A Few Pics From NYC

What a great night in NYC this weekend - we packed a lot in to 24 hours!! The feedback was very positive from the boys...this was their favorite NYC Christmas trip yet. I thought it would be fun to take the boys to Serendipity 3 on Friday night for dinner and some of their very famous frozen hot chocolate. I know why it is famous...wow...very yummy. We did some shopping, headed back to the hotel for a few hours of sleep, then woke up bright and early to have breakfast with Santa at the Rock Center Cafe in Rockefeller Center. It was fantastic, and to top off the experience we got to ice skate for the first morning session. It was a blast. The kids had so much fun, even Grady, who spent a good portion of his time falling on the ice. I highly recommend the breakfast - but reservations can go fast so make them as soon as the info is on the web. I did throw one shot from Hershey in the bunch. We made it out there last weekend for Candycane Lane - another very fun day. It was COLD but otherwise we had beautiful weather.

December Is Upon Us

Grady assisting the magic guy at FAO.

Funny faces outside FAO...their new favorite toy store.

First parade.

My little guy and his puzzles.

Conner's "Mackenzie Falls" photo...I believe we called these JCPenney's poses back in the day.

Goofing around .

The boys and their Nana.

And I am guilty of skipping a month - or two - again. The boys have been keeping pretty busy with basketball, cub scouts, and gymnastics. Shawn and I got a chance to get away to Dallas in October to see U2 - which was great! We aren't ones to pick up and travel that far for a night just to see a concert but I'm glad we did. He's been really busy and I know the break was good for him and it was nice for us to spend a couple of days together without the kids. I also traveled to Savannah for my cousin's wedding, enjoying the weekend with my sister and family I haven't seen for a long time.

Once again, we spent Thanksgiving down south. It works out so well having both my mom and Shawn's sister in the same state as we spend the first part of the week with Nana and Brian and the remainder with Shawn's fam. I ran my first half marathon on Thanksgiving morning - in a whopping 2 hours 13 minutes - and thoroughly enjoyed it. We all had a relaxing time at the McIntyre's...who wouldn't when you wake up to find your smoothie waiting for you in the fridge and a homemade muffin on the table...followed by a crazy 2 days of fun with the cousins.

So we are home again and looking forward to fun times planned before Christmas. Hershey Park, NYC, Pittsburgh, and parties. I love this time of year! I just need to remember to have the camera at the ready...