Best Brother Ever!!!

 Several weeks ago Ryan, the kids and I had the opportunity to have one last summer adventure!!!  We got to go see my brother, sister-in-law and nephew in New York!!!  The trip was so memorable and so much fun!!  My brother, Bryan, was super sweet and went above and beyond to make this trip really nice for us!!

Here is the perfect example of this...Bryan made us a delicious, gourmet meal- beef satay with a thai peanut sauce!!  It was absolutely delicious!!

 We all looked through a book that claimed to have the top fifty things to do with kids in New York, and we decided on a few fun places to check out. Well, two out of the three places turned out to be put of business.  Soooo, we did hours of walking and managed to only get in a nice lunch and trip to Central Park to see the Belvedere castle!!!  This was worth the walk; it was really cool and Jane loved walking through a "castle"!!!

 Jane and Beckham both LOVE riding the trains!!  Jane felt like such a big girl standing all by herself on the train!!

 Of course, we had to make the short trip to "Jane's Carousel"!!  All the kids had a blast!!

 We also played on the beautiful park right next to Bryan and Wendy's apartment in Brooklyn!!

 Here we all are on top of the Belvedere castle!!!  Such a beautiful view!!

 There is an amazing little cookie shop right next to Bryan's apartment where we got a little treat!!  Judging by our plate, they were a hit!!

 I just had to throw this one in of my big boy Beckham!!!   Aw, they just grow too fast :(

 Here's the amazing view from their apartment!!!  I feel so lucky to have family here and to have the opportunity to visit this amazing place so often!!!

Ryan has yet to email me the picture that we got when we went to see "Into the Woods" in the theater in Central Park!! This was AMAZING and Bryan and Wendy were just so sweet to make this opportunity possible for Ryan and I!!!  I really do have an amazing family that I feel so blessed to have some of them near by!!  Thank you so much Bryan and Wendy for having us and making our last summer adventure so amazing!!