Day 4 & 5

Day 4 we went to FAO Schwartz and shopping on 5th Ave. I was so excited to play the big piano!

The whole inspirations or excuse for this trip was ISU's volleyball tournament in Queens. We were able to catch some games. ISU did so good this year taking 2nd in their conference.

We went to the Mets and Braves game. This was so fun! We have tickets for the nose bleeds but were able to sneak down right along third base line. Ricky was in heaven.

Day 5 we went to the MoMA.

We went to the Manhattan Temple. I wish we would have had time to go inside... I felt such a peace seeing this temple in the middle of the city. As you can tell by the lack of my pictures at the end, I was tired! We had been going nonstop for 5 days. We would leave the hotel early and be gone all day walking and riding the sweaty subway and not return until late. I was starting to feel like I needed a vacation from my vacation. Maybe somewhere quiet like Idaho... We also went to China Town and Little Italy. I has some AMAZING pizza in little Italy. We left later that night and I was so excited to see this little girl! I don't even know if she missed me, but I missed her! I may have shed a few tears. Thank you family for taking such good care of her!

NYC Day 3

We took a water taxi around Manhattan. It passed by Ol Lady Liberty!

I love my cute inlaws! We went to an Air and Space Museum on this old air craft carrier. They had a submarine you could go into and tour which was pretty cool and lots of planes and space stuff all the guys liked.

We went to the 9/11 memorial which I had never been too because it wasn't built the first time I went to New York. I thought it was really cool and impressive to see the new freedom towers being built.

Top of the Rock! This was fun, I hadn't done this before either. The lines are a lot shorter than Empire State and the view is still spectacular!

We finished the night with Wicked! I loved it!

NYC Day 1&2

The first week of September we took a trip to New York! I had been dreading leaving my baby, but she was left in good hands. My sister Lori was the head babysitter and Quinley was passed around from Kali to Heidi to my mom with Lori supervising in between. There is NO way I could have left Quinley if it wasn't for family. I am so glad I left her because this would have not been a fun trip for a baby. Here are some highlights. Ricky got us tickets to the Late Show with David Letterman!

Time Square in the rain.

We stayed in New Jersey and got pretty good about riding trains and subways. Well not me but I am good at following others!

Museum of Natural History (you know the one where Ross works)

Bike ride through Central Park. Probably my most favorite part of trip!

Empire State building. We ate pizza this night that was amazing! We also walked across the Brooklyn Bridge at night but I don't have any good pictures of it.

More Summer, Summer, Summer...

Drew George Rammell was born July 16th. I just love wrinkly baby feet!

I love Drew's name! So special to be named after his Dad and Grandpa. Maybe one day I will be as patient as Kali and Andy, and wait to find out the sex of my baby. It was so fun to be surprised!

We went to Heise Hot Springs with the Spains! Quin had fun in her cool floaty.

More of the Lake! Quin was able to hang out on the huge new deck!

Tanner's 1st Birthday at the lake with all his cousins!

Ricky went on a motorcycle ride with his Dad, Brad, and about 15 other guys to Red Lodge Montana.

This little girl just keeps getting cuter! It is so fun to see her personality develop. She finally learned to crawl around the end of July. She loves to walk around with her little walker, clap her hands, be upside down or thrown around. Ricky calls her our adrenaline junkie. I think she is going to be lots of fun!

One Last Cabin Trip

Around the end of August, the Shayne Rammell Family had a reunion at Williams Lake! This was our last trip to the cabin for the summer, and it was fun to go with my family! The weekend included: knee boarding, ultimate tubing, waking boarding, water skiing, fishing, and lots of good food! My mom even prepared gold medal awards for everyone! My favorite part was sharing old home videos, especially the WCW video, and being able to spend time with everyone!

The J Boys.

It was so smokey that weekend from the wild fires.

The fishing crew.

Lori I think you have a watermelon under your life jacket:)

Shayne Rammell Kids.

The Grandkids!

Smarty Pants Husband

In July Ricky officially finished his BA. He walked in April, but still had one online class to finish. I am so proud of my husband for being a dedicated student. We are two very different students. I am very on top of things and like to get them done fast and ahead of time. Ricky is what I would like to call a procrastinator. However he does so much better in school than me! He can wait until the last night to write a paper and get an amazing grade! I learned quickly in our marriage to not compare my grades with his. I am a good student, but he is above average. I can't say I wasn't surprised when he received the Newel K. Whitney Award. This is an award given to eight graduating business students. While I am bragging about my smarty pants husband, did I mention he graduated in the top 10 percent! I am so happy he is done with this step of school.

Summer Round 2

I love Summer! I think summers are way too short! We have been having fun this is what we have been up to, well what Quin has been up to...

Little Ham visiting Daddy at Scout Camp.

Playing in the pool at Grandma Rula's.

First time roasting marshmallows.

Being so cute like always.

Spending as much time as possible at Williams Lake! Look at that glass water! Too good to be true right? I have to say when Ricky and I started dating and we went to the lake I thought the water was AMAZING but according to him it was choppy because this is what he is used to 24-7. Williams Lake is so much fun! I wish we could go everyday. This lake has spoiled me too. Now I also think it's bad water if it's not as glassy as this!