New York

Today was an eventful day! We walked, saw sights, walked some more, saw more things - realized we were only a street or two away from the other things that we wanted to see - but had no idea . . . learned that New York was the first capitol of the United States. Saw the place where George Washington was inaugurated. Saw the Hello Deli from David Letterman, lots of tall buildings, several beautiful churches, the LDS temple, ground zero, the Statue of Liberty, we also saw part of central park, the naked cowboy (not really naked) in Times Square, the Dakota (the place where John Lennon lived and was shot), the flat iron building, rode the Staton Island Ferry, took my picture with SpongeBob Square Pants, went to the M&M and Hershey's Store, walked down Wall Street, saw the New York Stock Exchange, went to the top of Rockefeller Center . . . WOW! It was great - probably too much to fit into one day, but we tried. I think we could stay for a week and still not see everything - but today was worth it. New York is an amazing city. So here's a picture summary of our day . . .

Haircuts and Football

Cannon had his first haircut. It was tramatic for him and me. I am sad to see the curls go. When he falls asleep in my arms and his head gets all sweaty, his hair curls, it is so dang adorable. Too bad, those curls are gone. We had a bout with head lice (not exactly my highlight as a mother!). Because I thought that there might be a possibility that Cannon had them, we shaved him. Jerrick had already had a haircut, but then decided to take the hand trimmer and trim up the top of his head. So he had this nice bald spot. It's all fun and games until mom wants to 'fix' your haircut!! At least it helped to tell him that he was twins with Cannon.


Football season has started. Jaxon, Gunnar and Jerrick are playing football this year. Jaxon is in a league where they wear full pads and tackle. Gunnar and Jerrick are playing flag football. Everyone is having a great time - especially Jaxon. He loves it when he plays defense so he can tackle people. He had been playing offense lately and he is a little bummed - he says that he just can't tackle people the same way! Gunnar and Jerrick like the first part of football. By the third quarter, they are ready to be done. I'm trying to bribe them by telling them every flag they pull, I'll pay them a dollar. So far, I've only paid out $2 - but I know when they figure this out, I could be poor. We've been spending about 3 hours on Saturdays watching games. So far, Jaxon's team has won both games. Gunnar and Jerrick's team only plays against one other team and they have lost every game. The other team is stacked with some pretty good (and fast) players. We keep telling them that everyone is a winner - but Gunnar is too smart - he keeps track of the touchdowns.

Since we have cool football pads and helmets, everyone has to try it on . . . (no wonder they all have been exposed to lice). Our washer and dryer have been on overload!! Everyone had a great time with Cannon in Jaxon's pads. Mostly they just laughed at him when he couldn't move. The fun things you can do with a younger brother!!

End of Summer Fun

Summer seemed to fly by - school has started now and looking back, we were busy, but it wasn't anything tremendously big! We went to Lagoon a few times. This last time, I took the camera and we took some cute pictures. The kids loved riding the rides. The older kids loved the ride Wicked and convinced me to try it out. It took me a few hours to feel normal again - but now I can say, "I RODE WICKED!! Monica asked me when we were done if I was going to text all my friends and let them know I rode Wicked. I'm not sure, as an adult, many of my friends would care - but just in case - I want to let anyone who really wants to know - I rode Wicked and survived. Once was good enough!!

Here are a few pictures that we took! The kids are amusement park junkies - we could have stayed days . . .