Palm Beach Florida

Phillip and I had a great time! This is the first time we have gone on a vacation with just the two of us in a really, really long time. Let's just say it was overdue. We had so much fun and are already thinking of our next get away...

The Breakers, Palm Beach Florida

Phillip went to a medical research conference at The Breakers in Palm Beach Florida, which the university paid for and all I had to do was buy a plane ticket, and there was no way he was going without me! The hotel was gorgeous! We had a view of the ocean from our room. We could walk out the hotel right onto the beach. They also had 5 pools which I visited frequently. It was pretty fancy, and I got a few looks if I ever asked the question of how much something cost, apparently a no no. I had an amazing time and loved spending time with the hub.

Paradise: Somewhere that involves the ocean, a beautiful sandy beach, palm trees, sunny weather and most importantly no children. (please note that I love my children. I think I grew to love them more after spending 5 days without them..I think to have my love continue to grow I will have to spend random trips alone with my husband or sisters, or even friends to help my love grow even stronger...haha)

Back to School!

Something glorious happened this fall...school started and I finally have all my kids in school!!! Okay, so I have a 3rd grader, kindergartener, and a preschooler but how I see it is I have 6 hours per week with no children... I know amazing!

Brinley's baptism

Saturday, August 2nd 2008. Brinley's baptism. What a weird actualization to have a child old enough to be baptized!!! I was sooo proud of Brinley and her decision to be baptized. She had prayed and thought a lot about it before making the choice. When I asked her what she thought and if she thought the church is true she told me "Mom, I don't think I know it is true." Congrats Brin on your big day!!!

Sister's Trip...NYC!!!

My sisters and I did a girls trip to the Big Apple! It was filled with 4 Broadway shows, good food and good shopping!!! Oh, and did I mention no kids! We had a great time that I will never forget. Our hotel was the Carlton on Madsen Ave., a swanky place located by the Empire State building.

Saturday morning we went and had breakfast in Central Park. JeuneElle and I came upon the most amazing invention...a Waffle Mobile! No lie! They sold waffles and dingers (dingers being the different toppings to put on your waffles, for those of you novices to a waffle mobile). Yea, it was amazing. Of course the highlight was a german family in front of us who paid for there meal in change. Ten dollars in change...pretty funny. Of course JeuneElle couldn't help herself but to ask the Waffle Maker if he had change for a dollar. Yea, she thought she was funny. Okay, so I thought she was funny. Good times!

We spent most of our time in Times Square. The first day it rained on us... alot. But that didn't stop us. We had sights to see and shows to attend. We went to 2 Broadway Musicals (Wicked & Curtains) and went to 2 Broadway Plays (A Country Gril & Boeing Boeing). All were AMAZING!!!

We used the Subway to get everywhere. It was a lot of fun and definitely the best place to people watch. We did have a few momnets of barely making our rail and also getting pushed out of the way by random strangers..it felt very "New York".

The Cat in the Hat

Brinley chose to do the Cat in the Hat Comes back for her 2nd grade book report. You were supposed to dress as the main character of your book and then tell the story from their view point. She made a pretty cute Cat in the Hat!!!

Gale Family Moab Trip

Phil and I started a new family tradition... we took our kids to Moab. And of course you can't go to Moab unless you go jeeping (according to Gale family rules and regulations). We had such a great time we decide that every spring we will go. We did make some alterations to the Gale family rule book and decided that we would veto the camping and stay in a hotel. Pool, bathrooms, showers, not a bad alteration.

My in-laws (Doug and Cindy) came with us. Doug is a certified Moab expert and so we were sure to hit all the top spots Moab had to offer. We started by a hamburger and homemade rootbeer at Ray's Tavern in Green River and of course had to eat pizza at Eddie McStiff's.

Brin & Tyler had a few screams on some steep inclines, while Ryan took it all in stride!