Vacation Fun 2009 - Part 3

After a long drive back to NJ, we enjoyed a nice home cooked meal at Matt's parent's house. The weather was beautiful. It was much more pleasant than the TX heat. We did some laundry and repacked a smaller bag to take up with us to Lake George. Matt's parents have a house up in the Adirondacks that we hadn't been to since before Cate was born. Since this particular visit was long enough to warrant a short stay up there, we decided to go up there for a relaxing 2 days.

So we got up Monday morning and drove up there.

Max was anxious to get on Pop-Pop's boat, especially after our fun lake trip with friends a couple of weeks earlier. The weather was a lot cooler than we had planned for. We knew it wouldn't be as hot as TX, but slightly warmer than it was. Plus, it was a little overcast. We packed a picnic lunch and anchored in a small cove to eat. It began to sprinkle on us as we were eating, but we still had a great time. The kids had planned to get on the tube in the back, but it was just too cold!
It cleared up a little that evening, so we were able to have a nice dinner out on the porch!
Later that night, after the kids were in bed, we played Trivial Pursuit with his parents and enjoyed some lively competition between the guys and gals.


After our leisurely and fun trip up to Lake George, we were headed back to NJ.

But first we wanted to stop into Bolton Landing and eat at one of our favorite places, which coincidentally shares a name (spelling and all) with Cate.

The rest of our time there in NJ was spent visiting with friends, visiting more favorite restaurants and last but not least...date night with Matt to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. But most of all, we just relaxed!

On our next to last night there, our dear friends had us over for a bbq. They also invited several friends that we hadn't seen since we moved away a little over 2 years ago. It was great to catch up and see our kids play together.

On our last day there, we took the train into NYC to meet up with one of my oldest friends.

She is also Max's Godmother. We met at a new local spot that is in the bottom of the NY Times building. It is called Schnippers. It was a fresh and modern take on diner food. The kids enjoyed the very special Mac and Cheese and I had a wonderful burger and cheese fries...yummy. They even had a sign up in the place stating that they will be featured on the July 29th episode of "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" on Food Network. I can't wait to watch it!

We then walked around the city while Cate napped in her stroller. We visited St. Patrick's Catedral (where Matt proposed), Times Square, and then the World of Disney NYC.


After that we headed to Matt's brother's apartment in the financial district. We planned to have dinner with them. My in-laws were coming in to join us and then take the kids and I back to NJ. Matt was scheduled to fly back to TX that night.

After dinner, we drove back to NJ and packed up for our flight back to TX. Thunderstorms began and we later heard from Matt that his flight was delayed indefinitely and may be cancelled, so he ended up getting a ticket on our flight back and got a cab back to his twin's place for the night!

It was a wonderful trip, but we were also glad to get back to our beds!