favorite easter pictures

Claire was sure she was ready to do an Easter egg hunt in heels; she wasn't
the kids enjoyed another one of Grand dad's games

Lisa just narrowed down where the unfound $5 egg was for the kids

me and my girl

last picture I took, I said "hug Carter!" It was the best one of the bunch

NYC with kids

After going twice without them, we felt the time was right to take our kids to NYC. What a great idea! They were perfect...even Claire, who I expected a little whining from with all the walking, was an angel. They loved NYC as much as we do. It was one of our best vacations to date. Here are a few of the things we did....

Central Park

F. A. Schwartz

Dylan's Candy Bar had Carter's name!! (only second time, he was very happy)

9/11 memorial

We got lucky that Carlo's Bakery didn't have a 2 hour wait when we went over....

so Jared got to try the famous cannoli and lobster tail he had been dreaming about. He found out he doesn't like Italian cream. Oh well, we ate plenty of sweets elsewhere.

Empire State Building (our hotel was a few blocks from it)

Time Square

Thanks to Yelp, we didn't miss trying all the hot spots for treats, burgers, ice cream and fries. They even have cup cake carts now! I still like Magnolia's cupcakes the best. Jared liked Butter Lane the best.

We got the subway thing down pat. We are ready to buy a place here. If only we had won that lottery.

eagle scout

Carter had his Eagle Scout Project last month. He decided he wanted to do something at his old elementary school, Tate's. They have a school garden and the planter boxes were falling apart. So, they cleared the space to make room for Carter to make 8 new boxes, a huge compost bin, a gravel walk way lined with rail road ties, and mulch for the shed. The next week we went back to fill the boxes with dirt. We had great weather and a great turn out. The school wanted him to put his name, date, troop and hand prints in some cement. Pretty cool day.