Go Big or Go Home!

It's recently come to my attention that my family was making fun of the brown hat with the big flower that Aubrey was wearing in one of my previous post. So in response to that, I promptly went out and bought flowers and made some flower headbands for my little girl and let me tell you, they are AH-dorable!

BIG

BIGGER

BIGGEST

MAYBE A BIT OVERBOARD?

Just some Aubrey Pics

Teaching her the essentials early, how to operate the TV remote.

Aubrey's Dr. Evil laugh

"Step"ing back through time

“Pittsburgh is undoubtedly the cockeyedest city in the United States. Physically, it is absolutely irrational. It must have been laid out by a mountain goat…and then the steps-oh my, the steps!”
Ernie Pyle, 1937


















































As much as we have complained about Pittsburgh from time to time, there really is no place like it. It has a culture of it's own. I love the diverse ethnic neighborhoods, the cobblestone streets, and the steps! They are everywhere and tell so much about the history of Pittsburgh as a steel town. Pittsburgh has the steepest street in the whole world! How did Zach and I get so lucky? From what I found on the internet, officially the steepest street in the world is in New Zealand (35% grade) but Pittsburgh actually has the steepest street with a 37% grade. That's almost as steep as a black diamond ski run! Zach doesn't believe me that Pittsburgh has the steepest street in the world though. He says that he walked up way steeper streets in Brazil, so steep that they were only for pedestrians, cars couldn't use them. Hmmm....a paved walkway only for pedestrians....we call those sidewalks where I'm from!




















Steepest street in the world! I drove up it!