Wednesday, September 30, 2009

My wonderful surprise and turning "40" in New York City

How can I ever put into words the best and biggest surprise in my 40 years. Tom has pulled off some amazing things but this beats all of them hands down. What starts out with him surprising me in a letter that he is taking me to the "city" ends with me finding out 4 miles before the airport that in fact we are going to New York City!! It was a highlight of my life and makes me smile every single time I think of it! Thank you Dan, Julia and John for watching kids and helping him pull something like this off. Tom had a party with the kids before I left and of course we had to get Dan and Julia to our house to watch the kids.
Me reading the letter that leads me to believe we are going to watch "Wicked" in San Fran. Look at me I was actually so excited about that I cried--now that's funny!

We take a red eye to New York and suddenly at 8:00 a.m. on my birthday I find myself in Central Park. It was pure magic....At 2:00 I am still in my "how did I get here fog" and find myself at the top of Empire State Building.


Now I'm feeling like the happiest person alive to be with Tom on my birthday and heading off to a Broadway play "In the Heights."

The next three and a half days are spent going to more plays, museums, running and eating in Central Park and biking along the Hudson River.



I love Tom Call and New York City!!

My little Isabella gets married!

I went to Utah August 13-18 2009 for Isabella's and Michael's wedding. The first Brown baby is old enough to tie the knot. This makes it blog worthy to me! I am still in shock and confusion.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Hebgen Lake, Montana July 21-July 31 2009

It only took17 hours of driving, 2 straight hours of fighting, 1 hour of crying, 15 spills, 6 subway stops, 13 boxes of crackers, 42 potty breaks, 10 min. of napping, 242 times of answering "Are we there Yet"? and our family finally arrives to my favorite place on earth--the cabin. All of us look forward to this day for 365 days a year. No t.v. no xbox, no cell phones and unfortunately no dishwasher. Just our family getting to spend time together in the most beautiful setting maybe in the world. Grandpa arrived the day after to spend the 10 days with us as well. Here are some pictures to try and show the fun but really nothing can do it justice.
And here's to the man that it makes it all possible!












And then somehow time passes and those priceless minutes end and it is time to head home. And as I sob leaving the forest behind, inside I leave a little bit happier, a lot more grateful and a little closer to those precious kids in the backseat.

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