Next half of NYC :)

Okay, after having to split up in a taxi (they wouldn't let 5 ride), we decided we were going to just have to break down and learn how to ride the subway! It was alot easier than we thought and by the second ride, we were sliding our metro cards with ease. Here are 3 of us on the subway. It was sorta like I thought, no one looked you in the eye and most of the time it was crowded but different also. It felt safer than I thought it would. Grand Central Station was beautiful. Here I am on the subway, no seats on that ride, so I'm hanging on! We usually rode to Times Square, that is where we got on the tour bus. We decided since we had a limited time, we would ride a tour bus and see as much as we could while we were there. The first day, weather was great but as you can see by our pictures, wind, rain and cold came driving in the second day!

Chinatown was our next adventure! You need to go to Shannon's blog to read about that. It was exciting and weird at the same time but I got 2 great looking purses. The airplane ride back was a great flight but we were all ready to get home to our families. Hopefully, I can go back to see the rest of NYC!

New York City!! :) :)

Where to start??? Ok, I guess at the beginning. Here are the girls the first night at the hotel in Dallas. Our flight was at 6:15 am! I think we were all so excited that none of us slept very good that night. We left the hotel around 4:30 am and headed to the shuttle to take us to the airport.

Here are the girls at the airport before our flight. For those of you who don't know Jaime, she is terrified of flying but she did really great. This was Taylor's first flight, but she ended up loving it. At first she didn't want to sit by the window but by the end of the flight she was saying, "I want to sit by the window and look out on the way home." Our flight was a little rough on the way out but no real problems. Once we landed we got our shuttle and headed to the hotel. We got to New York around 10:30 so our hotel was not ready for us to check in but they let us leave our luggage. Off we went to eat. Shannon found us great places to eat that were definitely New York places. Our first place to eat was up the block from our hotel, Patsy's Pizza. Then back to the hotel to check in and get ready for Bobby Flay's Restaurant Mesa Grill. Shannon got us our reservations ahead of time. Here are the girls at the restaurant. People couldn't keep their eyes off of these beautiful East Texas Girls!

Next we had to get ready for our appearance on TV. We got confirmation that we were going to be in the Good Morning America studio audience. Here we are in the line at 6:15 in the morning waiting to go in.

It's still hard for us to believe but when the weather lady came out and visited with everyone, she asked if anyone was having a birthday. Taylor and another guy raised their hands and she brought them up front and Taylor was actually on TV with the weather lady announcing her birthday and saying "here is Taylor from East Texas with a birthday". We were so excited and surprised. Here's a picture of Taylor on TV.

This was only the first day and half and everything after that was just as exciting!! New York City, I will come and see you again. I will post more later about our wonderful trip. I wonder what the guys will say if we tell them our trips may become "annual". I guess we will wait a little to talk about that!

Countdown!

Instead of playing on the computer, I really should be in the bedroom going thru my closet. Do I have enough clothes for Wed, Thurs, Fri and Saturday in New York City? Why would I think I wouldn't have? I make it all week long with the clothes I have. It's weird, isn't it. My regular clothes would be fine, no one really knows me in NYC. They won't know if I have new or old clothes. But, I'm still concerned. I went and had my nails done and a pedicure. What the heck is happening to me?! Am I excited or what? I think I am more excited to just get away with the girls. We are really going to have a blast. Shannon has gotten confirmation that we will be in the studio audience for Good Morning America on Thursday morning. Everyone needs to get up and watch us. We have reservations for Bobby Flay's restaurant, among other things. Oops, gotta go, I really need to look at that closet.

Lazy Vacation Day

Well, I am sitting outside by the playhouse while Glenn puts the ramp under the front door of the playhouse. How come things are much harder than when we were younger. Glenn is complaining that he should have already finished 10 ramps by the this time. If it can go wrong, it has. Monday, I decided that I would clean out my closet. It only took me most of the day, I really thought it would take 2 days! Somewhere in the cleaning, I have managed to lose my brown sandals that I wear to work continually. I have called the kids and they remember me wearing them Sunday at lunch but they are nowhere to be found. Glenn and I have spent Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday night and all of today taking the house apart and looking. I realize that one of the kids is going to walk into the house and say, "Why did you put your sandals there?" If so, I wish they would come on and do that. I guess I will be going to town tomorrow and buying new brown sandals. Oh well, not that I am not willing to buy new shoes, it just seems a waste when somewhere those shoes are just waiting for me to pick them up. Brady just called and said his entire ABC's. Can you believe that at 2 yrs? Collin has a speaking part in a program on Friday that Grandpa & I are going to and Katie graduates from Preschool on Thursday night. A lot of learning going on in these families. Grayson called me the other night to tell me about a tick that he had on his leg. I could still hear the tears in his voice. When his Dad saw the tick, he told Mom to go get the matches. I think Grayson must have thought they were going to burn his leg off but they got the tick and he was thrilled about that. We went to Jay & Jaime's Sunday night to just visit and looking at Zach makes me realize that it won't be long before there will be girlfriends, first dates, driving, etc. He is so tall and good looking. Taylor is really excited like I am about the New York trip. The other girls are excited but I think Taylor and I are the most excited. Can't wait! Can't wait!

See ya!

The Playhouse

Well, here is what Glenn has been working on for a few weeks off and on. He enlisted my help in painting and we are almost finished. Nothing is too good for our grand kids. They have their own house at our house. Glenn is going to put a ramp on the front so the kids can ride in and out of their playhouse. I can't decide how to decorate the inside but I am sure I will hear some great ideas from the kids. Glenn built it on skids so he can move it to the back after the grand kids out grow it but it's so cute maybe we need to leave it in the front!

We are also thrilled, we have a new neighbor! Kyle has bought a house not even a stone's throw (well, maybe if Glenn threw the stone) from us. It is a big house with a great pond. I think that is Kyle's favorite spot. He got to sleep in his new house last night and I know that he was excited.

Lunch was great today, good food and good family. Those grand kids loved the playhouse even with nothing in it. It just ended too soon. Everyone was gone before 3:30 so Grandpa and I took a well deserved nap. Or at least I think it was well deserved. We had birthday cake for Bomp and the kids saw it the minute they finished eating and had to go ahead and bring it to Bomp before he had even ate his first bite.

That's it for now, we are heading down the road to see what our new neighbor is doing!

Lazy Spring Saturday

Well, today is one of those days, that I cleaned house early & cooked some of my Sunday lunch, so I am sitting and relaxing. We are going out to Club Lake this afternoon to visit with friends. That's always a fun time. We don't see them very often. I'm watching "The Lakehouse" while I type. Man, I love that show! Glenn is in the bedroom taking a nap. He cleaned up in the backyard and mowed all morning. Tomorrow will be a busy day with Sunday lunch. We are also working the church nursery in the 2 year old room. Most times it is all boys! Around 8 or 10 of them. Just found out my niece is expecting her third child. That makes me so happy. I think 3 is a good round number! She will have her hands full with 3 kids under 4 but she will survive. Of course Christy will have her hands full also with 3. Can't wait for that baby! Let's see Hudson will be 3 when ?? arrives and Grayson will be 4 1/2. Not bad. Everyone should be able to help, yeah right! Please keep Glenn's mom in your prayers. Her health is not the best right now. Talk more later,

God's Words

God's arm is long enough to reach into the mouth of a lion or the belly of a whale. If you but ask, God will roll up His sleeves and meet your need.

"But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion." 2 Timothy 4:17

The best gift you can give your grandchildren is to take their parents to church.

"The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. You shall keep them, O Lord, You shall preserve them from this generation forever." Psalm 12:6, 7