Drive to D.C.!!

We headed to from the Fisher's this morning (we had so much fun!) and headed to DC!

Only one tollway that had a HUGE traffic jam (about 12 lanes trying to get down to 1!)

Made it to our hotel 4:00

I have encountered MANY bridges on this trip! Yikes!

Got some good pool time this afternoon! Great pool! Sand bean bag toss by the pool and the hotel bar is partly poolside!!

Supper at the hotel restaurant! (Kids eat free and half price appetizers!)

It was a perfect evening to eat outside....had a little happy hour and great food!! :)

Nice to hang out at the hotel....we have a couple of big sightseeing days ahead!

A day in New Jersey, a night at Yankee Stadium!!

We spent the morning hanging out at the Fisher's! The kids LOVE their basement (especially Austin!)!! They played wii down there and had a blast!! It was nice to hang out and relax!

We went for lunch to my favorite spot...Qdoba! And then to a Children's Museum called Imagine That with Hazel (and Tyler and Becky!)!! The kids had a blast!!

Sliding with Hazel!

Cars, trucks, airplanes, motorcycles......

Dress up, shadow walls, doctor's office, dentist office, grocery store.........

Arts and Crafts and Music!!

Hmmmmm....can you tell which art belongs to which child?? :)

Yankee Stadium

New York City, New York (The Bronx)

Yankees vs Rangers

Craziness!! This place is nuts with baseball fans!! We had more interesting adventures!! We somehow ended up at the wrong train station that was suppose to be minutes from Becky's! (I was wondering how she walked here....then realized....wrong one!) So, we missed the first train we were supposed to take into the city...got on the second one! Then at the subway station we got on the wrong platform...(there goes the $$ we put on our card to try and get on the subway right away after the game!!)! We finally got on the right one and it took forever to leave......super crowded with LOTS of people going to the game!!

We finally got there....only 1 inning late!! I have to say we've never been late for a game...usually SUPER early!! It is CRAZY but AWESOME!!

Still......CRAZY amounts of peope trying to get in.....late!!!!

We sat WAY up high (3 rows from the top!)! Which the kids thought was fantastic!!

We cheered with some crazy Yankee fans and met some people from Staten Island who were really fun! (Connie would've loved it!) The WHOLE crowd, no matter how far away you sat....was into the game the WHOLE time...the place was Rockin'! Yankees had a no hitter going into 6th....the crowd was fired up! Gave up 2 hits in the 6th....oh well! Then there were back to back home runs which was SOOOO fun! I've never seen Austin cheer so hard (Yes, for the Yankees...I forgot to ask him if he is still a Redsox fan!) Everybody was giving high-fives up in the cheap seats!! :) Jimmy Fallon and the Mayor were on the big screen, too! Fun!

We actually left early (what is this?) to make sure we made the train back to Becky's...we did! Only bad part was waiting in line to get money back on our card! Soooo many people left early to get on the subway...I couldn't believe it!! Kids are exhausted, but we had the best time at the game!!! Got a litte lost trying to find our van at the station...Great job to Katelynn for sticking it out and walking all around the park with us in the dark to find the van when she was soooo tired!!!! The kids have been troopers!!

Heading out to DC tomorrow! We have had such a GREAT stay with the Fisher's!!

I can't thank them enough!!

What a day! A busy day!

We drove to Staten Island to take the Ferry into Manhattan and see the

Statue of Liberty!

The new World Trade Tower...REALLY tall!!

We took the subway to Central Park and had a quick bite to eat!

Next stop FAO Schwartz-Katelynn bought a barbie!!

We met Becky and Hazel and went to a few candy stores! The kids were looking at the

 Hershey store from the M&M store!!

Katelynn really wanted this.....nope, it was $40!!

Times Square! Craziness! I forget how crazy New York City is!!

So many things to see and soooo many people! 

Took the Ferry back and headed to Allentown, PA!

Coca Cola Park

Allentown, PA

Leigh Valley Iron Pigs vs Rochester Redwings (Twins AAA team!)

Beautiful Park...totally sold out except for lawn general admission! A lady gave Craig two free tickets and then we got 2 lawn seats! It was a great night!!

Hotdogs for supper!!

A beautiful sunset!

Hmmm.....is this how you use this chair?!?!

One of the best ballparks for food! Reasonably prices and really fun things!

(Corn on Cob with seasoning and parm. cheese, waffle with ice cream and sauce on top!!)

Oh...and home team wins!!

We made it!!!

We arrived at The Fisher's Sunday about 4:00

 (would've been earlier, but we had a horrendous stop at Target!!)

Anyway, we were glad to arrive!!

The rest of Pennsylvania was a BEAUTIFUL drive! We went through the Appalachian Mountains!!

Citi Field

New York, NY (Queens)

Mets vs Braves

Mets win! (barely!)

Our drive here was interesting!! Our GPS wasn't telling us which turns to take so we ended up on a frontage road at Newark Airport....and had to find our way back on. The chaos trying to get into the tunnel was a nightmare...(yes, this tunnel went under the Hudson River....yikes!) We ended up driving through Manhattan-China town...I have neve seen so many cars and so many people trying to get through a small road! It took forever! We ended the drive on a street under the subway with more cars and people until we arrived at the stadium! YAY!! Then turned into a parking lot for passes (oops) and had to turn around!!

Austin waited in a really long line to be able to bat at the little field. You get to play all 3 outfield positions and then bat! (Katelynn is actually in the back in the batting cage...I didn't even know I got her in the picture! She did it twice while Austin was in line!)

We moved down to watch the last inning. Mets were up 6-1 in the 9th and it ended 6-5! yikes!

Jon Rausch came in to pitch...remember him?

The drive back to Becky's was better, except through China town again...the city that never sleeps!!