the girls are gone...

well i said goodbye to allison and rachel about a half hour ago. they're meeting someone for breakfast in Kansas City, so they left here at midnight or so. i hated to see them go though, i always hate to see them go. i have such fun whenever they're around, and texas is, unfortunately, so rediculously far away from wisconsin that i can't just hop in the car and make a weekend visit, or vice versa, though i sure as heck wish i could. allison and i have gotten so close this year and i love that, but i wish she were here all the time. phones and computers are nice, but nothing beats being in person. anyways, we did have fun this week, despite the fact that i was busy a lot and wasn't around as much as i wanted. their stay here was well documented with photos. rachel is a professional photographer, so that amazing camera that she has was everywhere, catching everything. man is she good though. she took some pictures tonite of me and my brothers and wow...they're amazing! we look awesome and i'm not really one to seriously brag about myself. somehow, she and that camera made us look great, much to my delight and the joy of mom and dad. dad was so cute when he was looking at them on her computer. he got this adorable grin and was like, 'oh that's a good one...and that one..oh i like that one...' and so on and so forth. mom acted quite similarly, only i expected it out of her. and rachel took some pictures of me and allison that are quite good...and some of me and allison and two of the cows that i have shown. allison and i both love cows...so it's quite fitting that we should take pictures with them. i guess we didn't do a whole lot this week, just hung out, played cards, played with calves, ran around in the corn (funny pictures from that endeavor), took pictures of everything, ate way too much good food...you know, the usual. everyone was over to my house last night and we made pizza and had a jolly ol time, then tonite, after the picture taking session, we went out for a fish fry...quite tasty. oh, and we've decided we're writing a book...but that's all i will say about that for now. i don't know how involved i will be in this process...but i'm sure if it does get written...my name could potentially fit in there somewhere. anywho...i had a wonderful time with them, and i'm quite sad that they had to leave. i was SO tempted to go back with them and then greyhound it back here sometime, but since rachel lives away from home, and works, and allison works and has classes... things wouldn't work out too well. though...rumor has it that gramma wants to go down there sometime, but doesn't like to fly alone...hmm...am i seeing a potentially wonderful ticket to texas??? rachel jumped on that one for me, saying that i'd make a perfect travel buddy...way to go rachel! and i've had a bit of experience in airports so i'm good to go. alright well...i think this is all i have for now. more wonderful things about those girls will no doubt surface, but for tonite, i must end here. i do wish that josh could have made it up for this trip, but alas, the responsibilities of growing up called him away. at least i saw him at christmas. ok, i truely am finish now...bubye!