Life of Sare

We got to take a 5 hour bus tour through Manhattan. We also got to take the ferry across the bay and then back and saw Liberty Island across the way. It was really hot! We also hit up Wall Street and other big areas in NYC. We also got to go into Central Park. Our tour guide took us in and showed us a few things with the big rocks (The park was man made to save some land for recreation in the city. So they had to blast away the rock that made up the island. When they took the rock out they put in in the ocean on an island that they didn't really care about at the time. That island later became Liberty Island!) He also showed us Strawberry Fields, which has no strawberries and no signs telling you what the plant is. Strawberry Fields was dedicated to John Lennon after he died, with the Imagine Circle at the tip or the tear drop. It is now the morning place for all celebrity icons when they die in New York. When we visited it on our tour there was nothing on it so it was a really co...

So we were trying to figure out how to get to our hotel from the bus station. Audra called our hotel and asked for suggestions and they said "oh we will have a limo waiting for you when you get off the bus." I guess we will take it? ha. So year we got to Chinatown and a Limo picked us up from there and took us to the hotel. We had a lot of fun just making jokes about that because who just takes a limo to their hotel? Once we got there we put out stuff in out closet of a room and then went to the Empire State Building. It was really hazy there but it was still cool to be up there.

My mom's birthday happened to be closing ceremonies. Although Logan's team wasn't in the championship we still enjoyed it. I think this has to be my mom's favorite birthday for 4 reasons. 1. Baseball 2. We are at the birthplace of baseball 3. Fireworks 4. Me duh! The championship game was fun to watch. There were ups and downs and 2 girls playing. All the boys wanted their team to win because they were really cute girls. It was funny to watch these boys who are just deciding that girls are okay cheer for the girl. I got to hear silly things like, "OH!!! he just got picked of by a girl!" and "Give it to her ump... she's a girl!" so that was entertaining.

We never got sick of baseball... but we DID get sick of hearing "Sara, Rachel, BEN! stop right there so I can take your picture!" I don't think my mom got one picture of all of us looking, but we are still cute kids and she still loves us. I now want you to all notice Ben and Rachel have Cooperstown clothing on and i dont. this is because Johnny Cupcake is so dear to my heart that I passed up getting Cooperstown gear in order to get my shirt from my favorite store! :] Logan's team continued to do well and we were so excited. We watched at least 3 games a day and made friends with the Giants from Tennessee's parents. They were a fun group. I'm sad they didn't win it all.

We got the oppertunity to ride the train from the Dreampark to the city then go to the Baseball Hall of Fame. It was really cool to be there and see all the stories and such of all these amazing players, managers, men, and women of baseball. we first went through the room with all the inductees. There are so many of them. This is me standing next to someone, i'm not sure who it was but my mom was really excited about it! We then went to a movie about baseball. it was 13 minuets. PERFECT for my attention span! Audra then got a scavenger hunt for Logan so he could get a scout patch. Rachel and I tagged along with them as my mom and Ben enjoied the Hall of Fame together. We were them maybe another hour and a half and my brother and mom were there for 4 or 5 hours! I dont think I could have done that. After the Hall we went and looked around town at the shops and got some pizza before returning back to the park and then we went home.

After the games my dad wanted to take us to the lake in Cooperstown. It was so pretty! While we were there someone had found a new box of cigarettes. As Rachel snapped a picture of Logan, it looked as though Audra and I were standing on the pier smoking (my mom deleted it!). After she yelled it out we all started to laugh and walked back to the grass. It was just a silly moment that we will forever remember and laugh at.

The first day of games was super exciting! It was even better when the Hawgs won! it was also Logan's birthday but we couldnt get up early enough to make him some signs so after the first game we went home and made lots of posters that said silly things about it being his birthday. Being 13, he was very embarrassed, but you cant have a big game like that and not have birthday posters. After his game my dad and Logan got to come back home with us and we had birthday dinner our on the back patio deck thing. We had Spaghetti and his birthday "cake" was actually a cookie and it was really doughy! So yumm! We had so much fun and loved watching baseball all day, and had even more fun celebrating Logie's birthday.

a little late but here come the pictures of the last like 20 days! :] (i'm posting the 10-27 on the 27th! :]) So here I am. We were so glad to get to Boston. I was especially glad because that's where the JOHNNY CUPCAKE STORE is! You all need to visit it! AMAZING! so here i am getting into a cupcake holder warmer thing where they keep the shirts. Oh man that just made my trip! So in Boston we did a lot! We wlked down Newbery Street (which is where JC is!) and looked at all the stores. Went on a Duck Boat, which was fun because it was a tour of Boston on this boat that was driving on land, but then we got to the water and just went right on it! After that we went to a Red Sox game! That was also a lot of fun but we were so stinkin' tired after our long trip to the east. BUT the RED SOX WON!!! yaaaa!

After the storm of the century our street was closed and church was only Sacrament. Houses were flooded and there was not much to do until everything dried out. We ate dinner at Grandma’s then the little kids went and played in the LAKE at the park around the corner. There was a lot of water everywhere outside, but it was dry inside and I enjoyed being with the family, and faking Rachel's engagement with pink diamonds.

There once was a ward of chickens that were not going to church. Bishop Chicken went to the stake president, President Eagle, and told him of the problem in the ward. President Eagle told Bishop Chicken to get everyone to church that week and he would teach them what they needed to know. So everyone from the whole ward came to church (then some went home but the auxiliary leaders were there to collect them again) and President Eagle taught them to fly. First he taught them exercises to strengthen their wings, they could then go up in the air, but couldn’t land because their legs were too short. Then the stake president taught them stretches for their legs, and they could then fly and land. After the closing prayer they ward members were walking home and got hit by a truck. What can we learn from the chickens of the ward? Audra: that the chicken shouldn’t have crossed the road. Our family got the opportunity to feed the missionaries on the fourth of July. We had Hawaiian haystacks...

So, I decided that the third of July is indeed a holiday and it is also my favorite. I think everyone should celebrate it! This year my mom had 75 people (that we could remember and list by name) to her show, last year there were only 5o… At this rate maybe in a few years we will make it a national holiday. It was really fun to be able to see all my family, okay not all of you but a lot of you. I also got to meet some of the people my daddy works with, and we had a lot of friends over too. The picture is of Jordyn and I watching my mom's firework show. It really was THAT GOOD! I LOVE THE THIRD OF JULY!

So you can’t tell but it is like 11:30 in this picture. My day on the 2nd was full of a lot of nothing and I still couldn’t get myself to pack! I hadn’t taken a picture of myself all day so after I was ready for bed I remembered. This picture is kinda funny to me though because not only can you see the tutu and monkey tail from Arizona on my wall, but also how much uneven sun I am getting this summer. Stinking baseball games!