Broadway- 4

While Tyler's parents were here we went to another play, Mary Poppins. This was the best play we, as a family, have seen yet! It was just so happy, fun, and energetic! Spencer loved this one more than The Lion King, but I think that was mostly for the dancing and fun songs. If you have the chance of seeing this play DO!!! GO!!! RUN to this play!!! It's fantastic! 

One of my most favorite songs and dances from the play was this one: 

How they can remember all of those letters and how to make them is amazing to me! I love it!

My rating: 5 stars! (out of 5)

For reals, go see this play!!!

Broadway- 3

While my parents were here we went to The Lion King on broadway, and wow, what a show! We heard that we should get an aisle seat, especially since we were taking Spencer with us, and it was well worth it. This was Spencer's first play, and he was a bit apprehensive about it because he didn't know what to expect, after the first five minutes he leaned over to me and whispered "Mom, I think I'm going to love this!"It was so cute, and he really did love it. What a great time we had. 

The show was incredible, the way they had the costumes look like all the animals. It was beautiful, and they moved so gracefully. We all know the story, and so it was surprising or anything, but it was still great!

My rating: 4 stars (out of 5)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING from US!!! 

The things we are most thankful for this day is our family. How blessed we are to have each other and truly love being with each other and having a ton of fun whenever we are together. This year has been a busy one with the move, but we are so thankful also that we have the opportunity to travel around the world so much, and live in AMAZING places. This leads us to being thankful for a job that the husband loves, which in turn makes me love it, and then Spencer loves it too. 


Today is going to be a great day because we also have family visiting us, making our first Thanksgiving meal, and going to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the actual street!!! It should be fun, and I'll update when we get back. 


I have to say also that this is the first Thanksgiving meal that I've had to prepare, and I feel very proud to say I got the turkey all ready, and this is what I'm picturing what it will be like tomorrow:

...except we are not Grandparents. :) 

Hopefully this will not happen: a burnt turkey. I think we'll be okay though. I'll let you know how it turns out. 

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Broadway- 2

While my friends were all out here, we decided to go to a play. We found one that was affordable off Broadway called STOMP! It was super fun and a little funny, which I was not expecting. It was loud too, I recommend taking some headache meds BEFORE going. It was great though. 

Here are some videos of some of the fun skits I liked: 

This first one doesn't show how it looked on stage with the lights flickering and making it look like the people were moving side to side. It was really cool, but this one is still fun. 

This one is just funny. We laughed pretty hard, the skit is a little different but still the same. 

My rating: 4 stars (out of 5)

Broadway- 1

Our first Broadway play we saw while in New York City was How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and it was FANTASTIC!!! It was during our apartment hunting trip where Tyler and I were able to see this great play. To make it even better, Daniel Radcliffe was the lead!!!!! He was incredible too! It was just a great play, and I really enjoyed it. Daniel leaves this December, so that's sad, but I'm really glad I was able to see him play this part. The thing that surprised me most was that he is a great comedian! He did so well with this part, and after seeing him being so dramatic in Harry Potter, it was fun to see him be funny. 

Here is a preview of part of the play that was shown at the Tony Awards. The stamina he has to have to sing and dance so much is incredible! I was in awe of all of these actors. Enjoy!!! 

My Rating: 5 stars (out of 5!)

Yes, it is THAT good. 

The things you see...

The sights you can see here in New York City are quite...unusual? different? unique?

Anyway...we were on one of those bus tours, and I looked over on the sidewalk, and saw this sight:

Yes. That is a dog in a stroller. That she is walking. I guess because dogs don't walk? Plus, look at the concern on her face. Anyway, just a bit strange to me, but perhaps not so strange here. 

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow....

Saturday October 29th we got quite the surprise that we were not expecting....SNOW!!!!! 

It was crazy to be getting snow in the first place, because we've been in Africa for four years with warm weather all year round and have loved it! Secondly it was weird because it was OCTOBER!

But alas, mother nature made us get used to winter really fast. Here is some video (I think if it works).

This is a baseball field (that is also used for soccer and football practices) right outside our window. Usually it's green, but it turned white with 1-2 inches of snow.

And what did we do during that day???

Snuggled and played video games/read books/and watched movies. 

I think I'm going to like winter.