sic 'em

i've been a big slacker on this blog posting business- sorry!! i'm back and i have a catch-up  of pictures to share.

first, and most importantly :), since i last posted my BAYLOR BEARS had a record season!

SIC 'EM!

the men's basketball team cruised through march madness to the elite eight game. it's been years since we've been there and let me tell you, school spirit was high!

i managed to watch all the games! one was even televised locally! has that ever happened?!?  i will admit that many games were watched through the ghetto rig-the-laptop-to-the-TV method and one consisted of me watching on the computer... then trying to find the game on the xm radio in hugh's car -unsuccessfully- then, after picking him up from the airport, i had him drop me off at the hilton nearby so that i could finish watching the super exciting game. a mess, i know.

the whole mcfadden household (and much of the country, i will add!) had baylor basketball fever.

how nice :)

and our lady bears went straight through to the final four

how many presidents do YOU have cheering for your team?

sic 'em bears!

(photos thanks to baylor proud)

pirates of HHI

hilton head island

hugh and i spent a few days on hilton head island last week and loved it! we left thinking, why haven't we been here before... and when can we go back!?

pogo

pogo.
fun.

these may not look like exciting photos, but let me tell you. 2 adults on a pogo stick is pretty funny.

ridiculous update

the poor little woodpecker friend definitely has something going on in his little head :(

i heard him this morning, a couple little taps, and went to see what he was up to.

he'd moved from the window (i opened the shutters) to the grapefruit tree next to it and was going at it. not on the bark, like you'd think. he was pecking the grapefruit.

tap tap crash

our little household has a bizarre new friend... (i'm being generous with the term)

for the past few days, every now and again i hear a "taptaptaptaptap..." coming from one of the windows. it's never the same window. and it's quite loud. and pretty obvious what it is.

a woodpecker.

on the windows.

at first i thought he had lost it, but i quickly realized that the only windows he was "pecking" were the ones with plantation shutters. poor guy must just be a little slow and thinks that he's actually gotten ahold of some good wood.

yikes.

let's just hope he doesn't ever break the glass...

what a sight

...to wake up to!

sis

i love my sister
:)

can you guess this classic tv show reference?

louisville

another catch up post. 

we couldn't make a trip to louisville without visiting our american grandma mary k. what a special treat it was to be able to spend the afternoon with her :)

and for our friend donna, we visited her father-in-law colonel sanders' grave in the wonderful cave hill cemetery

downtown louisville

the slugger museum

christmas . spaghetti factory & traditional carriage ride

when kirsten and i were little we used to love the spaghetti factory, a yum restaurant in an old building in downtown louisville. it's beautiful, but the best part about it : the horse carriage that waits outside and takes you on tours of downtown.  it's especially nice around christmas, with the decorations and lights up.

we couldn't miss an opportunity to go back in time a little bit.

 kirsten and i have photos like this that date back to when we were about 5 & 8