Juggling it all...

So even though Scott only works 3 days a week I often find myself hanging around the house with the kids for fear of getting too far from home with ALL 3 of them... I'm totally out numbered if they decide to revolt. But I'm finding that every day, week and month is some sort of growing milestone for all of them which causes me to get a sense of 'OK, I can do this' attitude and venture just a little farther from home for outings and to explore new and fun things to do. On this particular trip we grabbed our usual half price Sonic slushies and head off to Usery Pass for a little drive and desert exploring. Brody especially LOVED all the dips and hills in the road - it tickled his tummy he would say.

... but I promise I'll be making up for it over the next couple of days... so much to post!! Remember that holiday we celebrated a few weekends ago... yeah, well I almost forgot about it, too. In my attempt to be a photographer I often forget to capture my own families memories and Easter was no exception. I was able to get these few photos from a little party we had with some of the other cousins the day before, but unfortunately this is all we have to remember Easter of 2009 since not one picture was taken on the actual day. Yeah, I'm just that good of a mom ;-)

I'm warning you now this will be a long post... so much to share!! First off we had a total blast! We saw so much, we ate so much and we did so much.... WALKING!!! It was great; we walked almost everywhere which at the end of the trip probably equalled 20+ miles. What kind of vacation is this?? ;-) For me the absolute highlight was going to the taping of the Letterman show. Michael J. Fox was the guest with musical group The Fray (who are now my new favs). Letterman really is hilarious and his side-kick Paul Schafer really is a tiny little man - to me he looked a lot like the actor/comedian Martin Short. Here are some other highlights 1. Probably the worst picture ever taken of the Statue of Liberty, but it was one of the things that Scott really wanted to see on this trip. It was pretty anti-climatic,though as we thought it would be a lot grander than it was. If we had done the ferry tour and Ellis Island trip it probably would have been better. But now Scott can cross thi...