December was such a great month, just busy for our household. The kids school projects, band concerts, swim meets, etc... didn't slow down until after the Christmas break started- so their two week hiatus has flown by. The boys started basketball, it's a first for both of them, and Presley is already facing the end of her first year on the Varsity swim team at school. Swim meets will continue, but with her club team, not the school. She has had a tremendous year- and has had a blast with all the people she's met.
December for me started out with a huge BANG!! I mean, it doesn't get much better than this for me--- It's "The Most Wonderful Time of the YEAR!" and I'm jetting off to one of my favorite places of all times!!
Did I give it away? I'm not too sure what I love about this place- it's AMAZING though! I honestly would go back weekly if I could!!
AHHHH - New York City
And I truly don't even consider myself a city girl- until I step foot off that plane, then I feel like there is no other place for me to be! The only set back I have is that my family hasn't gone together. Jerry and I have gone, and I've gone with friends- but the kids are dying to go, and we haven't taken them yet! So maybe I will make a New Year Resolution! I would love to share this love of mine with the little ones I love so much! I know Owen would go crazy with the subway, Presley would go crazy with the shopping, and Jake would go crazy if he could go to any NY sport venue! Nonetheless- this trip was a girls trip and we Shopped, ate, shopped, walked, shopped, subwayed, shopped, ate some more, shopped, slept, and then we shopped! I was smart enough to pack an extra bag in my suitcase for purchases-! I came home with nearly my entire Christmas list for Jerry to wrap and put under the tree for me. (At least he didn't have to worry about returns)
I went with my girlfriends Jodi and Melinda and Melinda's sister Jeannie- we couldn't have had a better time. First thing on our list was to purchase hats from a street vendor-
I was totally lovin' my red hat- a little out of my box, which was good!!
There are seriously no words to describe our "Ride" from the airport. I know I had it on my "to-do" list, get the number for a car company to pick us up! Well, it didn't matter, because we were so excited that our luggage made the tight connection in Chicago, that we knew everything else would happen to go our way! Well, that's when Melinda met Andre! Andre is just a good upstanding NYC citizen, that is out making a good living. Well, as we followed Andre to his car (in the dark parking garage, where no one else seemed to be parked)I started feeling a little HMMM, I guess uneasy! So I decided to take a picture of Jodi with my cell phone- with the license plate in the background. (And whoever accused me of NO common sense- come on!!)
Turns out that wasn't such a Brilliant idea! I considered still texting the pic to Jerry, surely CSI could zoom in and get a license plate number is we came up missing, Right? Well- I'm so busy taking the picture, the girls decide to all jump in the backseat, which was SO GREAT- I got to ride in the front with Andre, in his "Qui Mobile". Excuse my french, but "Holy Crap"- I didn't go to NYC to die! I have never seen New York City like this before. Let me just say- Andre had a horn on the back of his steering wheel, he didn't stop for anything or anyone- but he was nice enough to honk at them and give them a warning, and if the person in front of him wasn't doing what he wanted them to, he would just open his center console and touch one of who knows how many buttons to make a noise on, yep you got it, the speaker on the outside of the "Qui Mobile". The one used most often was the "Police Siren", the "Police Horn" was used once or twice just to tip people off. It was a Wonderful way to start the trip!! We got Andre's card, I guess as a souvenir- Cuz Lord knows we weren't calling him for a ride back to the airport!!
But anyway- we had so much fun! Here are a few pictures of our fun weekend!
I was crowned the Subway Queen, I had three rookies on my hands! You can't go to New York City and not ride the Subway!
We went to the "Top of the Rock"
It was snowing in this picture- we had just come out of Bloomingdale's!
We took a carriage ride thru Central Park
And we made our way down to Little Italy for dinner and dessert one night!
I was happy to get home to see the family, but I'm ready to go back at any time!!!
Once again this year, I tried to get pictures of the kids for Christmas cards! This task seems to get harder and harder as the kids get older! I thought I would share a few of the pictures that didn't quite meet my "Christmas Card" standards.
I don't know- Are my standards just too high?? I guess if I could have gotten Owen in the last picture, that would have worked!! (Hmm!) I told the kids we could try another day. So we did get better results second time around, but come on now- How hard is it to smile, and act like you're loving the ones your with!!!
We had a snag in a Huge Christmas Tradition, thanks to the weather. We didn't make it to Church services on Christmas Eve- the kids missed singing with the Agape Choir- it would have been Jake's first time to join in the "Hallelujah Chorus". No one was happy about the decission, but I am not a fan of icy roads and that's what we had! We hung out with my parents and go home safely- and just enjoyed being together!
New Years Eve was very enjoyable- We went out to eat with Grandmom and Papa, and Presley's newest "Friend" Cade! Presley went to a party at Cade's after dinner and we played "Sequence" with my parents. Jake did let me know that "New Years Eve is so much better than New Years Day- New Years Day it feels like all the celebrating is over~!" and Owen wanted to know when I wished him "Happy New Year!" New years morning, " Do we get to open presents for Happy New Year?" Enough said- Right???
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