Grace travels to New York City

Here she is at Rockefeller Center...braving the cold of late December...and having a great time.

Ready for Broadway.

Watching the Nutcracker...

Horseback riding at Mar Vista

Emily & Grace ride Belle.

Grace couldn't wait to see the new foul, here just 5 days old, whose mama is Colornew.

Learning to knit...in pjs at Auntie's house

Not since JFK uttered these inspirational words: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLdA1ikkoEc

have I felt so proud to be an American...and that was almost

50 years ago!

First I watched Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger sing

This Land is Your Land:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg0wiOHc9tI

....that sent me right over the edge...but when Beyonce sang America the Beautiful:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwrGgjiAnzE

I could not stop crying.