GIST LIST

1. when Reylin pointed to me and said "Chel!" 

2. to a fun evening with friends old and new.

3. to week one at BGSU - COMPLETE.

4. to a group of fun students this semester

5. to getting more wedding plans out of the way 

(napkins, plates, vases, date set for dress alteration, photographer...) whew!

Today

I hope this is enough for 30+ people - even though only 12 have rsvp'd so far :) 

still waiting for the party favors - beer/pop koozies!

Wedding invites courtesy of weddingpaperdivas.com

...and Sushi hanging out 

I need a new layout

Any suggestions? I hate how this is so narrow and hard to view.

mancave

The man cave is now under way. 

Oooh. looks pretty during the daylight hours.

(pics are a bit dark, but you get the idea)

finally. drapes for the large windows in the family room.

Just a reminder - what the room looked like before we moved in.

NOW...

other side of room...

Jamestown, VA

archaeological dig

Pretty house nearby

It was so HOT!

Wright Brothers National Monument - North Carolina

location of "first flight" (a few feet long)

This is Matt at the top of the monument

(on a long incline at the top of a hill).

It was so hot! You don't even know.

new rug in kitchen

It's clean for once

Sydney and Sushi

They hung out all week. Here they are working on the Summer 2009 scrapbook.

1st Annual Durham Reunion

Reylin (Matt's niece)

"oooo"

Reylin, Matt and Ty (Matt's nephew)

My favorite picture of Matt to date

Jamie seriously considering the potato salad entries.

I'm not sure who these people are.

But Sydney is on the left.

Lindsay and Reylin

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello 7-19-2010

I was excited to visit Monticello, because I teach this in my Western Art Survey and American art classes. I spend a whole day on it, when I could probably gloss over it in 15 minutes. There is so much to explore here. Jefferson was not only a president, a collector, an inventor, but also an architect (he designed Monticello) among many other things.

Floorplan of the house (bottom center)

and slave tunnels (each side)

The tunnels are below ground so they could go about their

business without Jefferson noticing them.

Interestingly, the slaves were treated as family.

The butler ran the house and was also a slave.

He was later freed in Jefferson's will.

tunnel

bathroom

Jefferson's grave site