Chris wanted to be part of the statue

A cemetery near the Yale campus

All the buildings were stone

We are off....

To New York City for a couple of days. We will be back Tuesday night! My friend Tania who some of you may know is in New York from India for a few days so we are heading over to spend the day with her. I will tell you all about it when we get back:) Hope everyone had a great weekend.

The Battle of Alberta

I love fall for many reasons, but the one reason that really stands out right now is that it means hockey is back. The 2006-2007 NHL season kicked off last night with 3 games. One of those games happened to be Colorado (Chris's team) and Dallas. Dallas won in OT which left me with a very disappointed and crabby hubby. Oh the joys of hockey season. Tonight the Oilers kick off the season at home against who else but the Calgary Flames. Battle of Alberta....I love it. Lets hope Chris is not left with a crabby wife tonight! GO OILERS!!!!

A belated congrats to Tammy and Jeremy on the birth of Maya Marie Williams. She's beautiful and I am so happy for you guys!

All Good Things Must Come to an End.......:(

And finally we have come to the last day of our trip recap. We were so busy when we were in Seattle, but it was never really meant to be a vacation where we sat around and did nothing. It was worth all the driving around etc that we did. We had a great time and enjoyed every second with all the friends and family we saw.

Our last day there we got up in the morning and I started doing laundry so we didn't have to pack dirty laundry only to have to do it when we got home. Most of the day was spent doing that and packing. It was nice to spend the day just relaxing at the house with Chris's mom before it was time for Andrea, Bryan and the boys to come over to go to Bullwinkles Family Fun Center.

Andrea and the boys arrived around 4pm and Bryan not long after and we headed out around 5. When we got there the first thing the boys wanted to do was Go Karts. Andrea and I watched while Gavin and Trevor "drove" with Uncle Chris and Bryan. They had so much fun.

After they were done with that it was time for some mini golf. I don't remember who won but I do know I had a hole in one and I am pretty sure Gavin did as well.

We headed inside after min golf to have some supper. The boys had cheeseburgers and we had pizza. It was actually pretty good pizza, I was impressed. You see I have turned into a pizza snob ever since moving to Boston. Anyways we got two large pizza's between the 4 of us, they messed up one of the orders so ended up making us a third pizza for free which we sent home with Bryan and Andrea. After we ate we got a bunch of tokens and we all got to play games and stuff. It was a really fun night. I am glad Chris and I decided to take them all there for our last night in Seattle. We sure miss you guys a lot.

We left Bullwinkles around 9 pm and when we got back to Chris's parents it was time to finish packing and get ourselves ready to head to the airport. Bryan and Andrea headed home and not long after we were on our way to the airport. John and Linda dropped us off around 9:45pm. We were sad to say goodbye, we really enjoyed spending time with them. Thanks for having us all week and feeding us and letting us rack up the miles on your cars. We really appreciated it!

Once we got checked our bags and went through security we got some drinks and sat in our boarding area just waiting. I had thought that since we were flying out so late (11pm) that our flight and the airport itself wouldn't be very busy. I was shocked when our flight was full and other flights boarding from the same area were also jam packed. I guess flying red eye is probably cheaper, maybe that's why. Chris let me sit in the window seat on the way home. For some reason I freaked out a lot more during takeoff than I had when we left Boston just 12 days earlier. It was weird, I mean I really freaked out, my heart was racing, my eyes filled with tears and my hands were shaking. Yet as usual once we were in the air and the flight attendants started moving around etc I was fine.

I swear the flight attendants were baking cookies during takeoff. LOL. When they came around for our first round of drinks etc they gave us chocolate chip cookies that were warm and the chocolate was melted. After we settled in with our drinks, Chris and I got a digi player which costs 10 bucks but has like 10 movies on it, TV shows, sports etc. We ended up watching The Fantastic 4 which was a pretty good movie. At least it kept my mind occupied. After it was over I splept for about an hour while Chris watched an old college football game. Chris who usually sleeps like a log actually only slept for about an hour as well.

My favorite part of the flight was when the sun started to rise. We were on the wrong side of the plane to see the actual sunrise but it was still beautiful regardless. I have never seen anything more amazing or beautiful. It sure makes you appreciate God's wonder and beauty in a whole new way. I am not sure my camera did it justice but you get the idea.

We landed at 7 am. By the time we got home and got our car and drove all the way up to Salem (about 40 mins) to pick up Belle and do some dog walking and got back home we could barely keep our eyes open. I was SO excited to see my puppy and she seemed just as excited to see us. Apparently she was a pretty good girl while we were gone. yay! Thank you so much to John and Elisa for taking such good care of her, we really really appreciate it, you guys are awesome.

As if it will be a surprise to know blogger doesn't want to post anymore pics, I will go ahead and post them below. Enjoy!

My favorite picture I took from the plane

Weekend with the Rothlisbergers

Shawn and Celeste came to pick us up from Chris's parents around 4 pm that Saturday. They still had the girls with them so Chris's mom and dad got to see them. They have twins, Ana and Alyssa who are 2 1/2 and SO cute. We took the girls over to Shawn's parents house so we could have some kid free time. We did some shopping before we headed to Billy McHale's for supper. Chris, Shawn and Celeste all you used to work there together and so we always have to go there. I am really not all that crazy about it but they do have really good ribs so I hear. I am not much of a rib person. After Billy's we went over to Jimmy Mac's Roadhouse (where Chris also used to work) to get some of their famous and SO yummy rolls. Then it was off to Safeway for some beer and some breakfast stuff. There were cactus leafs in the produce section and I picked one up and jabbed my finger. That sucked. And the next morning my finger was throbbing and we got some cactus needle out. lol Ouch! Serves me right.

Sunday Celeste made a yummy breakfast....bacon, eggs and biscuits and gravy. Chris and Shawn got ready not long after and were off to the Seahawks/Cardinals game. It was the first home game of the season and Celeste was gracious enough to let Chris have her ticket. They have season tickets but still it was the first home game. So thanks Celeste!! While the boys were at the game we stayed home and watched the game on TV. It was a fun day and the Seahawks won which is even more important.

After the game we headed to Red Robin for supper. We have Red Robin out here but the closest one to us is an hour. Celeste and the girls left in one car to head home while Shawn drove us back to Chris's parents house in his car. We had a great time with them and wish it had been longer, we really miss them.

After Shawn left we headed over to Jen and Ryan's for one last visit before we headed home. We had a nice visit. And of course like any visit with Ryan there was beer. hehe! Fun times. We are really happy for them and definitly look forward to them coming to visit in the near future. We sure miss them come Saturday nights and hockey season.

Seahawks game! Go Hawks