Phases of my hair

Well I decided to get a change in my look, after loosing over 20 lbs I was ready. We started in Wed. loved it but Steff wanted to make a few more cuts...so on thurs. we took a lot more off, and then on firday she wanted to adjust he color. So here it is at this point we are still waiting for the color. OK so I have had the color for awhile but here is a pict.

What Hayden did on Summer Vacation

Just a few days into our vacation Hayden started feeling ill. On Sunday he asked me to take him to the Dr. Four hour laters we were admitted into the hospital. It was so hard and so sad all he wanted to do was see his family and friends. We spent 2 nights there and happy to say he is doing better.

Down on the Farm

Well a last minute trip to Az and the boys finally get to see the farm like setting at my Dad's. He has horses, chickens, roosters, dogs and cats.

Chandler graduates Elementary

Can't believe it.....my oldest is movingon to jr. high. It seems like just yesterday we were dropping him off at kindergarten. They make a big deal at his school, the kids had a picnic, got class shirts, pictures, video, then a semi-formal graduation ceremony. Chandler is looking forward to Jr. High. He will be in honors programs.

Goodbye Preschool

It is hard to believe that my "baby" is done with preschool and moving on to kindergarten. He has truly enjoyed his preschool. Before he started he really did not want to go. Thank goodness he was able to go with Jade. The two of them helped each other out. He grew a lot this year, and has become somewhat independent. His favorite thing about preschool was learning "the Frog Song" and building with blocks and I know he loved making new friends. He is a bit like his mom that way. At the picnic they brought in ponies, goats and bunnies. Preston's favorite was the bunnies, he kept going back over to hold him. The look on his face, was priceless.

Happy Birthday New York

Well it is that time of year again...Birthday or New York, well both. This year for my birthday and for Terrie's (27th) we were told to go to New York. So without any prior planning except for a booked hotel room and some train tickets bought the previous day we headed out.
Again we had a great time! We walked and walked and walked in flip flops and rain. I just kept reminding us both to suck in our gut and butt....we would burn more that way.

We arrived at Penn Station, checked our bags at the hotel and headed for China Town and Little Italy. Now remember we have no plans, no purpose except to have fun. We decide that we will find the little odd things in NYC to see. We saw the statue of Senor Duarte, founder of theDominican Republic, a way cool mural, some random cutout, and some Saint.

No purse shopping but did find some cute sunglasses, a necklace and a baseball cap. We had a slice of pizza and some gelato...yummy. After about 4 hours we decided to head back to Time Square and then made a pitstop down in the fashion district, walked by Macys and managed to get a new pair of pants and a tshirt (much needed due to unfortunate weather.) Then back to the hotel where we soaked our aching, filthy feet, cleaned up and headed to none other than Sbarros for dinner...such a yummy place. Then to Mama Mia. I loved that play. Then some more walking around Time Square. Tire and exhausted at midnight we returned to the hotel. My heavy, almost magnetic hands (I was delirious) found myself asleep rather quickly.

The next day we headed for Greenwich village, on a mission to find the Magnolia bakery-famous for their cupcakes. Found them a few hours later but on our way managed to walk through NYU a childrens science festival and some really quaint little streets. The cupcakes were boxed (4 for $10) and began their (yes the cupcakes) trek back to Manhattan, where we were shocked to be drenched when we walked out of the subway, the poor cupcake box was getting soaked and when the umbrella sales lady took them away I thought she might run. No, she put them in a bag to protect them from the rain, now we had to buy the umbrella, well to speed up some details we end up back on the subway and exit by the Theatre were Rent was playing. Terrie has always wanted to see this, I had no idea except she said I would hate it..but some ladies friends never showed up and at that moment we walked by and she asked if we wanted to buy the tickets for $40 so we did. We saw Rent...I liked Mama Mia.

From there back to the subway we had just left in the pouring rain, up to Serendipities that was way to crowded so an early dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. YUMMY! Then some last minute trips to the M&M store, Hershey Store, Dale & Thomas Popcorn Store (All these a must each time you are there) then off to the train station. Where we finally opened our cupcakes. OOPPPSSS, I think they felt like our feet did.

I did leave out details but I bet you get the meat of it. Had a great time. Thanks for reading.

Boston

Another Bus Trip for the Mellons. This time to Boston. I have been here a few times on Business only and never got the opportunity to explore or sight see. We weren't really sure what we were going to do but headed out for an adventure.

Our first stop was the Aquarium, at first I didn't think that this would be a great place, especially since their is so much history in Boston, but I was wrong and we had a great time. The boys got to handle star fish and sea urchins. We went to the top of the tank during one of the shows and they opened it up for questions. Hayden kept raising his hand and the guy would scan and when nobody else had a hand raised he would call on him again. About the fourth time Hayden asks, "What is the name of the baby turtle?" The guy goes on to explain that this is not a baby turtle and more about size etc. Hayden immediately raises his hand again...finally he calls on him one more time and Hayden says, "You still didn't answer my last question, what is the turtles name?" Well the name is Scoop.

We then went over to Quincy Market, this was a huge mall, we had lunch their, it was crazy...five different stops. We then went over to a park and watched the harbor while we planned our next move.

We decided to go ahead and walk the freedom trail. It was interesting for me. A bit of a hard walk with 4 kids and a broken toe....but still fun we make it to the USS Constitution, Bunker Hill was not too far away but we could easily see the monument and at that point it was enough for us.

We began our descent....tired, draggin and took the kids to get icecream. We walked in the shop and the flavors looked so yummy and they had all these crazy dipped cones. So we start to order and the guys says, "ya know, those cost extra"...I said fine, and then looked the other way to the price board.....and then to the notice that says cash only. We begin to stress. I dig through everything I can...$32.00 later for 6 cones. WOW!

Well we ended back up at the museum and the headed for the bus. It was a good trip but we were exhausted.