April, 30, 2011

Ike smiles and Lily looks displeased, this is a usual sight...

April 29, 2011

I'm not sure who likes watching River Monsters more, me or Forest.

April 28, 2011

Its cool...that water is supposed to be there....

April 27, 2011

And it burns burns burns, the ring of fire...the ring of fire...

April 26, 2011

Well...look who made an appearance today...the sun...

But of course, its storming right now...we might need to start gathering animals 2 by 2.

April 25, 2011

And the rain keeps falling...

April 24, 2011

Ike and I being weirdos...

April 23, 2011

I don't care how old I get, I will always enjoy dying Easter Eggs.

April 22, 2011

Lots of storms have been rolling through lately, so, here's some rain.

April 21, 2011

Went with some good friends to a concert in St. Louis.

The National opened and they were very good, and then Arcade Fire.

By far, this is one of the best concerts I've been to, defiantly top 5.

"Every spark of friendship and love will die without a home"

April 20, 2011

eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

April 19, 2011

Hey Collinsville, if you could have your water tower in any shape...what shape would it be in?

Oh, thats easy.....a ketchup bottle...

April 18, 2011

Forest and Lily live rough lives.

April 17, 2011

Heres our happy boy, Ike.

Its really great having a dog around the house again.

April 16, 2011

After dropping my brother, Andy off at the bar tonight, I decided to head up to Lincoln Park for my picture tonight, originally I was probably going to take a picture of ol' Abraham Lincoln, but as soon as I walked in and decided to take this instead...I thought the purple color looked nice against the black sky.

April 15, 2011

I just like to show case how classy Vandalia is....

April 14, 2011

Not only is Vandalia the old State Capital of Illinois...but we also have a giant fire breathing metal dragon....what does your town have?

April 13, 2011

Lily doing her modeling..

April 12, 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELISA!!!

Anyway, today was the day that Ike got to come to his new forever home.

He has already captured the hearts of everyone in the house...well...besides the cats.

April 11, 2011

In 1963, one of my Mother's childhood friends traveled to Florida on a family vacation and brought back this little gem for my mom...

This at one point used to be a little crocodile, and then it was stuffed...to sell to tourists.

Weird.

April 10, 2011

Forest is too high class of a cat to ever drink out of a bowl...

April 9, 2010

Sometimes the picture of the day is no further than my front porch.

Say hello to Mr. Toad...

April 8, 2011

Introducing the new member of our family.....Ike!

Hes a 1.5 year old lab mix, we adopted him from a shelter and he gets to come home on Tuesday.

April 7, 2011

The weather is getting warmer, grass is getting greener, and the trees/flowers are starting to bloom...

Spring his here...

April 6, 2011

If there is one thing to know about my cat Forest, it is that he is a champ when it comes to sleeping.

Day, night, afternoon, evening, it doesn't matter when, he can nap with the best of him.

It must be hard to live his life :)

April 5, 2011

Today I accompanied the Strange family to Evansville, Indiana, here we conquered Chucky E. Cheese.

Sydney had a great time.

April 4, 2011

My mom is in clean/get rid of things mode...and she found these in the garage and was like, "I should get rid of these".

My brother and I told her to hold on to them..who knows, people love this kind of stuff...

April 3, 2011

Happy 31st Birthday to my big brother, Andy!

Anyway....this is my room...its not 100% finished, but my bed is up with its new curtains, sheets, and headboard...eeeee!

April 2, 2011

Today my mom came home from the Ramsey Sale, which for those of you who don't know what it is, its a small town outside of Van and every year they get together and sell their stuff....my mom worked selling stuff for Catholic Charities and brought me home something awesome.

It is the first edition of my favorite book, East of Eden by John Stienbeck.

This is one of my favorite quotes from the book....
"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about."

April 1, 2011

I had a wonderful treat in the form of Ms. Carly Bennyhoff, one of my oldest/best friends!