Vacation part two - Niagara Falls!

We stayed in Niagara Falls for two nights, we really only went sightseeing one day because of the driving, but we had a lot of fun. We rode the Maid of the Mist and went behind the falls and to the butterfly conservatory. I bought a waterproof camera to take on Maid of the Mist, but just my luck, when I took it to get developed the machine was broken so I haven't been able to see those pictures yet! Hence why I love digital cameras! We found this great restaurant in the shape of a spaceship and ended up eating there three times. And I bought a sweatshirt and promptly spilled pizza sauce on it and haven't been able to get the stain out.

This is me trying to get a butterfly to land on me

 

 

 

Vacation 2008 - first stop

I went with my parents and two brothers on a trip to New York and Canada - our first stop was to see my sister and her family in upper state New York. We ended up staying for four days instead of three because of car problems, but my nephew was thrilled with the extra day off of school! It was pretty relaxing, we hung out and played pool and ping pong. Luckily it wasn't too hot.
Here we are in Will's room watching tv

Will and grandfather playing a game

Can you see the cat sitting on the bench next to the table? Apparently she does this at every dinner.
Some of the kids.

Another Upgrade For Our House!

We got our new fridge today and I'm so excited to have a bigger, nicer fridge! It was a little interesting maneuvering the fridges around the end of the island, something neither Chris nor I thought about. Plus they had to take our front door off so the fridges would fit through. Then the new fridge almost didn't fit in the space! Chris and I were all concerned about it being too tall, but the problem was it was too wide. Luckily I don't think we'll have to move it anytime soon because it's pretty jammed in there. Now all of our appliances match, yeah! And it was a great way to clean out the fridge.

Memorial Day

We had a pretty fun Memorial Day, we went to a picnic breakfast with our church, where one of my friends' one year old daughter finally decided I was okay to be friends with and actually reached for me! Then we drove down to my parents house, went to see Indiana Jones and then had a bbq. That was the fun part. The not so fun part was getting attacked by the "pet" squirrel, who, I guess has decided to only like my dad. I don't think I have to worry about rabies, but I definitely do not like the squirrel anymore.

My dad, the chef! He didn't really know I was taking the picture. I swear Chris wasn't drinking, even though he looks a little woozy Thomas and I trying bratwurst for the first time.

American Idol party

I have faithfully watched American Idol for all seven seasons, but this was the first time I'd watched the finale with friends, it was so much more fun! We had snacks and chatted and cheered when our favorite contestants got their turn to sing. I like both Cook and Archuleta, but I'm glad Cook won. Giles thought to take a picture of us as they announed the winners, I'm the only one in the picture who was hoping for Cook to win, you can kind of see the look of disappointment on Sommer and Jeanne's faces.

Roxy's new friends

Roxy has decided that she loves looking outside, so we bought a bird feeder to put on the deck, hoping that lots of birds would come so she'd have something to watch. We've only had one or two birds, but we've had several squirrels who don't seem to mind being watched by a cat. Normally I would be mad at the squirrels for stealing the bird food, but the whole point was to have something for Roxy to watch, and it works!

Key Largo, FL part 2 - dolphins dolphins dolphins!

I could write a whole book on how much fun I had swimming with dolphins - I want to do it every day!  Blogger only lets me put five pictures on each post, so these are my favorites.