NYC-Family Trip

While Jonathan was in Spain, the kids and I had a wonderful time in New York City! In fact, I spent time with my parents, and 2 of my three brothers. I saw everyone but Aaron and Reghan and in New York of all places. Chris, as pictured above and his beautiful wife Jodi. Below is Grant. We had a great time together. We ate in Little Italy, hung out around Times Square, tried to get on MTV trl and Grant was a party animal the entire time. Grant went to bed around 4am, was meeting people in subways, attending private parties,etc. More girls were text messaging Grant that he had met in New York in 4 days than I get here among my friends. It's normal for Grant.


For the more tamer crowd (myself, my kids and the grandparents)...we had a ball together. We went to the Bronx Zoo where Austin had a camel ride, and loved the Grizzly and Polar Bears.

We went to FAO Schwarz where Austin touched and played with every toy known to man including playing the floor piano. We went to the enormous Disney store where he had a sword fight with pirates, and the huge Toys-R-Us store where the real size T-rex growled at him. A couple of times he ran away and yelled at Grandma to "Run!" We also enjoyed Central Park and the huge climbing rocks there.
Ashley was a trooper. Although the pollution in NYC was hard on her. We walked with Ash in the Baby Bjorn and pushing Austin in the stroller. We got around NYC just fine!

Among my highlights were being able to see 90% of my family this week, eating cheesecake at the Carnegie deli, Tasti-D-Lite (delicious frozen yogurt) and walking around New York City enjoying the wonderful things it has to offer.
This week we're leaving on a 3 week vacation to Charlston SC for a Toler Family reunion and then a week in Ft. Lauderdale Florida for a LaBarbera family reunion then finish up with a few days at DisneyWorld for Austin. More Toler Tales to come in 3 weeks. Enjoy the warmth of summer!
Angie