New York, New York!!

Oh my gosh! It was so fun! We snuck away on Wednesday. Well, we didn't really sneak, everyone knew we were going, I just didn't post it on here when I would be leaving. We had a blast! Our hotel was right on Broadway smack dab in the middle of Times Square. It was great to walk out of our hotel and into another world. Or at least for me, it was like a different world.

We saw three shows. We saw Phantom of the Opera on Wednesday, Wicked on Thursday, and Legally Blonde on Friday. So fun! My favorite was Wicked! My kids were so jealous of us, they wanted to know if we had videoed it for them. We told them that you can't do that and they are clearly disappointed. I guess when it comes to Salt Lake next year we will be taking them! We took tons of pictures! Mike told me that I was a freaky tourist because I kept taking pictures of everything! I just didn't want to miss anything that I might want to remember later...We ate yummy food. Oh yeah! We got cheesecake from Juniors Bakery which is famous for their cheesecake, and we ate lunch one day at the Popover Cafe. We went to the Manhattan Temple. It was so beautiful! I just kept thinking what a wonderful blessing for the people of New York City to have their own temple in the midst of all that hustle and bustle. Definitely a refuge from the world. The Statue of Liberty was magnificent! I absolutely loved it! I took about a bazillion pictures of and around the statue. It was a bummer that you can't go clear up into the statue anymore. I'm not sure that I would've made it anyway. Walking up the five flights of stairs just to get as high as we COULD go was enough for me. We walked everywhere! Or we took the Subway, which was super fun! The taxis left much to be desired...like SAFETY!! We made an observation that there are NO speed limit signs anywhere. So apparently, that means "go as fast as you can without killing yourself". It was crazy!

I missed my kids tons; they were constantly on my mind. I kept thinking, "Oh, Rachel would love this", or "Jonathan would think this is neato". Someday we may take them there to see the sights, but not until they are older!