Two of Anthony's brothers decided to take their wives on to NYC for a few days over Spud Harvest. Anthony talked me into and then talked my wonderful mom into babysitting for us so that we could have an amazing trip! We decided to leave three days earlier then Anthony's brothers so that we could enjoy more of the sites! We stayed for seven days instead of their four! It was amazing!
I'm a pretty nervous flyer! I couldn't sleep the night before because worrying about making the flight on time! We caught the shuttle at 3:00 and were very surprised when we arrived in the SLC airport 2 hours early! Gave me plenty of time to get nervous! As you can probably tell in the photo!
I finally relaxed half way through the flight and took time to snap a few photos with my new I-Phone!
We landed in NYC Saturday night and after not eating all day and getting little sleep I was super motion sick! I crashed hard when we got to the hotel! The next morning we woke finally refreshed and ready to go! This is us standing on the subway platform waiting to catch our first ever subway! We were planning on attending church in the ward that meets in the bottom of Manhattan Temple. We underestimated how long it would take us to find our way and missed sacrament meeting. Oh well!
We headed over to Central Park after church!
It was amazing! It was our favorite part of our whole trip! We walked around for two hours and only saw a fourth of the park!
One of the street entertainers
The next morning we decided to spend the day at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island!
We got to Battery Park just in time to stand in line for two hours!! Just to get to the ferry! It was worth it though!
Looking at the NYC Skyline
Anthony tried out the panoramic view on my phone's camera
View from the ferry
After the Statue and Ellis Island (where I had my first ever NYC pretzel by the way!), we jumped on the subway and headed up towards 5th Ave. We walked around the financial district and saw the famous Market Bull.
We went inside here but hurried out after a few minutes! I totally felt out of place in this opulent building in my tennis shoes and jeans!
The next day we spent killing time at the Empire State Building!
While on top of the building, it started to rain and then started snowing!! It was surreal!
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| Anthony in front of the Apple Store! |
The rest of the day was rainy and over cast and we had our first experience of talking down a street vendor when we bought an extra umbrella!
St. Thomas Catherdal, where we hanged out to get out of the rain for a little bit.
We accidental found ourselves in Times Square. It was amazing! Loved it!
The next day, after meeting up with Anthony's brothers and wives, we headed to the Museum of Natural History and then here! It was awesome!
We wondered around Times Square some more...
The M&M store!
Us all together!
Our last stop for the night was at Grand Central Station, where I got the most amazing cheesecake!
The next day, Anthony's brothers headed to the Statue and we enjoyed sleeping in and decided to go back to the Park!
It was misting...hence the umbrellas!
The Reservoir
I had to get a hot dog!
It was all about the food for me if you couldn't tell! I even got to ride in a taxi, though it wasn't a yellow one...sigh...
Our final stop on our trip!
This show is AMAZING and we fully enjoyed it!
Flying home was so much better and I was hardly stressed or nervous!
Our kids surprised us with this awesome surprise!
What an adventure!
Thank you, Anthony for talking me into this adventure!
