virginia city, nevada, in black and white.

  

 he wouldn't look at me...so I just took the picture and was done with it. kinda funny actually.

 

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Okay. Two things. 

One: virginia city isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's used to be a huuuuge silver mining town, and now it's just a touristy dump...and I don't like tourists. So yeah. That matter aside, it's still kinda fun. A few antique stores reside there, which I visited{read: I scoured all of the stores until I found a piece of pyrex I desired and that was reasonably priced, and then I bought it, after cleverly charming the owner to lower the price by three bucks. what can I say, it's a gift...}, and some yummy candy shops. Plus the old time photo places...which is the whole reason we went there. The last time we had old time pictures taken was 6 years ago...before my two youngest siblings were born...so we figured we were due to update them. 'twas fun. you'll see them eventually. 

Secondly: these are some of my most favorite abstract - random - purposeless photos I have ever taken. 

Also. the pictures below are of me and my "baby" brother...he reminds me of the amish, not looking directly at the camera....I guess that makes me from hollywood. figures. lame.

Oh, and, forgive me and my dad's strange expression in the following picture....I told him to smile and that's what he did....and I knew he was going to do that, so I did it too, but anyway. yeah. 

 {my dad and I being...well...my dad and I...... }     

And this picture turned out reallllly cute. My gosh. I have cute siblings. {yes, I am bragging..}

{little sister posing, for ONCE! The heavens opened, angels rejoiced..yada yada yada}

Okay. I'm done now. Really. I swear.

Yep. Totally done. 

Hope you had a great tuesday! :)

apple hill: part one

Oh, lovely autumn days! This weekend we went to Apple Hill - a place we've been going since I was 2 and I can't imagine my fall being complete without it. It is a place about two hours away from me, where you can pick apples, and participate in the wonderful joys of fall! The drive is one of the best parts though. I'll post pictures of that later, I just wanted to get these pretties up :) 

Unfortunately, the crowds were worse than we had anticipated, so it wasn't quite the same as it used to be, but it was still a beautiful day. Normally we get to pick our own apples - this year it was funky, however. Anyway, hope you enjoy these pictures :)

xo,

Ruthanne

weekday wanderings

my day yesterday was hectic. school pictures in the morning, doctor appointment in the afternoon, and a birthday party for my cousin later. I didn't have the camera with me the first half of the day, but I grabbed it when we stopped by the house and took some shots of the drive to my cousin's; of which I'm going to share. I apologize for all the cross processed effect. but it is pretty much amazing and it got rid of all the gross buggies on our windshield, since these were all almost "through the windshield" shots...ha!

I love where I live. And the places I get to drive because of it. And my cowboy boots. That is all.

sleepovers, weddings and cowboy boots, oh my!

Greetings...lets hope I can write this post before I collapse...ha! Oh, the weekends are always so random for me. They're either crazy hectic or boring beyond all compare...this weekend was not boring...but I guess I still have one more day left, huh...anyway.

Friday night my friend Rachel came over! I rarely have friends over so it was a treat and super fun! We had hamburgers for dinner, and then...then...oh man. Then I cut her hair! Oh my gosh. It was so scary....She had me cut her bangs, and they're adorable, but oh man. I was so scared! After that we did the typical sleepover stuff...ya know, movies, nails, popcorn, ice cream. Yum ;)

The next morning we both had to work a wedding for the sister of one of our youth leaders. Twas fun, indeed. We were exhausted though, afterwards.

Then along came Sunday morning. Ah, I love Sundays, no matter what we do. We decided this time though, that since my dad and brother were both gone, we'd head down the hill to Roseville. Now, I am definitely a small town girl, and always will be, but I do love the city, to an extent. The funniest part though is that Roseville is like a legit city to me, and it's not even that big! Go figure.

We visited family; grandparents and cousins, the whole enchilada, ya know, that stuff. My aunt is engaged to the coolest guy ever, I mean really, he's awesome. Such a character. It's hard not to love him. Plus, his kids are named Attikus and Anakin. Like, what's not amazing about that?? Ha!

Then this morning rolled around and we had a lot to do. We started out at a giant Goodwill in Roseville that turned out to be a bust. They had virtually no vintage anything. It was sad. I was sad. It made my day sad. After that, we needed to go to TjMaxx where I bought a new purse [cutest thing ever, pictures will come later], and a few birthday gifts for my million friends.

Have you ever been to Panera Bread before? Well, I hadn't. I'd heard crazy things about it before but never been. We went today. Oh my gosh I fell in freaking love. Legit. Sooo yummy! After that though, it was a stressful evening. I had to get home to worship practice at 4. My mom wanted to stop in two school stores. *cue "ohhhh no"'s*.

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The life and times of Ruthanne's mom [series 1, episode 1]
Heidi stepped from the car, her feet hitting the blacktop. I gulped. "Oh no, here we go again..." She took one step, two, three, four, and so on, getting closer and closer to the store. Oh, the store, the dreaded store. Complete heaven for my mother, complete intoxication. Life as we knew it was about to change. I watched as she reached the storefront, and opened the door, pausing dramatically as if to take it all in. My sister looked at me and looked at me with those puppy dog eyes, seeming to say "someone save us..." Ten minutes passed, twenty, thirty. I was getting impatient. We needed to go. Another ten minutes passed and she still didn't show. Jesse had to pee. Oh no, oh no, oh no I thought. I don't think she understood the urgency of the situation....Then she came, darting out of the store, running, dodging people in the parking lot. The heavens opened, angels sang, harps and trumpets played, then she was there, loading her two bags of stuff into the back, and off we were. The day wasn't totally ruined...this time....

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The rest of my evening has been delightful though, Daddy's finally home. I missed him! What did you do this weekend??