New York....part 2

After our park adventure we went back to Katie and Chris's house for some more cousin play time.  Bennett again, loved to be right by his older cousins....dinosaur in hand.

 And I was content playing with the girls....

 Bennett was so cute with his little sis....

Ryden introduced one of the twins (I can't see any pink so I don't know if it's Penny or Quinn..fail) to the fire.  She didn't seem interested which is a good thing..

 All poor Bennett wanted to do was make the darn gingerbread house!  We finally decided it was time...

 It proved to be a challenge to get the walls put together so Elyse took over...

 ...and Trevin made sure the frosting stayed safe...

Bennett waited patiently (with his dinosaur) until he got the OK to start decorating...

 This picture is my fav!  The look Elyse is giving Trevin is the best....

 Langley cheered from the sidelines...

 Then we got bored and decided to snapchat it up... We are the cutest koala bears around...

The finished product (after a lot of missing candy that was eaten).

 And thirty seconds later....it came crashing down.  The 'sad face' picture....

 After that eventful day, we headed to our hotel.  The next morning we were up bright and early exploring behind the hotel....

 Even Ryden was taking some pics...

 We were thrilled to be hanging with the cousins for a few more hours until we had to head back to the city.

 All they requested was to go back to the park from yesterday.  Ryden found a ball and had a great time throwing it against the wall with Bennett.

 Trying to get a decent picture was a no-go.....

Close enough....

 And then GG showed us all UP and rode the swing at 89 years young!!!

One last stop to get ice cream before we had to catch the train....

 See you later Connecticut..... 

 We had such a blast with everyone!!!

 Resting our eyes on the train ride.....

 That night, we went to the Charlie and the Chocolate Broadway show...it was a blast!!!  The kids LOVED it and so did we!!

 Great start to our vacation....more to come

New York...Part 1

My most favorite time of the year and we are back to visit New York...which is magical during the holidays.  We arrived pretty late and checked into our posh, swanky hotel room....complete with fancy, smancy walls.

 The next morning we were up semi bright and early to hop on the train to Connecticut.  The boys loved riding on the train and it was a super quick trip.  We were so excited to hang with the cousins and the aunts and the uncles and the GG's.

 All dressed up for the chilly weather.  Such a change seeing as it was 90 degrees when we left LA.

 Bennett was over the moon to hang with Ry and Trev.  It was SO cute to watch.  He just followed those boys around and Ryden loved every minute of it.

 On to the playground where the grownups had more fun than the kids...and Uncle Dale made sure to document it all.

Ok I think the kids had fun too....

The three boys played on this teeter totter thing for quite some time.  Bennett helped "push" the boys back and forth and would DIE of laughter each time.

Please don't break your arm....

 Best Buds....

 The grown ups got off the swing long enough to let the kids try..whoa doggies...

 Ryden climbed up this rock wall thing several times...heart attack city!

Katie's face says it all...

 Commit to the photo people!!!  Nice work.

 Trevin would climb on it too and then get to a part and yell "help! help! I can't get down!"

We headed to the beach to check out the sunset because JMac sure loves a good sunset.

Cousins!! (well some of us at least..)

Cousins with their hubs...

And Trevin looking like he is taking a dump...

...more to come