A Night With Jim Brickman

As most of you know I have been trying to play catch up with the blog entries. Well, this is the one that finally catches me up. Jerry and I got to go to a Jim Brickman concert on Saturday night. We were lucky enough after the concert to get to spend a few minutes with Jim. Jerry was able to share with him how much his music had meant to him as he was deployed to some very far away and not so pleasant places. It was a very nice evening with a equally nice ending. Thanks to Jim Brickman for all he does to support out troops as they serve around the world.

Our New York Get Away...

Let the New York Adventure begin...I am not sure where to start with this one except from the beginning...we boarded the train at BWI and off we went...

Everything was wonderful, from our hotel to our first walk in Central Park.

Lady Liberty...

The beautiful views...

We shopped...

There were taxis everywhere!!

We ate fresh bagels everyday and boy, were they good!

We saw the Rocketts Show, from the 1st row!! What a great show!!

We walked some more in Central Park. We did more than our fair share of walking, but what a wonderful weekend it was!

Of course we had to do the carriage ride through the park, the views were beautiful...

A self portrait in the carriage...

This is the fountain from the movie "Ransom"...

This was just a very pretty picture that Jerry took in the park...

There was so much more that we did and I would love to post all 500 pictures that Jerry took, but the blog would probably explode, so at least you get a little taste of the wonderful sights we were able to see. Then after a magical weekend it was time to go home. So we left our cozy hotel on the Upper West Side and headed on the Subway back to Penn Station for the train ride home. New York is not somewhere where I think I would want to live but it sure is a wonderful place to visit for a long weekend. If you have never been there, I highly recommend it, especially if you go with that someone special!!

Weekend at Camp WAMAVA

We spent Halloween weekend at Camp WAMAVA, it was a weekend packed with fun!

Here are some of the girls just hangin' out...

There was the very important coffee prep...just can't be a successful weekend without coffee (at least in Jerry's book).

We had a Halloween parade...

complete with Hannah Montana...

...Chicken Little
...a closer shot...

...The President's Daughter with Secret Service...

...a pirate and Cowboy Joe with his horse Rusty...

...couldn't be complete without some Star Wars going on...

Some of us gave out candy and ...

...some of us ate candy...

We spent time visiting...

...there was some cooking...

...and more cooking...

...lots of help cooking...

Someone had to supervise...

We sang together...

We played together...

...lots of different games.

Jerry taught a class about encouragement...so as a group we wrote a letter of encouragement to a couple who has meant a great deal to us all...Sue and Jeff...

...we shared our part of the letter...

...and everyone signed it.

Michael taught a class about our vision...both classes were great!

We spent lots of time with very special people...

Some folks got a "new look"...

We visited with friends (LaAnna and Rachel)

there was some boating...

and some beautiful scenery...

There were some walks...

There was some pumpkin carving...

there was some more food prep...

and lots of eating....

There was some talent that was shared...

Charles sang for us too!

Mostly there was alot of caring, sharing and loving one another and that is what made it such a very special weekend.