Preston's Birthday

Well Preston turned 9. Wow I can't belive that I have a 9yr old. We got him some small things to open up, and we went on our first adventure to New York City.

We had a fun little party. We had cake and ice cream, and he got to blow out some candles and open a few presents. He was pretty excited.

We walked from our apartment to the Stamford train station. We got our tickets and headed to NEW YORK on the METRO. We are only 1 hour away, and Dallin can ride free. This was an adventure for us. The pictures are of us at Grand Central Station.

The first thing that we did was we surprised Preston for his Birthday and went to the HARRY POTTER Exhibit. This was a neat museum that is closing in September. When we got there, Preston was really excited. We got in the exhibit and the first thing that did was we had to find out what type of wizards. Preston volunteered to have the "Talking Hat" tell him what wizard he was. He was SLITHERING, a kid in the audience said, he looks like Malfoy. The museum had the clothes that they wore, the wands they used, and some of the things from the movie. The museum was a lot of fun.

We got to meet a weird guy, and Bumblebee off Transformers. The fun didn't stop there. We got to meet many famous people.

Emili got to meet the famous guy from the Vampire Movie

We got to meet Nicholas Cage.

Preston and Dallin got to sit on a beam over New York.

I got to sit in the "President's Chair" It was kind of comfy! Maybe I should run for President.

Preston and Dallin got to try their driving experience in New York.

Emili got to be on the morning show with Regis.
What a day! We are not done yet. Our adventure in New York has just begun. We are trying to see as much as we could see.

We took a cruise around Manhattan and got to rest from the walking and see the city from the water. It was a different That was fun, that was our first boat ride, and we drove past the Statue of Liberty. Our boys were definatly tired. They were good troopers as Emili and I dragged them across the city.

After walking we stopped at Planet Holleywood and had a Birthday dinner for Preston. They were so Hungry, and tired that they ate really good. That is the key, walk them all over the city and then they will eat. After dinner we went to the "TOP of the ROCK" this is at the Rockefeller Center and looked over the city at night. This was really cool, We got to take a really cool elevator to the top that had a movie screen in it. It played it as we were going up 72 floors. Dallin and Preston thought that was the coolest thing ever. They loved riding the Elevator, or as Dallin says, "ESKAVATOR" They fight to try to be the first person to push the button. When we got to the top of the building,we went out on the observatory deck and it started to rain, (just a sprinkle) but it was pretty cold. We still had to walk a few blocks to make it back to Grand Central Station to catch the train back to our house.

We got home late it was after Midnight, We had a FUN Adventure, and we slept really good. Preston even fell asleep on the way home. NEW YORK is a lot of fun, so much to do, so much to see, so little time.