NYC trip, part 1

The Hawkes girls spent last weekend in NYC to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday. It was what girls' weekends should be with laughter, eating, shopping, talking and little sleep.
One of the highlights was eating at the 21 Club. The food was delicious. The service was impeccable. The waiter and bartender were fun and witty.
The meatpacking district food tour is so great some of us have done it twice. Curt, our tour guide, was a great comedian and a lot of laughs.
We had lots of amazing pizzas. Grimaldi's and Lombardi's are still my favorites.
Katie wanted to make her boys proud so she debuted her break dancing moves with the home boys in the subway station to Black-eyed Peas.
I loved meeting up with my dear friend, Cori Fugal.

Indy Ice Storm

With Mike on call last night the car was exposed to the storm. It took an hour to break through enough ice to get in the car.
It didn't help that all he had was a highlighter to break the ice.

Happy Sunday!

 

 

Mel & Denise Marion's Homecoming

Mike made a last minute trip to SLC to welcome his parents home from New Zealand. I have a cell phone picture and it was a joyous reunion! Mike and all his siblings surprised his parents by all being at the airport.

Not much going on around here. I did hem my neighbors pants. I imagined I could whip up a couple of little projects while my machine was out. It did not happen.

I pierced my friends ears though. It has been a couple of years since last I used my gun.

Elsie and Ariel love the privacy of playing under the dining room table.

I have the cutest photos of Elsie helping Isaac with his math. ;) For some reason, like most things electronic in this house, it is not working properly and uploading the way it should.

We have had a few snow storms here in Indiana since our visit to Utah. I find myself not just dreaming, but craving the chance to be snowboarding at Park City Mountain Resort with my boys.

It's the Sweet Things

When I was little, my ski instructor was a proficient yodeler. He said the key to yodeling was to have a wet mouth. Each time we got on the lift, he would hand us little Jolly Rancher candies to "wet our whistle." We were to practice yodeling on our way up the mountain on the chair lift. I never learned to yodel but I sure loved that candy. It kept me motivated for every new run and helped with my energy level too. Not to mention, my instructor's cheerfulness made skiing fun and went a long way to helping me fall in love with the sport. I have passed this trick on to my kids. Not the yodeling, but eating candy on the chair lift. This little trick helps keep my kids' blood sugar levels up, and their morale. When they are hungry, they have a bad attitude and no energy. The best kinds of sweets to take are the little ones that do not require much effort to get into your mouth. It is a tradition now and my kids are always excited to see what candy I bought. I have to admit that I look forward to it as much as they do.

Park City photos