Where is Brian?

In Baltimore. Yep Brian left last week to go to Baltimore for a two month trauma rotation. Despite Brian being gone, this week went by very fast and he came back this weekend because he was off. But he already had to leave again today and won't be back for two weeks. We had a great weekend and enjoyed being outside in the beautiful fall weather. On Sunday we were able to meet up with Jon and Lucy for brunch because they were in town for a work conference. It was a short visit (36 hours) but it was great to see them and have brunch together. Unfortunately we didn't take any pics so I don't have anything to post but we had a great weekend.

Fall Fun and Pumpkin Pick'n

I love this time of year when all the leaves start to change. Autumn is by far the best season for several reasons, I'll list a few of my fave:

Pumpkins: Picking, Painting, Pies, Carving, Decorations

Apple Cider: Cold or Hot or mixed with a little sparkling water

Beautiful Fall Foliage

The 60-70 degree weather

Football, Chili & Beer

My Birthday

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

And the start of the Christmas Season

And there are many more reasons to love this time of year. Really do you think any other season could beat Fall?

We have been enjoying it so far and here are a few pictures of our Fall Fun.

On a hay ride to go pumpkin picking

Looking for the best one

Yeah found it!

Brian, future Sports Medicine Surgeon, in action

Here he is covering a local High School Football game for work

At an attending's 70th Birthday Party in Westchester, NY

Sorry it's been so long

I've been away from the Blog for a few weeks because our lives have been busy busy as a bee. Nothing much new to report here but we have been working a lot. Between work, the gym, dinner, showering and sleeping we can barely get to bed by 11pm, and then in my few spare hours on the weekend I really don't feel like blogging. But I'm back and I promise to keep ya'll up to date as we enter this holiday season and my favorite time of year. Just catching up on a few old posts that never came to fruition, here are the rest of the pics from my parents visit that I never got around to posting.

One day we enjoyed a relaxing day at the beach

Last beach day of the season Brian wanted to make sure his hair was fierce

We really did have beautiful weather while they were here, enjoying a day at the Boat House

The last night we went to a nice dinner and celebrated my upcoming birthday.

We had so much fun and I hope they both come back soon and I hope we didn't make my Dad walk too much :)

Happy Birthday To Me

Thanks to all my Friends and Family who made today a very special day indeed. I loved all my birthday presents and wishes. I'm a big ole 27 now yep and as my father pointed out I'm not getting any younger and he still doesn't have any grandchildren, thanks dad...I'm only teasing as was he. I really had a great weekend. Yesterday Brian's parents came to visit for the day and we had an awesome dinner at Balthazar a restaurant in Soho. On Friday night we also went to dinner in Soho and as we were waiting at a crosswalk I turned around and Meg Ryan was right behind me. Brian said he planed it as a pre-birthday surprise, isn't my husband great? Then today Brian and I had a great brunch and then we were going to go see a movie but we realized the movie we wanted to see doesn't come out till next week. So Brian suggested at around 2:00pm we go to a show and the plays on Sundays start at 3:00. So we went to Times Square and got student rush tickets for $30 30 minutes before the show started to see Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes and Kristen Chenoweth. It was the perfect afternoon and I was reminded of how great it is to live in New York because we can go see a Broadway show any day of the week. Birthday's are so much fun and Brian really did a great ob of making me feel special today just like he does everyday.

A Couple Fun NIghts Out

While my parents were in town we went out on the town a couple of nights and had a lot of fun. Here are a few pics from our fun nights out.

This night after dinner we went to a comedy show

Then later we met up with some of Brian's co-workers for a few drinks

And of course we went to a fabulous show in Times Square called Million Dollar Quartet

It was a true story and included the music of

Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins

Labor Day Weekend

For the long Labor Day weekend holiday my parents came to NYC for a visit. It was so wonderful to see them and spend time together for 5 days. This was my dad's first visit since we moved here two and a half years ago and he isn't a big fan of New York City so we tried to make him have a good time so he will come back sooner. The first day I had to work so my parents hung out with the kids and met the family I work for. They had a really good time an can't wait to be grandparents.

Taking a carriage ride around Central Park

A stop in the park for a little swing

Next cooling off in FAO Swartz, it was so hot that day

On the way home since they live only a few blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge we walked across it to go home

Goodye Portland

I know this post is a little late but it's been a very busy couple of weeks since we have been back. We had a great time in Portland and so much fun I hope we make back it back out before Jon and Lucy move because there is just so much to do there. Here are a few pictures of our trip that didn't make it into the previous posts. The only thing I didn't take a picture of was me on Jon's Vespa which was awesome. I'm slightly obsessed with how awesome they are now and I mention to Brian all the time how much improved our life would be if we bought one, but I'm going to have to do a lot of talking. Another memory to mention is how many times we got lost when we went out on our own. I don't think we ever went out and didn't have to turn around at least once, usually multiple times. Brian was not a good navigator and he didn't like it when I kept saying, "I think we are going the wrong way." He would rather drive 20 more miles out of the way, but he always reminded me that at least we got there.

This is the Japanese Garden

The Rose Garden

Jon and Lucy have season tickets to the local soccer team The Timbers next year they are going to be in the MLS, it was a really fun game and their fans are crazy

A cool rooftop bar we had drinks at before dinner one night