Multiple Piano Festival

Nothing says tourist like the sight seeing buses in NYC.  BUT….my parents wanted to see and do as much as possible, and these buses are a great way to get around!  We went everywhere you can imagine, and it was actually really interesting to listen to the tour guides and learn fun and interesting facts…

Blake is now in double digit months!  Where does the time go?  He is learning lots of exciting new tricks.  Finally he is a proficient crawler.  He has a funny little crawl where he uses one foot and one knee.  I’ll post a video.  With crawling comes a new found freedom that Blake LOVES.  He…

Every year it’s bigger and better.  This year we used 71 ice blocks and 108 donuts.  It was so fun to see the kids slipping and sliding down the hill.  For some reason, Blake was adamant that he was not going to participate this year.  I coaxed him down the hill a few times, but…

Even temps forecasted to be hovering around 0 degrees couldn’t stop us from attending one of our favorite holiday traditions—The Denver Parade of Lights.  We stayed over night at the Hyatt again this year, and despite almost freezing to death, we had a great time. Denver was a ghost town.  Usually we have to stake…

As a kid, Rusty was a HUGE Mets fan.  He was heartbroken to find that his idol, Darryl Strawberry, was less than kind to his wife.  So, it was a really fun and special experience to get to go with his Dad to City Field (Formerly Shea Stadium) and watch the Mets in action.  Unfortunately,…