wedding p.s.

Michelle neglected to mention the supreme excellence of Rob's toast. In a two-minute speech, he managed to insult the groom's appearance, body odor, intelligence, work ethic, and attractiveness to the opposite sex. Everyone loved it. In an effort to capitalize on the success of the speech, Rob next plans to run for public office.

no champagne...

at this wedding in Six Points, PA--just beer and whiskey. Rob was the best man and Michelle taught everyone how to dance to the Cotton Eye Joe at the reception. Aren't we fancy?

CHUNK

Rob took a photo of this chunck of the Pentagon foundation which was transported by a group of bikers to the Flight 93 crash site, near Somerset.

county fair

Today Rob visited a county fair and wrote about a market sheep competition. This is why he earned a journalism degree. Kids show the sheep and a judge picks which is best, based on muscle, length and showmanship. Before the show they vacuum the sheep and spray paint its hooves black. The winners get auctioned for big bucks.

However, Rob's favorite contest is the best of hay. The judge looks at hay and decides which hay is superior. OOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooh.

Rob's new girlfriend

Because Michelle is leaving for Syracuse tomorrow, Rob went and got himself a new girlfriend. She isn't quite as attractive as Michelle, but Rob thinks love will overcome such superficialities. Here is a picture of them making out.

birdbrains

Some of our best friends here in Somerset are several osprey who live in a nearby lake. Michelle actually gets along with them better than she does most people. A couple of them we have known ever since they were mere hatchlings.

These are some photos of the osprey. Probably we should've done this while they were babies in the nest, now they fly away whenever we come near. This lake is about 5 min. from Rob's apartment.


This is the nest where the babies were hatched. All osprey nests look like this one . . .

Here an osprey eludes our camera. We think he is building a nest of his own on the other side of these trees...

Below, a pastey skinned fella in need of sunshine and vitamins...

Michelle's rad new house

Rob and Michelle went up to Syracuse, New York last weekend, where Michelle's going to school in the fall. On the way back to Pennsylvania they drove through wine country near Lake Cayuga, one of the finger lakes. Michelle did the tasting and Rob the driving, as he deferred to her very educated opinion in the wine purchasing. They also found a super high waterfall in a gorge, and as they were gazing up at it, some crazy guys hollared and jumped off off the cliffs above, parachuted down to the ground, and immediately packed up their gear and ran away before the park rangers could get there. They had cameras on their belts and helmets, so Michelle and Rob may be spotted on some kind of MTV extreme reality show, looking shocked and confused. Here are some pictures of Michelle's super cool new house.















Michelle will have 3 roommates, from Peru, Somalia, and Vietnam, but she hasn't met them yet. Rob is thinking of ways to be able to move up to Syracuse to be with her. His ideas include: landscaping, shoveling snow, picking apples, or living in a tent in Michelle's backyard. Please comment if you have additional ideas. Actually please comment regardless as your comments are much funnier than the blog....

Jacob, if you read this, what is your firsthand opinion of doing migrant work in the NE? Should Rob chance it?