Ariana and I left for Seattle about 4:00pm on Saturday, March 27th to catch our 10:oo flight to New York City....... We got to fly the red-eye flight and arrived in New York the morning of the 28th. Very excited when we landed after a 4.5 hour flight to see my parents there waiting for us. We had a week of non stop fun......
Ariana could not wait to ride the Subways... Sunday: Went to church with my parents. Their church building is also the New York Temple building. Ariana and I got our first "Subway" cards good for one week.... Got to ride the subway to church. Ari was very excited. It was really nice riding the subways this trip as my mom knew her way around and Tony had a nice app he downloaded on his phone... Came in very handy. Don't think we got lost at all and that never happens....
In front of the Temple/Church.....
Monday: Tony and his family arrived about 9:30am and were pretty tired. Everyone took a little nap and by 11:00 Tony, Jake, Ari, Ky and I all headed to the Natural History Museum. All I can say is that place was HUGE and we spent most the day in there. Met everyone in Time Square at a Pizza place (wasn't very good) and then went to Mary Poppins on Broadway..... Afterwards we ended up eating again but this time the pizza place was very good.... Something about pizza at 11:00 just hits the spot.....
Had to get a Jamba Juice.... Stephen used to work at one in Rexburg and got me hooked. I love them and Ariana had never been to one. Think she loved it.........
Tuesday: My parents got the day to spend with us so of course my dad was up and ready to go pacing the floors until we got up and got ready. My dad drove us (mom, dad, ari and I) across the river to NJ where we hit "Carlos Bakery". I was dying to go there. Josh and I watch the Cake Boss all the time so I just had to check it out. Worth every penny I spent in there. (think I spent almost 100 in there) Got my Birthday Cake in there too. Then my dad kinda took us around to show us some of the sights on that side. Did a lot of sight seeing on Tuesday and walking around down on Time Square.
Thursday: Went to Battery Park and China Town. Ariana got most of her souvenirs and was very excited to do lots of shopping. She was wanting to shop everyday and took lots of thought into what she was going to bring back for everyone. Went to Bubba Gumps for dinner then some of us went to "West Side Story". I thought it was good but the ending...... alittle disappointing.....
Friday: Statue of Liberty (we had tickets, got there at 8:30am and still waited in line for 2.5 hours to get on the boat) and Ellis Island. Went to 14th Street to see where my parents work. Their building was once part of a old Convent so my dad got to walk us around. They used to let missionaries stay in some of the room but now it is all shut down. Can't remember what else we did but most nights we stayed out til about 11:00..... That town never sleeps..........
Taryn in one of the many rooms in the old Convent. We didn't take pictures because we were to busy looking around at how cool this old place was til the very last room. It was really big. Think we went up four set of stairs or more.
This guy was sitting next to our line for the Statue of Liberty. There are many of these people around playing music for money.....
Saturday: Went to the Zoo in Central Park. Walked around a small portion of the park. Taryn, Jake, Ari and Ky went in a horse carriage for a tour of the park. Walked 5th Ave and Looked at all the fancy shops. Went to FAO Schwarz... Awesome toy store. Went to the Top of the Rock to see the sights from up high.... Awesome. Then Tony, Taryn, Jake, Grandpa, Ky and Ari went on a airplane tour. Ariana loved it. I'm just glad no one got sick... That stuff is not for me. Finally we ended this awesome trip with some good food at Olive Garden..... Have to say it was the BEST food all week.......
In FAO Schwarz toy store. The best thing we found in this store was the Rocky Road Fudge....... It was soooooo good we went back and got more.
Girls on the Helicopter
