Nessie from the Midwessie

Monday, July 11, 2011

T in the Park

I hit up T in the Park yesterday for a proper British music festival! Let me tell you, it lived up to the expectations. That being... it poured and was a complete mud-fest! It was really fun, though... and totally worth it! Some of the pictures are pretty blurry because we were so far back, but I just wanted to give you all a taste! We saw Weezer, Foo Fighters, The Pretty Reckless, KT Tunstall, Bruno Mars, The Vaccines, Brandon Flowers (lead singer of The Killers), Deadmau5, and some others.

The main stage

Gloria & Mary... ready to rock out!

The amazing mustache cups!

The Pretty Reckless

Oh yes, that is Little J from Gossip Girl!

=w= Weezer! =w=

KT Tunstall

Foo Fighters

Deadmau5

The aftermath...

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Other family vacay pics... Round 2

Here are some more...

We decided that this was where Robert the Bruce's heart is buried.

We really don't know. Ha! It was somewhere there.

Greyfriars Bobby & his bar

Castles ruins

Drew & Lyndsey and Stella Atrois Black. Delicious!

York Minster

Drew being Drew

Stronehenge

Hampton Court

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

My Scottish 4th of July

Oh don't you worry, I still celebrated the 4th of July in style here in Edinburgh. Some of my American friends and I went down to a park to grill out and drink some beer... and maybe sing some patriotic songs. Mission accomplished!

Excited to see the sun in Scotland!

the grub...

My fellow Americans (Mary & Gretta)

Check out our BBQ-ing skills!

our tiny disposable grill...

A lovely day in the park!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Favorite pictures from the family visiting... round 1

Here are some more pictures from our trip. I took TONS, so you'll be seeing some more.

Drink #1 in Ireland... more to come, of course!

Happy boys at the Guinness Storehouse

Momma on the Ha'Penny Bridge

Dad chatting with St. John Gogarty...

Lyndsey & Drew in the clink...such rebels!

Giant Drew pic

(inside joke for the family)

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Official countdown...

Only 61 days until I'm back home in the U-S-of-A! If I can survive the final months of my dissertation, that is. Fingers crossed!

Monday, June 27, 2011

England

After hitting up Ireland and Scotland, we headed over to England for a week. We stayed in York the first two nights and then were in London the rest. Lots of stuff to see and do, and of course we didn't get even half of it done. Just gives us more reasons to come back again!

Buckingham Palace... just down the road from our hotel!

Afternoon tea at Fortnum & Mason's

Drew & Lyndsey at Windsor Castle

Stonehenge -- it was pretty awesome, and a beautiful day!

The kids at Stonehenge

Oldest pub in London... super cool.

Definitely worth a visit!

Pretty swan at Hampton Court

And this is what I call the chicken-duck.

Seriously, look at its feet! Long chicken feet with some flippers.

Weird, but I love them.

Sister-Brother pic by Parliament

(we look a little tired... last day in London)

My favorite pic of Drew ever. For those of you that

know him, he is never this serious. Love it.

View from the River Thames...

River Thames

A bossy sign in the bathroom stall.

Give me a minute, and I'll wash my hands! :)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Scotland, Rariden style...

We made it into Edinburgh really early in the morning. Super early. So needless to say, we were a little slow moving the first day. The crew went on a Highland tour while I was supposed to be working on my dissertation. That didn't happen on my end. Whoops! Then we went on a Lowland / Scottish boarder tour. Drew and Dad got to go to a whiskey distillery, so they were happy boys. I think that they all have fallen in love with Scotland and now understand why I love it so much.