Maryland and New York

At the end of May, Izzy and I took a trip to Maryland and New York. My friend Bethany was getting married and Izzy was asked to be the flower girl. Since we were already going to be up that way, it made sense to add a fews day to visit family in NY also. Our original plan was to drive (although it would be a long drive just me and an almost 3 yr old) but then I got a great price on some tickets on Southwest so we flew to MD, then from MD to NY, then from NY home. It was great to visit friends and family on the trip. We spend the first few night in Fredrick, MD for the wedding, then drove down to Southern MD and spent some time visiting friends, then a night at my Aunt and Uncles house in Belair, MD before heading on to Long Island to stay w/Christian's Sister.

Here are some pictures from our day in NYC:



Not the best picture but one of the only ones of Izzy and I at my friends wedding

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Her as the flower girl

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These are the only pictures I have access to from work but someday I will update with some more pictures of the other things we did.

Layouts

Christian went to NY to visit his Sister all week so that meant more time for me to scrapbook :). I have done a few layouts here and there but had to reformat the hard drive so I have all the pictures on a back up hard drive so someday I will up date them here. But for now, here is what I have to share:

















And on another note, we leave this weekend to go to MD so Izzy can be in a friends wedding and hope to visit friends while there too, then go onto NY to visit Christians sister and make a visit to NYC for the day. I am exciting, it will be tons of fun (although probably exhausting). I am bring the camera so be on the look out for an overflow of photos when we get back.

The Beach

Went to Cocoa Beach for a few hours late in the afternoon on Mother's Day. It was really enjoyable. Again, more pictures :)

Seattle

Went to Seattle, WA at the end of April for a work meeting. It has actually been about 7 months since my last work trip. That might have been a record. The weather was beautiful the whole time I was there, too bad I had to work ;).

Here are some pictures:

Easter Egg Dyeing

We had fun tonight coloring some easter eggs.

Decorating a Bunny House

Izzy had tons of fun when she decorated the Gingerbread House at Christmas that I decided to get a bunny house for her to decorate for Easter. Figure it could be a centerpeice at the table.

Here are some pictures

Izzy can FINALLY ride Shamu Express!

She has wanted to ride the roller coaster at Sea World since we first went there a year ago. You have to be 38" tall to ride it so she was never tall enough. Finally today she was tall enough (maybe she is a hair short but they still let her).

I even bought the picture they sell you :). She loved it.