life lately

Classes are DONE! Just 4 half-days of exams and then I will be done with my 2nd year at PCA!

My 6th period class wanted to have a party, so I made a berry pie (but forgot to take a picture after I baked it).

This time I made Doug a personal pie so he wouldn't feel left out!

Last night, Doug & I had an amazing summer dinner: cheeseburgers, corn on the cob, bbq chips, edamame, and chilled cherries, complete with homemade chocolate milkshakes for dessert. YUM! I could seriously eat hot dogs or hamburgs and corn on the cob every single day in summer.

We tried to eat outside, but got rained out...

Then Zooey was being hilarious, as usual. We call this "nesting".

Last week was our small group party - we decorated cupcakes. I made a cute frog.

Two of my girls made babies for me & Doug. Caption says: "We made these babies for you, we hope they behave, if not, you can eat them."

I took pics at graduation last week too.

Oh, and I spoke at Imprint Friday night and sang in church yesterday.

Sooo, yep. That's pretty much what's new with me.

wishes i'm wishing...

I wish that all of us Bannister girls could get together at least once a month for lunch or dinner or ice cream or craft nights or cooking nights...

Sometimes I wish that our whole, crazy Bannister family lived within 10 minutes of one another...

real life conversations, pt.7

After stumbling out of bed this morning and haphazardly throwing my hair into a pony tail, I walked into the office to say good morning to Doug.

Me, still groggy: "Good morning."

Doug: "Hi cutie! Your hair is cute!"

Me: "For real??"

Doug, laughing: "No."

Me: "I'm totally writing that on my blog."

Doug: "No! It'll make me look bad."

Me: "That's what you get for making fun of my morning hair."

horse feathers!

Played most frequently on my iPod recently:

- "Curs in the Weeds" . Horse Feathers

- "The Man Who Isn't There" . Oren Lavie

- "Imma Be" . Black Eyed Peas

- "... And as the Ship Went Down, You'd Never Looked Finer" . Woodpigeon

- "Somebody to Love" . Glee Cast

- "Skydiving" . Rachele Eve

- "I Already Know" . Mandi Mapes

- "The Mess We're In" . PJ Harvey

- "Hourglass" . Brandon Schott

- "Autumn Sweater" . Yo La Tengo

- "You Belong with Me" . Taylor Swift

- "Coffee Girl" . The Tragically Hip

- "I Can Transform Ya" . Chris Brown (feat. Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz)

What a weird combination.

Anyway, here's my newest obsession. Enjoy.

things that are awesome

1. Weekend at home - so fun. Hilarious conversations, shopping with the girls, steak dinner for Mom & Dad's 28th anniversary, changing cow pastures, laying in the sun, pre-Memorial Day picnic at the pond! So blessed to have such an awesome family who loves getting together and just hanging out!

2. Going back home in less than a month!!

3. The end of the school year is almost here! 3 more full days, 4 half days of exams and that's it!

4. Just found a $25 iTunes gift card the other day! Doug is trying to claim that it's his from Christmas... I tried to tell him I have better taste in music.

5. Mocha milkshake that I just made for an after-school snack. (So much for getting rid of the winter weight...)

6. Small group "Feast Party" & cupcake decorating tonight!

7. This picture of Zooey. SO WEIRD.

8. The movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. I think we watched it like 2 months ago or so, but I just randomly remembered how much I loved it. I think Roald Dahl would be pleased with their interpretation.

9. How calm and cuddly Zooey is when she's tired.

10. Junior research papers were due on Thursday - I'm already half done!

New header:

June 2010: the pox of such antic, lisping, affecting fantasticoes!

-Romeo & Juliet (Mercutio's line, of course)