NYC!

a preface for you... i'm sorry that I haven't posted in months but i'd like to play catch up!
so... i left off in December with putting up our family christmas tree
(funny right since it's now the end of summer)
but here's what i have...i'll be posting a lot over the next couple days so take time to look,
(and comment) on what i've been up to :)

yes, another trip to NYC! i couldn't have my cousin sam from florida come up and not take an adventurous trip to new york. due to the lack of time it was another quick trip, i mean real quick. we left fri afternoon and drove to jersey to stay over at alisha and paul's (thanks so much btw!) and left the next morn, spent the day in the city, and headed home from there. everyone was wiped by the end of the day... but i was the one that had to stay awake and drive us all home coming in very early sun morn.

the Lincoln Tunnel picture is on here because...
it's where Buddy the Elf from "Elf" walked through it!

aren't these light bulbs so huge!

this is the big tree for NYC for Christmas... i didn't think it was as good as the one in Boston

we wanted to go to the top of rockefeller tower but it was too foggy to see anything that day :(

we had to stop at my mom's favorite store for a pin (such a kid at heart right?!)

my cousin didn't but anything but pulled the sweet and innocent act to get a bag from Tiffany's!

this is me and my boyfriend, jk! you can make your own muppet at FAO Schwartz!! fun fun

we visted Central Park, it was a bit foggy though!

here's the gals ;)

We had a blast and can't wait to go again...
next time, definitely have to stay longer. it is really hard and very tiring to do in one day.

before another month passes by...

so here i am trying to make it through last year's posts and it's already the middle of march!! so my next post brings me to christmas, lol! here's just a few shots of what my tree looked like (defintely put away now!), and christmas with my family. one day i will catch up to the present day! until then, just bear with me :)

here is steph decorating... the tree?!

the finished product, we were very proud of what we did :)here are myself, jeff, steph and my cousin sam
at my grandpa's houseand here is my family (my mom's side)
this is minus my brother and sister in law from AZ, and my uncle's kids from NH

Boston with the Y gals!

i love having weekends off because it gives me many chances to go on little adventures! on this particular saturday it took me to boston with 2 friends from work, michelle and suchura. suchira was very excited not only to go to boston, but because it was snowing!! we walked around boston, ate at fire and ice, went to the aquarium, and ended up at quincy market. needless to say, we had a blast!!!

and we're off!!

suchira was so excited because it was snowing out!

and here are michelle and i enjoying the snow, and wind.
it was really cold!a penguin!
i think if i could be any animal, i'd definitely chose this one :)
sting ray
sea dragon
these jellyfish were cool looking!
i just love the colors here
yes, i am an dork!
this picture says it all!
this is the boston christmas tree.... very impressive i must say.

it was time to leave after seeing the tree...it was very cold and windy.
overall a very fun day!

what else....

remember the ice storm back in Dec?! i do, i couldn't even get to work after my multiple attempts and 6 different routes!! after over an hour and a half of trying i was told by a cop to turn around and go home. sweet for me, but no so much for my work which by the way was still open in that wonderful state of emergency! gotta love the YMCA! so i thought i'd be able to rest and relax when i got home, not so much. i ended up driving my dad all over town to find a generator because of the flood in our basement. it was not a fun day... we found a generator, 5 places later and proceeded in multiple buckets of water being hauled out of the basement. we also had to move everything that was downstairs to higher ground, not fun! anyways, a few days later (still without power) i went and took some pics of what the damage was like. enjoy my pics :) i am truely greatful for a roof over my head and power to warm the house.

at least it's not christmas in july!!

almost to the end of the year... next up, Shane and Shane with my gals Jess and Haley!!! it was up in Maine, but leave it to Jess to find out where they were playing! and it was a bonus because Bethany Dillon and Phil Wickham where there too. and better yet, it was a Christmas Concert :)

we spent the day up in Maine and did some sightseeing and shopping. we then ate at this amazing seafood restaurant. here are some fav's from our day...

definitely some great photo spots!

fun times!
only jess would lay on the ground and be crazy :)

we found some fun shops
and these are some funny magnets i came across...so you thought jess was the only crazy one...lol!
yes, i am a moose!!this is the place we had lunch... so yummy!

doesn't it just look sooooo good?!
beautiful cobblestone roads

just have to laugh at this shot...
(i thought that the zoom was on!!)
here's Shane!

and i'll leave you with a video... and a great scripture as well!

catching up, or trying to!!

i'm getting closer to the end of the year. can you guess where i went next??... another trip to PA!!

here are just a few shots from my trip... i went to grandmom and pop pops to meet up with amy and the kiddos first, then to amy's for the rest of the weekend. it was nice and relaxing.

nate and em (can i just tell you that is the loooongest book ever!)

this was the biggest and best playground i've ever been to.
yes, i did play and run around on it! em wanted to be silly....this is what we ended up with!i miss climbing trees....
definitely reminded me of my childhood adventures :)lol, i made emma take this picture with me...she was mortified!...but then had no problems in Walmart...
making faces with this one!!a new adventure was Hershey's Sweet Lights,
it was rainning but worth it. the 3d lights were so neat.so that was my adventure for the weekend...
and now to move onto Dec.
(slowly but surely i'm getting there!!)

friends gathering...

yaay, yaay, the gangs all here!!

this is our thanksgiving eve gathering... (i know, i know...better late then never!)
some of the crowd

i love it that the older gang are around still!!

here are the college kids now... makes me feel old! lol

we had a great time as usual. i enjoyed seeing and fellowshipping with everyone since we don't get to do it that often anymore... it only took us about an hour to all straggle in to Denny's!
(not my top choice, but it was the only place that would hold us all and that we wouldn't get kicked out of by 11pm!)