I've been...tagged...or something...

The uber-talented Kimberly Hill bugged...errr..."tagged" me to update my blog...so Africa pictures have been posted...Amsterdam pictures will be posted tonight...but for right now...you are going to learn 8 (EIGHT??? I dunno if I've got EIGHT useless facts about me...or come to think about...maybe LIMIT them to eight???) random useless facts about me...

The Rules.

Post the rules before you give the facts. Post eight random facts about yourself. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag eight people and list their names. Leave the people you tagged a comment on their blog, letting them know that they’ve been tagged.

1. I love chocolate...dark chocolate...the darker the better...recently, I was introduced to Harry and David dark chocolate truffles...and by George...I was in luuuuuurrrrrrvvvvvvvveeeee...

2. Orange is my favorite color. Has been since I was 12 and stocked up on everything orange around Halloween time, because that's the only time the stores carried anything orange...

3. I skipped 2nd grade. Well, technically...the last half of my 1st grade year was spent between the two...the next year, I registered for 3rd grade...you would think I'm smart...but it's been ALLLLLLL downhill from there...

4. I was a student council nerd in high school. 2nd VP of my school and 4A VP of the state of Nevada (I was in charge of all the 4A schools in NV...at the time about 35???)

5. I love to dance...Anywhere, everywhere...if there's music...I'm dancing...Be warned...if you embarass easily make sure there is no music playing...

6. I sometimes get the overwhelming desire/urge/need to skip places...that's right...skip...as in what you did when you were like 5 and on the playground...

7. I love cow print....as in the black and white milk cows...yes...

8. Since you now know that I was in student council, I love to dance and cow print...you should know...I won my state student council election wearing fuzzy cow printed pants, doing the running man and rapping to "Ice, Ice Baby"...Alright stop, collaborate and listen...Suzy's back with an all new edition..." Yeah, I know...Impressive!!

That's about it!!! Trying to think of bloggers to tag...will come back later and post em...

Playing Catch Up....AGAIN!!!!

Yes, I know...I'm a total loser...but here are some Africa images. I was fortunate enough to tag along with the great guys of TriCoast Photography when they were commissioned to photograph the wedding of the son of the VP of Uganda in July.

This was one of those few rare experiences in your life where you come back forever changed. It's totally cliche, but I was totally humbled by the lifestyle of the people there. One realizes how spoiled and wasteful most Americans are.

Without further ado...

Africa...through my eyes....
(Disclaimer: I processed all of these on my laptop...so if they are a bit dark...you know why! Use your imagination to lighten them up a bit!! :)

The houses...


The country...




The beginning of the Nile...yes, the same one that runs through the Egypt...






Africa's version of 2x4's


Have you SEEN so many BANANAS?!?!?!


Various wildlife shots...










One horned gazelle...


Hyena...He wasn't in the mood to laugh apparently...either that....or my jokes weren's as funny as I thought they were???? Who knows....




Look close!!!! You can totally see a baby monkey hanging on as mama takes off from me!!!


Random various things that caught my eye...


OUCHIE!!!!


(this one's for you Fulton!!! :) )


Doesn't this look PAINFUL??? They totally made sure you weren't going to sit on this chain!!!


Their drains...If your car ran into one of those...you would totally not be getting out very easily!!


How they carried things...


The children of Africa. How beautiful are these bright shiny kids??? I think this was my favorite part of the trip...seeing the children.








Now...these next three images are near and dear to my heart....I have to preface these images with an explanation...

Mike and I took a walk one day to Kampala and I wanted pictures of children...REAL ya know like African kids...call me stupid...call me silly...but I did...I had some candy in my pocket. Jolly Ranchers and Hershey's Nuggets...and I figured...while we walked, I would inevitably see some children...and maybe if I got lucky, they'd let me take a picture and I could give them some candy or "sweets" as they called them...

These children were so sweet. Thanked me again and again...brought tears to my eyes...


This is my FAVORITE all time image of this trip...this little boy was ADORABLE...his little sister (which you can see in the background) wanted NOTHING to do with me...but she totally wanted the candy...I held my hand out...gave him some candy and he gave me this look in return...


Now, this image...Remember I had Jolly Ranchers in my pocket...this was taken the same day, and all I had was one Jolly Rancher left...All of us had gone to downtown Kampala to exchange some currency...I stayed in the car and saw this litle girl in what should have been the median, but what was really just a very narrow piece of cement...This little girl, holding her very newborn baby sister, crossed four lanes of traffic to get to me in hopes that I would give her some money...like I said...all I had was this one Jolly Rancher....Broke my heart that all I could give to this precious little angel was candy, but she was grateful....


I'll leave off with sunsets in Africa...nothing spectacular...but how many of YOU can say that you've seen the sunset in Africa??? :p hehehehe!!!




I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into my amazing trip...Stay tuned for Amsterdam pictures very soon!!!