Traveling as Two - Manhattan

It was hard to say goodbye to the kids, but we would be back on Saturday, so that wasn't long. Teach and Twiz let us drive their Altima into New York. It was a nice drive, but I was glad Scout was behind the wheel.

It wasn't long before we approached the famous Lincoln Tunnel. I had been through it with my sweetie, but Scout had never been.

Now before I tell this story, I want to remind you that we had a rare weather event a few days ago that put 2 feet of snow on the ground, covering signs and other important stuff.

Scout did fine in the tunnel. She wasn't stressed at all.

I was navigating, and when we came out of the tunnel, I knew which way we had to go from the gps. The problem was the temporary barricades and piles of snow. It threw me. So the turn I sent Scout on took us right back through the Tunnel!

You know what that meant...

By our 3rd time through, Scout was definitely a pro. To get in the right lane though, we had to change lanes inside the tunnel.  As it turned out, the other lane with the proper turn, belonged to buses. We were not the only one sneaking over...

Soon we were in the area; I could tell by the tall buildings.

Our hotel was on 57th street, but the snow made it difficult to find parking. We drove a large square around our hotel 3 times before Scout did something typical "New Yorker." She pulled partway into the snow in front of our hotel and she turned on her hazards!

Anyway. 

We finally got parked and we settled in. Scout is taking a much needed break.

At least the room is nice.

Traveling as Two - New Jersey

Not quite the way we have always traveled as two, but Scout was happy to join me on a trip back east that was planned long before my sweetie passed away.

Scout hasn't been in New Jersey since she was little and she took this amazing pic of Philadelphia as we circled the airport before landing.

Twiz picked us up at the airport and by the time we got to Teach and Twiz's house, it was well after midnight. 

Some of the kids were still up, including the twins. They are just so cute!!

We took one of me holding both girls, but I guess it's not on my phone.

Twizlet was still up and since her birthday was last Saturday, she was super excited to open her gifts.

Here is Scout holding Twinzee 1.

We finally got to bed around 2:30 which is really only 12:30 Utah time.

Tomorrow, once we finally get up, we are driving to Manhattan. I'm a little nervous, but pretty excited.

We will be back in New Jersey on Saturday because I need lots more time to play with those cute babies.

Found the pic! Teach had it.

Guest Blog: Reading Tennis Shoes to Mom by the Dog Walker

For quite a while, Mom had been looking forward to hearing me read a lot of the Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites series that she and Dad always enjoyed reading together. We used to have a whole collection of them, but for some reason, most of them had disappeared out of the household. For most times, I've been requesting a couple of copies from the local library and after finishing them, I would return them. So, I went onto the Thrift Book website and ordered them for a very good deal. Most of the copies on the website cost 5 dollars each, while the ones from Amazon cost like 10 or 20 dollars, I just thought of the Thrift Books approach just so that Mom could have almost the entire series again. I thought I bought the entire series at once, when I realized that book seven was missing and I instead ordered Cheaper By the Dozen, which is also a book that Mom likes! Maybe after reading the entire Tennis Shoes series, I'll start reading that book to her.

Wordless Wednesday - on Friday...

Princess played this game with me. 

Notice anything different?