Waiting for my First Snow

I had to post this, little man recieved this awesome snow suit from a friend of ours. She is so kind to think of us and give him this suit. That day I had to put it on him. As you can see it fits him perfectly. Now all we have to do is wait for our first snow. If not here then we are hoping to take it with us to Colorado for Christmas.

Snow Snow come our way, so we can have a fun day.

Thank You Sarah!

Friends are Awesome

Finding out how awesome it is to have friend near by.  These little cuties come over every so often and they play so well together.  I have to catch them in their moment.  When all three were playing mega blocks together. 

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Apples and Pumpkins

Love living where you can go pick fresh apples at the orchards and while you are there stop at the pumpkin patch. This is our second year and figure this will become a new family tradition. We got a great variety of apples which I have made applesauce and canned already.

Yes I am becoming very domesticated and loving it.

Let's go pick a pumpkin.

This cart is cool, but really hard to stand up while mommy pulls me up the hill.

I like this one.

The vines are really cool all around us.

Daddy let me go, I have pumpkins to check out.

Here is the other one I like, can we get it?

Yes this one,!

I will make sure the pumpkins don't roll around.  Just keep driving.

We need to get one of these carts for home.

See you again next year at the pumpkin patch.

 

National Museum Day

Last month there was a National Museum Day. Which means all the museums around the country were free for one day. We totally took advantage of that this year and went to two museums. The first one we saw was the Crime and Punishment and the next one was the Newseum. Both were great and even better since they were free and we saved like $80 for our family to go. Sweet Right?

I love adventures with mommy and daddy!

do the crime serve the time

In the basement of Crime an Punishment Museum they film live America's Most Wanted.

Very cool to be able to walk around the set.

At large if you see this man with this child they are extremely dangerous.  What out for the sippy cups.

Stopped for a cupcake!

At the Newseum there was the Berlin Wall, very cool.

Went to a 4D movie, little man loved it. 

There is a terrace on top of the building.  Awesome views

I want you!

Just another adventure day with the parents.

 

I Will Always Remember

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing the morning of 

September 11, 2001?  

I do, very clearly. I will never forget to horror and pain of that day. I was at home getting ready for work. My best friend  Julie called me that morning and told me to turn on the TV. I did and in shock I am watching the tv as rest of the world in shock as to what I am seeing.. I collect myself and head to work not knowing what the day will bring. I swipe my card and go in the building there I am greeting by managers that take a few of us into a room and brief us of the situation that is going on in New York. Once that is over I remember walking to my desk as if I was on a cloud. I felt as though I was floating and could not get my balance. So much was rushing through my mind. I sat at my desk, I begin to shake and cry thinking about what I am about to take on. I think of the terror of those who experience what they had to go through, but the love ones who will be on the other end of my call I am about to take. I worked for Continental Airlines I was answering calls on the phone to give information about what we knew at the time. Which at the time was nothing. We had no idea if it was one of our planes or who's planes had been taken over. Who's plane had crashed.

Each call got harder and harder. It was painful to have no information. To hear the other voice shaking on the other side. There was anger, sadness and people who just needed to talk. I can't explain the emotional pain as I took those calls for a few hours that day. I ended up leaving early because I was exhausted from the emotional stress. I went home and sat in front of the tv not being able to pull myself away. I was in shock. I didn't know anyone personally who's life was taken that day. But I did and do feel the pain of those who survived and those families who lost a love one that day.

I will always remember. 

I had a trip the next week to New York. I will never forget the feeling of that city those few days I was there. I have never seen that city so quiet before. Thousands of pictures, flowers, notes, looking for lost ones all over the subway and city. The smoke still over ground zero.

I will never forget!

I was in New York last Saturday just for a day. I had an amazing opportunity to get tickets to go and see what they are creating at ground zero. It is just beautiful. The new towers reflect the sky and when you look at it, it looks as if it is waving back and forth like our beautiful flag in the sky.

This is a sculpture that was created for those who survived.

Look closely at the bench that surrounds this sculpture.

Notice the reflection of the clouds on the tower, just beautiful.