New York City, New york

                                New York was an amazing place to visit, with all of the skyscrapers and cool sites. we saw many things, and I will rate them below.

1. The Met museum: 8/10-the met was a very cool museum, with lots of ancient artifacts and paintings. After a while, though, you might start to lose interest in seeing similar paintings. A thing I would do again.
2. The Empire State building: 9.5/10-really cool to see, though there was a bit of a wait. a really cool thing to do.
3. Central park- 10/10 -Very beautiful, and the central park zoo has some great animals!
4. statue of liberty 12/10-the best part of are trip! 100% flawless!

See the next post for pictures of New York

the pettit family reunion

                    July not only had a big trip, but lots of cousins! It was the family reunion, and we were going to east canyon reservoir state park to do some kayaking. we had a great time. the best part was when my kayak capsized and I was thrown into the water! we stayed in a cabin in Morgan, Utah which was about ten minutes from the lake.
                        

Going to Goram scout ranch

                           Being an 11 year old scout, it was time to go to another campout. My position, outdoor ethics guide, means I was ,kind of the leader on the campout. I slept in a tent that was already pitched, and had 2 buddies: Dallin and Ryan. we all had a great time. I think my favorite part was swimming because I passed the swim test. I had tons of fun, and learned many cool songs.This is my 2nd campout, and am currently a tenderfoot.

grand tetons National park

                    On are way back from Yellowstone we took a side stop at grand Tetons national park. It is Right below Yellowstone. we saw deer, and an elk. the big part was seeing the pretty mountain sides around the park. Another highlight was taking a boat through the river to a trail(we didnt do the trail because we were on the clock)and had a good time. (pictures below)

pictures at yelloestone

                                                   

                           

Are trip to Yellowstone

                Are trip to Yellowstone National park was awesome! If you haven't gone, you need to go. on day 1 we went to the west entrance and saw first thing, a spring.It was awesome.the next day was probably the best. we saw 2 bear.,antelope, Bicon,dear, and osprey.

           The day next was geyser day for us. we say we stayed at old faithful hotel.
                                                   to see pictures go to pictures at yelowstone post

Are trip to Durango, Colorado

                        Are trip to Durango, Colorado was very fun. we went to Mesa Verde National park, a park with cliff dwellings.Me and my family were able to tour the site, and saw many cool things. we stayed at cascade village and rented a condo. we also went to the Purgatory ski resort(before known as Durango mountain resort). we went on the alpine slide, which was very fun, however while on the ride, we saw what appeared to be a beaver. In all are trip was successful.

My first 2017 Isotopes game

                   Here in Albuquerque, we don't have many sports teams. But one team this city really cares about is  the Albuquerque Isotopes , a minor league baseball  team whom is really fun to watch. The game I saw was with me and a friend. We had a suite, and it was awesome. All though the Topes lossed to the Tacoma rainiers, I still had a great time.

Spring training in Arizona

              How many of you have been to spring training for baseball?  If you haven't, you really should go.The spring training in Arizona is called the cactus league. It has at least over half of all baseball teams in MLB and all of the teams minor league players as well. We saw the Cubs of Chicago beat the Japan baseball team, and the Colorado Rockies beat Cleveland Indians. It was all quite fun, and on top of that we got plenty of autographs. My favorite was Charlie Blackburn signing my ball because one hes such a good player and two he told me a nice thing.
                                                                   

san diego

             my family's trip to San Diego was a blast, thou the trip started pretty rough. we flew from Albuquerque to lax airport, then drove to a condo near the ocean. the first day of the trip we were very unhappy because d-man was sick. but the second day, we went to Lego land and rode about ten rides.one ride however,we got stuck on so we got a what we would think of as a free fast pass(you had to buy them).I got many good pics of Lego creations, many star wars.

         the 3rd day of the trip we took a hour cruise of the bay, again taking many pics. after that we boarded the USS midway, a retired aircraft carrier that is now a museum.I didn't get many pics this time because my cam was almost dead. however, I learned lots about the ship.
                                                                   

the USS midway

       the fourth day was sea world. on a Thursday. and it was empty. we were one of just about 500 people. but, it was great. we went on the manta ride 6 times. we also learned that sea world has no great white sharks because they don't have room.
                                                                           

a humpback whale

             the fifth day was rest day. we went to the beach most of the day looking for shells and boogie boarding. we didn't find one shell.
 the sixth day was back to sea world. we spent most the day at the rides because it was a Saturday and there was no room in any exhibits.
                                                                     

peuguins

       the seventh day we went home. this was are trip to San Diego.

balloon fiesta weekend

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

        How many of you readers to my blog have a balloon fiesta near you?You do, its nothing compared to Albuquerque's balloon fiesta. Albuquerque's balloon fiesta is the largest in the world, with over 100 special shapes and more than 600 regular balloons, it is a fantastic site. I went to the balloon fiesta with my cousins and got many balloon cards. There were also many attractions  at the balloon fiesta. There was a NASA tent were kids could grab posters and other stuff. There was also a 7-11 tent were you could win 5$. This was what I saw at the balloon fiesta.

a fish special shape

 

 

no. 19 boise st. vs lobos

                                                            boise st. vs. lobos

       on the 7th of October, I saw my first lobo game since september was with my cousins, M ason, from Utah and Kolson from Idaho( which meant sitting next to a Boise state fan).the1st quarter, lobos were down 21-7. for the 2nd,the lobos were down 35-7 for the 3rd, the lobos were down 49-7. for the fourth, the lobos fell 21-49.

lobo football games and standings

                   Lobo football standings,and games

mountain west standings

mountain division

 Boise state 0-0
 air force 0-0
Colorado state 0-0

Wyoming 0-0

New Mexico 0-0
Utah state  0-0

west division

  San Diego state  0-0

Nevada  0-0 

Unlv  0-0

San Jose state  0-0

Fresno state  0-0

Hawaii 0-0
 games
Lobos
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Stats

 passing yards per game: 0 rushing yards per game:0  yards per possession: 0  yards per play:0

 

our lobo football game

The football game

             You know how every state has a main college? Well, here in new Mexico, are team is unm(the university of new Mexico lobos). The unm lobos have had a very bad few sasons, some with barely 3 wins, others that were great(2013 4-5, 2014 3-6, 2015 7-2 ). my dad got us ticketts to every home game, and this one was aganst south dakota(i'll have a post of the whole seasons games, starting today)This game the lobos had the ball first, and led the first 14-7. then we led at half 28-14. for the third we led 42-14. finally for the 4th the final was 48-21.

moms b-day

      mom's b-day

         my moms had a birthday! her birthday was on the 7th, and she was really excited. she got to face time her parents. when it was time for cake, I was shocked. the cake was so good and rich. when it was time for presents, she got 2 workout shirts, a 20 LB weight,and some clothes. It was a great birthday in all. This was my moms birthday.

Our trip to Glorieta

           Our trip to Glorieta's lake

             
        All right.I've written about things in February, but I'm now going to write the present time in my family. these posts may not have pictures until further notice so if its boring I'm sorry.

     On Saturday, me,my bother, and I were cleaning the church when my dad heard about a place called Glorieta, a man-made lake next to the real town called Glorieta. At first, I didn't like wearing a life jackett, but I realized why I had one on soon enough. There were giant slides that when you came down, you got pulled under and then came back up. After we swam, we went to a rock wall. Me and my brother went up nearly to the top but we could not reach the next stone so we jumped. We went twice in all, but were unsuccessful. We had to leave because of rain and lightning, but we had a good time. this was or trip to Glorieta.

                                   

Dawsons 1st birthday

                                                             2016 spring
                         Dawson's birthday
Dawson's 1st birthday did not turn out to be as we had thought. Dawson loved the presents, but he did not eat the cake.

                           the cake we tried to give to Dawson.
 
 he ate the cookies, but he just wouldn't eat the cake. How ever the next day he ate the cake. so he must have not ready for a cookie monster.

 This was Dawson's birthday.



                               

going to Disney land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                          
  
                                           Going to Disney land
In the spring, my family went to Disney land. It had changed a ton, with space mountain now hyperspace mountain, and the now day Tomorrow land changing into star wars land, it is pretty much was a success, and Dawson, who was barely a year old, loved the characters but hated the hat my dad got him(it hurt his neck).I personally thought that the only problem about Disney was there service. we had a lot of fun trading pins as well.

                                                                                we trade pins with a Disney staff member
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we also went to the beach and had a great time.Dawson had a blast.

I happened to go into the water to find sea shells because i think you have to go into the water to find the best shells. All in all, that was our trip to California.