Another Business Trip - Destin, FL

At the end of January, I had a conference in Florida.  It was very nice to get away from the Syracuse winter.  The conference lasted all day so I didn't have much time for sightseeing, but the resort that the conference was at was really nice.

View from my hotel room

The hotel was on the bay side

Beautiful sunset view

One of the nights I had oysters for the first time.  They were delicious!  I was so amazed at how much I enjoyed them.

One night I went over and checked out the beach

It looks like a nice beach, but I didn't get to spend more than 15 minutes there.

But in those 15 minutes, I did get to see a lovely sunset.

The next morning I went for a quick run.  Out on one of the piers there were a bunch of pelicans and other sea birds sitting out on all of the pylons.  It was pretty cool.

Kristin's Trip to Seattle

I had a business trip out to Seattle (well, across the Sound from Seattle) and although most of the time was spent in meetings, I had a little time for sightseeing.

The view from my hotel - when tide is out, the small bay is even more empty than in this picture.  When tide is in, it is almost as high as the road.

Silverdale marina.  In the summer there are tons of boats... in January, not so much.

Another beautiful Silverdale view

Blurry, but one of my favorite meals that I always have to have when I'm out there: pho from Chung's.  Yum!!

After a bunch of meetings in Silverdale/Bangor, it was time to head back over to Seattle to fly home.  Any time I have a chance to, I always take the ferry back over to Seattle.  It is a beautiful ride (almost) every time!

This isn't a great pano, but it is taken from one of my favorite spots on the ferry, up on the second deck with the wind in my face.

Speaking of windy!

This was a lucky ferry ride, we had an amazing Rainier view the entire time.  So, so beautiful!

Seattle city view

Looking back towards Bainbridge Island

I love the ferry at sunset

Or pretty much any time.  I just love the ferry.

The Sound is a shipping lane so there are always tons of huge ships to see.

More Seattle

And another view of Rainier

I had a few hours to explore in Seattle before my flight so I went to Pike's Place market and wandered around.  I took these pictures for the kids, some cool veggies that they hadn't seen before.  They wished that I had actually bought the vegetables instead of just taking pictures of them!

Another great trip, I love Seattle!

Cameron, Leah and Aaron Meet Connor

Connor was born a week ago, but the kids have all been sick with colds, fevers and all kinds of other things that we don't want to expose a newborn to!  I've been over to see him a few times, but we wanted to wait until the kids were better before we brought them to meet him.  They were all going nuts, so excited and dying to meet him.  Finally, this Friday they were all well enough to go over and meet their new cousin for the first time.

Leah and Connor

She loved checking out his tiny cuteness

Cameron and Connor

He said that he remembered when Aaron and Leah were this little.

What a tiny little peanut

Cousins!

I love Aaron's face in this picture - he was so excited with Connor.  He kept looking at him and laughing hysterically and saying "Baby!"

Checking out the tiny footie

What sweeties

Really, could he be any more adorable?

Little Mama wanted one more turn holding Connor

Kisses?  Or maybe just breathing in that sweet baby goodness of a newborn?  Either way, so cute.

Cameron's Hockey Game

This weekend, Cameron had a couple of hockey games.  For one of the, Tim took the camera out on the bench and took a bunch of pictures during the game.  Cameron is pretty easy to spot - he is the only one on his team in the white helmet.

A bench full of Midstate Griffins

Another bench picture

Skating hard for the puck

In the corner fighting for the puck

 

Goal celebration

 Skating with the puck

Happy Birth Day, Connor Jack!

The year started out with so much excitement - a text telling us that Matt and Gina were heading to the hospital because Gina was in labor.  A few hours later, we got the amazing news that Connor Jack was born!  Tim and I were able to go over and visit Connor just a few hours after he was born.  What an adorable little guy!!!

Our first glimpse - eyes open and oh so cute

 Tiny baby fingers

Tiny baby tootsie

So happy to be meeting my new nephew!

Uncle Tim with Connor

Connor's info

Mama, Daddy and Connor

What a cute family!

Connor and his mama

What a sweet little man.  Welcome to the family, Connor!