Just another game of tag

How To Play This Game of Tag. Post these rules on your blog. Answer these 15 questions about yourself on your blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. Here it is...

Joys:
1. Kurt. I hope that's obvious.
2. Music!! Without music, life sucks.
3. Bright colors like summer grass green, deep royal blue, hot pink, aquamarines, bold orange, and sunny yellow. I love color.

Fears:
1. Tight spaces, or feeling like I can't breathe. Yeah, asthma's a good disorder for me.
2. Getting raped.
3. I agree with Allison, losing my wedding ring.

Goals:
1. Look through a really high powered telescope and see galaxies and such
2. Learn Hebrew and read Isaiah in it
3. Live abroad, preferably England or Japan

Current obsessions/collections:
1. Blogging! Teehee.
2. Paint swatches for my future house
3. Diet Dr. Pepper

Random surprising facts:
1. I LOVE white water rafting. Probably one of my favorite things in the world
2. I wanted to be a pediatrician from age 5 to age 16.
3. My eyes were gray when I was really little, then hazel when I was a pre-teen, and then at the end of high school they were green.

I tag Stephanie, Punkin, Jessica, and Alisse T! (I figured I'd let you off on this one, Mandi! ;D )

Elephant!

Vegas post is coming (as soon I as get a few more pics from my friend Allison's camera) but for now, I found something in Vegas I thought Chris would like. So I took a picture.



Unfortunately, it's not real. And the picture itself looked a lot brighter on my camera's view screen then on here. Oh well.

The First Anniversary

Love me tender,

love me sweet,
never let me go.
You have made my life complete,
and I love you so.
Love me tender,
love me true,
all my dreams fulfilled.
For my darlin' I love you,
and I always will.
Love me tender,
love me long,
take me to your heart.
For it's there that I belong,
and we'll never part.
Love me tender,
love me dear,
tell me you are mine.
I'll be yours through all the years,
till the end of time.

What's a wike??

A wike is a walk/hike. On Sunday, we hung out with our very good friends, the Wilcox's. They invited us over for dinner--delicious tortilla soup and cornbread--and some game playing... Ticket to Ride. The four of us are slightly addicted to that game. In the last week we've played it ... 5 or 6 times?

After dinner, we went on our wike up through Rock Canyon. It was so hot! I can't believe May can be that hot, but it was so beautiful back there that we had a great time regardless. We found a nice little waterfall and posed for pictures.

Allison and me.

Kurt and me. If you look closely, you'll see his mustache. He's growing it as a "scientific experiment."

Alex and Allison. They're so great. It all started with one night of homemade sushi and hours of mafia and it's turned into a lifelong friendship. That's pretty cool. They're pretty cool!

'Tis the Season

For swimsuits!! I've been collecting websites of cute tankinis and one pieces, because they are hard to find! These bathing suits will make you work even harder to get into bathing suit-shape because they are so cute. Hooray for summer!

Modbe
Favorites:

Divinità Sole
Favorite: Banded Halter Top in Ocean Blue/Tropical, Sash Bikini in Ocean Blue/Tropical

Victoria's Secret
Favorite:


Shade Clothing
Favorite:

Where History Lives

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"Southern charm, hospitality and history imbue Charleston, one of the most well-preserved cities in the United States. Visitors can't help but feel they have been magically transported to another era. Stroll down cobblestone streets past magnificent churches, grand mansions and beautiful gardens, all meticulously maintained. History buffs will relish the old plantations and numerous historical museums dedicated to the Civil War and the Old South. Steeped in tradition, Charleston still manages a modern flare. Fine restaurants featuring gourmet Southern cuisine and fashionable boutiques line the streets of downtown. This effortless mix of past and present attracts visitors from around the world."







2008 98th Destination in the World (Trip Advisor)








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Best Mannered City 10+ years in a row.




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Jealous? I know you are. ;)

Chris, what does a hippo say?

I finally have tons of pictures to show off of my adorable nephew! I can now compete with Alisse! (Haha.. jk. ;) )


Chris is Ryan and Mandi's first little boy. He's almost 2 years old. He is stinkin' cute.


Chris can't really say everyone's names. So I'm Nina, Kurt is Dirt, Stephanie is Festy, Caroline is Fairfine, and Collin is Bubba.


He can say Chou chou exactly right though.




Chris loves Chou chou. I mean, he really really loves her. He really loves to lay on her and fortunately for him, she was brow-beaten into submission by Collin when he was a toddler. She just takes it as calm as can be. (Sorry about the dark pictures... my video camera doesn't appear to have flash.)




Chris is immensely intelligent. He already knows all of his colors, can count to twenty, can say the alphabet as well as recognizing every upper case letter.




Chris loves animals. His favorite animal is the elephant. When we sing Old MacDonald (which I meant to get a recording of, but forgot!) there ain't no horses and cows on his farm. There's elephants, rhinos, monkeys, hippos, and Chou chou's. This is Chris doing his impression of a hippo ... he just opens his mouth. (Sorry about the M&Ms in his mouth, I didn't know!)


Chris is pretty much doted on by everyone in the family, and deservedly so!


As I've mentioned before, Chris loves his Dirt. He basically thinks Kurt is the coolest thing since elephants.

Home, Parte Due

On Friday night we took Kurt to get some yummy Southern cookin' at Boulevard Diner in Mt. Pleasant. So good! I forgot my still camera, so I took still shots with my video camera... hence why the quality's a little odd.

By the way, I really like taking pictures of Chris. He's so dang cute!







Kurt was pretty excited to get some fried chicken. I like how that guy's shirt is sorta halo-ing Kurt's head. Just shows that my husband is saintly (hah...)








How about some delicious fried green tomatoes with a roumalade sauce? Yes please!!






Yeah, so I wasn't wearing make-up. And, if you look at my dad, you can see where I can my goofiness from.


Kurt definitely approved of his fried chicken.
After that we went to walk on the battery and I didn't take any pictures, which was a shame because it was an amazing evening. Oh well.

On Saturday morning Kurt, Caroline and I made a Sonic run ... which Kurt might have regretted tagging along on. Why? It might've been the belted-out duet of "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls. Or maybe it was the Rent songs we sang, just as loudly. I have no idea why he wouldn't love to be a part of that!

Then it was time to leave. We got ready to go and took some final pictures in the Carolina sun...





Cooper girls! Rawr!


Chris made sure that Kurt took him out to the cars. He sure loves his Dirt.





On the way to the airport we got some amazing, NY-style pizza at Andolini's. Mm mm good!!











And my goofiness is rubbing off on Collin. Who is a stud, regardless.

So we were sad to leave ... as always. I sure do love Charleston. And of course my family are my favorite people in the world. But man, we had a great time!!