New York City

Lance had to go to New York for work and so I tagged along! Thanks to my mom who watched the kids so I could go:) It was fun to get away and we had a few more days than last year when we went so we tried to see as many new things as we could!! It was very humid, cloudy and rainy most of the time but we were still able to have fun!! These are just a few of the things we did.......

Sprinkles Cupcake Bakery

The best cupcakes EVER!!!

Central Park is our favorite place in New York City!!

We discovered something new, Central Park has a zoo!! The park is so big that we didn't notice that last time.

Central Park "security"!!

We rode the train over to Hoboken, New Jersey. It was a little crazy since we didn't know it was the one day they were having a street fair!!

Had to try some "street" food (which I don't normally do)!!

We had to go to Carlo's Bakery again which was worth the wait!!

Doesn't everything look amazing!!

The goods!! A little melty by the time we made it back to our hotel in New York but just as amazing as always!!

Ignore our stalker in the background!! We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge.

We went to Wicked!! I was so excited since we didn't go last time and I had really wanted to!! I wish they would make a movie (I am still a little confused) but it was so good!!! :)

Went to Serendipidy and had frozen hot chocolate...AMAZING!!! I am addicted, good thing you can't buy it here!! $9.00 for 1 was completely worth it!!

We got up at 4:00 in the morning (SLC) time to go watch the Today Show in the Pouring Rain!!! It ended up mostly just me since Lance had to go to his meetings:) 

There were not very many people as crazy as us so we were lucky and got a front row spot!!

They only came out for about a total of 5 minutes the entire show

Most of the time this is what we got to see:)

What you see is what you get!! Ann is just as nice, sweet and beautiful as she is on T.V. During the commercial break while Matt ran back inside, Ann went around and talked to as many people as she could.

She even shook my hand and I was lucky enough to get this picture in the 2 seconds she had left!! She was talking to the camera guys (the reason for the funny face) because they were saying she was going back on the air in 2 seconds!!  I had to stand in the pouring rain for 2 hours, and I look horrible, but how many people have a picture with Ann Curry?? She immediately went back on the air after this picture for just a minute (right in front of me), and then went back inside.

Sat on the banks of the Hudson River

 We went to the World Trade Center Memorial. It is fenced off so you cannot see the memorial unless you get tickets (they are free), then you have to return at your assigned time, wait in a long line, go through major security and then you finally can see the memorial!! It is really beautiful and worth the effort to go see!!

 There are waterfalls now where the two towers stood. Around the huge pools of water are the many names of all those who died. There are lots of people surrounding the waterfalls so we looked for an open spot to go stand at. When we got to our open spot we looked down and there was someone with the last name Gillis!! What are the odds??!

This is the only tree that survived the terrorist attacks on September 11th

This is what the grounds look like today

The Apple store is underground, you take the glass elevator to get their!!

We ate at Lombardi's Pizza (claims to be the first pizzeria in the United States).