My New Fish

So, Lisa and I decided to get fish and

went on a fish buying adventure...

We wanted to get cool tropical fish. However, the tropical

fish we wanted were all either too big, too aggressive, or

too high maintenance. So, we settled on bettas, the

same type of fish every other college student has.

Lisa has a blue betta named Abraham, and I have

a red betta named Lincoln. We call them Abe and

Link for short. Tracy got a snail from the pet

store, and she named him Theodore. He was free,

but the pet store lady kept telling her that she didn't

want him because she would end up with many more

snails crawling around the bowl. He's currently in

my bowl with Link, and we haven't had any problems,

so I'm keeping my finger crossed.

Anyways, here is the documentation of Abraham,

Lincoln, and Theodore's adoption into our family:

Our friend Kim helped us get them safely

into their new bowls

Lincoln, my amazing fish!! He's so fun to watch

swim around, he definitely has a personality!

Abe and Link

Tracy and Theo

The tropical fish that we didn't get

Ready to go home

Getting his bowl ready

We didn't know what we were doing!

Smile! Haha

Mattress Sledding

Well, with the snow the other day, we decided that it would

be fun to go sledding. One of the guys got the bright idea to

take a spare mattress from the dorm to the hill out back

and try it. It was quite entertaining and a lot of fun!

One of my friends captured our mattress

adventure on camera:

Josh, carrying the mattress up the hill

After falling off at the bottom of the hill:

Ready to go!

Heading back up to the top:

Yes, we tried to go down in while standing up....

Not the best idea. And we tried that with

all 5 of us on the mattress at once :)

Snow "Storm"

Well, it's been an interesting few days here in

Lynchburg, Virginia. We got close to a record

amount of snow (I've heard everything from 6 to

12 inches- I'm not sure) and everything is beautiful,

yet freezing cold. And being in the south, no one

knows how to drive in the snow, so we had a snow

day today! We have a 2 hour delay tomorrow too.

It's been exciting and relaxing to get a little extra

sleep and more time to study for exams this week.

Here are some pictures of the snow "storm" of 2009:

Playing in the Snow

Even as college students, we still love to play

in the snow like kids, and we get creative!

The past couple of days, I've been a part of

several snowball fights, "sledding" on a skim board

and a spare mattress, and built a snowman.

And of course, we had to follow it up with

some hot chocolate!

Giant snow ball fight on the

intradmural field outside our building:

Our snowman!

Complete with a carrot nose

Getting all bundled up to go outside:

Lisa, with her cute hat (that she usually

doesn't get to wear) and new coat

(a Christmas present from santa!)

Tracy, with her cute green scarf

and snow boots

Me, donning my rain boots,

that also work great in the snow :)

Roommates!! Playing in the snow and freezing!

Road Trip with Tracy!

Last weekend, I rode with my roommate, Tracy, to

Wheeling, WVa, where she was meeting her family for the

weekend. My dad came and picked me up, then we went

home and surprised mom! Here are some pictures from

our drive:

The Welcome to West Virginia sign,

which I've seen quite a lot lately...

The Virginia mountains and sunset