Our May Celebration.

To begin with...thank you Uncle Mike W. for helping us buy our new camera with your Sears discount! We left for Piscataway, NJ early Friday morning (2:45 a.m.) so as to finally meet our new little cousin Ian Yowpa and to celebrate his Grandpa's, Uncle John's, graduation from Rutgers University and his retirement.Before the party began on Saturday Phil, the kids, and I went and walked around campus a little bit. The day was beautiful and the flowers were so pretty that we took some time to have a family photo op with our new camera.

What a beautiful day!

The party began at 2 pm and boy did we party!

Here's Mena being adored by Uncle Johns' niece, Erica with her sister Elizabeth looking on.


On Sunday we went into NYC to have brunch with an old D.C. friend, Kelly. It was so nice that we walked all the way from Penn Station to "The Diner" in Chelsea. After we ate Kelly joined us and we walked back up to Times Square where there was a street festival. We ended the afternoon in Central Park for a sit in the shade. Phil says it was one of the nicest days he's ever spent in the city and we wished we had an extra day to just be tourists. When the kids are older we'll have to take a week to visit the museums and eat at fun restaurants.

We loved our short trip and look forward to seeing more family and the other coast in just 2.5 short weeks. This is the year of vacations from sea to shining sea. Stay tuned for the further adventures of the W's.