Showing posts with label breanna brandon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breanna brandon. Show all posts

Monday, August 8, 2011

just be nice.



i agree to: 
speak only about a person as if they were right next to me;
not take anything personally;
try being the best me, despite the hurtful judgments of others;
forgive others, even if they've wronged me;
live my life as a means of inspiration, even if only to one person;
to act as if everyone i meet suffers more than i do, and help them in any way i can;
let go of my pride and focus on the strengths in my life and in my friends'&family's.



Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Global Food Disparity: A Photo Diary.


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Meet the The Manzo family of Sicily. Their weekly expenditure is 214.36 Euros or $260.11. Note the copious amount of bread. PhotobucketGermany: The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07. PhotobucketUnited States: The Revis family of North Carolina (I hope most American families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.)Food expenditure for one week $341.98 PhotobucketMexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09. Note the profusion of fruits & vegetables. PhotobucketPoland: The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27 PhotobucketEgypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53 PhotobucketEcuador: The Ayme family of Tingo Food expenditure for one week: $31.55 PhotobucketBhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03. This feeds a family of 11! Remarkable. PhotobucketChad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23. No comment. PhotobucketKuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45. Most foodstuffs in this State is subsidized. PhotobucketMongolia: The Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar Food expenditure for one week: 41,985.85 togrogs or $40.06 PhotobucketChina: The Dong family of Beijing Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $175 PhotobucketJapan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25 

Sunday, July 24, 2011

the brandon adventures!






whipped cream vodskey! 

bunk house. boys playing risk, girls getting frisky.



cutest snuggle bugs ever!



on our way to see the bats! every summer, 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats fly out from under congress bridge in downtown austin to feast on the mosquitoes & bugs by the river!  
 (they look like this, pretty cute!:)

sarah's adorable jewelry, she's loved bats since she was four!









this is only about 1/2 the amount of people that showed up that night, every single night this place is packed with people watching the bats!


here are some videos (that aren't mine) that show you what it looks like:























pure, the cutest bar i've been to. pretty girly, but really cool.



the girls' haggard selves!

our awesome hotel room that my grandpa got for us just so we could use the showers (since austin has had
an awful drought and there were 8 of us, we decided 8 showers a day wouldn't be good)...
but the WATER WAS SHUT OFF! ahh! haahah

me lookin' nakey.


someone poisoned my brothers! 

dani, that sneaky little goose. 

cutsie corngirl and body building breanna.

marissa makes the best bloody maries in the northern hemisphere. 


this is ben in his most comfortable habitat. 




favorite picture of the couples laughing at bj.

indian leg wrestling: i beat everyone except for the monster-legged ben! 

rocky's (marissa's awesome twin sister) dog, hope! i threw her in the pool, she hated me ever since.


twins! coolest girls.








all the girls huddled around gramps. he enjoyed this the most, i think. hahaha.


the pound tattooed hope's belly with the female symbol so they could tell, how effed is that!

raquel and marissa!

horse races! 

my lovely grandparents.

ben, brona, gramps, grandma, blakers, sarah, dani, brett, brandon, and marissa!


"the brandon center: for exceptional grandchildren." hahahaha




when we were wee ones, my grandpa made us stand with our hands behind our backs and took 
individual pictures of us underneath his arch. now, the four of us going back grown up, we had 
to retake the picture.


saddest view, grandpagrandpa waving goodbye. :(



some creepy corngirl was making awful faces at me on the way home to boise!

my handsome fellow was waiting with these at the airport for me, what a wonderful
experience to come home to! 

i love you austin, with all my heart. 
i'll never forget who i am, or the amazing family i come from.