Day 2 in Scotland, March 27

Home away from home!

After we all slept in, we took a walk through Glasgow's Merchant City district. This is a view of Buchanan Street from the Royal Concert Hall where the Worlds Irish dance competition is being held.

We had our first authentic fish and chips at Chippy's.

Delicious!

This is the second post, so if you haven't seen the first one, keep reading!

Day 1 in Scotland, Thursday, March 25

In the Philadelphia airport getting ready to head to London.

We arrived in Scotland on time and caught a taxi to where we needed to check into our apartment. The only problem was--the credit card machine didn't work in the leasing office, and after about two hours of trying, Brian and Taylor had to go to the bank to get cash! You can see how tired the girls were after traveling for 15 plus hours!

Above is the view from the window of our apartment.

Our cute little kitchen, complete with a hob (oven/stove).

Our first meal was at a restaurant called SoHo. We had some great Italian food, and it is only about 20 steps from the front door of our apartment.

Brian chose a haggis and jalapeno pepper pizza!

And... we're off!

We are headed out to the Norfolk airport in a few minutes. We are going from Norfolk, to Philly, Philly, to London, and London to GLASGOW SCOTLAND! We are hoping to be posting a lot while we are there... so check our blog often for pictures and stories of our adventures in Europe! :) Love you guys and please pray for safe travel, great weather, and for the girls to dance their best! Madison dances Sunday, and Stephanie dances Wednesday. We'll be back in VA in about two weeks (April 8th). We are so excited, and we know we are going to make tons of memories, and remember this trip for a long time!

The Waskos

EUROPE... Here we come!

Stephanie and Madison recently competed in the regional Irish Dancing championships, (for the southern region). They both did awesome, Madison placed 4th out of about 50 girls, and Stephanie placed 5th out of 126 girls! They both qualified for the world championships... which happen to be in Glascow Scotland this year. And yup, its official, we just purchased six tickets to SCOTLAND! We are so excited, we will be leaving March 25 and coming back April 7. Later in April, Brian and Taylor will be leaving for Alaska for two weeks. It should be an amazing month and a trip to remember! :)

We have been super busy this year, with dance, soccer, basketball, violin, Mel's Photography business, school, and every other little thing that comes up in life. But its been a GREAT year, and we wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS! We hope you remember the TRUE meaning of Christmas...Jesus. "And unto us is born, this day, in the city of David, a savior, who is CHRIST THE LORD!" Oh come let us adore him!

Mac Pics...=)

So as most of you know we have a MAC  computer. One of the best things about a Mac (for a kid anyways) is the photobooth. So here are a few of the 700 pics from our computer. Enjoy! =)

Our cousin Christopher came over and wasn't very cooperative when it came to getting his picture taken. =)

Taylor, Kerri, and I did a little photoshoot. This is our "Kiera Knightly face."
And our super model face: Kerri did the best! haha!
This is our "shock" face! lol!
I believe this one was "lets see how close we can get to the camera." =D
seriously...
The wasko sisters!!
Our North Carolina friend Katie, Stef, and Kerri.


Thomas and Maddie
Ferf and the girls!






heh heh heh heh heh! (the evil sisters)



The Wasko Sisters!!! <3

This is for the Hunts..... :)

Warning: this post has many inside jokes... and may not make sense... :)

WE MISS YOU HUNTIES!

We TOTALLY miss you guys and are so TOTALLY glad you are our friends! 

"Busch Gardens was the best day of my life!"

You hat stealers, chair removers, ball dodgers, water bottle stompers, flip flop runners, and TOTALLY LUCKY DUDES! :)

"my cheeks hurt. was an orange girl here?" 

"I'm the moose, I'm the moose, it's my birthday, its my birthday." 

Bad babysitting day........ those oreos were gooood! 

"Why? because im tall, dark, and handsome?" 

"Ok, leave my house now!" 

"At 40 MAALLS per hour!"

"S.S Jordan comin through!" 

"It's only awkward if you make it awkward." 

Taco Bell........... :) 

"MINE!" 

Don't mix up the words feet and socks... EVER!

Columbus day canoeing.... fun times!

We are TOTALLY your dedicated campers. Is all the TOTALLYS getting annoying? i TOTALLY hope so! 

"Taylor always looks like she's in deep thought..."

Swiing dancin! :) Like TOTALLY  a blast!

"Thats a lot of zits in one place." 

"What's that noise?" "It's a giant bumble bee!" 

 "Jearsh is mowin' the lawn."

Gasoline accident....... first timers always make mistakes...haha!

If your fingers are stuck in the window, roll the window down.

"Whats wrong with your nose JJ???"

Freddy..........:) 

Old Dominion Feis and Golden Corral.

Night at the museum 2, TOTALLY fun..... "That's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh, uh-huh!"

We love you guys so much! All these memories are so funny to think back on.  We've had a lot! Thank you for being our friends for so many years. WE TOTALLY CAN'T WAIT TILL YOU GET BACK!

Love from,

The Waskies

Hello Again Friends!! :)

Hello All!

I was looking at our blog today and realized how long it has been since our last post! The Wasko family has been crazy busy this summer! Hence the lack of posting....... :)

We took an amazing trip to California, which we posted a little bit about. To see pictures from my uncle's wedding, click HERE. 

Two days after we got back from CA, we took a two week trip to Tennessee to visit family, and for an Irish Dance competition!

Stephanie and Madison competed in the North American National Competition of Irish Dance in July....... they both did great! Madison didn't recalled but danced really well. Stephanie recalled and got 26th! Almost 40 places better than last year! 

All the girls also went to the Hunts' summer camp this year. It was a blast! Always a highlight of the summer!

At the beginning of August Taylor and Kerri  started soccer practice again after a two month break . They are having fun, and are excited about an upcoming tournament at Busch Gardens! 

Our summer has been filled with many memories: beach days, pool days,  relaxing days (though not as many of those, ha ha!) weddings, friends, trips to Mr. Basnight's house on the Sound,... To end a great summer, we will be going to the OBX with the Williams and Hughes. This will be our sixth year! We are super excited!! Then........ school starts! We are excited about that too....... :)

We will be posting a bunch of pictures of the summer in our next post, which WILL be soon! (We hope) :)

Day 2, Swimming in the River on Wednesday Afternoon

On Wednesday afternoon, we drove an hour east to go swimming in a river. It was about 20 degrees warmer inland. We had a great day!

Steph, Taylor, and Kerri had fun swinging on a rope swing and plunging into the river.

Pops teaching Madison how to skim rocks:

Craig, Brian's brother, skimming rocks (look to the left of his left shoulder for the splash).

Pops and Kerri:

Stephanie and Taylor:

Swimming to the rocks:

The swim was farther than it looked:

Madison with Molly's nieces.

Some pretty views on the way home:

A perfect ending to a fun day:

Mike, Sharon, and Mel cooked an Italian dinner.