Thursday, June 23, 2016

Father's Day Weekend

We had a nice relaxing weekend at home!  Friday night started off with dinner at a new burger place in our neighborhood.  We've watched it being built for about the last 6 months, and Graham would talk about it EVERY single time we drove by.  So we were all very excited to try it out!  It was yummy!

Saturday morning the boys all went to the track to run and ride bikes while I went to HEB all by myself!  What a treat!  We then went to our neighborhood pool for a friend's birthday party.  The boys had so much fun swimming and eating pizza and cake and ice cream!


We went to dinner at Union Kitchen on Saturday night for Trent's Father's Day dinner.  
My big boy and me!

Frozen yogurt for dessert!



My boys walking into church on Sunday morning!
They sure do love their daddy!

We came home for a quick lunch, and then the big boys headed to the Astros game!  One of Trent's clients offered him 2 tickets to sit 4 rows behind home plate!



Of course little brother wanted a picture too!

Their view before the game!





They ate hot dogs, pretzels, chocolate milkshakes, and jelly beans!
Needless to say, Graham LOVED it!  And so did Trent!

Monday, June 20, 2016

9 Years in NYC

Trent and I celebrated our 9th anniversary on June 9th!  When we had a conference scheduled in New Jersey for that week, we worked it out for me to fly up there for a long weekend in New York!  We had the best time exploring the city and stayed super busy trying to fit so much in to 3 days.

 
The view from our hotel room on Friday afternoon.

First stop, the MET.

Trent's favorite room

Beautiful views from the rooftop bar

Gorgeous weather all weekend!

Relaxing by the lake watching the sailboats in Central Park

Dinner at the Boathouse

And a special dessert for our anniversary!

The beautiful lobby of our hotel

We ate a quick breakfast in the cafe downstairs and then headed out for a day full of adventures.

First stop was the 9/11 Memorial and Museum.  It was amazing.  We spent 2 1/2 hours there, and it could have been much longer.






We walked over to Battery Park and had lunch at Shake Shack...super yummy!

Then we sat along the river for awhile.  You can see the Statue of Liberty in the distance.

We had a few hours to rest that afternoon, and I read in the courtyard of our hotel.

Ready for dinner at David Burke's kitchen in SOHO

On Sunday morning we walked the few blocks to Rockefeller Center.  


Where the Today show is filmed


Outside of Fox News

And then we went to the Top of the Rock and enjoyed the amazing views


We then did a tour of Rockefeller Center that we loved!  It provided so much history and interesting stories.

Then we rode the subway to the Bronx

And went to the Yankees game!

Beautiful day!

We did some shopping on 5th Avenue after the game and then got ready for dinner.
We ate at Patsy's, a hole in the wall family owned Italian restaurant.  It was AMAZING!!!  We will definitely be going back there on our next trip!

And we had to stop for dessert at Magnolia Bakery on our walk back to the hotel!

Drinks and dessert in our hotel bar

Enjoying our last night on vacation!

I went to the Today show plaza on Monday morning while Trent for a run in the park.
Unfortunately they weren't doing any filming outside that day due to the news coverage in Orlando.

We then packed up our suitcases and walked to Grand Central Station.

It was huge!  We rode the subway down to Wall Street.

 New York Stock Exchange

And then we made the short walk to Battery Park to ride the ferry to Jersey City.  From there we took Uber to the airport.

Beautiful views of the city from the ferry!

We had such a nice time away enjoying uninterrupted meals, quality time, our own schedule, etc.  But we sure missed our boys and were ready to see them!

I don't think they missed us at all though!  They stayed plenty busy at Mimi and Grampy's house!

They did lots of swimming!

Went to the safari in Johnson City



This camel ended up licking Bennett on the face!

Feeding the animals

More swimming

Building with Uncle Brad

And milkshakes every night before bed!



Fishing

Playing in the Mickey tent

Swinging at the park

Picking peaches at Sweet Berry Farm


I'm so thankful Trent and I are able to take time away like this to spend time together!