JSB 2009 and guess what?! i'm 18! :)

JSB was an absolute blast! i has so much fun! but, instead of telling you all about it, i'll post pictures up and tell you details as i go along.

me and my momgroup outside of the limo

me, august and amy (in mrs. valentine's words, "the kiwis" haha)

me and allison...future roommates :) oh, man did we party it up at the dance...there were like three slow songs in a row and so me and allison were amidst all the couples singing at the top of our lungs and busting out the interpretive dance moves. we are pretty much awesome!

uh, the sky was falling...or so we thought

outside the limo

and inside the limo

august loves to give me weird looks haha

westmont girls! wow...we'll fit right in i'm sure

amy, darling, that is one adorable facial expression

you know it!

the ceiling was cool looking...or we are easily amused, one or the other

august and uh, my attractive face...not

well, all i can say is at least i have fun with life and can find more constructive/fun ways to release my energy than some of my peers

allison and grace were crushing my legs by sitting on them in this picture haha

and then our true colors come out...

oh, august...isn't she a cutie

"W" for westmont!

al pal and lo men! yearbook girls! wouldn't survive that class without them :)

grace

mrs. cortes! i'm gonna miss her next year! she has been an awesome bible study leader

scott and me...only decent picture i have of us. love playing tennis with this kid

allison, gabe and me

hannah looking beautiful...as always! love her!

bible 1st semester was so fun with these girls...sitting in the corner together provided us with many fond memories

brittany and candice...tennis girls

me, matt and hannah...the only original upper class men high jumpers left. gotta get that high jump pic every year

they got tired and i came outside to take a pic with them...can you tell i'm a little hot and sweaty from all that insane dancing haha

me and august...we love each other! we tired to re-enact our picture from last year

so did me and amy :)

overall i thought JSB was a success...i didn't see much dirty dancing going on (some but not much) or maybe i was just oblivious to it. my guess is the second is right haha. i just go, have fun and stay in my own world pretty much.

so, this business about being 18. yesterday was the big 18! woohoo. i don't feel any different, but i did have a great birthday and i've got some amazing friends who all made it very special. i'll talk more on that later.

ciao for now!

down in the ol' south

well, we got a little bored on the 3 hr. drive to colonial williamsberg...not to mention we were squished for half of that ride in a back seat that was only enough room for one person haha

yep...still drivin'

we tried switching smiles...uh, we should definitely stick to our own :)

august is not sharing my desire to rock

hotel in Virginia that we stayed in. it was built in the 1930's and was really cool...totally southern design and apparently the queen of England has stayed there multiple times. so has Ronald Reagan and many other famous people...the bell man gave us a list and started talking to me and august when we got lost wandering around one night. seriously we were so lost! it was huge!

in colonial williamsberg

governor's palace, which is restored and open for tours

us in front of the governor's palace (from right to left: betsy, sedona, august, me)

me, august and katie and then some lady got in the background...boo

so, in colonial williamsberg, they act and dress like they would during the time of the revolution. it's not like and amish town where they live that way, it's more of a job that they do during the day, but some people do live in the houses there, but live with all the modern appliances and stuff.

me and august trying licorice sticks...the branch from an actual licorice tree. very different

katie being adorable, although she is a little menace :)

august didn't like hers, i'm not really sure if i did or not. i think i would have enjoyed it more without the bark decomposing on my tongue, but the taste was alright. you have to like licorice though

carriage ride!

and the whole group

me and august at a traditional tavern...the food was really good. they served this uncooked cornbread stuff with the meal. it was a weird consistency, but it was good.

out on the porchdriving another 3 hrs. to the airport...

we stopped to look at John Tyler's plantation, where his grandson still lives. yes i said grandson. he is like 81 and so, John Tyler i guess had 14 kids and then the youngest one of his children had 15 kids and now this is the youngest of them. crazy, since Tyler was president in the early 1860's i believe. pretty amazing stuff.

here is the house. so after the plantation, we got back in the car to go to a civil war museum before our flight. when we got there, the museum wasn't what we had in mind, so we found a James Madison museum and library was only 5 miles away, so back on the road we went and after some severe road rage, we made it there only to have the entire thing closed for renovation. we ended up getting lunch instead, since my family feels no need to eat. seriously we had lunch at like 2:30 and hadn't even eaten breakfast that morning...i was starving!

oh, yeah and i met the president...he was boarding a plane in the airport with his dog. haha. no, august and i sprinted to the gift shop to get this picture and then sprinted back so we wouldn't miss our plane...we're good.

well, that's all i've got about DC and Virginia. awesome trip! i definitly like DC and Virginia, even though Virginians are kinda odd, but whatever. hopefully i'll get back there someday