I.Am.A.Nerd

It's been a while, huh? I guess I'm not the devoted blogger I always thought I would be... ;)

so anyways, my great-grandmother turned 89 this past week, so last sunday we went to her house to celebrate. I was having fun playing around with some sunglasses I found... hence the plethora of pictures :D

photo credit goes to my little sis Em for all of these :)

this is Professor Wawa with sunglasses :D :D :D

don't they just look great????? heehee

I gotta say it...

Go Steelers :D

school and snow and birthdays

my brain is filled with school.
stuff like obligate parasitic heterotrophs, victorian novels, tangent = sine over cosine, Louis XVI, Huckleberry Finn, preformed toxins, Napolean's dynasty...
Escuela es vida.
oops, did I say that in Spanish?
sorry, brain clog. ;)
aaaaaaaanyways...here are some pictures that might brighten your otherwise school-filled day ;)

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Uncle Mark's birthday was last week, and my grandparents from WV came over to celebrate. I love my dad and uncles...they're so fun. Em was lighting the candles on the cake, and every time she would light them one of the boys would blow them out real quick before we could sing. it took a few retakes of the song, but we finally got through the whole thing without the candles going out ;)

Nanna made a yummy lemon cake (uncle mark's favorite)...he loved the cake, but not so much the big 40, though, so we changed it around. Happy 4th Birthday, Uncle Mark!! haha :)

And then today...there was the snow. yeah. sad. but, as I always say: "when life is horrible, make a snowman." okay, I've never said that before. but it sounded good. anyways, Emmy took her own advice (I advised her to stay INSIDE, in the nice warm house), and went outside to shovel snow. and make a snowman. in ONE INCH of snow. kudos to the girl for a valient attempt. :o)

Em shoveling...and shoveling...aaaaand shoveling.

This is Emily's snowman. I wanted to name him Philbert, but she said no. So, I am sad to say that this is Reagan the Snowman, not Philbert. oh well. sniff.

Reagan the Snowman is pulling Macy the Snowman in her little sled thingie. yeah.

Of couse, she had to do the "rachel thing" with her lips...always gotta get one of those shots.

Emily and...um...Reagan.

kissing the snowman!! so cuuuuuuuuute!!!!!!! :D I love my little sister.

snow is cold. yeah.

we went to the Hendricks's house today with the intention of ice skating...but it didn't really happen. truth be told I don't know how to skate, and I didn't really want to take the time to learn. yeah. but I did get to ride around on the ice in the chair, expertly pushed by my dad. (he's an awesome skater because he used to play on a hockey team) anyways I ended up getting a whole bunch of pictures, so I'm happy :)

Emmy

Alyssa, Jessie and Em

the girls

this is Em right after getting pelted in the face with a snowball. haha!! :D

ice!!!

tree out of focus...kinda random...

Daddy pulling Jess around on the ice

27 degrees...

this is me...getting a ride. yeah.

Em getting a ride too...

Em and Alyssa

BRACE FACE!!!

my girl's got braces!!! heehee
I've been brainstorming what I can call her from now on...Brace Face...Metal Mouth...Train Tracks...and Daddy thought up Chain Chompers, I thought that was good. ;) any ideas?
She's so cute!!!!!!!!!!
oh and btw, GO STEELERS!!! :D (if you can't tell, she got black and gold braces :)

A Really Long Hike in the Woods

Me and Daddy and Kris went on a huge hike today... 2 hours, 4.5 miles. We had so much fun!! One of the fords across the river was flooded, so we had to cross this big lumpy fallen tree instead, and while we were crossing it, this HUGE beaver went right under us in the water. it was really cool :)

the most archaic tree in the world

I loved the reflection

This was the lumpy tree we crossed from far away.

Kristen...standing in the middle of the road. Who else? haha :)

Walking through a field...

some random fuzzy branch...

cute little trail :D

loved the refelction. so cool.

pc: my dad

The Amazingness of a Webcam

fun fun fun...Quay and Allie are over to play today :)
and, while Quay takes a mid-afternoon nap (surprise surprise), us 3 girls decided to play with the webcam. here are some of the results... :D

slightly scared...or scary...

um, no comment. yeah.

who said I don't have muscle? (um, everyone.)


wow...

"you have beautiful eyes..." (not)

Allie with a beard...

and...the three stooges.