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Tinman Triathlon

The girls did a kids triathlon last weekend right before we headed out to Vegas... They did an awesome job!  Sydney beat out a whole bunch of boys!! Sage did a great job of keeping up with Syd.

During the run...

  

 

 

Transitioning into the one mile  bike ride..

 

 

 

coming back from the ride changing for the swim...

 

 

 

running to the pool for the swim...is where Syd decided to distance herself from her sister and win this thing!  She was so fast we did not get any pictures of her in the pool!

 

 

Yosemite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right before stargazing at the Wawaona...they had a great program!

 

Just wanted to share an awesome breakfast up there!!!! Yes believe it that is french toast!!!

Bass Lake

for Father' s Day weekend.  My Aunt & Uncle have a little hideaway up there that is otherwise know as "a little slice of  Heaven".  Had so much fun barley took pictures I was so busy! 

 

 

 

My aunt & uncle were official photographers I will post their pictures soon!

5k

Sage and I ran a 5k she ran...I walked!!  She was so happy and asked right away when can she do another one.  We are happy to finally see her find her own little thing.  Syd has DANCE, Sam has EVERYTHING, and now little Sagie has running.  Her and I belong to a walking club here in town and we walk anywhere from 1.5 miles to 3 miles a night.  For this 5k a bunch of us from the walking club got together an ran it.  Sage finished  in a little over 30 minutes I finished well...after that.

 

yes that is me all natural no make up...it was early!

 

 

I was trying to get some pictures of the whole day but it didn't turn out like that...

Central Park

The last of our New York pictures....I was trying to prolong it  as much as I could.  Wishing I was still there!  Here are some pictures of Central Park one of my most favorite places in NYC.  Sam and I found ourselves walking through there everyday exploring the walking trails, watching the dog walkers, enjoying the street performers, and taking in all the beauty.

 

 

 

 

roller hockey in the park

 

the second we walked out of our hotel everyday we could see Central Park at the end of our block

 

view from the Natrual History Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the castle was one of our favorite places in the park...had a mini photo shoot with Sam there..(on other camera) did manage to snap a couple with this one..

 

 

Trinity Church

in the financial district...the church you see off  Wall St.so much history here...

 

 

 

 

The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art... was wonderful!  We didn't even get to finish it.  I can't wait to go back with Cliff  and just spend the day there going through every inch of that place..

 

 

 

 

This was one of my highlights...I have a little dancer (syd) and this image of this ballerina is replicated on everything bags, notecards, posters....to finally see it in person was so exciting!  The worn burlap made to look like tulle and the silk ribbon on the back of her hair....what attention to detail...Degas was genius!

 

for any of you Mummy fans out there this tomb was inscripted with writings from The Book of the Dead....Sam wanted nothing to do with this as if I was going to be able to translate the inscriptions and bring back a mummy from the dead....

 

This is a must see stop on your NYC trip!!!

Seaport Village

 

 

 

 

This was a quaint little area in the big city...cobblestone streets maritime boats...Sam and I relaxed here looking at the bridges... ( I have another camera that I have yet to download with more pictures)

Macy's

Wow now this is a sight to see...think of our west coast Macy's...now theirs is nothing like it...it is so much better!  We went during their flower show....it was breathtaking!!

 

 

 

 

 

The entire first floor was showered in flowers...so refreshing from the normal department store visuals.

I could have spent the whole day exploring that department store it has so much history there!  But I could hear Cliff on the other end of the phone asking why I spent the whole day in department store...  My favorite part was the original wooden escalators...

 

 

 

 

We didn't make to all the floors but Sam made sure we stopped n the teen section...wood floors and so much character it felt like you were shopping somewhere else...That floor had the biggest formal dress section EVER and it had a live DJ mixing music.  How could we resist not buying anything?

Ellens STARDUST diner

Now this place was a riot...again we didn't go here for the gourmet food but more for the ambiance...apparently all the struggling actors work here while they are waiting for their big Broadway break...the wait staff breaks out in song it is hilarious!  The diner is in Time Square and was worth the visit!