New York New York

After celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary (pics to come soon) we headed for New York/DC for 10 days to visit Andrew's three sisters and their families and other friends and family. We had a really nice trip and loved spending time with our family and friends. As seen above we are at the Shake Shack a popular burger place in NYC. I was ready for a 2nd burger after my first, but exercised some restraint, they were good though!! We planned for the trip and we were happy with how smoothly thing went. We didn't over pack and as a result were able to get around the city with ease. Gwen did wonderfully and loved all of the visual excitement and energy the city had to offer. She loved everything about New York, even the subway because she had her trusty headphones with her.

Adam and Liesel hosted us our first 5 nights-they are such amazing hosts, we loved staying with them! Adam is putting on a finger puppet show in this picture as Andrew does his "cookie monster" voice along his side. Adam was a fabulous puppeteer and Andrew can do a very convincing Cookie Monster impression.

Andrew took this nice picture of the city from Governor's Island, you will notice how sharp the colors of the city's skyline are, which are accented by the red ferry docking areas. Andrew takes beautiful pictures, we just need to work on getting more of him!

Gwen had a lot of fun playing with aunt Liesel and Daddy's sunglasses while we waited in line to see Michael Jackson, I mean get the ferry back to Manhattan.

While we were in New York it was "Restaurant Week." This means a lot of regularly expensive restaurants have prices that are affordable, which usually include an appetizer, entree and dessert for a fixed price that is a fraction of what it would normally cost. We went to an Italian place with our friends Rachel and Scott. It was really good and the company was even better. We can't wait for them to visit us for a ski trip in Utah someday. Here we are in Times Square on our way to the restaurant.

Other highlights in New York included our attendance to a Yankees game. The new stadium is amazing and our seats were the best in the house (thanks again Mike and Jen). We were on the 5th row right behind home plate. We also got to have dinner in this ultra nice restaurant below the stadium. It was a once in a life time experience. We forgot our camera (but later found it in the diaper bag!!), so we bought a disposable camera and will post the pics from the game at a later time. We had a bbq at Scott and Erin's one night which was really fun. Scott and Andrew took the bbq up to the roof of their building and made some steak. The bbq they have is miniature and on wheels but it proved it can compete with the most over sized bbq around. We also were lucky to be able to join Scott and Erin on the Sunday they blessed Lucy. It was a beautiful meeting and lots of relatives were able to be there.We gathered at Scott and Erin's apartment after the service and enjoyed a fabulous meal together. Our next post will detail our many adventures on our trip from NYC to DC and chronicle our time with Casey, Meagan and the boys!