Tamara Shannon

Ok, ok...yes, I know this blog is way overdue, but in my defense I've been SO busy.  My time at home, for the past month, has been only long enough to unpack, do laundry, repack and then be off again.  In fact, after two days of being home, we're leaving, again, tomorrow.  I finished the laundry tonight. We have many more blog updates in the queue; I promise I'll get to them soon.  For those of you that know us, or at least Brent, you know that New York is a part of our lives.  Brent has been making an annual trip for 5 or 6 years, it's where we got engaged and we just love it!  With the exception of last year, when I was uncomfortably pregnant and didn't want to waddle the streets, we've gone every year.  Typically, we go before Thanksgiving to start off the holiday season.  This year, we went a little later-early December.  It was a nice change; we got to see NYC all decked out for Christmas.  My mom was nice enough to accompany us on the trip and help out w