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

The Great NY State Fair

This weekend we went to the NY State Fair. It was pretty cool. We saw a bunch of bunnies and chickens. And a butter sculpture (I thought this was the coolest part of the fair!). Then we watched the Canine Stunt show. That was amazing. Those dogs were beautiful and talented. Overall we walked around and ate to much.

I'll Play Will You?

1. Open the 4th file where you store your photos
2. Pick out the 4th photo and publish it to your blog
3. Explain a bit about it
4. Pass this challenge to 4 other blogs

Ahhh I miss the hard work that I used to do at the Psych lab when I was at LSU. This is me working my butt off aka doing nothing because my test subject didn't show up!






Hmmmm I'll tag.

1. Megan at 5 feet of fury.
2. Amanda at Living Our Adventure
3.Justine at Hurry Up and Wait
4. Any CW sister that wants to participate

What a busy weekend!

We had a crazy weekend for us. I feel like we've run around all of Syracuse. On Friday we went and saw the new Harry Potter movie which was really good. Then on Saturday we drove out to Waterloo, NY to the outlet mall and did lots of walking and little shopping. Today we went to Fillmore Glenn State Park.

Tango playing fetch in the river

Andrew and I looking sweaty and gross

One of the many waterfalls we saw

Tango tried so hard to get to this little field mouse, but we wouldn't let her.

Another pretty waterfall

Fillmore Glenn State Park is beautiful! New York seems to definitely be filled with beautiful places to go. We had a great hike. Only 3 miles this time which wasn't bad. We finished the hike in just over two hours then came home to relax for the rest of the day.

And here are a few pictures from a BBQ with the other Marines a few weeks ago. It's just proof that the Marines corrupt them young.Yes, he is sitting there with his daughter encouraging her to throw balls at Quan who is passed out from drinking.

Treman State Park

The first waterfall we saw. Climbed down from the trail to see this one.

Daisies on the river bed.

Tango after her "almost" drowning. Notice Andrew's pants from saving her.

Waterfall #2 climbed over a fence and leaned over a cliff to take this one.

3rd waterfall we saw. We could actually see this one from the trail.

Andrew and I went to Treman State Park yesterday and hiked almost 5 miles! Crazy us I know right. We hiked the Gorge Trail and the Rim Trail. We also left the trails for a while and hiked up the river. We saw AMAZING waterfalls and basically just had a blast. We brought Tango with us of course and she had such a good time. She loves running in the water and going on hikes. We had one scary moment when she ran out to meet me in the river and over shot her distance and ended up in the deep water where she couldn't touch. She freaked out and swam to the opposite shore, then we had to coax her back over to the shallow waters. Luckily she was just fine and discovered she can swim.

New York Falls

Three Falls Woods

Andrew Climbing back up

Us

The Very disappointing falls

Tango loving being off her leash

We had a great weekend! We hiked to Three Falls Woods where we discovered that the falls there are pretty much dry this time of year. lol. Tango had a great time though, we let her off of her leash so she could run and she just had a blast! She ran around and played in the water before we headed back to the car.

Chittenango Falls! Much Prettier!

Andrew and Tango Loving the River

Once we were done at Three Falls Woods we headed to Chittenango Falls State Park. It was beautiful. We hiked down to the bottom of the falls and played in the river some before heading back up. Tango had a blast in the water even though she couldn't get off of her leash there. I never thought she would love the water so much.

What an adventure the past week has been. TMO came and packed everything on the first. So now we're sleeping on the floor and eattinb out until we leave on the 6th.

Right now we're over at Kristen and Pats for the fourth of July. Andrew and Pat are building a new gate in the back while I watch the kids and the puppies.

Once they finish we're gonna barbeque for the fourth. Then just one more day until we head off. We're gonna spend a few days in Louisiana with friends and family then onto New York!!!

Hopefully we'll find a place up there quickly. That's what I'm most concerned about. I hate not knowing where we're going to live, but the road trip will be a blast!