NEW YORK CITY!!

Our trip to New York was great fun! We had a red eye flight Thursday night and went straight to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island after dropping luggage off at the hotel. We spent time in Battery Park watching street dancers, vendors, etc. Had lunch at an Amish deli then to the hotel to crash. Saturday, the girls had dance classes most of the day at Broadway Dance Studio. Ate New York Pizza between classes - Yum! Shopped 5th Avenue. Then off to the Broadway show of "Mama Mia" in Times Square. Sunday we went to Church and then the Metropolitan Museum of Art, then to the Broadway Show of "The Little Mermaid". It was amazing. Monday is rained and our flight was cancelled to come home. The girls had a dance class with a guy that was the Dance Captain for the Chicago Broadway Dancers. He put them through a mock audition. We then shopped at Macy's which is 8 (or 9) floors and takes the entire city block. It was huge. We then walked and subwayed to Ground Zero. It poured rain all day and the kids were soaked. We checked back into our hotel and ordered pizza for the girls who were wet, cold and tired. Several adults went to Time Square for some great pizza. The extra day gave us time to go to Little Italy and china Town. We finally made it home late Tuesday night.
We experienced a lot of New York life, ate from street vendors. Hot Knish is real good. I had that instead of a Hot dog (yuk). It's worth going to New York for the cheesecake. Here are some pictures. of our adventures.

Little Italy. Laura ate lunch at the restaurant on the left and Lindsey ate at the one on the right. Most of Little Italy were restaurants and bakeries. Food was wonderful.

Empire State Building. Very windy as you can tell by Lindsey's hair blowing. Also, very cold as you can see by the looks on the faces of the girls.

Very crowded subway. Sometimes we just had to push our way into the subway.


View of Central Park. I can see why they have this park. With the rest of New York being only buildings and concrete, they need somewhere to go to get out of all that hussle bussell.

This is the castle in Central Park that was used in Step Mom.

In the city is the Temple. Notice Moroni on top. That was the only time that I new my directions because I know that Moroni always faces East. We went to church on the 3rd floor. We were so tired that everyone fell asleep. Nice visitors we are.

Laura getting out of the limo we took back to the hotel after seeing the broadway show "Mama Mia". They gave us a good deal for our group so we all piled in 3 limos. This might have been the highlight of the trip for the girls.

Laura and friends in FAO Schwarts dancing on the piano.

Can't shop 5th Avenue without going to Tiffany's and can't go into Tiffany's without buying something. My souvenior was a traditional charm bracelet from Tiffany's. Dad didn't respond when I text him asking if Icould get it. I took no response as a yes. There is probably a lesson here. Answer your wife promptly or never let her go into Tiffany's alone.

Statue of Liberty and the girls on the Ferry on the way to the Statue of Liberty.

At the airport getting ready to go. This is going to New York not coming home. We looked a lot more tired when we left.