Theses are pictures from a hike we took at Big Basin in the Santa Cruz Mountains...about an hour from our place!
Paul got quite the workout!
Beautiful Redwoods!
OK...I'm done...let's go home now!
Yesterday we took Haley to the duck pond since they have become one of her new loves! She was very excited to see them but preferred if I did the feeding. She threw a few pieces of bread, but then just ate the rest!
Well...where do we begin?? We just had a wonderful vacation back East visiting friends and relatives. We started our trip two days late due to the stomach flu (both Paul and I) but seemed to cram a lot into our trip anyways! First, we met up with my friends from college and their families (The Welchs and The Hillearys) at Sesame Place, just outside of Philadelphia. Haley was in awe of Elmo and we had a great time! Now she sees Elmo and puts on a sad face because she wants to go see the REAL one again!
Watching the parade
John and Molly
It was hard to contain Allison's excitement!
I love my Mommy!
I wasn't quite sure of Big Bird. His beak kept hitting me!
But, I loved Elmo! I kissed him on the nose and gave him a high-five!
Michelle and Shay
We wondered where all the beer went!
This will be the one and only time we can get a picture like this! :)
Molly decided to wash my hair
Shay attacks his dad! I believe his fist is all the way in Brendan's mouth!
How cute!
This was a great water slide Haley could go on with Paul
The Elmo fish were probably her favorite!
This Elmo cutout was in the lobby of the hotel. He was a big hit for all the kids!
Taking the train to NYC
Our next stop was New York. We stayed with our very gracious relatives Arleen and Emil. We met a lot of relatives from my dad's side of the family that we had never seen! Haley really enjoyed everyone and took to them very quickly! Taryn and Shana took us in to the city for a whirlwind one day tour since that was all the time we had left. See the highlights below!! We kept telling Haley that she was going to see The Big Apple, so we had to find an apple somewhere in NYC...thankfully we found the the Apple store and a shirt with an apple on it!
Taxi Please!
Wow those buildings are tall!
Rockefeller Center
"Top of the Rock"...much shorter line than the Empire State Building!
Taryn and Lindsay
The family...Haley was such a good little tourist!
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Trump Tower
The Big "Apple"!!!!!!!
Haley would stop and grab Taryn's skirt at every chance she had...she loved it!
Shana and Taryn in Central Park
David Letterman...too bad we didn't have tickets!
