Some snapshots from Christmas time. I was really sick during this, running a fever but we had planned a week in advance to get together to do our gift exchange and it was also Mons bday. So I was half assing with the camera and using the built in flash. Nice and blinding.

Anywho. Did secret Santa. I got Mon, she got me, Tash got Ria, Ria got Pen and Pen got Tash. We also decided to get one another gag gifts and tiny gifts for the others we didnt choose.

just gonna post the gag gifts. Yeah my photos not included because um, shut up.

Ria’s gag gift was a step ladder. Because she’s the shortest of all of us. Ria and I are supposedly the same height. 5’1 and a half but we recently found out. Well that half is just me.

Monica is the fairest skinned of us all. Even after we go to the beach! So my gag gift to her was self tanner.

Tasha is always late. Well not always but 95% of the time she is. Pen got her an alarm clock, which also reflects the time onto the ceiling.

Penny was pregnant during this. Ria got her contraceptives. We know its too late but we thought it was funny anyway.

Moving on. Hanging out and shooting pool. These might be from two different nights. Really dont remember.

tasha reading while we eat thai.

monica contemplating mini muffins.

Bella and her many seconds of unwillingness and one second of willingnessseses.

Around christmas time. Fake snow at a shopping outlet. Last photo didnt come out right, not sure what happened. Too bad, i liked that one.

thaats it for now.

Ria…or was it Monica? Who I had talked to about some plans we had later on that day with Penny. Mon had said something about penny going in to the doctors that morning. When I had asked my sister about it she said it was fine and Penny could still have a week to go. Well apparently Amelia didnt want to wait a week to be born. So I tried Pennys cell, Anthony said she was in labor and we all booked it to the birthing center

Libby. Pennys youngest sister.

Pennys Aunt who was in the room while Penny was in labor describing the baby.

Nurse wheeling the cart out. ugh bad exposure

When it was time to see the baby well there was a lot of us.

The following day Ria went to have her hair texturized. This Ria’s expression of importance and seriousness.

Afterwards we did stop by Pens house and visit with Amelia.

Monica’s work gave their employes christmas presents. Which was for a fully paid hotel room for the weekend.

It was raining during the day and there was a lot of drinking in the evening after dinner to where Tash was doing cartwheels but Im lazy to crop and upload those photos.

Ria and I had decorated the room with Christmas decorations. And I baked gingerbread cookies.

Apparently Mon had some crumbs out on the balcony and a bird came down to eat it. Fed it some more.

Took a photo for Keith. Bird man.

Maybe do another post later. Thats it for now.

P.S.

Pennys birthday. Nov 30. We were rooting for Amelia to be born then. Apparently wanted to have some cake first.

I dont remember this from the last time I posted. Well that just sucks ass, am I going to have to move somewhere else again? I dont even know why they dont give you more MB they barely offer anything here to begin with. So much shit you cant do and only 50MB.

BLAH

anyway. New Year. New beginnings.

It was weird not having Jen home for christmas. You hear that Pip? IM PISSED YOU STOLE MY JEN.

Im totally kidding, I’m sure england was a blast for her and still had a good christmas nonetheless.

Extremely busy december though.

New Years has never really been a big deal, we would go out, maybe rent a room, so without my friends here (Jen and Ria both on vaca and Zach MIA) I actually forgot it was new years until I turned on the tv and someone famous somewhere was having a big to do.

I may go to hawaii this April to shoot a friends wedding. Excited, nervous.

And then summer will roll around and triple diple cross your fingers Keith may come to visit.

Should be fun. Jen you better be coming home for summer. Ill learn how to bake crumpets and scones if I have to

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Went to the laundromat.

She likes the camera.

My sister. Thats your book in the foreground Keith

I’ve been craving this place for a month now. Fuji Ichiban. Great Miso Ramen, great karage chicken, great gyoza.

It used to smaller. Theyre parking lot is the only thing that didnt expand but needs to be expanded.

Gloria doesn’t know how to use chopsticks.

Like I said. Likes the camera.

Lindas. Local diner thats been around since the 50s. Great food.

Jeff Pirates Cove. Best burger I’ve had ever. By the beach down south. Ria drinking…something. I think it was pink.

Jackie. It looks like she’s about to say SHUT UP.

Eri and Penny having fun with the starfish. Starfish are almost too fun.

Keep your fingers crossed the rain stops. I miss the beach.

I was thinking maybe an insurance adjuster.

Anyway Ria, my sister and I were invited to this partylite presentation. Basically just candles, tea lights, votives holders etc. Actually really nice stuff. And my sister volunteered us for dessert even though she can’t cook or bake. I ended up making it.

thats about it. Theyre supposed to look like pumpkins but I was kinda winging it and it was last minute so they look more like apples. At least I know what i’m doing now if i try to make this again.

Havent taken photos lately its been raining for like a month.

Hopefully it lets up soon.

I dont know if that makes sense

Thats Ria up there.

This girl was getting highlights.

The weather here is not good for hair. Well at least not mine. Ria and Jens hair seems to manage. If only it were possible to steal hair.

I think this woman was covering her grays. But the girl aboves son was scared when he saw her.

Beauty salon relationships.

This turned out crazy. Jen looks crazy.

Some photos of Bella. Because theres always at least one!

they’re already selling Christmas decorations. I’m a crazy christmas decorator. My friends can vouch for me. No i’m not one of those people who have a reinactment of winter wonderland on their lawn with mechanical elves. (….they dont sell that stuff here).

Anyway I’ve been cleaning out my external drive. Still doing it. And burning stuff to discs, I’m afraid it will crash.

Was looking at some old Bali photos

I dont know what the heck we were eating. Tempura I think.

Remember this monkey man?

this is before we took that right to go down the street to our hotel.

Adult elephants. I dont know why I didnt get any shots of those baby elephants.

elephants crossing.

We had gone rafting before we went to see elephants. What was it? Like 200 some steps down, 400 some up.  Our raft is on the left.

We had gone to several different temples. This was the wood carving one.

The art temple was great. Their galleries are all open rooms with a shring surrounded by a pond in the very middle. Their yard around and behind the temple was huge with elephant statues.

Spring Temple. The oldest, we had to wear a colored scarf around our waist before entering. I think this was my favourite. It was so quiet and peaceful, and what looks like leaves in this photo is mostly Koi fish.

The coffee, cocoa and vanilla plantations. He was frying coffee beans I think.

Our guide, Penny and Ria walking down to the rice fields.

When we went up to that volcano for lunch. High altitude, well not too high, but it was nice and cool. And where we ate had a great view.

Airport leaving Bali. Vince is on the left out of the photo reading with his cone hat on. And Jen is to my left telling Penny and Ri something. The end.

Nothing interesting happened this weekend. Everything interesting happened in Bali.

Took bella to the park last week while Gloria did the grocery shopping. She had fun. Obviously.

Met up with Ria later. She was at the Coastal Cleanup in the morning and had some free passes to underwater world. Longest underwater tunnel apparently.

Finding nemo.

I dont remember what we did afterwards, maybe watch a movie or something.

Next day. Met up with Penny.

we went to latter stone park. Didnt stay long it was still kind of drizzling from the morning rain. Ria was a great assistant, when she was paying attention;) Best umbrella holder in town.

So we moved it over to a beach. Well beach/park. This one was taken at the park in Asan.

Ria…when she’s not paying attention.

Had lunch and Pen went home. Ria and I decided to hit another beach. Hung out till sunset.

Sunday naps.

Then later in the day met up with Ria and Brian for the beach again.

I was talking to Keith about this chapel on a cliff. Guam is pretty small. So no matter what beach youre on in Tumon you’re going to see this chapel.

the end.

Wayne joined us later and Jen and Pip listened intently as John and Penny were speaking in PR code of the wonders of iconnect and ITE.

Thats a pitcher of Jah Mango Tea, the Jah makes it Jamaican.

I shouldve taken a photo of this awesome dancing robot Jen got Jackie for her bday. Its small like 3-4 inches, does the Cabbage Patch dance. Imagine it, it’s awesome.

We moved our shinanigans over to Mac n Martys where Mikes band was playing: Two Weeks Notice.

Apparently they resign a lot. I dont know.

Jen doesnt know either

I’m not too sure whats going on here. Jen took this. Pip and Chuck (Jackie p.s. She has the best shirts).

Cigar shop in the corner of this bar.

We took Pip to the beach. Where he grew an insanely long torso and his legs turned feminine and bent in the opposite direction.

Pip found a little piece of home in our small island of Guam.

He passed on his cogney rhyming wisdom.
“Britney Spears Beers”

Which Jen picked up with no trouble.
“Apples and Pears Tables and Chairs”

Pip had himself a beer with a rider on the front.
(Because it reminds him of the hunt)

It was raining a lot. And the one day it was sunny during the morning by the time we got down to the beach it started to show signs of rain. Then there was thunder and lightning in the distance. So we just hung out for a bit.

There was a random bouy in the water.

It was Jens idea to photograph it.

Came out great.

Thanks Jen

The nights before Jen leaves are always fun and interesting.

Whilst hanging out I spotted a book of Jens called My Space Adventure. Which was one of those Create-A-Book books.

It put us into Myspace mode. Where we started imitating myspace photos. It was great, it was hilarious. Jen has most of them, and probably the best ones.

I started putting a star tattoo on Jackie for her imitation myspace photo but I got out of hand and put make up on her. I started to take a photo of my work but Jackie became distracted by the stars on Jens wall. She wants that one.

Good times.
p.s. I’m funnier its person.