying "this place is amazing":

{So cute and inspiring}

{Fun old cloths}

{Obsessed with this chair - If I had a house it would be mine!}

{We finished the day with a beer and snacks at Founders}