Retro Post

I see that I totally forgot or was swamped with tasks and never posted this adventure at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. These pictures are at the Green Valley Falls campground.

Rebekah wasn't very happy about falling in (yes, this is a common theme running through most of our adventures: one (or more) of our children falling in the water)

The water was VERY cold!

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For our second day in New York, we decided to head into the City. We took the subway to Manhattan. First stop, Central Park!



Elijah hides from Uncle Mark, pretending that he doesn't like his picture taken



The boy can make a gun out of anything



EVERYONE is excited that we're in NYC!!



The front of the American Museum of Natural History



The Planetarium side of the A.M.N.H. Cool, huh?



Even Rachel is enthralled by the dinosaur skeletons hanging from the ceiling



See what happens when Uncle Mark feeds the baby?!



Elijah shows off his half-eaten gummi dinosaur (yeah, I thought it was gross too)



View of Times Square as we approached



A little boy's dream come true! Times Square's Toys R Us, the biggest toy store in the world!



An animatronic dinosaur -- it moved & even roared!



Rachel likes her new "I heart NY" teddy bear



Uncle Mark & E get in some "snuggle time"



A boy & his toy



A girl & her toy (wait a minute...)



Elijah uses some downtime in the park to assemble his newest Lego creation



New York City's finest (and no, the bright stripes are not the police officers' light sabers--they're just reflective stripes on their uniforms!)



Auntie Jaime & Rachel cuddle up!



Uncle Mark helps keep Elijah occupied while we wait for our food at dinner



Kisses for a very kissable baby!

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The girls and I went to Coronado and rented a bike to ride around. It was a nice cool day, but I worked up quite a sweat pedaling these girls around.


The beach has very gentle waves because we were on the bay side of Coronado. Rebekah chased the birds around while Joanna watched and occasionally played in the sand.







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We went to the Wild Animal Park to "celebrate" Rebekah losing her first tooth






It really wasn't hot outside, but the girls said they wanted to go into the water area to play. When they got in there, they were a little upset they kept getting wet. Strange how that works.















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The following captions were written by a ghost writer (ok, it's really Les)

Jaime is thrilled to have her Sissa & nephew to visit! (this is in front of her house, as we're leaving for a picnic upstate)


Even Nakey gets to come along for the ride!


Enjoying the Palisades in New Jersey. It was a GORGEOUS stopping-off point. Who knew New Jersey was so beautiful?!!


Elijah isn't so fond of dogs, but he really took to Nakey. I was very surprised that he even asked to walk him!


We found a great picnic site at Bear Mountain (back in NY State)


Silly auntie, nephew & niece! (And check out the miles of green forest behind them--amazing!)


Mark the adventurer makes it across the stepping stones to the little island--what a man!


I was continually amazed at the landscape & scenery (yes, that's a deer; one of several that we saw). When I think "New York", this is nothing like what my mind imagines! It was a great experience, and I'm so glad that Elijah got to make this trip; I hope he'll remember it for the rest of his life!

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