Prospect Park

Here is the park, only two blocks away from our apartment. It looks alot prettier in the spring I'm sure, but you get the gist. It's a big park, not as big as Central Park, but good enough for us Seattle folks who love the outdoors. Surrounded by neighborhoods, businesses and subway tunnels is this park, which includes the Brooklyn Zoo, the Botanic Gardens and even an ice skating rink.

This is the historic Prospect Park Boathouse. It's a neat old building and supposedly gets very busy during the warmer months. Back in the 1920's, you could rent wooden rowboats and float around the lake. The Audubon Center and Park Visitor Center are located in the boathouse. We saw a couple of men fishing at the lake, although they didn't seem to be catching anything.

Thanksgiving in Jersey

We travelled over to Flemington, New Jersey for Thanksgiving with Ethan's cousin, Joel and his wife, Tracy. We stayed with them until Saturday. There was a big group over for dinner, over 20 in all. Joel and Tracy have 3 kids, one of Tracy's sister's has 3 and one of her brother's has 2. So it was similar to a Thomas gathering with lots of kids around. We had a fun time, with tons of good food! Here is Ethan playing with Joel's youngest, Maeve. She just turned 2.

The day after Thanksgiving, we were on a mission to sell Ethan's car. Joel helped us find some dealer's to take it to and we visited 2 before we found one that was interested in buying. We ended up at the local Honda dealer. The used car buyer test-drove the car, and looked it over before giving us a price that was very close to what Ethan aiming for. Ethan filled out the paperwork that evening and now we are officially carless. Here's Ethan, saying goodbye to Black Beauty. :)