For the past year we have been planning our excursion to NYC to celebrate 2011 Thanksgiving and honestly it's taken just about that long to figure it all out. Here was our plan - camp about 1 hour from NYC and drive into the city 'very' early Thanksgiving morning to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Hmmm.....easier said than done. But, after a few months of calls and some coordination … [Read more...]

9 years ago today this was written..... Ronnie loved it back then and it's still something that he carries with him. When he was cleaning out his 'work' van a few weeks ago he stumbled upon it. How fitting....the leaves come down, temperature changes, flowers die and the grass has frost. All with Piglet raking up the leaves. Somethings always stay the same =) … [Read more...]

but just as special. Yep, our Thanksgiving celebration was tonight since we'll be in NYC on Thursday without J, Ash, Kayden, Britt & Brandon. So just like years past, the turkey was fried - it came out golden and this little girl was hungry! The marshmallows didn't burn this year - and the kids took care of drawing names for Christmas without any complaining - Yep, if I must say so … [Read more...]

it looked like this - The earliest snow I can ever recall. It didn't last long but was just enough to cause havoc on the roads... but today, it's absolutely gorgeous...a little brisk but sunny and not a cloud in the sky. A perfect day to start getting ready for our trip, pick up groceries for our Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow and digging out our Christmas tree so we can all partake in … [Read more...]

Just in case some of you are as excited as me about Christmas.....tomorrow kicks off holiday music... RIGHT HERE!!!! I love this time of year and enjoy my two hours in the car just a little bit more =) Now, just gotta get through three more work days then off to NYC! No doubt it will feel like Christmas once we see this - right there in Rockefeller Center! … [Read more...]

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