Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Joe's Graduation // Part One

As those of you who read my blog undoubtedly know -- this past weekend, Joe graduated from ALERT!! He is now officially an "ALERT man" - and we couldn't be more proud of him. =)

Mom, Dad, and I (Hannah) traveled down to Texas for the graduation. Sadly, Joe didn't get to come home with us - the paramedics have a few weeks of school after the actual graduation. So you can keep him in your prayers - he has a few classes, tests, clinicals, and whatnot to keep up with before he's DONE done done. =)

Hope you enjoy Part One of this "series" (if you will) - there were too many pictures to put on one post! haha! Check out my blog if you want to see some more from the weekend... but even over there I'm not done yet. =)

Much love!
Hannah (for all the Ps)

The crack of dawn, literally. Even with these advanced modes of transportation... it still takes a LONG time!! =)

But soon we were seeing miles upon miles of gorrrrrrrrrrgeous Texas scenery!

The day after we arrived, it was graduation time.

We were blessed with a few student speakers... (this is Cody)

The men's wonderful singing...
The admiring crowd.

more singing...

Dad - the guest speaker

Annnnnddd - finally!! - Joe received his diploma...

And his pin. ALERT man at last!!
It's hard to believe that my bro is a legit paramedic. Technically now, I guess he can save your life. Pretty darn cool. =)

Don't worry. He doesn't usually look so severe. This is just the "tough guy" act. =)

Praying with the Dads.

Unit 40 (well, SOME of it...)

Joe, Keane, and Evan
"He's one of us, now..."

Allllll the flags from past ALERT units...

And Joe adds his signature to the Unit 40 flag. It wasn't exactly complete without it. =)

Hmmm. Who are these good-looking people, anyway?

You'll just have to come back for Part Two to find out! =)

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Words of Wisdom - Spring 2012


HIGH time for another round of... QUOTABLES!! 
So here's a collection from Spring 2012... our Pittelkow genius being revealed to the world. I hope it makes your day. =) 

...

Mr. S: I see that your personality comes out very well in the way you write.
Hannah: Yes, sir. I’m afraid it does.

Hannah: I hate to bring up fire extinguishers at the moment, because, well, fire extinguishers are not very romantic.

Tyler: It’s better than drinking milk with your tomatoes.
Hannah: Tyler, much of what you say makes no sense.
Anna Grace: I like your shirt, though!

Hannah: I know where Croatia is! I took geometry!

Sarah: Even if I’m not funny, I’m still funny.

Hannah: That was a quotable. I have a whole collection for you.
Sarah: Yeah, I have a collectible.

At the dinner table, there’s a discussion going on about how much blue paint Mom and Hannah bought for the bathroom ceiling…
Dad: Why’d you get so much?
Mom (teasing): Oh, we thought we’d paint all the ceilings in the house blue.
Roberta: Blue stripes.
Hannah: Yeah! Even your study.
R: and the porch!
M: It keeps the wasps from building nests. They think the ceiling is the sky.
Sarah: Wouldn’t it be easy for them to figure it out? I can just see the little wasp now. “Is that the sky?” Flies up. “No, THAT’S the sky.” Flies down. Flies up. Flies down.
H: No, all the wasp has to do is fly up to the ceiling and **bonk**. And the poor wasp has a little bloody nose and he’s all like, “Oh. That’s the ceiling.”

Tyler: I’m so tired, I think I might stay awake.

Sarah: It sounds like you're talking to a guy.
Roberta: Why?
S: Because you're talking really slow and that's what you have to do when you're trying to explain something to a guy.

Tyler (wailing): Hannah, what gonna happen to me?!?
Hannah (matter-of-factly): You're going to be okay.
Tyler: Oh.

Abby: Hannah, look on these flowers. It says on the tag "this is not a toy." and look, in Spanish. "this is not a jugete."
Hannah: Lemme see. Yep. "este no es en jugete"
A: You read Spanish??
H: Yeah. It says "this is not a toy."

Roberta: (mournfully) we were so much more organized this year.

Hannah: Goodnight, pistachio.
Sarah: Goodnight... walnut.
H: I like walnuts. I don't like... pistachios.

Sarah: Abby? Do you want to walk on my back?
Abby: Where?
S: On my back.

Sarah (singing): “Goin’ courtin’, goin’ courtin’...” I was talking to L. about that movie…
Roberta (cutting in): Oh, that is NOT a good idea.
Hannah: Oh, come on. He wasn’t THAT bad. He didn’t swoop in and steal, like, seven girls in one night.
S: No. He did worse. He got ONE girl in less than an hour.

Sarah(pointing to Joe's ice tea): May I have a taste of that ?? I'll give you a taste of my... water... *hopeful smile*

Abby: I feel stupid!
Sarah: You look stupid.

Roberta [trying on some big Umka boots]: It looks like my feet for a fur swim.

Tyler: What? It's not in the dictionary!?
Ariane: It’s spelled “…l-l. that comes after …l-a.”
Hannah: Yeah, Tyler, didn’t your mom teach you how to use a dictionary?
T: Well… she didn’t… mention…
H: She didn’t mention that it was in alphabetical order?


Friday, May 18, 2012

Summer Begins

Well, not OFFICIALLY. But kinda. 

Practically.

It's turning green... summer chores are picking up... the garden is growing up... mmm hmm...

And we're all glad to have Hannah home...

hehe, haha... Hannah is writing this. What I meant to say, OF COURSE, is that I'm glad to be home!! =)

Bonfire night. Definitely a favorite Pittelkow thing!


Girls and kitties.

Let the HANNAH-SARAH pictures commence!!

We put 'em to work... for real.

So y'all... how's YOUR summer going? 

Much love!
Hannah
for all the Ps

psst -- more pictures on my bloggity!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Hannah's BACK!!

I guess I could technically have said "I'm back," since I'm the one writing this. But I thought y'all might get... confused. 

But at any rate, yes! I am back, and this blog WILL see some action! I see that Sarah.. *ahem, ahem*... yeah. You guys didn't pester her enough!! Emails, texts, comments... she needs a leeetle encouragement! haha! =)

Summer is starting... life is picking up the pace, and, well, so is blogging. Head over to my blog to see what I've been up to at college. And stick around here to see what adventures the Pittelkows have this summer! =)

Much love!
Hannah

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

First Post in Frebruary

Hey people!

Hannah asked me to post these pictures for her (that was a while ago...) so now I'm finally getting around to it. I'll try to keep the blog up better this year. :) There will be tons of pictures and posts this summer when Hannah's home so that's something you can look forward to. :)

- Sarah

p.s. I could not get some of the pictures to space correctly... Haaannnaaahhh can you fix that, please???
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Coming down.

Lots of snow (Abby named this one...)

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Looks like Narnia (minus the cowshed and fence). Gosh I love Narnia...
~~~ Can y'all imagine having to walk up to this thing in this kind of weather to milk the cow? Neither can I. But I do it. So never mind.
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Art...

~~One of our beautiful winter sunsets.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Well, Folks...

...It's back to the old schoolhouse for me! =) In just two hours, I'll be hopping on a plane and taking a red-eye flight back to the other side of the country. I'm leaving this blog in Sarah's MORE than capable hands. HINT, HINT.

I hope y'all have a splendid rest-of-the-winter and spring. I'll see you in the summer, chicas!!

Much love!
Hannah

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Quotables!!

Notable Quotables - December 2011
By the Pittelkows
Well.
Some of them, anyway. Joe didn't do much talking this month, I guess!

Dad:
Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.
Sarah: Yeah. A lot of the people can’t deal with the pressures of fame.
D: It’s never bothered me!!

Abby: Joe, put my hands together.

Hannah: Not now... later.
Sarah: What? Later?
H: Later.
S: Now?!

Sarah: I like these chips. They taste like July.

Hannah: I was benefiting the doubt.
Sarah: Don't doubt... the benefited!!!

Sarah: (stuffy British accent) I do not believe I deserve… (disgusted American accent) internet.

Hannah is singing in high voice outside when it's dark
Sarah: Stop it, you'll attract the coyotes!

Sarah: Oh, yeah? Was he a dweeb?
Hannah: No, he was engaged.

Sarah: When I cut Flame’s mane, I felt like I was cutting my first child's hair, ya know? I cried! I literally cried! I cried... I cried.

Mom’s getting ready to turn, and there’s another car approaching…
Mom: Don’t worry - I DO see this red truck but I'm gonna go anyway.
Sarah: Oh, it's a Dodge. It probably wouldn't be able to make it here in time anyways.

Sarah: *sarcastically* I just LOVE how they kill off perfectly healthy people in movies... just one after the other... chunk, chunk, chunk.

Roberta: WHY can't you be good for one second, Sarah?!?!?!?
Sarah: It's very hard... I find it strenuous on my health.

Sarah: Oh I like that app. It always sends me into stitches.
Abby: *totally serious* Where's stitches?!?
.
Hannah: I bet bees taste like soda. Fizzy, buzzy. I bet if soda could fly it would look like a bee.

AND! A special "guest" quotable from college...

Hannah: There’s a tailless cat running around campus.
Tyler: A tailless cat?
H: Yeah, like a cat without a tail.
T: I figured that’s what tailless meant.

yep. that's how they teach us intellectuals how to converse at college... hehe!!