Your smile for the day!!

Remember Evolution of Dance??  Well he's BAAAACK!!

Check out Evolution of Dance 2!!  Love this guy!!  Enjoy!

Christmas 2008

Well another Christmas has come and gone. What a wonderful break from the craziness that is our normal life. The kids were off of school for two weeks!!

We did a lot and we did nothing.

We stayed up late and we slept in.

We visited with family and spent time with friends.

We played games, watched movies and just spent time being together and being in the moment.

Dakota, the Christmas Doggie!!

The kids decorated Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve....a tradition in our house.

We dyed My Girl's hair back to it's natural color that morning.

Doesn't she look great??

Little Buddy got a robe.....how fitting!

A new bat!!!  The best gift ever! (At least if you're a 13 year old baseball player!)

Santa even brought Edward Cullen to our house!!

Love these boys!!

Merry Christmas 2008!!

So what did Mary & Joseph do while waiting for baby Jesus??

Apparently they played Bakugan!!  I thought this was funny.  My 8 year old left his Bakugan balls here before he went to school.  I did a double take when I walked by...it really looks like they are playing doesn't it???

Christmas time in NYC!!!

About a week and a half ago, I got up early in the morning and went to New York City with some good friends.

We had a great time.

Here are some of the pics!!

The sunrise on the ride up to NYC.

Here we are...we've finally arrived!!

A cool Christmas sculpture.

Flags in Rockerfeller Center.

The famous ice rink & tree.

The tree up close.

Check out that tree topper!!!  It's Swarosky!

St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Some of New York City's finest.

The Empire State Building.

Inside Grand Central Station.

The stores were all decorated beautifully...this is the outside of Lord and Taylor's.

This is the inside of L & T.  Check out that garland!!!

Then we went to Radio City Music Hall to see the Rockettes!!

This wooden soldier number was my favorite!

As part of the show, they had an incredible live nativity.

The finale.

Here we are in front of Macy's!

This is where everyone stops and performs during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  It was so neat to be there in person!

This is the crystal ball that is dropped in Times Square on New Year's Eve.  It is on display, inside of Macy's.  I was surprised at how small it is.  (I'd say, only 4 or 5 ft in diameter!)  The cool thing about it is that it changed colors every 30 seconds or so.

Lastly, we made our way to Time's Square!!!!

Do you see this sign???? Lost...coming January 21st!!  I can't wait!!!

It was a great day!!! I can't wait to go back with the kids.