NYC Cont'd

We tried to listen to her for a while but kept getting the old "move along" from the NYPD so we just watched it snow and took lots of pics!

These pictures look blurry but it is all the snow coming down!

You can hardly see the tree back there!

The result of snow pounding me in the face on our walk....

mascara all over my face and my hair is frozen together!

the tree was so pretty!

cleaning off the rink

you cant even see the buildings!

We were officially frozen so we headed back to the hotel, changed into warm clothes, grabbed our bottle of champagne and sat in the lobby

His birthday is almost over...10 more minutes!

Pretty tree in the lobby and i discovered my camera had this colors thing and now i am obsessed! See how you can just see the red...

side note: i have had this camera for 4 years

Sunday morning we woke up and headed to NBC studios for a tour. We weren't allowed cameras so this is the only pic we got before we headed in

i look akward... i am going to blame it on a bad photgrapher...

The tour was really cool, we got to see where all the NBC news shows are filmed and all their tricks. Went to Jimmy fallons set and SNL. They had stuff everywhere because they had SNL the night before so it was neat to see it all. We went to where they do makeup/masks for SNL and the costumes.

They have alot of cool things in the store from shows now to old shows like saved by the bell

Jonathan awarded himself a "dundee"! ha

Coach Taylor from Friday Night Lights....

Our favorite show!

Then we headed to Central Park and everyone was sledding and playing. We actually saw some people on skis...hilarious!

swans a swimming...

We ate lunch at Tavern on the Green, a beautiful restaurant. It is closing on December 31st so we were glad we got to eat there. It has been around for over 50 years!

The room we ate in...i think it is the prettiest room in the place!

Then we went to the World Trade Center Memorial. It was so weird being right there where it all happened, very sad. This is a tree family members put up with their loved ones pictures.

"Ground Zero" is no longer there. They are building a Freedom Tower memorial building where they used to stand.

We walked to see the Statue of Liberty.

It was too late to take a ferry over to see it, maybe next time.

Ellis Island

New Jersey

We went back to the area around our hotel, did some shopping then ate at a Cafe under Rockefeller Center and watched people ice skate.

We were planning on going to the Today Show Monday morning but with all flight cancelations and everything we decided to head to the airport earlier. (suggestion from my flight attendant mother) so glad i listened to her!

We got there at 8:15 and stood in line to check in for three hours...It was a mad house!! Our flight was supposed to leave at 10:45 and i was about in tears thinking we would never get home! They came over the intercom and said all flights would be held until everyone was boarded! I have never had that happen before.
We finally got checked in, through security and on the plane! Our flight left about 1 1/2 hours late but it wasn't cancelled and we made it home! Praise the Lord

I was so stressed on the way home because we were having Christmas with Jonathans family at our house at 6:30! I walked in the door and noticed some things were out of place and i got a little nervous at first then Jonathan says, did you see you Christmas Gift? I looked around and noticed my house was spotless!!! I couldn't have been more excited. He had it professionally cleaned while we were gone. Our house has never looked so good. The first thing i did was run into the bathroom and look at the shower! Ha I swear it was sparkling! BEST GIFT EVER! Jonathans mom is a nanny and she had their their families housekeeper come on Saturday! It took them 5 hours! Thank you Thank you Jonathan, Judith and Laticia!!

Perfect ending to an awesome vacation!