New York Weekend

Over the long weekend my friend Michele and I traveled to New York to visit our mutual friend Katelyn. Katelyn moved to Brooklyn about a year and half ago. We have been talking about going to see her since she moved. I'm so happy we decided to go. We had a blast! 

An airport selfie

 Next stop Brooklyn

 On Saturday morning we had breakfast and walked around Katelyn's neighborhood before heading to take a Pure Barre class. 

 I love this wall in the Pure Barre studio. 

This was Katelyn's 200th Pure Barre class!

I took this selfie and sent it to Hadley and Harper to let them see how cold it was on Saturday! It was so cold. 

On Saturday evening we traveled into New York City. Our first stop was the 9/11 memorial.

 Freedom Tower

 We visited Rockefeller Center.

 And saw the musical Matilda.

My Fitbit results for Saturday

 Sunday morning we woke up and it was pouring the rain! So we ran to a bagel shop and got some bagels!

 We ventured back into the city on Sunday afternoon to do some shopping and eat some New York Pizza.

I wanted to visit the Lilly store and when we got there it was closed!

 Oh well! Maybe next time!

We visited Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks

 Macy's

The Empire State Building

We had a great time visiting with Katelyn and Seth in Brooklyn for the weekend. They were so kind to let us stay at their apartment with them. We ate some great food and had some fun. I can't wait to go back! 

xoxo

2015 Goals

I always make New Year goals. Sometimes they are simple and I reach it or cross it off my list. Sometimes they are are hard and I just never accomplish it. This year goals will be a challenge but I am hoping that on December 31 I can say I accomplished them! 

My goals for 2015...

This year I plan to stop the negative self talk. 

I don't know about you but I am my worst enemy. I constantly compare myself to others and put myself down. This year I am stopping that! I want my mind to have positive thoughts. I think this will be hard. For the past few days when I start negative talk I try to think something positive about myself. I am hoping that my friends will help me with this and give me reminders.

This year I plan to join this club and sign the barre.

I want to read 12 books or more if I can!

And my last goal for the year

spend every moment I can with theses precious girls.

I'm linking up for some show and tell! So exciting,  I mean who doesn't love a good show and tel?!

Do you make New Year's goals? I would love to hear what you are planning to do this year! 

xoxo

#moeeveryday2014 week 52

On January 1st, 2014 I decided to take a picture everyday and post it to Instagram. At that time I thought it would be easy to do that but it turned out to be harder than I thought! So thank you to those who have hung in there with me! 

Day 358
Twinning on a rainy Christmas Eve with my sweet friend Emily!

 Day 359
I love my cousin Tanya!

 Day 360
My friend Alex is a Quad and I finally got to meet her 3 sisters!

 Day 361
This funny little guy came to visit the Lilly store.

 Day 362
New Christmas bling!

Day 363
I love my out of town guests!

Day 364
I spent the day shopping with these cutie pies!

Day 365
Happy New Year's Eve!

xoxo

#moeeveryday2014 week 51

 Day 351

Lighting the menorah on the second night of Hanukkah with my Jewish friends. 

I'm not Jewish but my friend Alex is so at our Lilly Christmas party we lit the menorah with her. I thought it was so neat to watch one of Alex's holiday traditions. 

Not a picture of the day but a fun extra...my Lilly work family!

 Day 352 

I helped my sweet friend Amber in her Kindergarten craft day! I had a blast in her classroom.

 Day 353

I think I am a little Frozen obsessed. I made these for work and on the next day...

 Day 354

I think we ate too many of the Frozen cookies!

 Day 355

Family selfie. Just missing mom. 

(She was sick so she missed out.)

 Day 356 

Merry Christmas!

Day 357

Picture Christmas cards are my favorite! 

xoxo

Disney trip day 4

This was our last day at Disney. I think if we were planning our trip now we might have taken a day for just resting at our resort.  The kids needed a break and the adults needed one too! Unfortunately  we didn't have a day for rest so we packed up our bags and strollers and headed to the Magic Kingdom. We had fast passes for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Enchanted Tales With Belle.  

Our first stop was the Mine Train. Since this ride is Disney's newest ride the wait times were always an hour or more. Thankfully we had fast passes and our wait was less than 5 minutes. 

We purchased the Memory Maker before we left and ride pictures are included. I think you can tell that we had a blast on this ride! 

Our next stop was Enchanted Tales with Belle. I think this should be a must do when visiting Disney with small kids. 

We left the Magic Kingdom and headed to Hollywood Studios. 

Day 4 and we are tired. 

Hadley modeling her new Princess hat with Rapunzel hair. This is also the time that Hadley convinced me that she needed a Rapunzel dress up dress. 

We got to meet some more characters. 

Harper told Jake that she thought he was cute!

We had to go to the Frozen Sing-a-long. 

The Frozen sing-a-long is the first time I cried on this trip. (I thought I would cry throughout the whole trip. Before we left the thought of the girls at Disney made me tear up!) Seeing McKinley, Hadley, and Harper singing the Frozen songs just did me in.  They were singing their hearts out and it was pure joy. 

The last stop for the day was eating some Frozen cupcakes. 

I am so thankful that I got to go on this Disney trip with my other family.  Jennifer and her family were so nice to included mom, Ryan, and me on this trip. There are not enough words to say thank you! 

Here are some helpful hints for planning a trip with kids and a large group! 

1. Have a travel planner! Our planner, Jennifer, went above and beyond to plan this trip with us.  She was just a phone call away when we had questions or concerns. If you are thinking about a trip to Disney call her! Jennifer is a rock star at planning Disney trips! 

2. Rent a Bob stroller. Jennifer and Kim took care of renting the strollers but I did help with them while at the park. Jennifer had 2 single strollers for the girls and Kim had a double stroller for her kids.  The Bob single stroller was much easier to use! Honestly I could have pushed it with my pinky finger through the park. The double stroller was just too big in my opinion and harder to fold for the buses. 

3. Arrive to the parks early. 

4. Enjoy!

This was my fourth trip in two years to DisneyWorld and I thought I might be done for a while. But I am already planning my next trip in my head!

xoxo