Florida Keys!

We spent a week at Gin & George's beautiful house on Duck Key. Our friends Lee, Laraine, Ben and Allie came, too! Here's some of the fun things we did...

We played in the water with a dolphin named Pax...

We explored Key West (an eye opener for the kids!)...

We caught fish in the canal out back...

Found cool snails and coral at Sombero Beach...

Saw amazing fish on a snorkel trip (Christina's got a little scar on her arm from a jellyfish sting!)...

...and visited Monkey Jungle in Miami before getting on the plane back to NY.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

All the summer softball and baseball games are over. No more sitting on benches or on the grass getting bug bites and hearing "is it over yet?" from the whoever wasn't playing. And tomorrow we go on vacation! Yahoooo! We'll be in the Florida Keys for a week with our pals the Tunicks.

Go Mom Go!

I ran in the Massapequa Merchant's Mile on Saturday morning. Not a big race, maybe 50 women, but I came in around 11th with a time of...(drumroll please)...6:05! I beat my high school time of 6:06! John and the kids were at the finish cheering me on. I felt great and I still can't believe I did such a good time. I won 2nd in my age group. Yay for me!

Christina's Overloaded Week

Christina survived a busy week. It started last Monday with playing cello at Summer Music class, then to Summer Rec, after that she went right to soccer camp where I picked her up early to go to a softball game. She was pooped, but happy. Fortunately there was no schoolwork to do, or there would be some whining. This schedule went on through the week, with a concert with the whole orchestra and band.

Went to Adventureland, our local amusement park, on Monday. We were supposed to go with some friends, but they couldn't make it. John was supposed to meet us after work, but he had to finish cutting down a dead tree in our yard. So we had a great time by ourselves, and rode just about every ride. Courtney wouldn't go on the Musik-Express ride that spins in a circle at 90 miles-an-hour, but we got her on the Lady Bug roller coaster. This is a pretty decent little coaster and has some fast turns. By her 3rd time on it Courtney had her arms in the air! I told her we're training her to become a real roller coaster rider.

We played alot of squirt gun games to win junky stuffed animals. I hate 'em. The kids love 'em. Some favorite rides were the swings, the Hip-Hop (up and down drop), and the Alligators. You get soaked on that one if you can stear your alligator through the water fall. Matt was great at this, and Courtney finally just went with him so she'd get wet. It was so hot out it felt great. The others tried to get Courtney on the Musik-Express, but she refused, saying "Hey! I'm just in training!"

We all rode the log flume. The ferris wheel is great because we can all sit together, but my favorite is the carousel. It's one of the nicest ones around.