Concrete Jungle!

After the Read wedding in NJ last weekend, we headed off to the Big Apple, or as Brandon calls it, the concrete jungle! We were so happy to have seasoned tour guides - my cousin Allison and her roommate Michael. It was awesome we hit the majority of the hot spots including Central Park, Time Square, NYU campus, Ground Zero/Museum, Wall Street, Statue of Liberty and more!

I think my pedometer stopped counting steps, but at last count we had walked about 15 miles in the three days! Needless to say, when we got home we both got sick with a stomach virus, but recovered quickly. It was an awesome experience and we're so glad we had the opportunity to attend the wedding, visit Allison, eat great food and be around the people we love.

Our gracious hosts and tour guides, Allison and Michael.

We were welcomed to the city by none other than the naked cowboy!

Remember the show Friends, here is the fountain
that they splashed around in, in the opening credits.

Wedding: New Jersey Style!

Last weekend we attend the wedding of Mike and Allyson Read. The wedding and reception took place in New Jersey. We flew out on Thursday in time to visit the USGA Golf Museum and attend the rehearsal dinner, which was authentic Italian - we ate till we were nearly sick but couldn't resist the wonderful food!

Mike and Allyson exchange vows.

During the social, I was able to sneak into the ball room and captured this picture of the AWESOME centerpieces - lots of tulips and hydrangeas. In the background is Mike and Allyson practicing their first dance before the guests entered.



The table setting was gorgeous! At the door we picked up a tulip in potted grass that told us where our table was. We drank and danced the night away and then slipped away to our hotel room just a couple floors above the party at the end of the evening. It turned out to be a pretty nice day and we truly enjoyed being in the company of the Read family. Good for us, we get to do it again when Scott and Briana get married in June!

Easter 2010

Here are some of the great moments captured at Easter this year with my nephews Cody and Drew as they searched for Easter eggs around the lodge.

Cody finds one next to the lodge.

Drewis soooo proud of the eggs he found.

Angie scrambles to help Drew get some more eggs before Cody gets them all.