NYC

 What an amazing weekend!  

On Friday we headed to West Virginia to tag our Christmas tree. I assumed Friend would be welcome at a tree farm so we happily brought him along. Unfortunately, we did not know that they restricted dogs from their fields. Scott and the boys ended up heading into the field to tag our tree while Friend and I stayed by the car, greeting other patrons and peeing on random twigs (him not me).  

After the boys carefully selected our tree, we continued to Pennsylvania to see my Mom. She agreed to watch both boys so Scott and I could go away for the weekend. He and I have never gone away for a weekend by ourselves (without it being connected to work) and we figured it was time to give it a try. 

We had an amazing time! On Saturday afternoon we met our friends for lunch before heading to the hotel. We spent Saturday evening exploring and eating. On Sunday we headed to Time Square before I discovered a final surprise: tickets to see Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden! I was gobsmacked. 

The show was absolutely amazing. I think I smiled throughout the show and sang along with every song. I had to keep pinching myself because it didn't feel real. I could not believe that we are at the Garden to see Billy Joel!

Yesterday morning we hopped onto a train to head back to reality. We picked up the boys at my Mom's house and continued back home. Today we return to reality, although I am not ready. After such a great weekend, it is hard to return to routine.