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Things I love June 2025

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! As I write this, it is a gloomy September day, and I wish I could go back to summer. These blog posts are a good way for me to look back on all the fun adventures that I had during the summer of 2025. I’m excited to tell you about more of my summer adventures, but for now, I will reflect on the things I loved in June 2025.

Volunteering on the first day of June . On the day my summer bucket list game started, I got to volunteer at a fun event. ( You can read about it HERE )

A small Dollar Tree haul in early June – I went to the Dollar Tree on the 2nd of June, and I got some fun items, including a Barbie sticker book and hair bows. ( You can read about it HERE )

Big Sur adventure – I got to go on an adventure to Big Sure with my amazing friend! It is such a beautiful place to explore. I recommend going if you get the opportunity. ( You can read about HERE )

Going to a cookie shop that had huge cookies – I got to get some huge and yummy cookies this month at a cute cookie shop ( You can read about it HERE )

At work shopping , I bought some great items at my work this month. ( You can read about it HERE, HERE, and HERE )

Las Vegas vacation – I had so much fun going to Las Vegas this month! Some highlights were, Going on the High roller wheel at night, shopping at the ABC store, going on the fly over ride, going to the rainforest cafe ,and taking a tour of the Hoover Dam. (You can read about it HERE and HERE )

Going to Target – After I got back from Las Vegas, I went to my local Target to participate in Joy ride day . I also got some cool items, including a Barbie doll , a craft kit, and a squishy toy. ( You can read about it HERE )

going to my favorite used book store – I got to visit my favorite used book store this month. ( You can read about it HERE )

Celebrating Fathers Day – Father’s Day was this month, and I enjoyed getting to celebrate it with my family. ( You can read about it HERE )

My Mall weekend tradition – This month I did my tradition where I went shopping at the Dollar Tree on Friday and then I went shopping at the mall on Saturday. When I was at the mall, I went to Build a Bear Workshop, and I got a plush axolotl. ( You can read about it HERE)

Making clay art and a drawing of my cat – I did some fun art projects this month ( you can read it HERE )

Going to my favorite local thrift store with my friend. – I had a fun day with my friend this month. ( You can read about it HERE )

Thanks for reading!

Christina Epperly

fun with clay, thrift shopping, drawing my cat , and more summer fun

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! It feels good to be writing about the end of June now because it means I’m making progress with my blog posts, and it also means that I still have lots of summer adventures to write about. with that being said, let’s get to it!

June 22nd – On this day, I used my air dry clay that I got from the Dollar Tree to make four green turtles. They turned out so cute! I also had one of my cinnamon lollypops that I got at Sees candy at the mall the day before. I also had an orange cream soda. It was a nice relaxing day.

June 23rd – Today was a work day. I got coffee and at work I got two surprise toys . It was a normal but good day.

June 24th – On this day, I hung out with my friend. we went to eat at Panera Bread we went to my favorite local thrift store. At the thrift store, I got some fun artsy items and a safari surprise toy. At work later that I bought some fun patriotic jewelry. It was great to spend time with my friend. I wish I could see her at least once a week, but life is busy, and it is hard to find time. I’m thankful every time I get to see a friend.

June 25th – On this day, I made a drawing of my cat Cooper. It wasn’t easy, but I had enjoyed the challenge, and I love the way it turned out.

June 26th – This was a very normal day I got coffee, and I went to work.

June 27th – I got coffee, and I went to work like normal, but I did buy some items for Claire’s display at my work. I love summer days, even the ones when I got to work.

June 28th – On this day, I did some scratch art with that kit that I got on mall weekend. I also went to work after I got coffee, of course. It was another normal but good day.

June 29th – This was the 2nd to the last day of the month.  I got coffee, went for a walk in the park, bought two hot wheels cars at Safeway , and I had ice cream at home that night. I was an enjoyable summer day.

June 30th – This was the last day of June. I got coffee, and I bought more patriotic accessories at work. It was a good way to end this amazing month.

Thanks for reading! – Christina Epperly

Summer mall weekend 2025

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’m excited to write this post about one of my favorite summer traditions. I’m not sure how long that I have been doing this tradition for but for a while now I have been choosing a weekend in the summer and going shopping at the Dollar Tree on a Friday and going to the mall on Saturday. I had a great time shopping at the Dollar Tree and the mall this summer, and I can’t wait to tell you more about it, so let’s get to it.

June 20th – On this day, I went shopping at my favorite local Dollar Tree location. I love going to this location because it is always clean and organized. There is also a good selection of items at this location. I got a bunch of great items during my Dollar Tree shopping spree. Some of my favorite items that I got on this shopping trip are two bags of air dry clay, Barbie pets, Surprise toys, a sticker activity book, glitter markers, a headband with a lemon pattern, erasers shaped like ice cream, an ice pop banner, foam stickers, puffy stickers, bath bombs with prizes, and a Crayola tooth brush. Summer is my favorite time of year, and I was happy to get a sign that says happy summer and some drink pouches that said endless summer on them. The pouches also came with straws. Some other fun items that I got during this shopping trip were hair ties, Squishmallow toothpaste, a book that teaches you to draw animals, and a doodle notebook. It was a fun shopping trip to the Dollar Tree.

June 21st – This was the day I went shopping at the mall. I went to my favorite local mall. One of my favorite stores in the mall is Claire’s. I got some many fun things there, including jewelry, hairbows, and stickers. I went to many stores during this shopping trip, including Daiso, Hallmark, bath and body works, Old Navy, Nordstrom rack, and Target. I don’t  go to Nordstrom Rack often, but I am so glad I did. I got some great items there, including a Squishmallow hand cream. I bought so many items on this shopping trip some of those items are, flip flops, stickers, a squishy toy, beads, lollypops with covers, highlighters, lip gloss in containers shaped like bears, a scratch art craft kit, erasers, a holder for hand cleaners, small hand cleaners for my holder ,a notebook shaped like a dog ,straw covers, and a Barbie themed hair set. One big highlight of my mall trip was going to build a bear workshop and making a plush axolotl. I named my plush axolotl Neon Sands because I wanted a Las Vegas inspired name. Also, at Build a Bear, I got this cute passport that can be stamped at different locations. I love my plush axolotl and I love that my favorite mall has a Build a Bear Workshop it in. In addition to all my shopping fun, I also enjoyed taking pictures during my mall trip. I took a lot of pictures during my mall adventure, including in a photobooth. I also got lunch at the food court while I was at the mall. Before going home I got an iced coffee at the Starbucks in Target. It was a wonderful summer day at the mall.

Thank you for reading. Love, Christina Epperly

summer fun before my mall weekend

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’m thankful that I still have a lot of summer posts to write because it allows me to reflect back on all the fun summer adventures that I had this year. In this post, I will be talking about the time between my Las Vegas trip and my mall weekend tradition. I’m excited to write another post about my summer fun, so let’s ger to it.

June 14th – This was the day after we came back from Las Vegas. I had work, but before work, my mom and I went to Target. One of the main reasons we went to Target on this day was because we wanted to participate in Joyride Day. All you had to do was take a picture holding joyride candy and post it on Instagram. I love Joyride Candy, so I bought some, and I also did a pick-up order where I got some fun items such as the new playdoh Barbie and a monster truck painting craft kit. I also got three fun items from the dollar section. I got a 4th of July scratch art kit, a pinball game that has a flamingo on it, and a squishy turtle toy. It was a great Target shopping trip. I also got coffee and I went on a walk in the park on this day. At work that day I got two activity books one was a sticker book and another one was a coloring book. It was a good day that was full of summer fun!

June 15th – This day was Father’s Day. We went out to lunch to celebrate. After lunch we went on a walk and then we went to Starbucks it was a nice day.

June 16th – The highlights of this day were getting Starbucks and going for a walk in the park.

June 17th – On this day, I went to Starbucks and bought some pens at work.

June 18th – On this day I went to my favorite used book store after getting coffee. I got some fun books including a coloring book. In addition to the used book store I went to 7-eleven and I got a Slurpee in a reusable cup. I also went on a walk later that day.

Thanks for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

Las Vegas adventure June 2025 part 2

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’m excited to write this 2nd post about my Las Vegas vacation. I had a wonderful time, and I can’t wait to tell you more about it, so let’s get to it

June 11th – On this day, we went on a tour of the Hoover Dam. I booked our tour with Comedy on Deck tours and I’m happy to say I made a good choice because the tour was wonderful and it was a very reasonable price. We got picked up at a hotel that was close to ours . Before going to the Dam, we stopped at the famous Las Vegas sign. This is a great place to take pictures. A good photo tip is to stand to the side of the sign to take your photo so you don’t have to wait in any line that may form at the front of the sign. After taking photos at the sign, we were on the way to the Hoover Dam. Our first stop was at a bridge where we could get a view of the Hoover Dam. A cool thing about this bridge is that it crosses over into Arizona. I had a good time taking pictures at this location, but it was very windy, so watch your hats if you go here. The next part of the tour was a guided tour of the Hoover Dam. It was fun to go underground and learn about the dam. I also enjoyed the visitor’s center and the gift shop, of course. Lunch is included in this tour, so on the way back, we stopped at a restaurant. You put your order in while you’re on the bus so your food is ready when you arrive. When we got back to Las Vegas, we went to the Flamingo Hotel to see the flamingos that live there. I love Flamingos, and it is so cool that you can just go and see them in Las Vegas. After going to see the flamingos, I got a Flamingo shaped pen at the gift shop. We also went and got some much needed healthy food that night. It was an adventure packed day of vacation.

June 12th – This was our last day of vacation before going home on the next day. I had two big things that I wanted to do before saying goodbye to Las Vegas. The first thing that we did on this day was to go get coffee. After that, we went to see The Seven Magic Mountains. This was one of the two things that I really wanted to do before going back home. I had seen pictures of this art exhibit, and I loved how colorful it was. I really wanted to go here. It is a little bit of a drive from the Las Vegas strip, but it was so worth it, in my opinion. I got some great pictures here. I loved seeing the huge and very colorful rock towers. This unique art exhibit felt like a once in a life time experience. After seeing the beautiful seven magic mountains, we went back to the Las Vegas strip. Before doing the 2nd big thing I had planned that day, we went to a huge Walgreens. This store had one of the best souvenir sections that I have ever seen. I got a plush monkey, a picture frame, and some key chains. After buying some fun souvenirs. We went to one of my favorite places and that place is the rainforest cafe. There used to be more of these delightful cafes around, but sadly, they are not as common as they used to be. I was super excited to get to go to a rainforest cafe because I had not been in a long time. I had a great time at the rainforest cafe. It is a fun place to take pictures and they also have a good store there. I got some stickers and a baseball at the store. Even after we did  all of that, we were not done with our adventures for the day yet. That night we went on a bus tour. The top of a bus is a great place to see  Las Vegas. I enjoyed this tour. The top of the bus was also a great place to get pictures of Las Vegas. Later that night, I went out one more time. I bought a flamingo pen, and I went to the candy store one more time before going back to the hotel to get some sleep before our early flight the next day.

June 13th – This was the day we left Las Vegas. I got a fun Las Vegas magnet at the airport. I’m so blessed that I got to have a wonderful Las Vegas vacation.

Thanks for reading! Love, Christina Epperly

Las Vegas adventure June 2025 part one

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! We are now in September, but I had a pretty amazing summer. Now that things are slowing down, I’m ready to write blog posts about my summer 2025 adventures! I’m very excited to write this post about some of my Las Vegas adventures. Without any more introduction, let’s get to it!

June 9th – This was the day that my mom and I began our Las Vegas vacation. At the airport, before getting on the plane, I got a magazine that had some fun food art on the cover. The short flight went well. Our hotel for this trip was the Linq. I had walked through this hotel before, but this was my first time staying there. I thought that the room had a fun and artsy feel to it. I liked that check-in was super easy on the kiosk. After getting settled. We went out to eat at the boss cafe. The food was really good. I’m glad that this place was inside our hotel . After eating we walked to a nearby candy store. I also loved how close this place was. I got to go to it more than once during this trip. On this night, I bought a few Las Vegas themed items from the candy store, including a cute tin of mints. I also got to cross off a bucket list item on this day when we went to the Minus 5 ice bar. This ice bar was a very fun place to take pictures. There were a bunch of different themed areas, and it was a great escape from the Las Vegas heat. My favorite part was getting to drink out of a cup that was made out of ice. After our ice bar experience, we went and saw the Bellagio fountain show. This show is iconic and something that I highly recommend doing while you are in Las Vegas. It is free and it is fun to take pictures and videos of. After the fountain show, we went to the Bellagio conservatory. This free attraction is an amazing work of art that changes with the seasons. I loved the flamingos and the zebras. Back at our hotel, I bought a magnet that had the High Roller Wheel on it. It was a wonderful first day of vacation.

June 10th – This was our first full day of vacation, and we had some fun things planned. When we were in Las Vegas in 2023, we loved doing the flyover ride, so we decided to do that again this time. We ended up doing three different rides, and they were all amazing. I highly recommend doing this ride at least once. I believe that there were four different rides when we were there. They also have a fun gift shop so I got a few things there. Next to the flyover ride is one of my favorite stores in Las Vegas. It is called the ABC store, and it has a great selection of souvenirs and other items. I love the hat that I got there. I also got a plush animal that comes with a blanket, some post cards, a rubber duck, and a shirt. After doing the flyover ride three times and shopping at the ABC store, we went to lunch at Olive Garden. When we went back to the hotel we went in the pool. It was a lot of fun. I love staying at hotels that have pools . This pool also had a DJ, and drinks were available it was still pretty lowkey and chill. After the pool, my next activity was to go and cross off a bucket list item that had been on my list for a long time. There was a tattoo shop in our hotel so I went there and I got a tattoo of a starfish. I had been wanting to get this for a long time. I got a starfish that had a fun pattern of circles and dots. I also got another bucket list tattoo because I had Philippians 4:13 written above the starfish. I was so happy with the way this tattoo turned out. After getting my tattoo, my mom and I went on The High Roller Wheel. I can not recommend the High Roller Wheel enough. I went on the High Roller Wheel of the first time back in 2023, and I loved it, but this time, I wanted to ride it at night so I could see all the city lights. The views from the high roller wheel are simply amazing. I got some wonderful pictures of all of the city lights below. The capsule that you ride in is a good size, and you can move around to different windows. I loved getting to see the Las Vegas Sphere with different designs on it. The beach ball was my favorite. After an amazing ride on the High Roller Wheel, I got a deck of playing cards from the Linq at the gift shop. it was a day full of adventure. I got some pizza to end the day on a high note . It was a really wonderful day.

After Big Sur but before Las Vegas

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! As I write this, it is the middle of August, and summer is coming to a close. However, since I have a lot of blog posts to write about my summer adventures, I can step back into summer fun with every post I write. Writing posts about my summer adventures is a great way to distract myself from summer ending. In this post, I  will be writing about the time between two of my summer adventures. With all that being said, let’s get to it.

June 6th – On this day, I got to go to Batch 22 bakery. I had never been here before but I’m glad I went! Their cookies are huge, and they taste amazing. I also bought some colored pencils and a sketch book at work. in addition to that I got to go for a walk in the park it was a good day.

June 7th – Today I got coffee and I went on another walk in the the park.

June 8th – On this day, I got coffee, I also got some foam grow toys at the grocery store. In addition to that I went to the park and I went to the playground. I love walking on playgrounds, but since it can get busy, I don’t always get to, but today, I did. This was the day before my Las Vegas adventure began.

Love, Christina Epperly