New York City February 2010!

Wow! New York City is an amazing place!

We had so much fun! They had a huge storm just a few days before we got there. There was snow everywhere! We had beautiful weather...blue skies and sun! Of course it was still freezing cold, but gorgeous!

A big THANK YOU to:

Sara and Rangi for encouraging us to travel so far and for watching our kids for half the time!

My parents for watching our kids the other half of the time!

Traci Giles for having me over for lunch to explain NY to me and get me familiar with the maps, restaurants, places to go, etc. This seriously made our trip!!!

Highlights:

The Burger Joint in the Parker Meridian

Times Square

Broadway musical South Pacific

Broadway musical In the Heights

Staute of Liberty

Chinatown

Little Italy

SOHO

Greenwich Village

Empire State Building

Rockefeller Center

Red Bus Tour

Central Park

Subway

Taxis

Food

Museum

Boat House

TKTS

Magnolia Bakery

Nuts

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New York...Love & Romance!

What a romantic city!!! Especially on Valentine's Day!

Ice sculpture in Times Square

Atop of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day!

New York...The City!

Times Square

Fox News

Bloomie's

The Plaza

Times Square

New York...Central Park!

Central Park was so gorgeous covered in snow!

Kids sledding in Central Park!

Lunch at The Boat House overlooking a frozen lake

Horses and carriages lined up

Bethesda's Fountain

New York...Broadway!

We saw 2 Broadway musicals! Both were awesome! South Pacific was the more traditional Broadway show...wonderful! In the Heights starring Corbin Bleu:) was more contemporary with hip hop, salsa, rap, etc. Both were great!

New York...Typical Tourists!

American Museum of Natural History

Double Decker Red Bus Tour

Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island Reception Hall

Subway!!

New York...The Food!

The food was delicious of course!!

Our first night in NY we found The Burger Joint (recommended by Traci)! It is located in the very nice Parker Meridian Hotel. You would never know it was there! You walk into the beautiful lobby...but around a corner and down at the end of a dark hall...was this greasy burger place with delicious burgers and fries!!! Perfect place for our first night in NYC!

Hot dog in Central Park!

Cream cakes on the street in Chinatown!

Pizza in Little Italy!

Dylan's Candy Bar...3 stories of candy!

New York Cheesecake!

Magnolia Bakery!!!!!

Best cupcakes and banana pudding EVER!!!

Stage Deli reuben sandwich!

Street Gyro Plate!!!

HOME SWEET HOME!!!

What it Takes...

What it takes for Aaron and Jenni to go to New York...

1. Free Southwest Airlines tickets!

2. Awesome friend like Traci G. to give us maps and advice!

3. Awesome friend like Sara to watch our kids!

4. Awesome parents to also watch our kids!

5. Amanda's coat & Liz's coat!

6. New gloves, thermals, and boots!

7. Lots of time on computer booking things (hotel, broadway show, staute of liberty, etc)!

8. A holiday weekend and an extra day off of work for Aaron!

9. Awesome father & mother-in-law to watch kids' bball games and take them to lunch!

10. Two valentines in love...Aaron + Jenni XXXOOO

Happy Valentine's Day from...New York City!:)

Moms Day Out!

Two for One Tuesdays at Mountain High! Skiing! While the kids were away (at school)...the moms played!

At the top!

Rachel and me:)

2 tacos for $1.00! Yum!!

Melissa...the pro!

Me taking on Calamity!

Black Diamond...ok, I did fall:)!