Osgood Family Picnic & Aimee's Wedding

Last weekend, most of the Osgood family got together for a picnic at my aunt and uncle's house.  They have a MASSIVE water garden.  It was sweeeeet.

 Me (right), Aimee (center), and Cherish (left).  The three Rapp sisters.

 My sister, Aimee.

Me (left) and my cousin Lauren (right).

 My aunt and uncle's water garden #1.

My aunt and uncle's water garden #2.

My aunt and uncle's water garden #3.

My aunt and uncle's gazebo.

The cake my cousin's beautiful wife made for the picnic.

Then, this Saturday, my sister (Aimee) and her husband (of 10 years) finally had a wedding.  She looked GORGEOUS.

My wonderful parents.

My sister, Cherish, and her boyfriend, Evan.

Me and my fiance, Mitch.

Me (right), my sister Aimee (center), my sister Cherish (left), and my brother-in-law, Ryan (front).

Me (right), my mom Denice (back), my sister Aimee (center), and my sister Cherish (left).

Me (right), my sister Aimee (center), and my sister Cherish (left).  Check out Aimee's dress!  She ordered it online and it ended up fitting her beautifully without any alterations.  She's a perfect size 2!  

 The Osgood family (minus a few cousins and my Aunt Pam and Uncle Bruce). 

New purchase: Japanese sweater dress

I plan on rockin' it at this year's Velkommen Jul. Look for it, yo!

Behold, a new layout!

I went from this:

To THIS: 

Things I like 8/27 edition

From Strapya World

Given out with ADV's 10th Anniversary Special Edition of Evangelion.  I lol-ed hard.

From Forever 21

Is this not the most amazing thing you've ever seen? From Taeliac's shop on Etsy.

Kaworu (Evangelion 2.0 figure).  So awesome.

Things I like 8/20 edition

From kristaglavich on Etsy

From mishaashton on Etsy.

BAMF Christmas ornaments, found here.

Black (armored) carousel horses are my favorite.  From here.

Pink + carousel horses = love.  From ellemoss on Etsy.

*Note: You can buy any of these prints (the 1st, 2nd, and 5th pictures) from their respective artists at Etsy.

Things I like 8/19 edition

I miss Tohoshinki.  (squee, lemme have ur babies, etc.)

Super Junior - No Other.

FREAKIN' ADORABLE.

BoA - Woo Weekend

BoA - Hurricane Venus

SHINee - Lucifer

BoA's been spittin' out pure gold lately.  Good for her!  She's been around for a while.  Super Junior's come back in styyyle (check out that fashion, yo!).  Lucifer isn't SHINee's best song ever, but their retro-fine hairstyles, and their great choreography make up for it.

Things I like 8/18 edition

Korilakkuma earbuds

Rilakkuma key covers

Rilakkuma UNDERPANTS

My new (fake) nerd glasses case

POOK-A-LOOZ.  SO かわいい、ね〜

 Le adorable.

YES PLZ.

Minneapolis Masonic Lodge No. 19 Scholarship Luncheon

Last Saturday, I headed over to St. Louis Park for the Minneapolis Masonic Lodge No. 19's scholarship luncheon.  Why, you ask?  Well, I received one of their RWB John R. Hendrickson Sr. awards (four are given out) for a whopping $5,000.  On top of that, part of the luncheon was held in the inner chamber of the lodge, which is usually not open to the public.  It was SO COOL!

The Masons who presented me with my scholarship

The four John R. Hendrickson Scholarship winners, along with the two Masonic-youth scholarship winners

Me with Carrie Carroll, who came to the luncheon with me

My life in pictures - mid August

 My new American Apparel thigh-high socks

Beyond Representational Correctness, by Dr. Edward Schiappa.  I'm meeting with him Thursday!

Having fun with the label-maker at work (Augsburg Graduate Admissions)

Hello Kitty chapstick

 A Kinect station at the Mall of America

 KYON-KYON!

Me and Zack, my KHU (Kingdom Hearts Ultimania) pal, at Mickey's Diner

 Pig tupperware love

My Fall 2010 textbooks (Japanese books not shown)