Fast Bikes, Going Fast

Ryan and I spent Saturday at NJ Motor Sports Park in Millville, NJ. Good racing, fun times. Ryan got some autographs and we got to eat junkfood all day.

Tooth Faerie's Newest Client

Brendan finally did the last bit of wiggling needed to get that first tooth out. Congrats, buddy.

Happy Birthday, America

Fireworks at Vernon, NJ. They were quite spectacular.

Canada Day Fireworks

A quick vid of Canada Day festivities at Niagara Falls.

Zero

Here's a vid of Shea singing a song, and then getting mad that I'm recording her.

Happy Canada Day

Fireworks at the Falls on Canada Day. It was epic.

Cool Phone

There are tons of payphones in Canada. This one even had a QWERTY pad on it. You'd never see something like this in the USA.

Dinner With a View

We ate at the Sheriton on our last night in Niagara Falls. It was a buffet on the 13th floor and it overlooked the falls. We weren't at a window table, but we were only about 15 feet from the window. This was our view. Not too bad.

Hershey Kisses

The kids apparently really enjoyed the Hershey store at the Falls.

Hi!

Brendan marvels at the statue of Ken Dryden.

Kiss the Cup

Yes, I got to kiss the Stanley Cup. We all got to touch it too.

Putting Shea to Work

Clifford, the Keeper of the Cup, employed Shea for a bit. She got to clean the fingerprints off the Cup.

Score!

So I HAD to have "The Great One" at Wayne Gretzky's in Toronto. It was ok. He was a better hockey player.

Clifton Hill

The gawdiness of Clifton Hill comes to life at night. It's actually kinda cool looking. It's sorta like Las Vegas without the sin. Now I know why there are so many Canadians at Wildwood, NJ... it's just like home.

Falls at Night

The Falls look fantastic at night. You have no idea how hard it is to get this little point and shoot camera to produce a good night shot of a landscape this large. This is probably the only shot worth sharing.

The Butterfly Conservatory

This is where we spent a good part of the day. It was actually pretty cool, except for a certain 3 year old having a complete melt down of epic proportions.

Dad, what are they doing?

They're hugging. Let's leave them alone now.

A Butterfly

enough said

A Rare Find

At the Butterfly Conservatory, butterflies aren't a rare find. With a point and shoot camera, a good picture of a butterfly is a rare find. I had so many pictures get ruined becaue the camera chose to focus on the background which gave me nice, fuzzy pictures of butterflies. This one was clear. Enjoy.

Princesses and Butterflies

Apparently Princesses don't love butterflies. If fact, they're mortally terrified of them. The picture doesn't capture her screaming in terror for a solid 15 minutes.

That Ain't Right

Poor Brendan sat here for like 15 minutes waiting for a butterfly to land on him. This girl walks over for about 10 seconds and one landed on her. I didn't have the heart to tell Brendan.

Family, -1

Here we are (minus Drew who went back home). I used the timer on my camera to take this. I rested the camera on the stroller. We're at the Butterfly Conservatory, which has a pretty amazing array of botanical gardens.

Whirpool

Pretty crazy whirlpool rapids on the Niagara.

The L Tree

We found this weird tree with this weird kid on it.

Post Card

Print, sign, stamp, mail.

Misty

The Maid getting misty, up close and personal.

I've Found the End of the Rainbow...

... and it's attached to this boat.