Since we're not very good at staying in touch with our friends (or family), we thought we'd try to periodically share bits and pieces of our lives with those who are interested enough to look at our blog once in a while
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Kilimanjaro
Spencer with glaciers in the background.
Jill and Spencer with the crater of the volcano in the background.
Jill and Amber with glacier.
Spencer and Amber standing at the highest point of land in all of Africa.
Amber, Jill, and Spencer at THE top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. We did it!!! We all did it together!!!
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What amazing pictures! With all the smiles one would think the ascent was a minor hike, but we have heard different. You all look quite happy to have arrived. Thanks for posting these. Hope you continue to recuperate. --Wc
YEA! I seriously think this is beyond awesome that you've done this. So, I imagine that's the sign that Spencer kept telling Jill to touch? At least that's how she remembers it! Glad you're home...!
Have you considered sending the picture of you all at the summit to Exxon, or the maker of your coats, or your alumni association, or the tribe, or Somewhere? These are pictures of an amazing accomplishment. Thanks for sharing them. --WC
V. here... These are just the most beautiful pictures ever! It is amazing to see the glaciers. Speaking of the photo with the signs at the top of the mountain, have you enlarged and framed it yet? Everybody is smiling so BIG. Job well done. Thanks for posting the photos. l, v.
YES! Spencer got an 8X10 of the one with all three of us framed in Houston when he was there two weeks ago. It is on display on the bookshelf. In fact he didn't know if he would have time to make it to a nice framing shop so he did one himself at WM first. He was able to go to the frame store though so we have TWO: one in the living room, and one in our bedroom!
Books I want to Read but haven't because they cost money and I don't have any.
1.) "Inheritance" by Christopher Paolini. We actually have this book, but I have always been scared to read it because it has 849 pages in it. I finally decided to read it though. I started 3 days ago and am on page 252.
2.) "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan. Even if I had money I wouldn't be able to read this because it doesn't come out until October 2.
3.) "Matched" by Ally Condie. It is the first book in a trilogy about a utopia. In the book the main character Cassia has just reached the age where she will be told who to marry. When her match is also her best friend she is thrilled. Even though she already knows everything about her match she is still given a microchip that has all the information about her match that she needs to know. When she opens the microchip two people show up, her best friend and her neighbor.
4.) "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak is set during world war two and is narrated by death. And I don't know much else because I haven't read the book yet.
5.) "The Demigod Diaries" by Rick Riordan. I want to read it but can't because It doesn't come out till August 14. Which is the day before my school starts so I will have just enough time to read it.
6) "Wish You Were Eyre" by Heather Vogel Frederik. It is the last book in a series about a group of girls in a mother-daughter book club. They face the challenges of life and learn to overcome them with the help of their friends and families.
Places I want to visit:
1.) Beijing, China
2.) Antartica
3.) Budapest, Hungary
4.) Tokyo, Japan
5) Sydney, Australia
6) and many, many more
Things I want to do:
1.) Create a Smash Book (basically it is a scrapbook); I'm working on it
2.) Get better at running (I am on the cross country team)
3.) finnish putting together my bunk bed. My dad made it for me awhile ago, and now we are repainting it from purple and pink to green and yellow
4.) Get a 4.0 GPA. I was close at my last school but not quite.
6 comments:
What amazing pictures! With all the smiles one would think the ascent was a minor hike, but we have heard different. You all look quite happy to have arrived. Thanks for posting these. Hope you continue to recuperate. --Wc
YEA! I seriously think this is beyond awesome that you've done this. So, I imagine that's the sign that Spencer kept telling Jill to touch? At least that's how she remembers it! Glad you're home...!
WAS THAT EVEN REAL?!?!?!
Have you considered sending the picture of you all at the summit to Exxon, or the maker of your coats, or your alumni association, or the tribe, or Somewhere? These are pictures of an amazing accomplishment. Thanks for sharing them. --WC
V. here... These are just the most beautiful pictures ever! It is amazing to see the glaciers. Speaking of the photo with the signs at the top of the mountain, have you enlarged and framed it yet? Everybody is smiling so BIG. Job well done. Thanks for posting the photos. l, v.
YES! Spencer got an 8X10 of the one with all three of us framed in Houston when he was there two weeks ago. It is on display on the bookshelf. In fact he didn't know if he would have time to make it to a nice framing shop so he did one himself at WM first. He was able to go to the frame store though so we have TWO: one in the living room, and one in our bedroom!
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