Spectacular September 2013!

Other than settling into the routine of school for everyone the only thing going on in September was.....

 That's right, the circus!! : )

Here are some of my favorite parts.....

trick horse riders.....

the high-wire motorcycle acrobat folks.....

the big cats....

some of the other acrobat acts......check this out, the lady at the bottom is hanging by her hair from the hair of the lady above!!!!! OUCH!!!!!

and of course the elephants....... 

 (that I hope they treat so, so, so good!!!)

My all time favorite of course was the dirt bikes in the metal ball of death! But I'm pretty sure I either couldn't get any kind of good picture of them, or my battery died or some other foolishness!!! Ah well, maybe next time! And that takes us to October....

Amazing August 2013

Ooooohhhh, August WAS amazing!! I had a little break between classes so we hit the road! First, we checked out Niagra Falls. 

Then it was on to the Hill Cumorah--that was awesome!

We of course stopped by the Joseph Smith homes--Alan was so kind to pose for pics! : ) 

This first one was in a little log cabin where the family first lived....

Then, they built a bigger house. Joseph Smith hid the plates under this hearth--cool!!!

 There was a huge tree in the yard that I think was planted in memory of one of the Smith's sons that died, but I don't exactly remember the story--yes, Alan posed that way in almost EVERY picture--anyone know the reference, huh, do ya? and no, Nathan is not peeing on the tree--he has his hands in his pockets! ; )

We also visited the Sacred Grove. I would have liked to spend more time at the Grove, but we had cranky people with us so we needed to move on. : ( 

Next up was Hershey, PA, which did not disappoint!! We hit Hershey park where I got a fantastic picture of Alan's roller coaster hair!!! Ha! Ha! Ha!

 Here's Nathan and me on the bumper cars--he really did have more fun than it looks like he did in this pic!!

Here we are on a coaster--except that I cut Nathan's head off.... 

Last stop was Gettysburg, which was a hit with everyone I think! Here the boys are posing with Lincoln.

The month ended with everyone going back to school!! Handsome fellas!!

Whew! Another month done! I'm on a roll!!!! : ) Betcha can't wait for September!!! ; )