First Bite

Ten years ago October, Zach and I took a very short trip to NY to see some broadway shows. We were accompanied by my cousin, met up with my sister, and stayed with relatives in NJ. Last week, to celebrate our seventh anniversary (which is TODAY!) we went all by our lonesomes. By ourselves.
With no kids!

Our wonderful friends watched not only our girls, but theirs too. Five girls three and under. They are supposed to go out of town now so we can return the favor. That'll be a fun post...

We rode a shuttle from the airport to our hotel, Fairfield by Marriot, near Times Square. Our driver was- you guessed it- crazy. He ran into the side of the toll booth on the freeway. And got out to talk to the car behind us while we were waiting at a red light. We weren't wearing seatbelts. Yee haw!




The first thing we did was drop our bags at the hotel and run around the corner to the Titanic exhibit. Very cool thing to see in NY- almost everyone on the ship had ties to the state in some way. Or would have, had they made it. We got cards with the name of random passengers and their reasons for traveling, who they were with, where they were from, name, age, and first, second, or third class passenger. At the end of the tour you could look up their name and see if they lived or not. Pretty awful list. The 21-year-old girl on my card lived, and amazingly, so did her new husband. But I was still teary toward the end. The tour started with the building of the ship, guided you through the different parts. Gave histories of some significant historical people. All throughout there were artifacts that had been rescued from the bottom of the ocean. There was a huge block of ice in the shape of an iceburg. Just touching it for five seconds made your hand ache. They said it was not as cold as the water the people were in. The whole experience was eerie, but educational.

Actual staircase from original ship


Replicated in the exhibit- we got to stand on it while they shot a pic of us, but we didn't buy it. Maybe we'll dress up and Photoshop ourselves in just to be creepy.







Wonder what he was thinking. Maybe he was just trying to watch someone behind him without looking obvious.



We went to dinner at the TGIF's in Times Square.


Our view got more fun the longer we looked.











You think I'm trigger happy? Check out this guy. Shooting his food for a class or something.




More in a bit...

Senior shoot

Check out my first Ohio senior shoot here- hope it is the first of many. Spread the word!

Congratulations from Soleil and The Little Seed!!

Okay, so the cat's out of the bag.

I'm on Twitter.

And I've only been following about 4 people, and one of them is Soleil Moon Frye.

I can't remember how I encountered her account, but I thought- "How sweet! She actually replies to her fans!" I grew up absolutely smitten with Punky Brewster. I wished Henry would adopt me too, and I could grow up sisters with Punky, and friends with Cherry and Alan, and even that snotty Margo. I'm remembering these names without referencing- so maybe they're misspelled...

Anyway.

A few days after the tomato incident I happened to see this tweet from Soleil: Need great get away.U still have chance 2 win b-day gift from me to you @phvegas is giving 2 nights+fun. http://www.thelittleseed.com/blog/

It read:

Its a birthday present from me to you. You guys have been so amazing and supportive. Here’s a chance to win a fun get away similar to my B-day celebration. We will fly you to Las Vegas, where the wonderful Planet Hollywood is going to be giving an amazing 2 night stay, limo transpo from the airport to the hotel , 1 spa treatment, 2 buffets of choice at Spice Market and 2 meals of choice at Planet Dailies.
Share your stories on why this get away is perfect for you and much needed!!!

I hadn't decided to write a post on here about the accident yet (still felt too embarassed) so I thought I'd vent to Soleil Moon Frye. Naturally.

Summer Says:

August 7th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I could tell you my reasons, but you probably won’t believe me.

I’ll start with the basic reason- outnumbered by kiddies! They are 3, 2 and 2 years old. All girls (Yes, the 2-year-olds are twins, no I’m not crazy enough to actually plan two toddlers at once.) My husband is a full-time student and we are livin’ on love. Okay, AND student loans.

The sob-story reason I need a little R&R: Tuesday afternoon the tomatoes I was canning exploded on me and I got 2cd degree burns, and 8 stitches on my hand where I landed on a jar remnant. Luckily, I got all taken care of with a nice ambulance ride to the ER. Unluckily, my husband and friend both had to work all week (we don’t live by family) and I’ve been taking care of three sick kids (fevers, runs, and one of those weird all-over baby rashes) with one throbbing unuseable hand and a burned arm and face. Okay AND armpit.

The Aww-cute reason we would love Vegas: We went there on our honeymoon, nad our anniversary is September 6th.

Maybe this would all be more convincing with pictures… but- ew.

Guess what I found in my inbox last night!

Hi Summer,

You recently shared with us your reasons for needing a trip to Las Vegas with your husband and we agree, a weekend in the desert is just what the doctor ordered...and we're gonna send you! We could only pick one winner for this give-away. It just seemed really perfect for you. We fell in love with the fact that you hurt yourself doing something as fantastic as jarring organic tomatoes.
Please send me your contact information so that I may send it on to Planet Hollywood.
You can set the dates at your convenience.

Congratulations Summer!!!

Fondly,

Soliel and The Little Seed Staff

By golly.

Duck

Have you ever played the version of "Duck, Duck, Goose" where three little girls run around you patting your head- all saying "Duck," and you sit there thinking maybe you'll do just that, but you don't because they're all giggling their little heads off?