new york new york!

woah! We had an opportunity pop up that we couldn't pass up... a chance to go to NY with 2 of our favorite couples! It was totally last minute- we reserved our flights and hotel one week before we left last Wednesday. Crazy I know. I still can't believe we pulled it off. One of the kiddos favorite girls was able to come and watch them for the 6 days we were gone- she is AMAZING and loving and patient and super fun and cute and they had an absolute blast with her. Our time was so FABULOUS! Everything was so perfect and so fun... except for when we lost our little camera. SAD. You know me and pics- it happened on the 2nd full day there and so a lot of pics were lost... But I am still crossing my fingers it will turn up! New York is absolutely crazy and amazing... here's a sneak peak into some of the beautiful sights and fun things that we did...

Central Park was GORGEOUS. So amazing to be in the dirty crazy busy city with massive sky scrapers one minute and then be in a lush green and beautiful park the next. We ran through Central Park one morning, rented bikes 2 of the days since it was so fun to ride through Central Park, and ate at a fun restaurant at Central Park twice... The Manhatten Temple is so beautiful! It looks just like another building on the outside kind of- it's beautiful but fits in with the other buildings being tall and square- but has a gorgeous Angel Moroni on top. Such an amazing sight to see in the middle of the city! Their church is also held in the same building- complete with a gym and basketball hoops and everything- so it was neat to attend church on Sunday and get to see it...A view of the city from Central park.... I thought the reflection looked really beautiful! We found a super nice guy that had an older limo and gave us a great deal riding around town! My first limo ride!
Dining out at Tavern on the Green in Central Park. It was SOOO yummy and gorgeous.

A view of the city from our ferry, heading out to see the Statue of Liberty.

Wow- this was way more amazing in person than I ever would have thought. Such intricate details and completely gorgeous and breathtaking... especially as you thought about the immigrants who had traveled so far and so long in packed and gross circumstances on the ships getting to see this and realize they had made it to America!!! Touring Ellis Island was such a touching experience too.

yeah baby! VIP tickets to the David Letterman Show! We totally lucked out and it was awesome- so fun to see how a major production like that comes together, to be in the Ed Sullivan theater, 10 feet away from David Letterman, and laughing our heads off... even if it wasn't funny. ;-) We were supposed to laugh no matter what and that in itself got to be pretty hilarious!
Thefamous Carnegie Deli! Super yummy and so fun... The plates of corned beef cabbage sandwiches and pastrami sandwiches were like 5 pounds each- literally. The boys were in HEAVEN!

The American Musuem of Natural History was really amazing and fun- Ger was trying to imitate this dinosaur as you can see... ;-)

So many amazingly beautiful cathedrals with intricate stone work, glass windows, amazing sculptures/statues, incredible ceilings, etc. We toured through a lot of them and they were really breath taking.

Whew- there's a few pics of the nearly 500. ;-) Now off to do laundry!