Friday - the Last day..

Magnolia Bakery - I have wanted to go here forever - and the cupcakes are good, but I think it is more to do with how famous they are. We got a Red Velvet with Vanilla and Vanilla with Chocolate - they were really moist and we ate them in Rockefeller Square - a great setting...

NBC Studios Tour - okay, this is the one thing I would maybe skip unless you have kids and are wearing thermals. Seriously, it was FREEZING in there. We really didn't even see that much besides the Jimmy Falon set, the Saturday Night Live set, and the NBC Nightly News set. There was a spot that you could go pretend to do the weather and news at a desk and it was ONLY for kids or really weird adults. Anyway, not my favorite, but now I know and so do you..

Jersey Boys - such a great musical but maybe a bit R-rated on the language if you ask me.. It is about Franki Valli and the Four Seasons and has GREAT music. Brent and Mike have a really good friend in it, so after the show, she took us on a tour of the stage and dressing rooms - super fun and interesting. It was their 1500th show!!

Times Square on our last night:( We got a Tasti-D-Lite ice cream - not worth the hype - and headed to the TKTS steps which over look Times Square. It always amazes me how many people are out with kids and just in general out at 11:30pm. I guess I am too Utah-ized..

Here are some things on the "list" that we didn't get pictures of, but we highly recommend:
Patsy's Pizza - such great pizza and pasta
Battery Park - walk around - people watch
Seaport - more walking along the water
Brooklyn Bridge - we did this 2 yrs ago - but you walk over the bridge and eat at Grimaldi's Pizza which is SO yummy
Dylan's Candy Bar - a shop ALL about candy and chocolate - very fun
Subway Metro Card - DO this, it is and excellent way to get around
Top of the Rock - did this 2 yrs ago - great 360 degree view of the city

This was such a great 10-year Anniversary present for both of us. We loved spending our week doing whatever we wanted and sleeping in as late as we wanted. Thanks to my WONDERFUL mom for taking my kids for the week and letting us do this - we love you... And thanks to Brent and Mike for letting us text and call you multiple times!!

10 Years to NYC

Spence and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary (a bit late, but we couldn't go in May) in New York and we are SO excited! I just wanted to post quickly so that if you happened to be watching T.V. this week, you could keep an eye out for us just in case we happen to grace it. Tuesday, we are hitting David Letterman - I know it's a bit late, but that is what Tivo is for right? Wednesday is Regis and Kelly and I am SUPER excited for that! I don't watch the show regularly, but when I do I really enjoy it and I just LOVE Kelly. Friday we are hoping to be at the Today Show where Rascal Flats are having a concert. Anyway, it should be an AMAZING week with AMAZING food and AMAZING entertainment - I will post all of the fun next week!!!

LAGOON - It's Where FUN is (and also where you can wear your TRASHIEST outfit- oh yeah, and don't worry about wearing a BRA with that tank top)

So, we had our ANNUAL Lagoon Day for Spence's work and it was really fun - minus all of the women that were totally going for the "Most Trashy" award! Seriously, it is as bad as going to the Layton Walmart!! Spence thought it would be funny to take pictures of all of the girl's (not a head shot) and post it, but I couldn't think of a way to do it without them seeing - as I am not very sneaky. Anyway, I am not sure if they thought it was attractive, but really, those tanks that are loose and hang low - they NEED a bra underneath! It is not a good look. Besides the general Lagoon attire, fun was had and the kids LOVED it. Kendalyn is finally tall enough to go on EVERY ride and she took full advantage of it too. Grady LOVED the airplanes and the boats and kept saying "boat" and "plane" over and over. Adri loved every ride she went on, and was able to sneak onto the bigger rides when the guy/girl wasn't paying attention (I know, we are not the best examples)! Spence and I were DEAD by 8:30 - I think we might be older than we think we are... Sadly, Kendalyn was always in the opposite location of the camera - so there are NONE of her, but she was there and LOVED it - enjoy the pics!!

Our FIRST picture of the day - we were RARING to go

Our LAST picture - we were SUPER tired

The FAM

Au Revoir

The cast is GONE!! We finally got it off last Friday and it has been a blissful week without that retched thing! The sock thing REALLY helped though - it was just starting to smell and it had been on the same amount of time as the first one - I was so PROUD:) He was so cute about getting it off and getting the x-rays again. He is really still and just stares at everything going on. He was just happy to get his sticker and sucker - whatever it takes I guess! Kendalyn was our photographer - she really is quite good I think. Hopefully that will be it for us and casts - I am crossing my fingers!!!

Dancing Queen

Little Miss Adri had her spring Dance Recital last night and it couldn't have been more CUTE!! She LOVES dancing and that is precisely the reason I put her in dance - she can carry quite a beat. Hairspray and High School Musical are BLASTED out of her little CD player CONSTANTLY and she happily dances along (Grady does too and I really need to get it on video camera)!! This year, instead of dragging my cute little grandma to the crowded recital, we took her to the dress rehearsal along with Grady and Spence. It took us all of 20 minutes and we were off. SUCH a great idea because the actual recital of course, was slammed with crazy parents who save seats 3 hours prior to the event and then the rest of us chums sit in the back - but it was just me and Kendalyn so it turned out perfect. Her song was "This Will Be" - the one from the Parent Trap with Lyndsey Lohan - remember??? It was so SWEET - Good Job ADRI!!!




With her friends Azelynn and Haley - they are SO CUTE together!!!

Kendalyn's Piano Recital

Cute Kendalyn



This year, Kendalyn has been taking group piano lessons and I can't believe all the stuff she has learned. Amy (our Musikgarten teacher) has taught them in such a different way than I learned, so it has been so interesting to see what Kendalyn can do and with only one year behind her. She teaches them to listen to the song, use a do-re-mi pattern, sing it, and then play it. Kendalyn can play about 20 songs and she can play them in 3 or 4 different keys - which is PURE AMAZING to me. I took lessons for 10 years and I am now learning how to take a song and put it in a different key from my 8-year old - CRAZY!!! She also has learned how to compose, and they had to play an actual song they composed at their recital. Anyway, she has LOVED her lessons and will be moving to private next year - but we are so proud at how well she has learned and how great she is at practicing - hopefully it will stick!!!


With Teacher Amy - we LOVE her!



Explaining what she will be playing



Playing while the others sang and played different instruments



Doing a FUN song they surprised us with



Getting her Certificate and a Medal around her neck



With the "Moms"



With Grandma Thurgood and Great-Grandma Petterborg

Cast UPDATE

So I ended up getting a new cast put on Grady last Friday and it has been SO much better! I really couldn't even pick him up without gagging a little - it was awful. When they took his cast off, they asked if I wanted to keep it and I was shocked! I said there was no WAY that stink was coming BACK into my house - they looked at me like I was kind of weird - but seriously - Adri was gagging too. Since last Friday, we have been so diligent about keeping a sock (one of my ankle ones) on his cast any time he goes outside - hello, GENIUS! I came up with that brilliant idea two weeks too late, but at least it came. He keeps it on really good and doesn't get too bothered only having one set of fingers. I know it might start to stink again, but at least it won't be dirty too - only ONE week left - yahoo!!!

Kindergarten Here We Come!!!

We had Adri's Preschool Graduation the other day and I can't believe she is going to a "real" school next year on a "real" bus! I am as excited as she is:) We have been going to Miss Pennie for the last year and 1/2 of Preschool and we LOVE her. Adri has LOVED going to school and every time they don't have it, we sort of have a meltdown around here. She wakes up ready to go everyday, so we are very sad it is over, but we definitely have some great memories. Bring on the Sweet Summer...
Snappin' - LOVE IT
We missed getting a picture of the hug she gave Miss Pennie, but it was good - she loves HER
Giving Miss Ashlie a HUGE HUG (Miss Ashlie is Pennie's daughter and the other teacher)
Right after she got her "Certificate of Graduation"

EEEWWW!!

Grady's broken arm/cast is starting to gross me out - BAD! He happens to like the dirt ALOT and I can't seem to keep him out of it! Every time he comes in the house we have the same routine of washing hands/feet and I hate that I can't wash his left hand. We have to use a wipe and just wipe it clean. We also have to use Q-tips to dig down under his cast and clean out between his fingers - it's SUPER fun! He has only had it on 1 1/2 weeks so far - 2 1/2 are still left. If it's completely gross now - what is it going to be like next week or when we go to take it off - GAG - I am trying not to think about it too much! I am not even going to post a picture because the cloth underneath the cast is actually turning black - yep, too gross for a picture I think. So, there is the update. He still is doing fine with it though - getting lots of attention and he now just points at it and says "doctor" when anyone asks him what happened - it is VERY CUTE...

BROKEN!!

Yes folks, Grady is our first official recipient of a broken bone in our family! Poor guy - he broke it on Friday at Barnes Park (when we pass it now, he says "cas"). The story goes like this: I was busy (literally for 2 minutes) putting away the blanket and chairs and I couldn't see around the corner of the playground slide where I knew Adri and Grady were playing. All of the sudden, I hear crying and I can tell it's my Grady, so I race over and there is Adri and Grady both lying on their backs in the bark underneath about a 4-foot ledge. I guess Adri wanted him to jump to her and she would "catch" him. I guess the "catch" part didn't really happen. I could tell his arm really hurt because he wouldn't move it AND he kept crying which really isn't like Grady. He normally cries for a minute and runs off like nothing has happened. Anyway, we came home and I called the doctor, but they were at lunch, so I put Grady down for a nap, because that was all he wanted. He woke up about an hour later, and my neighbor who is a nurse, came over and looked at it and thought it looked a little swollen. Just then, my doctor called and told us to come in. He got x-rays taken and was such a mellow guy about the whole thing. They then told us that he has a "Buckle Fracture" in his ulna and radius and that it is better than a snap. So, that's about it. He got his cute green cast on (we tried for red, but they were out) and he was fascinated the whole time. He's gotten tons of attention and is doing quite well at doing everything he normally does. He gets it off June 12th - but in the meantime we think it's pretty darn CUTE!!