Haircut

Well this is me with my "long" hair. I got my haircut on Saturday - it was a whim. I haven't taken any pictures yet, so you'll have to patiently wait for that. Just a thought for the day for everyone "Teachers can only do so much, as a parent you are your child's first and best teacher."

Brody

I just really wanted to try this video thing. This one is fun.

Wakeboarding

On Wednesday Todd and I went to a camp on the lake. We got to swim at their private beach, we swung on a rope swing, ate some lunch, and we got to go wakeboarding. This was Todd's first time trying to wakeboard so he didn't actually get up. He got very close one time, but he looked like the bottom picture most of the time.

I've been wakeboarding before so this is what I looked like, however I'm not that good so I didn't stay up to long. It is a lot easier for a lighter person to get up as well.

Magnet Letters

While we were in Maine we stayed at Gram's house. She was such a great hostess. She even did our laundry for us. When we were up at Mum and Dad's house and would get ready to go down to Gram's, Hyrum (before the "cousins" came) and Payton would ask if they could go too. So they would often walk with us and get to play for a few minutes at Grammy Call's house. Payton did this more often than Hyrum, and she would play with Gram's magnet letters. It was funny because she would dump them all out in the living room and then she would take one at a time out to the refrigerator. I guess it didn't occur to her to dump them out in the kitchen or to take more than one.

Bar Harbor and Sandy Beach

I love seafood and so does Todd so one of our main priorities when going to Maine was going to the coast. So we drove up on Thursday and started off at Sandy Beach. Hyrum had to decide if he really wanted to get in or not.

The boys all decided to get in right away even though the water was freezing. I didn't think I was going to until I pretty much got soaked taking Payton out in the water. So I went and changed into my swimsuit.


After the beach we went to The Fish House Grill and had dinner. Todd and I of course ordered the most expensive items, but it was very good. I took a picture of Payton and then Hyrum wanted a picture and then I took one of Todd in his new bib.

Boston

When we flew to the East coast for my first Dow family reunion we planned it so that we could do a little sightseeing in Boston with Eric and Mandy. We really just got to do the Freedom Trail, but I thought it was really cool. Here is us in front of the Paul Revere statue.
This was the one thing Todd wanted to see the most - the U.S.S. Constitution. It was the very last stop for us on the Freedom Trail and it took quite a while to get there. I think we were all pretty hot from the humid weather, and Mandy was probably the worst off due to her "condition". Todd was pretty happy though so we're really glad she didn't complain a bit.
Here's the big boat in all her glory.