Grandpa's 87th b-day

Andrew and I traveled to Long Island/Manhattan this past weekend to visit his Uncle Mike and Grandpa. His Grandpa flew up from Louisiana to celebrate his 87th birthday (and he brought the fixings for gumbo!!). We are lucky enough to only live a few hours away. So, I took a day off of work and we headed down. Man did we have a blast!

We headed out Friday morning taking a brief stop in New Jersey at a scenic over look to stretch our legs. We got into Long Island around noonish. Andrew went with his Uncle Mike to pick up his Grandpa from the airport while I relaxed from the long drive. That evening we went to this amazing little sushi restaurant for dinner where we all ate until we were ready to explode.

Scenic overlook in New Jersey

Saturday Grandpa made gumbo for lunch so we all had a huge lunch. Then Uncle Mike dropped Andrew and I off at the train station so that we could catch a train to Penn station. Andrew and I walked around and saw Herold Square and Macy's (the most important places in my opinion lol). Then we went to the Empire State building. It took us almost 2 hours to get to the observatory, but it was definitely worth the view. When we finally got back to the street we realized that we were going to miss our train back to Long Island. Luckily we were able to book it back to Penn Station with literally enough time to sprint through the doors of the train. We got back to Long Island a little late because the train was delayed. Then we went to a Portuguese restaurant for dinner. Again with the amazing food!!!

Andrew on the train

Macy's!

Andrew and I on top of the Empire State Building

Look you can see the Statue of Liberty!!

Sunday we went to the Oktoberfest in plattdeutsche park on Long Island. They have a shooting range in the park so I got to fire a 22 rifle for the first time and Andrew and Grandpa also took some shots. Then the day had to come to a close and we headed back to Syracuse.

Grandpa shooting

Andrew Shooting

Hippo Birdy to the Hubby Man

Today is Andrew's birthday YAY! He's a quarter of a century and I have been rubbing it in his face that he's getting "old" for weeks now. Why do I see this coming back to bite me when I turn 25 in a few years lol.

Today has been a good day I made him a red velvet cake from scratch along with cream cheese icing from scratch. Just looking at this thing could put you into a diabetic coma or quite possibly a heart attack. Between the frosting and the cake there are 4 sticks of butter 2 cups regular sugar and 4 cups of powdered sugar! Gotta love those Paula Deen recipes.

Do you serve brains with that?

I honestly wonder if the Marine Corps takes their brains and issues them non-working one upon completion of boot camp. I love my husband dearly. He's an amazing man and a great person, but he just doesn't think things through sometimes. Today he told me that he was going to come to Louisiana for my birthday (YAY!), but that what he was going to do is leave TX on Sunday stay in LA Monday and Tuesday then drive home on Wednesday. Well, the only problem with this is I'm a full time college student and hold a part time job. So, he would drive home on a day I have off, be in town for two days when I have school and work and then drive home on a day I have off. Clearly he didn't think this through before he submitted for leave. So, I'm having him resubmit his leave so he drives down on Thursday is here Friday-Sunday (all days I have off!) and drives home on Monday. Hopefully, he'll remember and I won't have to throttle him :-D.