Going...

Going...

Gone

Halloween

We continued the yearly tradition of a family theme

"Grease"

wish I had taken more pictures, wish I had started on the costumes earlier, sometimes wondering why I make their costumes each year :)

thankfully the girls loved the night, school party, fluffy skirts and pumpkin picking

Where life goes

in a blink...

summer has become fall and is quickly becoming winter


here were a few pics I never got around to posting


Aubrey was giving Jo scooter lesson,


"chin up, look ahead, be brave" she was repeating to Jo

Are you a gerbil?

Our good friends introduced my kiddos to a "gerbil" ball

Each individual cell is filled with air

the kiddo climbs into the middle and

can somersault or be rolled around the yard

Each one loved, especially little J

NY Moments

The girls and I returned from our annual NY trip
It's always an exhausting, fun, busy week
We went to the usual spots
Ate at a few new places
and were able to get tickets to view this
So worth it
What a feeling
This was my eighth trip to NY
Trip one provided a view of the WTC from the Statue of Liberty
Trip two was a year after the 9/11 attack, a visit to the church next door left tears in my eyes
Trip five, Rob's hotel was two blocks from WTC. Every morning we walked to the metro and peeked through the construction fence. It was a giant hole
Trip seven, movement was happening...things were being built
This trip, there is an eighty foot building next to the footprints of the WTC. There is a giant American flag draped over the building. There is purpose and energy
The memorials are beautiful, the flags and pebbles again bring tears to my eyes
Next trip the building will be even taller