My birthday gift from my boys was the complete series of Friends on DVD. Since we don't have television anymore, I was so excited about this!Today was Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all of you! I woke up to breakfast in bed! My present from my boys was:
this digital photo frame. This is something I have wanted for awhile. I put a bunch of pictures from our trip on it for now. It is awesome. Kyle is going out of town tonight (after work) for a scout camp school, so my Mother's Day is pretty much over. Short and very sweet!Have a great day!
His first game they won 10-8. 
This is his first year, so we are just trying it out to see if he likes baseball or not. We'll see.
This is his first year too.
In tball, pretty much everyone just gets several chances to hit the ball off the tee. And since no one can catch the ball once it is hit, almost everyone gets a homerun or triple. It is fun to watch.
Here we were above the clouds.
So we get on the plane and take off. Then about 10 minutes later the pilot comes over the loud speaker and says he is turning the plane around and we are going back to Chicago because of an engine oil light that won't go off. So we spend another hour in Chicago and arrive an hour and a half late to Albuquerque. Boy were we glad to be home!
We ate at Mario's italian restaurant. It has been there since 1916 (I think) and was mentioned in the book "the Godfathers" that the movie was based on. It is in Little Italy of the Bronx, which is bigger than it's Manhattan counterpart. The food was excellent and the atmosphere was cool too.
Then we watched a movie (XMen Origins: Wolverine) while we waited for the 7pm Yankees Game to start. The new stadium is really nice, although the rain was not.
Here is the inside of the stadium.
We sat way at the top in the cheap seats, but luckily they were covered. I think we had the best seats in the house because they were dry.
We spent the rest of the morning at the LDS Temple in Manhattan. It was so nice and quiet inside it didn't feel like you were in the city at all (it is located right across from Lincoln Center).
Kyle's favorite part was the armor room. Lots of swords and suits of armor.
After the Met, we went back to the hotel early (6 pm) and got room service. It was so nice to get some rest.
Of course we had to have a famous Nathan's hotdog. It was good.
Coney Island was pretty empty. We walked on the boardwalk and out to the pier. It was a cold morning.
We took the boat out to the Statue of Liberty. We went up to the base (right under the feet) of the statue and into the museum there. It was awesome!
A lady took our picture together while we were at the Statue of Liberty.
This is Ellis Island. We went inside and learned alot through the museum. We were probably out in the New York Harbor for about 5 hours. It was worth it though, if you have the time.
This is the Intrepid, a retired air craft carrier with an air, space and sea museum inside. This was Kyle's favorite place we went. They had tons of planes and military stuff inside.
Here is Kyle trying out the medivac chopper like the ones on MASH.
We started the night tour before it got dark. It took us through Manhatten and over to Brooklyn. Here are some signs from Chinatown. It is like you aren't even in the US overthere.
