Soccer Sleepover

On the eve of fall soccer season 2011, brandon and andrew had thomas and nick sleep over. amazingly, everyone slept all night and we made it with soccer snacks, cleats and shinguards on all, on time for the 8:30 am games! my guys have such wonderful buddies!

A Weaver Visit...FINALLY!

Trish and i have been buds since 7th grade when she and her fam moved to Lititz. She has not changed one single teeny tiny bit! Matt and Thinh are always just as excited to see each other too when we all get together. Their visits to our house always include games and a trip to Chris' country kitchen for breakfast on a sunday morning. Before kids, we used to go out and try different restaurants around town...not anymore! lol anyway, my kiddos love their son Chance and i get a big kick out of his huge vocabulary!

surfing...daddy style!

mason loves to come down on a weekend morning and snuggle up with us. this morning, thinh and mason each grabbed a computer and surfed the net in bed together...so cute!

MASON

We were at the neighbors for a birthday party on a beautiful october saturday afternoon and mason enjoyed all the festivities. his big brothers were busy on the bike ramps, so he was swinging on the skateboard swing, played soccer, and ate the army men gummies. the night before he tested out the one obstacle when no big guys were around.

brothers

mason will pretty much do anything his bro's tell him to do...he loves their attention! he loves to hold on tight to them as they take him for a spin on the four wheeler around the yard.

New York City

of course i downloaded the pics in order instead of backwards, so you will enjoy our visit to nyc backwards! this is kaila, she guided us around the city beautifully and then drove us home in the big van too!

Rockefeller Center

Mai and I in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral, it is under restoration at the moment

Emmi pointing out Hoboken, home of the Cake Boss, at the train station...next time for sure!

The Apple Store on Fifth Avenue covered with post it notes to the late Steve Jobs

surfing down the escalator at FAO Schwarz toy store

loved this fountain

emmi and her friend kayla

uwe and kaila at street vendor lunch time

andrew hoping the birds don't attack him and take his gyro!

brandon wanted me to take a shot of the "love" since he did an art project on it last year

chaotic Times Square

Toys R Us

not sure what these two are doing, but those pumpkins in the background were selling for $24.99 each!

andrew and the giant tennis racket outside macy's

good morning america studio, uwe designed the glass for this

biggest post office ever!

empire state building

mason and i goofing off on the train

patiently waiting on the train

mason would not leave the pigeons alone!!!

Columbus Day 2011

Bright and early, okay not so early but for a day off of school it was early, Brandon had an oral surgeon appointment to have 4 teeth pulled. He has had at least 8 teeth pulled due to big teeth, extra teeth and a small mouth, just in size not in volume. He is so brave about it. Dr. Koterwas is awesome!!! Brandon is giving laughing gas, then an i.v. and knows nothing for 10 minutes. He is so darn funny coming out of the meds. Last time he talked about cross country skiing, this time he talked about Rocky and Philadelphia. The nurses and I helped him to the car and off we went home for him to relax for a few hours.

After lunch, we hopped in the big van and picked up the Monheims, minus Chris. Rachel and I ventured with the crew to Mister Ed's Candy and Elephant museum out past Caledonia. The kids were in sugar nirvana! After some time of making big decisions of what to pick, a few fudge samples and browsing, we left with plenty of candy in tow.

Next, we stopped at Aldi's for some grocery shopping. Not sure why I thought this was a good idea after my children consumed a week's worth of sugar, but nonetheless, we made it through the store without any major mishaps. We did score some mongo pumpkins for $2.49 each! yippee! we grew a bunch of pumpkins in our garden this year, but no jack o lanterns.

We dropped Rachel off at home with her groceries and Nick and Elise came home with us for an hour so Rachel could get some things done. Elise and Brandon love to hang out on the computer together and Nick and Andrew went for a spin around the yard on the four wheeler (much to his momma's dismay! oops, sorry!)

Fun day off with the kiddos!