Tour a La North East

So, as you MAY have seen on my Facebook (mostly me bragging)...I just recently got back from a Tour a la North East!! It was a fast. It was awesome. It was hot. It was a blast. It was D, all of the above, etc etc. Right now I am editing the pictures of the trip. {ALL 800 of them....that's 80 pictures a day!} And A LOT of editing!! It will take me weeks! Not to mention that I then would like to scrapbook them! Whew, I've got the rest of 2011 set out for me!! 

Well, I've done about 100 pictures so far and absolutely could not leave you hanging!! I won't share them all {yet} but just wanted to share with you some of my favorites. One thing I am learning is that I really like to edit buildings. I'm doing my DC ones now, and the architecture was absolutely B-E-A-Utiful!! SO.....Here are some of my faves so far....


{As I was picking these....I originally was thinking around 5....and here are 20..... :) }

This is our view from Buddy's Crabs and Ribs in Annapolis. They had a wonderful breakfast buffet and an even better view!!

View of the Jefferson Memorial from the Lincoln Memorial

This is a picture of the St. Johns College campus

This is the view Duff and Charm City Cakes have everyday!

The Capitol!

Washington Monument

Jefferson Memorial

View of downtown DC from the Lincoln Memorial

{ME} at the Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument and Potomac River

Iwo Jima Memorial

Keith was particularly proud of this pic :)

The ceiling above the Lincoln Memorial was stunning!

"The City of Trees" DC is an absolutely beautiful place! This was taken outside of The National Archives Building

Washington Monument

Capitol!! The 2 flags raised means they are in session!!

Welp, so far that's it!!! I can't wait to take all these beautiful pics and scrapbook the crap out of them :) 

OU Student Section

I know that probably every true fan thinks this of their stadium, but I truly feel that every visiting team who comes to Owen Field should see and hear what our Oklahoma tradition is about. It is the true experience of going to the football game that makes it that much more special. I'm not just referring to OU's stadium (even though I must say that we have GLORIOUS traditions) but I love going to away games also. I like to see what other teams do to get pumped up and to see how their fans are. Not necessarily when a group of people are yelling "overrated" or from experience, when a certain other Big 12 school that is located about 6 hours south of Norman and whose colors are red, black and white, was shouting at one of our players for being a "pussy" for getting hurt (a very disgusting word, I agree). Not that I'm saying that we don't have some tacky fans as well, we all do. Anyways, I'm not trying to get off onto a tangent. But I am talking about when Oklahoma gets to raise our pointer fingers yelling during all kick-offs; or being able to be as loud as possible (OU vs Tech '08 anybody?) while we are on defence. Like when the Seminoles do their iconic "Tomahawks" or Texas' "Big Bertha" Drum and of course the Aggie's famous student section. I know that there are a million more and I think, in respect, they are all great traditions. Of course I'm biased and Oklahoma's are the best :) But some of my favorite's from OU are... (in no order)

1. There's Only ONE video

2. Sooner Schooner

3. Home of the "SOONERS"

4. "Boomer" "Sooner" across the stadium

5. "OOOO" during kick offs

6. Our Fight Song and Alma Mater

7. Oklahoma flag

8. Drum major's entrance (including the drum line and The Pride)

9. Team Entrance (including the team hitting the sign and exiting the schooner)

Anyways, those are a few of my favorites and I'll include a couple of my pics, because I know you love them, by you I mean my 19 viewers!!

Baby Zoe

ZOE IS GOOONNNNNEEEEEE :( Mo, Hil and I are extremely sad!! It was a good two weeks, and Kortny said we could watch her again soon. She was just such a good sleeping buddy! Before she left however, I got a video of her "sit and spin" and A LOT MORE pictures! So.....ENJOY!!!

I think these are pretty funny pics/videos. I constantly kept my phone with me becasue she would do the spin thing so quickly and be done before I could do anything about it. So, these are the best ones that I got. Sandie, I heard you were hating on my blogs about Zoe, so luckily for you, this is the last for awhile (or until the next time we keep her).

I'll be blogging and posting pics about Carrie Underwood concert and SYTYCD Tour soon!! Thanks for Keeping Up With The Kardash.....uh, ME!!!!

My Editing

One of my newest favorite hobby is editing pictures. I use picnik.com as my editing tool. I easily spend 4 days a week for at least an hour at a time editing pictures. Some of my favorite ones are of my trip to Haiti back in 2009.

This is little Adne. He was easily my favorite little one from the orphanage we were at(handsandfeetproject.org). At the time he was 8 years old, but is the size of a 3 year old!! He is a pretty cute kid and has a very infectious laugh too!

This was a boat that was on a beach we were at one day. When I visited Haiti, I found a new love for the country, and it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I have many more pictures on my facebook also if you would like to see!

I also love editing me and my sisters!! Ya know, a little touch up here and there never hurt anybody!! I urge you to try it!! You can give any picture a fresh new look. Here are a couple more of my favorites....

Thanks for reading!! Boomer Sooner :)