Day 1: Our Adventure Begins

Since Brecken's limited attention span would make for a torturous five hour flight, we opted for a red eye that got us into JFK at 6:00am. The good news, Brecken slept the whole flight. However, when we tried to check into our East Rutherford, NJ hotel early, we were turned away since all the rooms were full and nobody had checked out yet. So with nearly seven hours to kill, we did some exploring of the area... mainly hunting down some awesome reality show landmarks. Those who know me well know that this was pretty much a dream come true!

We made a trip over to Yankee Stadium so that Brian could pick up a Hard Rock Cafe pilsner glass from the YS location. He collects them from every place he's been. You should see his collection, it's quite impressive!

Carlos Bake Shop from The Cake Boss on TLC!!

We were going to stop in and get a cupcake... until we saw the line. No cupcake is worth standing in line THAT long. Sorry, Buddy!

At an incredible park in Hoboken, NJ, just across the water from NYC. The view was amazing! Our goal is to come back next summer and stay at the W - it overlooks this (and more):

THE BROWNSTONE!!!

For those of you who aren't in tune with the latest in reality tv smut, it's pretty much the epicenter of drama on the Real Housewives of NJ.

Speaking of the RHNJ, I made Brian drive me by a few of the housewives homes. Yes, I am THAT girl.

Jacqueline's house!

Apologies for the crappy shots. It's surprisingly difficult to take drive by pics... especially when the homes mansions are this big.

Caroline's house!!

Note to self: Stalking celeb house hunting is much easier in the Fall. Damn you trees!!

Crazy Teresa's house!!

Okay, so technically I took this pic the next day on our way back from a very important trip to Friendly's (my favorite!!!) with the fam, but for the sake of consistency decided to throw it in here. :-) Btw, her house is absolutely INSANE. The camera's (TV + mine) don't do it justice. No wonder these people are in financial trouble!!

One of my all time favorite people, KATE! Kate and I go waaay back, like friends since babies back. Nearly every summer as a kid I would fly out to NJ for a week to visit her and her family. I have soo many fond memories with Kate, oh and the trouble we'd get into (the Jersey Shore was our playground long before those MTV floozies)! For several years we were even pen pals (before the email days). When Kate and I met up for coffee that night, she brought me a binder with all of the letters I had written that she had saved. Sooo embarrassing (i.e. "I am so over my crush on BOY A, his skin burns, not tans.")!! How I wish we lived closer to eachother!

On a side note, Kate lives only TWO houses down from Teresa. No joke. You fellow RHNJ fans can only imagine my excitement! And by Kate's stories, I think it's safe to say that Teresa is nutso in real life too.

Our Northeast Adventure!

Now that we're back from our whirlwind trip back east, we've got scads of pictures and adventures to share with you! That said, I've decided it would be easiest to post day to day as I make my way through the hundreds upon hundreds of photos taken. Stay tuned!

(NYC, taken from Hoboken, NJ)

Hawaii June 2011

Many of you have been asking, and I've FINALLY got around to posting some of our favorite photos from our wonderful vacation to Hawaii to visit our friends, the Piateks. The trip was a blast and we were so pleased with how Brecken did despite the time change. Dennis and Elaine- thank you again for having us!! You are AMAZING hosts!!

Once again, prepare yourselves for an overload of photos...

Brecken and his lemon-limes!

Brian checkin' out Dennis' sweet pink moped

After Father's Day brunch at the Kahala Hotel

The BEST part about Hawaii?

Lots of laughs

Lots of good food and adult bevies!

Dennis is an incredible cook. Definitely one of the best we know- everything he makes is delish. The guy should seriously open a restaurant. Also, check out the Crown label. Pretty cool, eh?

But most of all, GREAT friends!

The WORST part about Hawaii?

Leaving. Hands down. *tears*

Us

Just Call Me Mrs. Fix-it!

So a few of you have commented recently that you are having trouble posting comments using your google account, and are forced to post either anonymously or not at all. A problem that I too have been having with other peoples Blogspot blogs. Anywho, turns out it's a problem with authentication and cookie filtering. I made some tweeks in my settings, which should resolve the problem.

If you are STILL having trouble, try this:

1. Login to Blogger using "www.blogger.com"

2. Do NOT check "Remember me"

 

It worked for me, but if you are still having trouble, please let me know. :-)

 

 

Bed Head

These pics were actually taken on July 23 (notice the wild and crazy hair!). I meant to post them sooner, but things were a little crazy at the time, hence the lack of postings that week. As you could probably tell from the previous posts, we have since had his unruly locks trimmed. :-)

Offering mama (or the lens?) some salmon. What a great sharer!

Food in the hair? That's how we roll!