New York

Rich had a buisness trip to New York and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to meet him there and spend a few days with him seeing the sights. Our hotel was right in the middle of times square... it was busy 24/7 outside and amazing how many people are there

 

We went to the MET and it is huge and we spent a whole day exploring the galleries. Here are some cool things I liked... :) 

Chess Set- look at the detail in this... very cool!

 

Loved this glass bowl... beautiful!

So intricate... bone carving... such tiny details!

Beautiful glass vases...

Gorgeous combination of pottery and metal and glass work

I had to laugh... a Dyson in the modern art exhibit...

Could you imagine having a bed this high off the ground? The little step stool doesn't look like it's high enough to get up onto the bed even.

I thought this was cool... a gate? Nope... it's a choir screen that seperated the choir from the congregation at a cathedral.

An exhibit on american instruments- some of the instruments we have at our house and their histories.

The trumpet...

Tuba...

Clarinet---

Piano (wish we had a grand... lol!)

This was incredibly unique- three different instruments in one.

New York

This post has been removed... lol!  My links were all messed up so I redid the post with the pictures in it. :)

First concert

I shared a first with Ashley tonight. Our first concert.... Greyson Chance was in town and did a benefit concert for the high school he would have gone to if he hadn't been discovered- they were doing a fundraiser for one of the cancer hospitals in town. Last year she actually went to his concert too at the high school, so I guess it was just my first concert.

We had a good time with her best friend. We got up pretty close to the stage. Our feet hurt after four hours of standing but we had a fun time! :)

Kids are growing... and we can't stop it.

I have reflected a lot lately on how fast kids grow up.  There is a boy from our ward that is at BYU... when we moved into this ward he was in Primary... I have never lived in one place for this long in my life and it is so odd to be watching these kids grow up right in front of my eyes.  I don't feel old enough to have a 13 year old and be thinking that in two short years he will be getting his learners permit.  Or that this summer I'll have not one, but two kids that will attend camps (Scout and YW's camp), and starting next year we'll have Youth Conference to fit into the summer schedule as well. 

We have had so many new families move into our ward lately, and I realize that they don't know me as the young mom that I still feel like in many ways.  They see me as an older mom without any toddlers or babies at home anymore.  It is like making a new identity for myself as I realize what I used to identify myself as for so many years is no longer what I am.

I do miss the days of staying at home in our pj's and playing with toys and not having a schedule all the time, but I do enjoy the freedom I'm allowed now to exercise while kids are at school, and to simply run errands all by myself.

I can't stop the kids growing up, but I hope reflecting on it more helps me to stop and enjoy the moments more before they are all grown up and not at home with me anymore.

Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow.... (From White Christmas)

Last year and the year before we saw a lot of this:

So this year I snapped up four saucer sleds in anticipation of the same- since our kids have never had sleds to use at home for our occasional snow falls...

Of course we have seen a lot of above average temps and the kids have been able to play outside a lot this winter- but sadly for them we have had no snow...

I'm fine with the trade off... 4 sleds at $5 each= $20 for no snow??  :)  Maybe I should get a few bags of ice melt too to encourage no ice storms for us this winter?