Thanksgiving Fun!

My family was all together for Thanksgiving and there was fun adventures going the whole week. It started with a run in Anthem with Mike, my brother, and brother-in-law who participated in it. The kids had fun on hikes,bike rides, swimming, Papa's race track in the garage and much more. The girls hung out went shopping and to the movies. We had a great Thanksgiving!

Jeremy, Justin and Mike after their 5k

Peter and Bentley on a Bike ride with the Daddys'

Samantha swinging high

Abby swinging at the Park

A quick stop to feed the ducks

Tommy and Bentley (little buddies)

Tyler racing fast through Papa's race track!

Samantha racing to the finish line

The boys (cousins) settling down for a show

Tyler, Bentley, Gaje, and Tommy

Bentley and Pyper eating Thanksgiving dinner

Jacuzzi time with the kids

Mike and my brother-in-law Ben playing a pool game!

Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year. We had trunk-or-treat at my parents ward and for Halloween we had my family over for some pizza and did some trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. Bentley had a fun time trick or treating with his cousins and friends. We finished off the night with a ride home in Papa's truck and s'mores in the backyard!

The family all dressed up! ( I am not in the picture)

Witches brew!

Gettin' some candy

Bentley and his friend Owen

Bentley and his cousins

Bentley and Abby

Bentley, Abby, and Papa


Showing off his candy

New York New York

Mike had a work meeting in New Jersey, so I met him in New York to make a trip out of it. We had so much fun touring the city together. We stayed in Manhattan at Mike's Uncles apartment. From our bedroom window you can see part of Central Park. It was beautiful! Mike's Grandparents live in the city and wined and dined us the first two nights. We had "drinks" (soda) with them on top of a fancy hotel called the Peninsula. It was outside on the roof overlooking whole city! WOW! Then we traveled over to a French Restaurant called La Bonne Soup for dinner. Friday we toured the city on the double decker buses. We toured Rockerfeller Center, Time Square, Empire State building and toured all major spots and buildings downtown. It was really cold on Friday so we drank lots of hot chocolate. I really enjoyed the top of the rock. We were over 70 stories high and got a great view of New York. On Friday night, we were taken out to a delicious Italian Restaurant called Parmola. On Saturday, we went to the upper west side and had breakfast above the Fairway grocery store's cafe. We then spent the rest of the day walking through Central Park and shopping down 5th Avenue. Saturday night it was raining hard so, Mike's Uncle took us to a great pizza place called Angelo's Coal Oven Pizza. The pizza was sooo yummy.. The resto of our trip we went to SoHo to shop and I found a steal on a great bag! We also went and toured the Museum of Natural History. The Dinosaur exhibit was my favorite part of Museum. To top off the end of our trip Mike's Uncle took us out to dinner and the next morning we headed back to AZ.

Serendipity

Mike and I on the double decker tour bus

The tour bus

Me and the bump in Central Park (sheeps meadow)

Mike in Central Park

See Angel Moroni at the top

The Temple

Mike and his Uncle Mitch(left) and Uncle Stephen(right)

Strawberry Fields

Beautiful!

Top of the Rock

Manhattan Bridge

What was left of the World Trade Center

Time Square

City Court House

Flat Iron

Me in Magnolia Bakery

FAO Schwarz

Barbara and Grandpa