New York part 2

 Roasting hotdogs, marshmallows, cooking breakfast, etc.. you name it and they cooked it in the fire pit on the hill.

 Finding a great love for the workbench

 Andrew was the only one to venture further than the bottom branch, and he would have kept going if it wasn't for his paranoid mother who thought he might fall out of the tree.

 When did he grow up?

 Seriously, Andrew- we can not keep the boy clean!

 We took the train into NYC one VERY HOT AND HUMID day.

 Ground Zero

 Trinity Church- I loved the ornate carvings in the front door and old head stones in the cemetary. It is always amazing this church sits right in the heart of Wall Street, yet it is quiet and peaceful. Unfortunately, noon mass was being held, so we couldn't take pictures. The boys were somewhat facinated by the events taking place in mass, but somewhat surprised there was a commonality in mass and our Sacrament Service.

 Fedral Hall on Wall Street

 The Church is making a large media push in NYC, this is the billboard in Times Square. There were many smaller ads on the tops of the taxis.

Getting punchy on the train trip home. We were all exhausted- the humidity zapped us- but we enjoyed our day.

New York

 From Brandon's camera at Port Jefferson.... We always love to see what huge yachts are docked at the piers. Apparently this one spent a few penny's on gas!

Waiting at DFW....

 I flew out with the boys for a week or so, Brian flew out to spend a few days with us and then came with us to the family reunion in Dallas. Each of the boys had numerous pictures of the airports on their camera's. I guess as we get older the novelty of flying wears off.

 Grandma and Grandpa set up the basement for them to sleep. What an inspired decision! We all know how late the boys sleep in! It was pitch black and quiet and they managed to sleep until 8am most mornings, which helped everyone's moods be much more pleasant!

I put this photo in because it's funny to see myself now and the picture of me when I was 12-13 right behind.

Birthday TimeEither Brandon or I celebrate our birthday when we are on vacation, it happened to be mine this year. The boys made their own pinata, since they didn't like any they saw, made some great water balloon games to play and sent me on a treasure hunt up and down and up and down the stairs. We ended the evening at the beach- it was low tide at West Meadow which means you can walk out a good 1/4 mile from shore. There are plenty of sand bars to play on, crabs and fish galore to catch, and easy waves to enjoy the boats on. We stayed until the sun dipped behind the horizon- peaceful and gorgeous.

San Diego

 4th of July run at Ponto Beach- each year we have run some place different. Quite a bit different running on the sand rather than the pavement!

 And they are off....

 and this is how it ended- no suprises here! You can't keep kids and water separate- its a physical impossibility!

 what-u-looking at mom?

 zach started wanting to get in the water. Still no wet hair at this point in time- so still some work to do!

 He only wanted to get near a boogy board if it was firmly planted on the sand.

 Debating whether the pizza at Seaport village was a thumbs up or down

 Nothing like some serious cheese on your pizza!