The Seven of Us

McKenna and Isaac on the boulder in my padre's front yard.

Well, I am finally ready to give the New York report! I will post pictures separately, probably this weekend. Our flights, both going and coming, were uneventful; we were on time and had no problems. On the way to NY, the kids and I left Tuesday afternoon and drove to a hotel near DIA. (Otherwise we would've had to leave home at the crazy hour of 3am. And it's been a long time since I've parked in short-term parking and I didn't really want to "expiriment" in the dark, alone, with 3 tired little kids--so I did what I know best.) The kids were pretty excited to stay at a hotel and eat at a restaurant. We went to bed early so that we could get up at 4:15am to get on the 5:00shuttle. I didn't sleep well, but we got to the airport, checked in and paid our bag fees (I really hate those! I wish the airlines would just charge us a little more up front. What a hassle.) and cleared security and got to our gate--all within an hour. At the airport I bought Einst...