Wasatch Classic 2013

Taylor's soccer team was playing a Memorial Day tournament.  She wasn't able to play the Saturday games but we headed down to Layton to play the Monday games.  Taylor is still coming back from her calf tear but she played some really great soccer and Tsunami remains undefeated for 16 games and wins the championship.  Love these girls!!

 Killing time between games.  

 After they won Lucy's dad Ed led the girls in this cheer.  It was so cool!

 Tsunami after the Championship game.

 Tay and Telly

 The Dads promised the girls they would dance if the girls won the Championship.  It's a darn good thing these girls play soccer better than their Dad's dance!

 Before Medal Ceremony

 After Medal Ceremony

 Sadie, Harry, Lucy and Tay

 Wilk, Voni, KC, Tay and Brookie

Voni, Tay, Whit

So proud of all of the hard work and effort these girls put in.  Go Tsunami!

New York City Day 4 (May 25)

It was time to go home:(!  BUT.. before we could do so  Mitchy had to check out the HUGE Lego exhibit on times square.  There was some sort of Star Wars Fighter plane that was built out of more than 5 million Legos.  He loved it!!

This was a little piece of Heaven for Mitchy.  Perfect way to end a great vacation!!

I didn't get great pictures but I must add that Jordan and Mitch spend a lot of time in the huge Toys r us in Times Square.  Jordan bought a barbie of every One Direction member.  Oh WOW!

Thanks to my awesome hubby for being the best travel guide ever!  I love traveling with him for many reasons: he is my best friend and who better to travel with, he makes everything fun and because he travels SO much I don't even have to think!  He just takes us where we need to go.  Thanks to all my kids for being SO awesome!  Thanks to my my sweet Chaser for working so hard and graduating so we all had great reason to celebrate.  Thanks to my parents for coming with us.  It was so awesome to have them there!  Jordan slept in their room every single night!!

New York City Day 3 (May 24)

Day 4 in New York City was FREEZING cold and rainy, not just rainy but serious sheets of rain.  We went to see the Statue of Liberty but because of the rain we saw a faint outline through the fog and sheets of rain.   I didnt even get a photo because I didnt want to ruin my camera in the rain.  I am now getting all confused (because I waited so long to blog) but I believe we also went to Central Park that day and then the Met's game that night.  

Central Park was beautiful and so fun to walk through.  

 This is how Jeff dressed all day long!  Even when it wasn't raining:)  

 Central Park

Jord loves animals!  She tried to coax every squirrel she saw with the Doritos I had in my bag.  What a girl!    After Central Park we ate at Carnegie Deli.  Wow!!!  The biggest sandwiches I have EVER seen!

I am so glad we went!  It was an experience in New York Culture!!

It pretty much rained all day.  We went to stores bought jeans and sweatshirts and headed out to brave the Met's baseball game.  It was FREEZING!!  Taylor and Grandpa are the only two who stayed outside the entire time!  The rest of us spent much time inside.  Myself, Mitch and Jordan spent the ENTIRE time inside!!  At least we could watch it on the TV:)

It was a great ending to a great trip!!  I truly enjoyed every minute of this trip and it was so incredible to have Grandma and Grandpa there with us!!

New York City Day 2 (May 23)

I actually think this was Day 1 in New York.  We met this street performer and he would make up a rap about the kids.  He was so funny!  Mitchy doesn't look too enthused but we all loved it!

On Day 2 we went to Ground Zero and then to the NBC Studios.  Both of these experiences were AWESOME!  Completely different but both really great!

Ground Zero was amazing because it happened in my lifetime.    It happened in all of our children's lifetimes except for Jordan.  Mitchy and Taylor were babies but everyone had a memory.  It was a sobering and amazing experience.  So grateful my children could see it. 

There are only a few events in the course of your ones life that will completely change the course of history.  That will completely change the way human beings live, work and travel from day to day and 9/11 is one of them. 

 First Tower

 It was super interesting to see the names of people, what department they worked in and where they were from.  

 Here we are in front of the Survivor tree at ground zero.  It is so amazing to me that this tree remains standing.  

 Second Tower

After Ground Zero we ate and went right to the NBC Studios.  We had a blast.  The security was really tight and you were not allowed to take photos inside.  I did get a few photos outside and in the gift shop.  We saw where they film Saturday Night Live and Sunday Night Football.  We also saw make up rooms and Mitch got to be an anchor on TV which was hilarious!!

How cute are my kids??  Seriously!!

New York City Day 1 (May 22)

We took the Amtrak to New York City which was absolutely delightful!  I would recommend it to anyone.  It was quiet, easy and spacious!!  I didn't get many photos of that journey.  Here is the best I have!!  That is really bad!

Everything in New York is BIG!  Everything!  I am so glad we had the chance to see New York City.  It was a little anxiety provoking herding the 3 little kids around.  There are SO many people everywhere and I felt like I needed to be holding on to everyone of them ALL of the time!  Crazy?  I know!!  Our Hotel was literally on Times Square.  We could see the view below outside our hotel window.    

When we arrived in New York City we ate (shocker) and then headed to the M&M and Hershey stores.  They were about 1/2 block from our hotel and Mitch had been dying to go!!

Sorry again about the photo.  Taylor would die.  For some reasons the photos I downloaded from my phone didn't transfer well.  Anyway, Jord had filled a bag with pink M&M's before we even knew what she was up too!  That girl!  Love her!   My Dad and I also filled bags of Dark Chocolate peanut M&M's and Almond M&M's which made for a delightful snack early in the morning and late at night!

We also took a night tour on a double decker bus.  We went to all 5 "boroughs" of New York City, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.   We went on the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan and Queensboro bridges (if my memory serves me!)

We had a great day.  We stayed in the Marriott Marquis in Times Square and from our hotel room we had an excellent view of Times Square.