Horseheads High School Graduation

Today, Allison Portlock (Kendra's youngest sister) graduated from High School with Honors. Her she is proudly holding her diploma. She is headed to Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina (http://www.appstate.edu/)

Mom, Dad, Allie, Kendra, Matt & Alexis

Not so camera shy anymore!

It seems Lexi is warming up to the camera! She is more willing to look when I say "Look!" and smile when I say "Say Cheese!" I dropped our camera a couple of weeks ago and a lot of our pictures have been coming out fuzzy... sorry!

Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Matt & Kendra at Yankee Stadium- tonight was a Regional Family Home Evening Activity for the LDS church at Yankee Stadium. Over 4000 mormon from all over the NY/NJ/CT area gathered to cheer on the Yankees. Needless to say, the beer sales in our section were quite low that evening. Sadly, the Yankees lost 5-4, but we did get to see Hideki Matsui hit one out of the park!

Tea Party!

One of Matt's mentors invited several of her "mentorees" and colleagues to Tea Time at the Hotel Carlyle (http://www.thecarlyle.com/). Here we are enjoying the experience (that's ginger ale in my champagne glass).

A fabulous array of tea sandwiches, scones & pastries served along with our choice of tea in our very own teapot.

Heat Wave

We have had some awfully hot weather lately! Here it is 95 degrees outside and Lexi insists on wearing a sweater and socks!

Matt grows a goatee

Matt's goatee- Matt started growing his goatee when he couldn't really shave due to a cold sore. Then he decided to keep going... and this is the night before he finally decided to shave it off. Isn't he hot? "It feels like there is a perpetual bug on my face."

Hooray!!

We are back in business! Thanks to the wonderful techie Patrick who helped us figure out the problem with our "Hello" photo uploading software!! Below you can see some photos from our trip to Coney Island and Matt's trip to a Mets game with his students.

Mets vs. Reds at Shea Stadium

Some of Matt's students at the Mets game

The Wonder Wheel at Coney Island

Walrus feeding time at the Coney Island Aquarium

Apology

Sorry folks... I have been having trouble with the software we use to upload pictures. I have tried re-installing and all sorts of things, but I just have to wait until I hear back from Technical Support. We have some great pictures of our trip to the Coney Island Aquarium, and Matt's first baseball game in New York. He got to go on a field trip with his students see the Mets play at Shea Stadium in Queens. He has enjoyed quite a few fun perks as a teacher! I'll post them as soon as I can.

Revlon 5K Run/Walk for Cancer

Today we participated in the Revlon Run/Walk for Cancer. It was a very rainy day, which made it interesting, but it was a great time anyway! Over 35,000 people participated, so it was hard for us to ever get into a space where we could really walk fast or run, but nevertheless, we enjoyed our time together supporting the cause of Cancer Research. Almost everyone was wearing a sign on their backs stating who they were walking in memory of and we were saddened to see how many YOUNG people were walking in memory of their mothers. Many, many, many thanks to John & Ruth Elliott (Kendra's grandparents), Richard & Joan Cope (Matt's parents) and Aliisa Leon (a friend of Kendra's) for their generous donations/pledges to cancer research!! So many people have been affected by cancer...

We "raced" in memory of Matt's granmother, Klea Worsley

We were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints team.

Confetti to begin the race

Aunt Allie, Mom and Lexi at the FINISH line- We were SOAKED!

The Bronx Zoo

Today we went to the Bronx Zoo with Grandma Susan, Steve Snedecor (Kendra's cousin) and Mom & Dad. It was kind of drizzling rain when we arrived, but it cleared up by the early afternoon. We saw lots of great animals, and Lexi loved to growl and wave at them. We saw monkeys and sea lions, birds, giraffes, baboons, a red panda, deer, buffalo, and tigers! We even got to watch them feed the tigers! This is not a great picture, but we had to get a shot of Alexis the Tiger! Here she is wandering off to the back of the yard.