the rebuttal

i really did have my own blog post almost ready- it was a perfect thought doing cartwheels in my brain. you know- the gymnast worthy, one handed kind of cartwheels. really great stuff.

my posts are always like that, but for some reason i sit down at the computer and my acrobatic thoughts fail to communicate with my impatient i-want-to-post-and-be-done-with-it fingers.

so i settle and hope that i still get a few comments out of the deal.

which means i can't complain that my blog was hi-jacked by terrorists

(sorry, we've been watching a LOT of 24 lately).....

well, one big crafty sinister yet very good looking (and well-meaning) terrorist.

don't worry-he is serving his time as i type.

he is right though, we have been busy lately,

dc was lots of fun, but kind of forever ago.

as was new york

(thank you sam and amy)

eli always picks up the phone and talks of his long lost millie love.....more on that later.

all of the new york pictures happen to be from coney island, regrettably we were too lazy to pull out the camera otherwise.

it was a fun relaxing day and a really, REALLY long train ride. really. like over an hour, which we were not expecting, i thought 30 min. tops. nope. not even close.

we made up for it playing lots in the sand and water

we ate at the original nathan's famous (the best hotdog ever. promise.)

we did not 'shoot the freak'

or ride the ferris wheel.

or the teacups.

or anything for that matter.

just the train (twice).

good times, and eli's first beach experience, so, well worth it.

and lastly,

a farewell to long,

unruly,

unmanageable,

and frequently quite disheveled locks.

it was time.

knowing i would be cutting my hair off i told brady

we needed to get some last minute family pictures in case

(1) i hate it (and i confess, i don't love it)

and/or

(2) i have difficulties wanting/remembering how to actually do my hair.

(actually both are true in this case)

but family pictures were a success even in the unfriendly-to-my-frizzy-hair humidity

the kimbles joined the fun bringing another camera and some professional ski resort experience.

and their cute little luke whom eli refers to as 'yuke'

everything is more fun with 'yuke'.

maybe in another month i will get pictures of the new hair on here too......

p.s. be sure to click on the collages, they are so much easier to see that way!