Happy Thanksgiving 2010

I have so much to be thankful for . . .
My God and Savior Jesus Christ
Husband Gary
Doggie Solomon
Family
Friends
Our church & church family
We both have jobs!
Two cars that run
An affordable apt
Our health
Our marriage is strong
Living in the USA and our freedom
All of God's creation:
Sunshine, Snow, Rain
The four seasons Winter, Spring Summer, Fall
Flowers, Mountains, Oceans
Laughter, tears, joy, peace & love

How could you ask for anything more !

Thank you Father for all these blessings and those I haven't mentioned
We love you, The Azarian Family

Book Signing Joel & Victoria Osteen - Border's NYC 11/14/2010

Hubby took me to NYC to a book signing with Joel & Victoria Osteen from Lakewood Church in Houston, TX. They were both so delightful.  The books are wonderful too. Joel has a Christmas book out and Victoria has another children's book.  Here's a photo of the two of them together.

                     Here's Joel, he is such an encourager.  It was great to chat with him if even for a minute.

                                                   Victoria is lovely.  She is so pretty too. 

Branson MO vacation Nov 2010

Hubby took me to Branson MO for my birthday trip this year.  We had a great time.
Everyone is so nice and such fun things to do.  We got to see three shows.
1) Andy Williams Christmas Show 2) Tony Orlando and the Lennon Sisters Christmas Show and 3) Paul Revere & the Raiders show.  All the shows were great each one so different from the next.  We also went to the Titanic Museum, The Hollywood Wax Museum & The Toy Museum.  Below is a photo from the Hollywood Wax Museum.  Do you recognize the folks?  John Wayne, Elvis, Lucy & Charlie Chaplin. 

So great to travel in the Fall, the trees were just beautiful.  I loved being in the Ozarks.

 Here's my hubby in a huge rocking chair. 

 Here I am at Mel's Hard Luck Diner.  We went for breakfast. Had a great time. They have singing waiter's and waitresses.  We met a lovely girl named, Kelly Bryant.  She sang so lovely.  She sang I'll Be Home For Christmas and I cried in my eggs. hah (could be menopause, not sure hah)  We bought one of her cd's she was just delightful.

 This is an amazing toy museum.  They must have millions of toys. Both new and old.  I loved seeing all the toys I had as a child.  Wish Nick's, barbie's, trains, they truly have everything.

 This is the marquee for Andy Williams.  We ate at his restaurant Moon River before the show. It was so good. Delicious food.  Packed house.  Andy is getting older but he still has that amazing voice.
The dancer's were teenagers and they had on the neatest outfits.  You felt like they were really in the snow and skating and dancing along to the Christmas songs.  It was really wonderful.  Then he closed the night with Moon River ~  yes time to cry again !

 Here is my hubby with Paul Revere, he put on such a great show. We laughed until our bellies truly hurt.
Hubby loved it.

 This is a great Five & Dime, just like the old days.  This is in Downtown Branson. 

 This was a quilt in the Lobby of the Andy Williams Show.  A lady makes them every year. It has one solider from every state, that sadly died.  She has the family of the solider send her a photo from when they were children and she makes the quilt.  Hubby and I were so moved.  It really brings home just how much of a sacrifice our soliders make for our freedom.  To see these little faces and know the cost they willing paid for us.  So very touching.  We took photo's of the soliders from NY & NJ for each of us.

 This is the world's largest violin. You can't see in the photo but the string portion sticks way outside the building.  It is something to see. 

 This is Dick Clark's restaurant.  Hubby loved it so we ate there twice.  Yummy food.
Lot's of nostalgia.  They play  American Bandstand shows on the tv's while you eat.  Brings back so many memories.

Thank you to my hubby for treating me to such a wonderful vacation.  Really really enjoyed it.

Anniversary celebration

When my hubby and I were dating he took me to the QVC Studio and we took the tour. I really enjoyed it. So to celebrate our 3rd anniversary I asked him if we could go back.  It was just as much fun as I remembered it.  I love the studio tour. It is so interesting how the show is produced.  You get to walk out on the catwalk and look down and see the show live. This is the entrance to the studio.  West Chester PA

 Here I am standing at the entrance way.  Wearing my QVC wind breaker too !  hah

 This is the lobby and the security guard.  You have to go through a metal detector to take the tour.
Everything is done up in these beautiful colors.  It is really a neat place.

 In one of the hallways on the tour they have cut outs of all the QVC Hosts.  They have name badges that tell you their name when they started etc .. This is Leah -  my favorite show host.

 They have some shopping areas in the studio.  It was all decorated so pretty.  I was able to pick up a couple of Christmas gifts for the hubby.  I also found a little something for me hah

 After the tour we drove over to New Hope PA. It is a great little town. We had dinner at the below restaurant called The Landing. It was right on the water and you can see the beautiful old bridge that crosses from PA to Lambertville NJ.  The food was so good. We started with lopster & shrimp egg rolls. Hubby had a ruben and I had a pulled pork sandwich which was soooo good.  We would definately eat here again.

Happy 3rd Anniversary

Today is our 3rd Anniversary!  I received these beautiful PINK roses.

My hubby is the best !

He is:

A Godly man

So very patient

Steady

Fun

On the go, go, go

A great cook

Wonderful sunday school teacher

Very kind

Loves his Flinstones, hush puppies & ball caps

A great vacation planner

A caring friend

A wonderful son & brother

And of course a TERRIFIC Husband

We are going to Bucks County PA on Saturday to really celebrate !

Happy Anniversary Hon . . . Love you :)

****** NYC Botanical Gardens ****

We went to the NYC Botanical Gardens today. They are doing a show called Edible Gardens. Today we got to see Michael Psilakis and Mario Batali.  It was so much fun.  The gardens are beautiful and we learned so much from the chefs. Here I am with Michael at the book signing. Last weekend we ate at this restaurant KEFI in NYC, delicious Greek food.

 Here's Mario Batali waiting for his demo to start. He didn't disappoint. It was very windy and cold yet he wore his signature outfit, shorts and orange crocs  . . .

This is a photo of the botanical garden site.  Beautiful green house

 You can't see it so well in this photo but a huge bumble bee was on this flower.

 Here's my sweet hubby, Gary as we were leaving the Gardens.

---------------Food Network New York City Oct 2010-------------------

Hubby and I went to the Food Network Day in New York City. We had such a good time we got to see a lot of the cooking stars.  It was such fun.

Tyler Florence - he is very handsome

Alton Brown and my husband. He kept us laughing.

Giada De Laurentiis - she is really beautiful and sweet

Rachel my hubby's favorite ! Both from NY

We saw Trisha Yearwood bake a carrot cake.

She was really nice. She answered all our questions and really was a good sport.

Then we went to Michel Psilakis restaurant for dinner called Kefi  - they have great Greek Food. I really like him when he is on the Recipe Challenge show - he is a judge. The whole time we were eating I kept asking my husband if he thinks he is really cooking in the kitchen. He said, I doubt it. He is the owner and does the recipes but I'm sure he doesn't cook everynight.  We were almost done eating and I just got my nerve up to ask our waiter about him and all of a sudden I see him walking past me into the kitchen.  I couldn't believe it. It was such a GOD moment.  He just blessed my heart ! So exciting to get to see Michael in person.

What a fun blessed day !