Liberty vs. Minnesota

Aunt Betty, Carol and Brittany joined us for our 2nd WNBA game, and the Liberty won! The kids loved it, and can't wait to go to another game.

More Summer Fun

After a day at Summer Rec Christina went to her friend's house for dinner, Courtney went to the St. Rose Fair with her friends' family, and John took Matt to his baseball game. So Mackenzie and I tried to weave a string bracelet craft, but then she just did my hair up in clips. (Lots of clips!)
I didn't get to make brownies for Christina to bring to her friends' house, so she asked me "What did you do all day?" Hmmm. Pack 4 lunchboxes, brush knots out of 3 heads of hair, drive them to camp, clean 2 bathrooms, 3 loads of laundry, complete lesson 9 of my online course for PHP & MySQL, catch up on phone calls while driving to go see bunkbeds for sale, do the dishes, pick the kids up, skim the pool while they swam, pick up all the bathing suits, towels and toys left outside after last night's storm, and make dinner while listening to thier stories about their day.

WNBA All-Star Game

The East beat the West 98-82. A couple players tried to dunk at the end, and one of them did. The kids got to shoot some hoops at the fanfest outside before the game. The kids' favorite was the Liberty mascot, Maddie, but they really enjoyed the game and were cheering and following it to the end. There was a ceremony and awards for the 10th anniversary of the WNBA, and we got a kick out of seeing Rebecca Lobo and Theresa Weatherspoon honored together, because that's whose shirts Mackenzie and Courtney were wearing.

Cradle Of Aviation Museum

We saw balloons, airplanes, jets and space ships with Uncle Allen on Tuesday. We sat in a cockpit and saw all kinds of real planes and models. Didn't take us very long to go throught it all, but it was cool to see all the ways people have tried to fly.

Just Another Day

Uncle Allen & Aunt Donna joined us at Tobay Beach to swam in the waves, soak up the sun and take home some sand in our pants. After a dip in the pool, Mackenzie made us some Rock N Roll smoothies from our new kids cookbook. Not to be outdone, Christina baked some pizza cookies with Mackenzie's help that were awesome. We ate them after Christina's softball practice. YumeEEE!

Suffolk County Farm

Friday we drove out the the Cornell Cooperative Extension - Suffolk County Farm. We had a great afternoon feeding carrots to horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, and bunnies. We also saw peacocks, a lumpy headed turkey, and ducks. There were some pretty wild looking chickens, from fuzzy to spotted. Their favorite spot may have been the butterfly tent, where Mackenzie befriended a caterpillar she named 'Squishy'. But climbing the hay bales in the barn was pretty cool, too. Later in the evening Uncle Allen and Aunt Donna arrived for a visit.

Saturday we all went to the Met Game with John's company. We were in the picnic area, which had a big buffet with free food and drinks and we sat in the bleachers behind left field. It was hot, but fun.

Christina Runs her first 5K!

Christina and I ran the Massapequa Firecracker 5k. She placed 3rd and I got 2nd in our respective age groups. The triplets ran in the Fun Run and got medals.
Daddy saw Christina off at the start, met her at the halfway point, and I ran back after my finish to run the rest of the way with her down the part that was on the trail.