A VISIT WITH MY FAMILY!

While we were in Rhode Island, we made a point to visit my sister, Angelica and see her and her pregnant belly! Of course Jon and Javari were there and we had a great time with all of them and even had some extra visitors this time! We got to meet Angelica's mom, Evelyn and Angelica's older brothers.

My momma soaked up all the "Grandma" time she could possibly get! I think he looks JUST like her!!! Cant you see it?!?! Hahaha!

Javari has gotten HUGE since we last saw him! He is crawling like a maniac and making cute "muh muh muh" sounds at everybody! He can pull up and tried to eat my potato salad!!! He just loves company and everyone loves him!

Just look how much he has grown!!! Still as handsome as ever! Can't wait to have another baby nephew to play with!!! I think he has Angelica's eyes but Jon's mouth.Everyone got a kick outta my mom and Javari chillin together and blowing raspberries in each others faces!!! It was very very very funny!!!

And here is me with my amazing nephew! I just didn't want to leave him or my sister even after HOURS of visiting!

South Carolina Beach!!!

So I know I am kinda backtracking a bit but oh well this is muh blog so step off!

When we went to SC, we went to a beach. I couldn't swim that day but I did waddle out into the ocean a bit just to my knees and the rest of the time I spent with my mother. We walked along the side of the ocean while everyone else swam. We seriously found some freaky critters including live starfish and live sea urchin! I haven't ever seen that kinda stuff up close!!! It was sooo cool! I found quite a few funky shells!

FARMERS MARKET!

My mom and I spent a day at the Ithaca at the Farmers Market. It was Earth Day so there was a whole festival going on with TONS of people! We worked the Art In Ithaca booth and answered questions. Then we ate Cambodian food which was REALLY REALLY REALLY good!!!! And we just had a blast spending the day together!

Norman Rockwell Museum!

Man I think I forgot what real art is all about. But that was all refreshed when I walked into this museum of REAL honest to blog Norman Rockwell paintings. Some were so ridiculously real looking you wanted to touch the chunky paint! AHHHH! It was amazing! But-no cameras allowed so here we are squeezing together for a picture. BUT IT WAS JUST AMAZING!!! Anyone who has the chance to go-artist or not-GO!

South Carolina Baha'is!

So when we visited the George's in South Carolina we realized how AMAZING the Bahai Community is in the Hemmingway and Conway areas. Our family actually considered moving to South Carolina just to be with families like the Gores! Here are some of the youth we got to hang out with-Tavin, Isaac, Khalif, Quddus, Vahid, Thomas, Russel, and Danielle. And this time a ton of the youth were at Project Mona! I loved having some Bahai Youth to hang out with!

This is Me, Elanee, and Danielle. We hung out at the park after devotions.

We're just a bunch of crazy teens!!! Thats Isaac in green, Vahid in the sweatshirt. On the bench are me, Elanee, Maya, Danielle, Khalif, and Tavin falling over! Hahaha.

DEVOTIONS!!! Its just wouldnt be right for the passionate Baha'is to NOT break out an instrument! Russell kicks BUTT on those drums! Everyone shared there voices!

I was so cool to see that alot of people knew the songs without the songbooks!!! We even had some new Bahais with us, one person had declared and this was his first devotion! It was a rockin one!!!

We're Selling Our House!So that's TOTALLY not the reason! We LOVE our neighbors, its just some funny picture I happened across. But yep the rumors are true, our gorgeous farm house is FOR SALE! We are headed BACK to Ithaca where we belong. The land of artists and free-thinking hippies. I am even going to a hippy school called New Roots in the fall! I AM SOOOO PSYCHED! I think that really even tho we are leaving our family and friends behind we dont see them that often and its only 40 minutes away so its not like I wont ever see them! And we HAVE to come back here at least every weekend because my BFF and my "little sister" are here and we cannot leave them.

So that's where life is choosing to take us. And of course our house isn't sold YET but its getting there.

No more farming for us, we's gonna be city folk!

Elanee Goes To Prom!!!

WOO! Elanee went to Jr. Prom with Mollie! This was really fun and I am so glad I got to be a part of it. I got to be there for the dress and under gear shopping, make-up, shoes, etc, and all the prep of waxing, shaving, glossing, shining, plucking, glittering, gelling, and primping that goes into making 2 girls look like utter princesses!

Elanee looked SO pretty and feminine. Here she is posed with that hot makeup artist...uh whats her name...oh yeah, Vayda :) I was so tired after all that, but did the party stop for me? Oh no-they went off and so did the parents and then I was home cleaning all the whirl-wind mess of leftover primping AND watching 3 kids under 11. Hmmm...I guess I can send my sympathies to mothers now!

Washington, DC Zoo!

On our way to South Carolina we decided that since we had to stop to get a hotel ANYWAY we should find something fun to do in the morning. We decided that we were already in Washington, DC so whats one of the best things to do there??? THE ZOO!!!!

We had a rockin' time! Maya was fascinated by the animals, Elanee LOVED the Kamoto Dragon which is her favorite animal, and mom loved that they had great habitats and were building a HUGE run for the elephants! I love all animals but alas, didn't get to see my favorite animal because they don't have cows there!!! The pandas are just amazing of course!

KARAOKE!

Yes, Heather and my mom, Carrie did DRESS-UP for karaoke! They are freaks! Oh oh oh and they made a music video! And that will be posted soon so I will put up the link when I have it for YouTube! They had allot of fun and even had there own backup dancers, granted they were 7 and 9yrs old...anyways. It was fun!!! We got the disco-ball going and everything.

They looked pretty hot I have to admit and they really rocked the 80's tunes, because EVERYONE sucks at karaoke!!!

Ben's Prom!

Ben went to prom! While we were away and traveling the globe he was off having life experiences and getting ready for prom! It was really funny as his girly-girl sister to watch him comprehend why "purple" doesn't mean "purple". How "purple" could mean something more like "plum" and why silver beads on a corsage couldn't match gold earrings. I just think in the end he was glad all he had to do was rent a tux!

His date Julia looks gorgeous! They looked so cute together and had a great time! I'm so happy he didn't skip out on this opportunity, cuz its just like him to be like no never mind I dont want to go.

But he looked GREAT!

Virginia!

I know this doesnt look like a happy picture but its because I wasnt feeling too great. But anyways- we went to VIRGINIA! We visited my gram-mommy and Aunt Judy. We got to hang with my Uncle Cameron and my cousin Mac. It was an awesome time and we got to hike up the side of a mountain (hense the unhappy picture). All in all it was an awesome time.

Please see my moms family blog to get more information.

http://roosterintheroaster.blogspot.com

Okay-World!!!I will have you know that we have been partying, living, traveling, experiencing, and enjoying life all over the place! So when I finally get pictures on here...there will be MANY!

And I have to say that the traveling is all because of our new Garmin Nuvi GPS, who my momma and I have named...

Gertrude Petunia Stepova = aka Gertie!

Fun Times in Rhode Island!Okay-so I have been to Rhode Island a couple of times now and I always seem to have a great time! This time I stayed there without muh lovely family and even got to set up a facebook account (ADD MEEE!) and get my nails done honestly by a real professional. (sad-15 years...)

Mady and I took a walk when it was nice weather out and had a fun time messin with her camera, making dumb poses. We walked and giggled and jokingly laid in the road. I told her I was gonna walk to Hot Topic cuz hers was closer than mine. ha ha.

Dan showing me some of his work. Its really amazing HOW MUCH work goes into one logo!

I may be little too goofy for the office!!! Here I am mocking him.

I got to go to work with Heather. She works at Artinium where they do graphic design, and Dan the graphic artist there showed me how he does the work. We ended up chatting about rock music in the end and he said I made him realize how old he really is. We had a really fun time! Nice Guy! Fun Time! Thanks Heather!

It was an AWESOME time and Heather is now donned my "Vacation Mommy" because I swear...I know I came outta my mom...but I am SOOO much like Heather!

Oh and I have pictures of me getting my nails done but my computer is being slow cuz its night so I will add them later :)