The husband and I

I heart NY

Today was the day of New York City! We spent the whole day in NY. It was awesome. Saw lots, walked lots, rode the subway lots and there were lots of people. Wow. Great times! Started in Central Park, then went to the district of Chelsea where we went to this cool market. Took the subway to Park Ave to meet up with one of Em's friends from college. From there we went and walked down 5th Ave and did some shopping. Saw Rockefeller Center! After we hit up H & M, we went to Time Square and then we were homeward bound. It was a packed day but wow, was the day perfect. The sun was shining and it was so warm out. FANTASTIC!! We leave for Fergus tomorrow. We've had such a great time here at the Benson's! Rock on NJ.

New thoughts on Jersey.

We've been having such a great time here on the east coast. I must say that my opinion on New Jersey is changing. It's not an ugly, dirty state full of loud, obnoxious east coasters.... its a very pretty and clean state. And the people are wonderful! We've met some super nice friends of Em's from college. We're beginning to realize why it's called 'the garden state.' We went on a hike around Succasunna on Sunday and yesterday we went to a place called Hacklebarney State Park where we walked around, hiked a little and explored. It was such a beautiful day and we packed a little picnic lunch! It reminded me a bit of the Kananaskis, minus the mountains. We loved it! Today we're going to go shopping with Em's great Aunt Alice. She's such a neat woman. She has a strong east coast accent and she just says it as it is. I love it. She has a twinkle in her eye and she and Em are really close.

Tea time with the ladies.

Me, Niki and Em with our crazy hats on!

The whole group of us. Em's mom Ruth, sis Ali and I in the front and Em, her sis Carrie and best friend Niki in the back.

Having a spot of tea!

We had a blast yesterday in Pennsylvania. We went to Messiah college where Em went to school for 4 years. We saw her sisters Carrie and Ali, who also go there. We met up with Niki, Em's best friend, and all of us ladies went to Carlisle, PA to a cute little tea house called 'Camellia's Sin' which stands for camellia sinensis which is the name of a tea plant. It was wonderful. It was very quaint and they had a bunch of old English hats which you could wear while you enjoyed the tea time. We were served the 'Camellia's blend' tea to start. Along with a fresh fruit cup with a lemon sauce drizzled on top. Then some wonderful freshly made apricot scones with a devonshire cream and lemon curt to go with. We could also choose from a menu of different teas and we chose a white tea called Spring breeze. It had aromas of vanilla and cinnamon and lemon. But I still loved the Camellia's blend which has caramel in it. Mmm. Delish. Enjoy some great pics! Oh, I almost forgot to mention what Wayne and Em's dad did all day... they went and visited Gettysburg. He loved it because he loves history and to see the place where it all happened was fantastic. We all met up again in the evening at Pizza Town near Messiah college for some sweet New Jersey pizza. What a day!

Jersey...here we come

We are now in Succasunna, New Jersey visiting our dear friend Emily Benson and her family. We arrived today at about 6:00 pm and had a wonderful home-cooked meal and we sat around the table for hours chatting with her aunt and her great-aunt and her grampa and some of her great-aunt's friends. It was just so fun. Tomorrow we're off to Pennsylvania to visit Em's two sisters at Messiah College. I'm so pumped. I'll keep you updated on the trip and I'll post pictures because now I can! Woohoo!

and now its April...

Well hello there friends and family. You're probably wondering where on earth I've been. And you have every reason to ask that question since I haven't posted in a MONTH. Oh, I'm so ashamed. I will say that I did post about a week ago and tried to publish it and for some reason, it just would not work. I finally gave up and tried to just save it until I could muster up the patience to try again but when I went back to it... viola, it was gone. All that time thinking about what to say and how to be witty... all gone. How sad. Oh well. Such is life.
Anywho, today is monday and all the students are GONE! They are on springbreak. It's so wonderful to have a quiet dorm. This past weekend was H.I.T.'s. (hillcrest invitational tournament...basketball) We had a TON of people in fergus from all over, playing bball. It's such a fun weekend because so many come back and there's lots of fellowship and hanging out. Wayne's team won in his division so that was super fun to watch. He played with some other HLA coaches including his brother JP and they were really fun to watch. In the last game, Wayne allee-ooped him and he dunked it...it was sweet!! But I'm also glad that it is all over because its such a packed weekend with not a lot of sleep.
This week we're getting ready to head out east to Succasunna, NJ to visit our great friend Emily and her family. To see where she grew up and see where she went to college and probably go into NYC for a day and do lots of other fun things! I'm so excited. It'll be a great time!
Still can't post pics from the school computers so I'll have to go to my sisters to do that.
Peace.