Turning 40…let's celebrate!

NEW YORK!!

 It was pretty cool to see the statue and take a tour of Ellis Island!

 Central park and a walk down 5th avenue were on the agenda of course!

 Rockefeller Center for lunch!

 We got the VIP Skanska card for our visit to the Empire State Building - so cool!

 Brooklyn Bridge

 For my 40th birthday I wanted to go to NYC for the first time - so we did!!! It was amazing! We stayed in the Garment district, and walked probably 20 miles in 3 days (like most tourists).

Family

 A few weeks ago Pete and Anna moved out to LA! We are so happy to have them out here with us now, and it's been great getting to see them more already! We are looking forward to more time with them in the future!

 With Abbie having her baby this last month, we have been seeing more family than normal - including the Norm Reeves side of the family! We were able to join them for dinner in Temecula (at Doug and Diane's house), and it was SO NICE! They are wonderful people, and the kids loved being around the other kids! Definitely looking forward to seeing them again, and more often in the future!

December/January pics

 Christmas in Indiana this year was a lot of fun!! SO nice to have time with the Rosdils, and just be together. Christmas Eve morning I sat at the table with hudson while he ate his cereal and sang jingle bells the whole time. It was awesome. 

 New years day we had a get together, rather than new years eve - worked out great! And Micah is always a hit with the kiddos!

 Took my family to the Science Center for their first time - got to see the Endeavor again and check out the cool stuff. LOTS of school visits that day so it was pretty loud, but still fun!

 Hudson has improved so much in SO many areas, including his coloring! He did this with me as I colored in my "adult coloring book" Ted gave me for Christmas. Fun to do things like this with the kids for sure. 

 It's been SO nice having my dear friend Chiraphone back in the country for a couple months!!!

 My mom and dad, and grandparents used to frequent this restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles 40+ years ago, and while they were here we went back! I guess it looks the same as it did over 40 years ago, but my parents seemed to think the food was not as great. Still fun to check it out and hear stories about the good old days for them and my grandparents!

 For Stella's 3rd birthday we had a visit from Oma, Grandpa and Uncle Jonathan for the week. Then we had a little party for her on her actual birthday with a few friends. She loved being with everyone, but did NOT want all the attention on her! When we started singing happy birthday she ran out of the room! I think we have ourselves more of an introvert!

 Hudson drew this for fun, using his spirograph in the beginning (in the middle of the picture), then adding to it to create a drawing of his visit to the dentist. So creative!

 These two are creative, and love to be outside together! They were out for about 30 minutes creating a masterpiece on the cement!