North Carolina

You've had a little taste of Kentucky. Here's a little taste of North Carolina. Margo is from North Carolina and a couple of weekends ago Candace and I went home with her.

On Friday night we stopped by the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh on our way to Margo's house.

This is me with the pig that we all worked to win for Candace. (Even though she ended up being the one to win and didn't need us after all.)

Candace on the main drag of the fair.

Margo and I eating Fried Cheesecake!!! It was so yummy!!!! I haven't seen so much fried food in my life!!!! I also got a Fried Snickers! It was divine!!!!





At the end of the fair they had fireworks. They were setting them off right over the entrance where we came in!! I have never been so close to those big fireworks before! They were literally going off right above our head!!!! It was amazing!!!!!!

Picture of the fireworks!

After the fireworks we left and headed for Jamesville, North Carolina!

Jones Rd is just a little ways from where Margo lives.

These are some of the cotton fields around Margo's house. I had never seen a real cotton field before! I even got to pick some and keep it. As we drove along the road I thought of the song "Song of the South". It goes, "Cotton on the roadside, Cotton in the ditch, We all picked the cotton but we never got rich." That's my North Carolina song now!!!!

We got to ride their families three wheeler. I even drove it by myself! Don't worry! Her grandpa had built a roll bar on the back so it couldn't roll over! :0)

We went down by the river and goofed around.

On Saturday night we went to a restaurant named Deadwood. It kinda reminded me of Calamity Jane's. It was pretty good.

The three amigas at Deadwood.

My very first Fried Green Tomato!!! It was yummy!!!

This was my first time at a Piggly Wiggly.

We went to Sunday School at this little Methodist Church that Margo grew up in.

We went to the main service at this Baptist Church that Margo's grandma goes to.

Law School Days

I'm Back!!!!!! You can thank Ken Heiner who hooked me up with a memory card reader!! Now I can show you all of my wonderful adventures!!!!

David Barton came to speak at my school on Constitution day.

Here is a picture of us.

Law School Luau!!

Awhile back the Law School had a Luau held at Jerry Falwell Jr.'s house. It was a lot of fun. At the end they had big fireworks over the lake!!

Pictured here is myself, Candace, Jenny, and my roommate Faith (Sitting).






Here is a picture of everybody chillin' at the Luau.

This is a picture of Dean Staver, his wife Anita, and me with the lake behind.

Same picture except with Candace.

This is a picture of people competing in a trivia game. Seated in the center is Dean Staver next to Jerry Falwell Jr. In the pink polo next to the guy in the white hat is Billy Graham's grandson. He's a professor at my school.

Pictured here is myself, Lisa, Alexandra, Anna, and Rachel.

Pictured here is myself, Liz, Julia, and Candace.

The Green Eyed Beauties!!!

At Thomas Road Baptist Church they had a special ladies event that featured author and speaker Sheri Rose Shepherd. She is the author of the book His Princess. Every woman should read that!!!!! I got her autograph and then she took a picture with myself, Margo, and Candace.

I already had pictures from my trip to Kentucky but those were Candace and Margo's pictures. Here are some of my own. When we were on our way home I realized that the LCD screen on my camera broke. My camera still works (hence I was able to take these pictures) but I have to take it the old school way and I can't see if the picture turned out OK.

This is the West Virginia Capitol Building. I thought it was very beautiful.

These are some pictures of the West Virginia hills (they call them mountains over here but all of you on the West Coast know these are nothing but hills!!!) The leaves were just starting to turn and it was very beautiful!! The pictures aren't as pretty as it was in real life.

Kentucky Road Trip!!!!

This past weekend I went on a road trip with my new friends Candace(from Kentucky) and Margo(from North Carolina) to Candace's home in Kentucky.

This is a picture of me (left), Candace (middle), and Margo (right).

After dinner we sat out on the porch with some of her friends and sang worship songs. It was an amazing time!








Margo had fun straightening my hair and Candace put on makeup. I love makeovers! I felt so pampered!







Don't worry! This is not alcohol!!! It is a drink called Ale 8 1 that you can only get in Kentucky. It is fondly known as Kentucky Swamp Water. It's kind of a mixture of Mounain Dew and Ginger Ale. I loved it!!!

On Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch. It was a lot of fun!

I didn't actually buy this pumpkin but I wanted a picture with one.

Here is the whole gang of us that went to the pumpkin patch.

Here are the law students with their pumpkins!!!

Margo and Candace on the trip back home.

Margo and I on the trip back home. The ride through West Virginia was beautiful!!! The leaves had started changing! It was so weird to see hillsides (mountainsides to these easterners) covered in deciduous trees instead of fir trees!!!

And that was all! We had an amazing time! Next we're going to the North Carolina State Fair with Margo!!! I can't wait!!!!

Summer Lovin'

These are some picture of my summer lovin' (lovin' of my family that is)!

This picture was taken of my niece Abby and me at Sea Gypsy in Lincoln City at our annual Skogan beach trip. Aren't we cute twins in green?

The day before I left we had a baby shower for my new nephews. The following pictures are from the shower.

This is a picture of my niece Aurora. Isn't she adorable? (That's probably because all of the people here in Virginia say she looks like me!!! J/K!)

Now here are some real twins! These are my new twin nephews Wyatt (left) and Trevor (right).





Here is Great Grandma Skogan with her newest Great Grandsons!

Out of fifteen cousins on my mom's side these are the only boys! From left to right is Erik (the only one to carry on the Skogan name), Russ (my brother), and Jake (the youngest cousin).

This is my cousin Stephanie and me.

This is Gramsels and me! Let me interpret our thoughts for you! I'm thinking, "Bubba's mine!" and she is thinking, "Yeah right you whipper snapper! Bubba's mine!" ;0) (For those of you not in my family, this is a long standing inside joke I have with my Grandma. If it doesn't seem funny, don't worry about it!)

I'm Back!

I'm Back! I can communicate with the world again! I just got internet connection where I'm living today!!!!

Here are the pictures that Mom's been waiting for!

Here is a picture of the Condos I live in. They are literally brand new! They just got done with ours before we moved in! They are still building more all around us.

This is the park that is in back of our Condos.







Here is my bedroom after we first moved in. It looks a lot different now and when I'm done decorating I will put a new picture on. It's a lot bigger than it looks in the picture!

Here's a picture of my very own bathroom!! I've never had my own bathroom before!

This is our kitchen. We were still moving in so there's stuff all over the counter.

And that's all for tonight because it's getting late and I have class bright and early tomorrow!

I miss you all and can't wait to be back for Christmas!!