East Coast

We took our annual trip to Richmond this summer. While we were there we traveled to Washington DC, Baltimore and to Virginia Beach.

A little too sunny for me. haha

Soooo humid

Beach

Arlington National Cemetary

Peterson Wedding

Hilari, my sister got married in August. She was such a beautiful bride and so in love.


Her dad giving her away

Bridesmaids

Hilari and the flower girl Malloree

Mustache

My sis Lauren and Dad at Mal's tea party. You're welcome Lauren. Ok wait, is it you're welcome OR welcomed? I need to figure that out.

"Paparazzi"

Amazing!!

Family visit 2010

Just about every year Nick's sister and parents come out for his birthday. This year was a super fun one. We did lots of shopping, we were on a mission to find Mal a new pair of sparkley ballet flats. The guys had fun golfing. We made a visit to the Chinese Cultural Center were each of us seen the herbalist and were prescibed a magic teas. It was a blast!
BTW Nick's mom ordered Mal a pair of flats but she is still wearing the beautiful red ones.

Kenzie and Kirby

Kenzie's first year in 4-h was amazing. Her pig Kirby had a mental illness, I'm sure of it. He was out of his mind. The first day it took about 15 people to get him to the bathing area. In the process, he almost broke my leg off, knocked my throat into Kenzie's shoulder, and knocked my step dad Mark down resulting in a bloody elbow, along with many bruises.
I was so nervous for her, theres so much to remember!
Shake the judges hand when you come out
Hold your hand behind your back
Keep eye contact with the judge
Stay with Kirby
Don't run after Kirby
I don't know what I was worrying about, she was awesome!!!



First day she was awarded 4th place in breed. The next day was showmanship, she didn't place in that (it might of had something to do with Kirby starting fights). Saturday was the big day! It was the auction. She woke up Saturday morning puking. She hasn't been sick in YEARS, just our luck. So we got her ready and started the 45min drive to the fairgrounds vomiting into a trash can the whole way. Poor baby girl.



Time for Kirby to get auctioned off finally came. The bidding started at $2. She ended up with $10Lb for 260lb Kirby! (he lost a few lbs since the last post) Holla! My Brother Chad did some 'politicing' as my dad calls it and got my dad and a few friends to go in on buying him. Kenz perked up after that. As soon as we started our drive home the vomiting resumed.

My New Life

I'm sure you have heard me talk about Nie Nie. She was badly burned in a plane crash. Check out this video about her life. She is truly inspirational. Its like 9 min long but its worth seeing.