The Rest of NEW YORK CITY!!

Ahh New York City! It was a quick fun filled day full of lots of adventures and being a dorky tourist not know where we were. Good thing we were not the only ones with maps and cameras in front of our faces. Here are tons of pics from the trip, not in any particular order so just remember that when looking.

This is the view from the Empire State Building, it was pretty cool seeing things from a birds eye view. We were a little sad that it was overcast and raining otherwise the view could have been cooler.

Us just about to go to the top of the Empire State Building, this lobby room was so pretty!

I wanted Tyler to kiss me in Central Park by a light post and of course he wouldn't so I kissed the light post instead. Not as good of a kisser as Ty but as least it didn't shoot me down!

Central Park.... was dirty and not anything like the movies make it look like. But we were running short on time so we didn't really get to spend time here. Someday when I go back I plan to take a book find a beautiful bench in the flower gardens and read for a while!

All the girls showing off our purses from Canal St. Chinatown! Miss these girls so much!!!

It was Tyler's birthday and of course I needed to embarrass him SO at the Hard Rock Cafe in Time Square we sang Happy Birthday to him while he stood on his chair! He totally felt the love!!!

Hard Rock eating Ty's birthday sundae

This was my FAVORITE place in New York! Liberty Island was clean and beautiful. The Statue of Liberty is awh striking, my mouth literally dropped open when I saw her!

We had SO much fun and I am so glad that we could do it together! I am also very glad to have had friends that were willing to watch our boys so we could do this with a little less stress!
Thank You Jon and Lori!!!!!!

This is the aftermath of our quick whirlwind to New York! We were seriously exhausted!!!

A GIRL, A BOY, AND A MAGICAL CITY!

Once upon a time a twenty something girl traveled to a magical place called New York City, she was in search of her long lost love from years past. She knew they were meant to be together and hoped that this city would be the place she met her love again!

She had heard of a large green lady who could see far beyond the waters and the city, she hoped that this green lady could help her find her love.

Unfortunately this green lady known as Liberty although beautiful was no help for this girl. So she continued on her journey to a strange train that she heard could take her to a place that once held the title for "Tallest building on Earth". She hoped that if she could reach the top she just might be able to spot her love below.

While on this train she felt like dancing, so she did! Don't judge!

While this building was incredible tall and made her ears pop several times going up the elevator, the city was far to muggy and overcast to see much.

......But wait could it be .... she rushed to the edge..... is it him?

She hurried down the elevator and ran through the town to where the lights were so bright.

She searched and searched until she had almost given up. Then out of the corner of her eye she ... SAW HIM! He was tall and handsome and looked as if he was searching for her too!

They ran to each other! When they met they melted to one another and he took her in his strong manly arms and dipped her into the most romantic kiss she had ever received before!
(Which is kind of a lot so this was a spectacular kiss)

She knew that from that day forward they would love each other and never get lost from one another again! She loves him and he loves her and they TOGETHER had a blast in New York City!

( MORE PICS AND NO SILLY STORY TO COME SOON)

READ THESE BOOKS NOW!

Once again I have been overcome by a teen fiction series! These books are well written I have been watching my back in the real world because I feel like I am the lead character in these books! I have read until wee hours in the morning, neglected my children, my house in unsightly and my husband well he is lonely! Do I regret it NO, these books are incredible, the third book comes out on August 24th and I CAN NOT WAIT! Thank you to the girl who recommended this series to me and I apologize to all you who will now have neglected you life becouse of them!

Dont hate me but I like this better than Twilight, ya ya I said it! Read them and decide for your self!

Jett Falling Asleep!

We went to the pool the other day, we stayed way past nap time and my kids were exhausted when we got home. Jett was especcially tired and he fought to try to stay awake the whole walk back to our house!

Riding the Metro

Sitting waiting for our next train to come, this underground tunnel was HUGE and kinda pretty!

Here it is! It comes SO Fast fast fast!

Loud whistle scared Maddex a little bit!

I was nervous that with 2 kids a stroller and small spaces on the metro was going to be a disaster but thankfully it was not to bad. My children are incredible, they did so good all day in DC with no naps even! I love these little munchkins SO MUCH!

This week we took a trip to the Washington DC Zoo, it took a while to get there because we rode the Metro and that is a whole different post! The Zoo was incredible, it was huge and beautiful and the animals had large gorgeous habitats to roam around in! Also I realized as I was posting these pic that most of them are of the backs of my kiddos heads... so dont judge my photography skills! It is not easy getting a curious 3 year old to pay attention to the camera when there is cool animals right behind him!

We got to the "Big Cat" Habitats near the end of our day and it looked like they were hungery! This Tiger just kept paceing back and forth waiting for something to do or eat.

The lioness were so big and pretty this particular one was standing staring at the entrance to their habitat.... see next pic for further explanation.

You can just see this other lioness down by the door, she just paced back and forth climbed to look out the windows then would continue to pace. They were hungery! All I could think was I would not want to be the keeper that has to feed 3 waiting and hungrey lions! Yikes!!

Here is "Big Pappa" this guy was GIGANTIC! I was stunned how big he was and how beautiful he looked Jett just kept saying "Whoa" when he would walk over by us.

Maddex and Jett checking this iguana out. Maddex thought it was a dinosaur and was very concerned that it was dead.

I kinda was concerned myself, he either is incredibly comfortable or he really could be dead!

This was our highlight, this lady gorrilla had just had a baby a few weeks ago and it was finally out and about. So Cute! They were all tucked away and then mommy decided to go climb a tree, it was so adorable to watch the baby try to climb the tree with mommy. She eventually got frustrated with waiting for the baby, grabbed a hold of it and yanked it up next to her. Super funny becouse I know what she feels like and if she could have rolled her eyes she probably would have!

Coming out of their tucked away hiding place!

Here was one of Maddex's favorite animals, he watched this Elephant for awhile. He like watching him pick things up with his trunk.

Big big big snake! Maddex gets right up there close and Jett always stays back a little bit. I like having a least one cautious child!

This was another super fun adventure and I am glad we did it! I love going to different places and see new sights with my family!

Chocolate capital of the World!

This last Saturday we visited Hershey Pennsylvania, the Chocolate capital of the world! It was one of the funnest things we have done so far. I dont know if it is just my love for chocolate or maybe my love for... nope it was just my love for chocolate! We started our day off by taking a tour and learning how the Hershey chocolate is made, it was the yummiest day of education I have ever had!

First they get milk from the thousands of dairy farms around the town. Maddex did not like these singing cows because he said they were too "noisy".

Here we go!

They heat the chocolate up.

Loading up the chocolate syrup. Yumm!

Millions and millions of hershey kisses go through this process a day!

We got a little chocolate bar at the end and it was very tasty!

This is a small part of what they offer at this blessed place called chocolate heaven!

We rode a trolley tour around the town and learned all about Milton Hershey and how he became the father of chocolate.

Our tour guide Wilbur, he was a hoot!

Pics with Wilbur and our conductor Lydia, Maddex was getting super tired and would not be a good boy for the picture he was being a bit of a pill at the end. Thankfully he zonked out on the ride home and was a happier boy.

It was a super fun day and I was glad we were able to do it with the Apx wives and my friends!

I LOVE CHOCOLATE!!!!