seth. breanna . hannah . becca . lisa . me . elizabeth . rebecca . kristin . austin

 

i told my mom earlier that i would blog. so...i thought i'd share my desktop background with ya'll. these peoples are my interactive group. i mean they were. while school was happening. and you know...who says they can't still be my interactive group?

interactive groups are made up of the people that live in your area. so some are basically my neighbors. we had to get together once a week on mondays. we each had to have a turn "leading" the conversation. we had an awesome time playing games...apples to apples, two truths n a lie... and talking about ourselves, our lives, our struggles, and nothing in particular. we were really good at getting off topic. everyone was open and we had alot of laughs.

the last day we all brought food. piled it on two desks and ate. haha! it was epic.

so...three cheers for some of my favorite people!

 

Our bed n breakfast room

 my first city bus ride...how ironic is that?

  

Edinurgh

   

haggis...the brown stuff

  

First thing we do in Edinburgh? McDonalds...cuz it's the "taste of America." Am I the only one that finds that sad?

 

Alli . Jess . Amy . Bailey

 

On the North Bridge trying to figure out the bus

 

Helena . Bailey . Amy

 

Our Bed n Breakfast

 

this one's for Hans <3

My friend Alli...she's on staff here and everyone thinks we are sisters...????

Edinburgh Scotland! 

(And side note: I worked hard to learn how to say it. It's not 'Edinberg.' It's 'Edin-burra.' It's kind of a mix 

between 'Edin-burrow' and 'Edin-burra.' Ya. It's way complicated. We all went around saying "Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Edinburgh." ...practicing.) (and sorry my pictures aren't lined up right in this post. it's driving me insano)

So about...i dunno...a few weeks ago now...Capernwray has a travel weekend. You can stay at the school if you want, but you have three days to go do whatever. You have to plan it yourself. Seven of us girls decided to go to Edinburgh. (Actually a whole lot of other students went to Edinburgh too, but we didn't travel with them...we just ran into them all over the place and had dinner with um once.) 

We stayed at a bed and breakfast called St. Conans. Jimmy made these awesomeness delicious Scottish potato scones for breakfast. So to die for. 

We walked around, shopped, wandered the Royal Mile, walked, went to Edinburgh Castle, stopped in countless tourist shops that all had woolen scarves and plaid stuff and kilts, walked, had a nice chat with William Wallace, and...walked. 

I rode a city bus for the fist time in my life...a bus pass was 3 pounds for a day.

Haggis is a Scottish delicacy. It's sheep stomach. Jess and I were the only souls brave enough to try it. And...ha! it wasn't bad! It was kind of just like a rice or kuskus texture, and tasted like sausage.We had also heard that another Scottish thing was hot chocolate with whiskey in it. So we tried that too...(don't judge me...it was yummy :P )

 

Bailey...being a model for Andrea, Helena, and Jess... 

                                                                                  this one's for daddy :)

                                                                    

Capernwray in the sunset...

apparently the farmers have this unspoken contest to see who can catch the most moles...so they hang them on their barbed wire fences

we decided to walk to a big hill behind Capernwray one night to watch the sunset. it was about a 35-40 minute walk through fields of cows, over barbed wire and gates, and through people's yards, and up hills that are ten times steeper than they look. it was so amazingly worth it. you could see the sea on one side, Capernwray Hall behind us, Carnforth, and lots of layers of hills. the cows were seriously considering stampeding us which made Bailey scream which made the boys have to go scare the cows away which looked really funny which made us all laugh.

a couple of my bestest friends here: Bailey, Jess, and Brooke

me . brooke . jess . helena . bailey . johnathan . johnathan 

jess n me...