Wednesday, September 11, 2013

nyc #randr


I have the best husband ever- who arranged a trip for my 
dearest college friend shannon and I to meet up for some 
RandR in NYC.  yep he even put us up in the one and only
waldorf astoria!
Man i love him!!



our first night we checked out a few scenic places before meeting up with my high
school friend/ college roomie courtnie.
court took us to the best chinese place ever, to check out the 9-11 memorial and see the statue of liberty and night.  



(this is why you don' have your server who doesn't speak english 
take the picture for you- sooo blurry.  bummer)


shan and i had to hang out in times square every night... i mean it is nyc!


shan has a bit of a food obsession- so had to hit all of her must eat spots or treats
shake shack was on her must do list.  


and to work off the shake shack, we rented bikes and made the 2 hour loop around central park.
it was a perfect day for it- the weather was amazing and we had a great time





we finished up the night at the worst broadway show ever...
nice work if you can get it....
great seats- super expensive- and we thought about leaving at intermission.
too bad


we decided to walk the brooklyn bridge and eat at grimaldi's.  
great pizza and an amazing walk/ view.  I would say this is a must.








we finished up our night at newsies
this made up for our first show because it was amazing!
maybe one of the best broadway shows i have ever seen.  I mean really does it
get better than a whole show of singing and dancing guys?!  yep amazing.


our last day we had the most amazing brunch.  shan would kill me if she 
knew i couldn't remember where we went?  but it was yummy.
i made fun of shannon every time she took pictures of her food- so here you
have it.. our breakfast of champions.



then we hit the gardens at central park.  


(we may have gotten a little lost in a pretty sketchy area on our way there- but
it had some amazing views)












i was so sad to say goodbye to shan and nyc.  
we had a great trip and it was fun to get back to my kiddos after!
thank you to the best husbands ever for making it happen. 




Tuesday, September 3, 2013

strawberry fun


those who know me... know that i am not a huge fan of 
north carolina.  at least fayetteville where we live.  I will be so sad to say 
goodbye to friends when we leave- but so happy to leave this town behind.
that said.... one thing i love love love about nc...
strawberry picking.  it is divine.  
i love it- my kids love it.  and we all end up sick to our stomaches.  
and it is worth every berry!





kid fun



this crew is so excited to play this summer.  

(although i must say with the boy girl mix-
there sure is a lot of flirting going on.  ugh.
aren't we too young for this??!)

cam, sarah, julia, tim and braden

being a kid


some moments i realize just how lucky i am to be a mom
when kids are just being kids and are so dang cute...
those really are the best moments. 
this is all her.  
(and that dang horse comes with us everywhere- especially up and down
every aisle of the grocery store)




baby baby babies


for some reason i forget to take pictures of my friends.  so i leave and have a million
of my kids with their friends.... and none of my own.
so i actually snagged a couple at camilles baby shower

camille and margie

aundrea and kendra

katie and paige

me and heidi

camille, margie and elizabeth

me and kates- the party planners!