Day 4

Yesterday morning we got up and headed to the Statue of Liberty first thing. I'm glad we did because we were able to get through it pretty fast (well, fast compared to the hours long line we saw when we got back to Manhattan on the Ferry.)

We ate lunch at a yummy place in Soho and I hade to get a picture of the street sign... :)



We hopped on the double decker tour bus and headed to the Top of the Rock.


The view from up here is amazing!!!





We went and saw Stomp in the afternoon (LOVED it!!!) and got back on the bus for the nighttime tour loop. It wasn't quite nighttime, but the sunset pictures sure were pretty!!

Day 3

First let me fill in some things from Day 2. The subway is a mess. Once you figure the map out, it becomes slightly easier. Thank goodness, because somehow I got to be in charge of the map and deciding which train we should get on. I only got us on the wrong one once, but that was enough for me. We sat down at Coney Island to figure out our route and Becky sneakily (is that a word?) took a picture of me that speaks for itself...

Here we are headed to eat dinner and then off to Wicked.






After the show, we walked through Times Square and oh, my goodness it was packed! I'm wondering if that's normal for a Friday night or if it's leftover Lady Gaga people...





We had a great night.
Now on to Day 3...
This morning Becky went to meet a friend of hers for brunch, so my mom and I decided to do some shopping. We met back up a couple of hours later and headed to our double decker bus tour. We saw the soup restaurant from Seinfeld where the Soup Nazi was (this one is for you Brian)...



This is the building where John Lennon was killed and Yoko Ono still lives there to this day. Her apartment is the one at the top right corner. Interesting, huh? ;)



I loved the old buildings and really enjoyed the architecture. Here are just a few of the shots from the tour...












After our tour of uptown Manhattan, we went back to the hotel and freshened up for our next Broadway show...



It was a great show. When all the animals came out in the first scene, I got chill bumps! Here are my mom and me heading into the theater. Thanks to Becky for all the pictures!


We are hitting the sack for an early morning... Statue of Liberty, World Trade Center site, Top of the Rock observatory and much, much more! Yay!

Day 2

This morning we got up really early and headed to the Today show and Lady Gaga was performing for the summer concert series. Not having ever been to New York, I had no ideas what to expect. The amount of people was unbelievable. We decided to leave because of the sheer number of people and I'm glad we did. We heard reports of 18 to 20 thousand people which is the largest crowd they have ever had. Not wanting to go back to the room, we just rolled up my sign and stuck it in Becky's backpack. It stuck out a little, but we didn't worry about it. We walked over to Rockefeller Center and it was so neat to see something that I've seen on TV and movies so many times.

Radio City Music Hall



We decided that we would get on the subway and go to Soho. I had gotten some recommendations from a friend about restaurants. I wanted to go to Magnolia Bakery and thought we could eat breakfast there. We were at the wrong end of Bleecker Street, so we had to walk a long, long way to get there (sadly enough, my sign for the today show fell out of Becky's backpack and we didn't know it. Bummer!). We finally made it to Magnolia Bakery and it the bad news was that it didn't open until 9:00 and it was only 7:30. Ugh. SO, we decided to go to another recommended place called Balthazar's. We ended up just taking a cab because we were 10 blocks away. As Becky said, it was the best $8 we ever spent! Anyway, the food was awesome and I'm so glad we went there. It was wonderful!!

We hopped on the subway and headed to Coney Island. I don't really know what I was expecting, but of course everything was closed up tight. Well, it was still very quite early in the day because of the Today show/Magnolia Bakery fiasco and it makes sense that people wouldn't be on a ferris wheel or roller coaster at 9:00 in the morning. :)






We decided to head back and wanted to go on the Brooklyn Bridge. It was really cool. This is my best picture by far...


After we walked the bridge, we took the Subway back to Grand Central. My mom and Becky went back to the room and I went downstairs in Grand Central and found this-


Yay!!!!! So I bit the bullet And bought these...


Oh my goodness. We split them into thirds so we could all try them. My favorites were the smores one, the red velvet one and the yellow iced one. They were yummy.
Tonight we are heading to Wicked and could not be more excited!!! Stay tuned!

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First day in New York

Yesterday we had a great first day in NY! We got up at 3:30to catch a 6:00 am flight. We landed without incident and were so excited to be in New York! We checked into our hotel on 40th street. It is great! We are only a couple of blocks from Grand Central Station. We started to unpack and my mom brought out a sign she had made for to take to the today show.

Grand Central Station





Me & Becky


Who knew they'd ever name a restaurant with my initials? :)


Times Square



Me, Mom & Becky


After much walking around, we headed back to the hotel and took a nap. We got up and headed to dinner. We stopped at Marcony's on Lexington. Yum! Here is me and my mom...


When we got back to the room, the empire State Building was lit up and it was beautiful. This is actually the view from our room - how awesome is that?


We are having a great time!

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Summer continues...

It's July... How did that happen??? This summer has been busy for us - that's why I'm not blogging much. I barely have time to do a load of laundry!!! I have good memories of summer and I wanted the same for Reed (since this is his first real summer) so we've been doing something every day. It's been fun and the boys are having a blast, but there's no way I can keep up with this pace!! A small peek into our summer...
My mom has my two nieces staying with her his week, so on Monday we went to Six Flags. We rode the train around the park, we rode the cave ride twice and we drove the antique cars. When we got off the cave ride the second time it looked like this...

It was pouring and showed no signs of letting up. So we decided to wait it out for a bit...



Then Reed and Lilly had to go to the bathroom. We went to the closest one which turned out to be not close and all and saw these yahoos sliding through the giant puddles.



We finally decided to head to the car and after crossing many small rivers in the parking lot (with Lilly and Reed yelling "This is awesome!!!" the entire time) we made it to the car and eventually home. I was soaked, exhausted and smelly. It was an outstanding day. :)

We have also been swimming like maniacs. We were at Gammy and DadDad's pool almost every day last week. We went over on Sunday for a belated Father's Day celebration and Brian brought his camera that supposedly works underwater. I didn't think it would work, but he got some really neat pictures.





Both boys have swimmers ear... I wonder why? :)

And this next picture is just because I decided to dress the boys alike and had to show their absolute cuteness!


I love my guys!


I have one more week here and this time next week I'll be in New York for my birthday trip!! Stay tuned!

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Summer!!

We have been having quite the summer this year! We have been quite busy simce school let out, but we,ve been having fun!! Last Friday we went to Six Flags. Here Reed and Uncl Brandon are on the cave ride. We rode it 5 times people. I don't know why he loves it so much, but it's always his favorite ride. And I apologize for my brother's weird expression. It's just how he is. :)

Uncle Brandon took him on the log ride and he told me he liked everything about it except for the end where you go down the hill and splash. Actually he didn't like anything that made his stomach feel weird. Anyway, here they are on the log ride. You can barely see Reed's little blond head in the front...


We saw a face painting booth and Reed just had to have one. He got a snake on his leg. The kids loves snakes and bugs!



We had a great day. The rest of the summer will be filled with a lot of this...


Yay for summer!!!!


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Memorial Day Weekend

For Memorial Day, my parents rented a cabin in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. We had a really fun weekend. We ate, watched TV, played games, made smores... Just relaxed and enjoyed each other. Here mine and Brian's our room in the cabin- love the log bed!

We rented paddle boats and Hudson life jacket rode up a little. :)

Me and my baby...



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