All the cousins out front of the restaurant for a group picture.
Dinner in the aquarium is fun. They have a huge tank filled with all kinds of fish swimming around while you eat. My mom and sister trying to keep youngest entertained.
My son and third cousin acting out in the aquarium. They had so much fun hamming it up all through the exhibits. They look very worried about whats ahead!
This picture cracks me up. I don't know if its the starfish stuck on the glass or the curly hair and smile!
Oldest cousin and DH enjoying the touch tank exhibit. You can touch little stingrays as they swim by.
At sunset we rode the giant Ferris wheel to get a great view of downtown. I rode with the two boys and they made our car sway and I was so scared. They got a kick out of terrifying their mom and aunt.
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Here are pictures from the first day of school. My son was not thrilled that I was going to snap pictures of him.
Yes, my baby entered Fourth Grade with a fractured finger. The Thursday before at football conditioning camp he got his ring finger caught between two helmets and snap. He didn't complain a lot after wards but his finger swelled up and turn blue. All the dads and coaches at the camp didn't think it was broken so we didn't do anything right away. Over the weekend he caught his finger in the refrigerator door and I thought he was going to die! So we took him to the emergency room and they X-rayed and found out that it was fractured. Two weeks of wearing a splint is no fun!
Now these were a splurge. I love to to peruse the aisles of a shoe store, looking at all the new styles and designs. I love to try on shoes. When I saw these I just had to have them. They look like a high end designer but cost under $75. Some may say that wasn't a splurge but I really didn't need a new pair of sandals especially with the end of summer approaching. But I love them! Now I need to go get a pedicure!
Have you found any clearance items for yourself lately??
From School Library JournalGrade 8 Up–As Adèle Geras did in Troy (Harcourt, 2001) and Caroline B. Cooney did in Goddess of Yesterday (Delacorte, 2002), Tomlinson tells the story of the Trojan War from the perspective of a young woman caught up in its prolonged fury. Like the women in her family before her, Myrina knows her destiny lies in serving for seven years as a Moon Rider, a warrior priestess better known as an Amazon. The Moon Riders, worshippers of Earth Mother Maa, perform ritual dances for the nomadic tribes of Asia Minor, but they are also highly trained fighters and are more than ready to strategize and go to battle to protect their homelands when the Achaeans invade the shores of Ilium. Myrina plays a pivotal role in some of the war's key events and encounters most of its major players, from the prophetess Cassandra to crafty Odysseus to rampageous Achilles. The fierce and heroic Myrina and her fellow Moon Riders add a strong dose of girl power to the well-known mythology that will likely inspire and delight readers, especially fans of Tamora Pierce's work. Tomlinson also carefully creates surprising facets for her legendary characters–even Paris and Helen aren't entirely the arrogant, thoughtless couple they are often portrayed to be. While not quite up to the standards set by Geras and Cooney, this is an exciting, richly detailed novel with a fresh twist.
