racoon eyes.

we got burnt. and we had our sunglasses on.

dang it.

Sienna & Lizanne Go Shopping!!

Dang Yo!!!

The mexico dress. you gotta love it.

Sugar Magnolia in downtown Cambridge has scored once again. We found these great dresses for hardly a penny and those brilliant heals too.

It was a steal!

We were so happy!!

the sun'll come out!

posie lewis.

front and center! (and up) played molly and did a marvelous job of it! i love hearing her booming voice above all the rest..even when she's the smallest on stage.

posie's the one standing tall with her hand thrust into the air. no doubt singing her heart out.

these photos were taken to show our matching shirts..but they are not very visable. just know they are matching, people!

:::waiting in line:::

just realized that me and sarah's hair is almost the same color. and i think of her as a blond. does that mean i'm a blond??

abbi was ms. hannigan. and rocked it. again. as always.

well done miss abigail!!

ice-cream-makin me

had no idea you could make your own ice cream at coldstone!

what an awesome idea! and i did!

i had so much fun being employee of coldstone for about..three minutes?

thanks linny!

for more pics go to linnea's handy dandy website: http://linnyrock.blogspot.com/

happiness

sienna excited about her new shirt.

same one, i think, that jade has.

You've gotta love it.

He's Biking for my Dad!

Friends, check out this link below. A man named Dan Ferro, who lives in Annapolis, is biking roughly 1,500 miles to raise money for Lukemia and Lynphoma Society and he will be riding in my dad's name! Dan needs to raise $3000 and he needs your help.

So click on the link.

http://www.active.com/donate/tntmd/tntmdDFerro

Lowen. Pax. Summer.

This was Lowen and Pax, Sunday afternoon, looking desperately for a pool to swim in.

They never found one.

If you've ever wondered why winnie-the-pooh is named winnie-the-pooh

"If you happen to have read another book about Christopher Robin, you may remember that he once had a swan (or the swan had Christopher Robin, i don't know which) and that he used to call this swan Pooh. That was a long time ago, and when we said good-bye, we took the name with us, as we didn't think the swan would want it any more. Well, when Edward Bear said that he would like an exciting name all to himself, Christopher Robin said at once, without stopping to think, that he was Winnie-the-Pooh. And he was. So, as i have explained the Pooh part, i will now explain the rest of it. "
-A.A. Milne
the introduction of Winnie-the-Pooh

...now he goes on to explain the Winnie part which, i think, is alot more understandable since i've heard the name Winnie before. Winnie, it explains, came from a bear at the Zoo that was Christopher Robin's favorite animal to visit...


but all this and still im confused. where did the "the" come from?

then i flipped the page:

When i first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say, "But i thought he was a boy?"
"So i did, " said Christopher Robin
"Then you can't call him Winnie?"
"I don't"
"But you said---"
"He's Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don't you know what 'ther' means?"
"Ah, yes, now I do, " I said quickly; and i hope you do too, because it's all the explation you are going to get.

-beginning of chapter one
from Winnie-the-Pooh

and still not too much clarity.
i like it that way. adds to the charm:)

the ways of summer

stars go blue (so do walls, jeans, tshirts, crocs and cups of ice)

love this photo.

joanna actually smiled!

and looks small (but that is normal)

(the ice in that cup is so wonderful for crunching!)

to any who do not know: 'stars go blue' is a song by one my favorite singers, Ryan Adams.

losing color

"A memory, even a happy a one , can never replace reality; it's never as moving, as thrilling, or as true. All memories, even the strongest and most cherished, inevitably end by losing their color and clarity"

-Celine Dion


(lowen, sienna and i were talking about this subject the other night. this quote pretty much sums up our converstaion. interesting to think about how our reality is constantly becoming our past. we can't slow it down. and everytime it becomes our past it instantly fades a bit because reality is so much more...real. this whole subject could be sad but to me, its kinda fascinating)

The Roomates.

college: covenant

building: carter

hall: 4th South

room number: CH419B

Room size: 2

kyrie's roommate: Sienna

sienna's roommate: Kyrie

score!

bits of The Quiet Time...

from Ezekiel 34...

nations and countries...

The animals keep me company...the distant playmates.

Grendle’s such a snob. She won’t even look at me no matter how sweet I call. Matter of fact, the sweeter I call, the more she snubs me. I think the flash was a little to much for timid Jember.

Wednesday’s AM. My quiet time begins. Sitting in a sturdy chair atop the shockingly green grass. A snobby cat and a bored pup. Cub of black coffee in my hand. Humidity free air. My eyes constantly distracted by my entertaining animals. So many thoughts.

It was a pretty morning.

posted by sienna.

Welcome to the One and Only....

Tunnel of Trees!!!

WHAT THE HECK!?! They cut them down. They're gone. No more. Just one lousy strip of trees on the right. What goes on in someone's head when they dicide to cut down only the left side of a beauitful tunnel of trees? This is the question in my head today...

Sadness, I tell you. Pure sadness.

I'm going to miss that old tunnel.

Posted by Sienna.

Oh.. I must give credit to Linnea Ruth Shelton for the photography and wardrobe of the first 3 photos back in the day. She's somethin, ain't she?!

yeah, it's official

getting ready to do this thing called graduation.

gonna miss my girls

sarah and me being bookends.

(which means annie would be a book. but she's not...although she does like them.)

me and my jo

sarah and me.

(happy to be done!)

i have graduated

i'm done with highschool. forever!

i'm off to college

(yes, little kyrie is going to college)

no more demerits for talking to emma loud in a quiet classroom and not caring

finished with goalcards, starcharts and scoring

no more detentions for talking in chapel. to joanna. again.

no more having a locker 1102 right next to annie (1000!) and sarah

no more sitting at annie's cubicle while she's gone and just looking cause it's so darn cool.

no more visits from the girls during break time when im in the office "doing spanish"

no more passing notes to emma and sarah under..or over.. the dividers

no more sneaking out of school to get wawa wraps with jo

(smoked turkey supreme, always! unless they're out. in which case im forced to eat a wimpy caesar)

no more having the five minutes between 3:10 and 3:15 be the longest minutes of my life

no more sneaking orbit gum because i need to by 10:00

no more sharing my lunch with rachel because she forget hers...again.

no more pulling up in the parking lot and then deciding not to go to school today and pulling right back out...and joanna doing it too.

Bet You Can't Do This...

My cousin, James.

You need to meet him some day...it needs to go on your list of "Things to do before you die". He'll make you smile, real big.