New York, New York!

So last Tuesday I received an email from Delta about last minute flights to New York.  $219 round trip for a non-stop flight.  It's totally insane, but I called my sister and mom and we decided to go.  We left on Saturday and got back this morning.  It was a surreal trip that was awesome!  We saw two Broadway plays (Mary Poppins and Lion King).  I'm still singing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and wish I could've memorized the dance that went with it...it was awesome.

We took a walk through Central Park on Sunday on our way to church at the Harlem ward....my poor mom walked the whole way in high heeled shoes and her feet were not very happy with her afterwards.

I have more stories to tell, but they'll have to wait for later posts.

Autumn

Blake figured out how to make a big mess without driving mommy crazy.

He certainly did enjoy himself.  

Happy 7th Birthday Max

Today Max turned 7.  Technically he still isn't 7 until 11:59 tonight, as David tried to explain to Max tonight while tucking him in, but we'll let it slide. 

Max has been such a hilarious little kid in our family.  He is certainly starting to grow up and we are starting see him moving into another stage of life.  I miss the little boy who used to play with my hair when I'd tuck him in at night, but I also love the fact that today when he came home from school he ran inside, pulled out his homework and started working on his math before I said anything.  
He's growing up and there isn't much we can do about it.  

Happy Birthday Max.  

Fresh Salsa

My neighbor went out of town and asked me to bring in her trash can.  When I did I noticed some beautiful tomatoes in her garden that may not make it upon her return.  I called and asked her if she minded if I raided her garden.  Luckily for us, she didn't mind a bit.

I'm not much of a cook, and I have to follow the recipe with exactness if it's going to work out, but somehow Salsa has become one of my specialties.  I don't need a recipe, just looking at the portions of tomatoes, onion, serrano peppers, and cilantro seems to work for me.
Oh, and it works just fine for my kids as well.  I swear each of my kids ate their weight in salsa tonight and that includes Blake who isn't pictured here because we had to put him in the bath after his go-round with the salsa bowl.

Bibbity Bobbity Boo

We had a great time on our trip to Disney World.  David and I both commented, however, that the 4 parks were so spread out and large that we felt a little overwhelmed trying to see everything.  The last time I was a Disney World I was 10 years old and can still remember little bits of the trip.  I wanted to make sure that my kids had memories to last as well.  Blake was left at home and had a wonderful time with David's mom (I figured being 5 months pregnant AND taking a 19 month old would be enough to make it a little less of a vacation for us all. :)

My mom was the one who made it all possible for all 21 of us to go on this trip.  This is a picture of the 9 grandkids that came (two were left home) and my mom with the fairy godmother.  
Time out for popsicles.
For the most part my kids wanted nothing to do with the characters.  When I'd say "Hey look there's ______, do you want to go see them?"  My kids would reply with  "nah".  But for some reason they both wanted their picture taken with Pinocchio.  I thought it was hilarious that he would be their character of choice, but what the hey.
After 3 days at Disney World it was time for the Cruise.  We had such a great time.  My kids told us that if they had to do it again they would do the "boat" and not go to the parks.  I have a feeling that we might be doing it again sometime.