Monday, June 25, 2007

Our First New York Home

The boys are adjusting to our first New York home (as Hunter calls it) pretty well. They love the playground, the pool, and hitting golf balls outside. It was super hot our first week here, so the boys rediscovered the joy of popsicles- multiple times a day.
We had our first weekend of garage sales and the boys found these horrible lawn mowers ( so very old, a little broken, and the new love of their lives). "Want to drive my mower outside" comes out of Hunter's mouth a thousand times a day. But they were only $0.50 each, and they keep the boys happy for hours, so I can't complain.

New York is so very different from Seattle. Drivers here aren't nearly as accomodating, but the sunshine is nice. We spent an afternoon at Lechworth State Park (the Grand Canyon of the East). The boys loved the waterfalls. Henry wasn't so certain about his new backpack ( another garage sale find that will soon find its way to Craig's List- Henry is too heavy), but it was worth a try.

It didn't take us too long to finda Strawberry U-Pick farm. The boys were great for about ten minutes, but then the lure to throw rocks over took the thrill of eating strawberries. Jordan and I picked like crazy while the boys threw rocks; we got a little carried away and came home with just over ten pounds of berries. Sure would be nice to have our Sandhurst Family to share with. We made a ton of jam, froze a ton of berries, ate until we were stuffed, and finished them out with a Strawberry pie.

Not too bad for our first couple of weeks. We are very excited to get to our "New New York Home" and finally unpack our stuff.

4 comments:

Anna said...

Looks like you are finding some fun things to do! I am so excited that you have a blog now so I can see pictures of my favorite little boys. Good luck with the heat. See ya soon! Love ya!

Heather said...

Good to hear from you guys! It sounds like you made it to NY safely and that you are having a blast. I am stoked to read about your many adventures and keep up to date with your fun pictures. Take care!

Jonathan & Rachel said...

New York sounds like so much fun! We are so glad we can check your blog and see what you are up to! Your boys are darling! Come visit in AZ anytime!

Courtney said...

I can tell you some about Maine and Vermont. Just email me courticus80@gmail.com