NYC Day 1 & 2!

We have arrived to the one place I have wanted to visit my entire life. So far I have seen two people urinating in public, I got in a verbal altercation with an old lady because she thought my tank top and a jacket outfit was to revealing, and I have almost been hit by 13 crazy cab drivers. How do I feel about it do you ask? I am LOVING it!! Where else do you get craziness like this?Seriously?!

DAY 1

Yesterday when we arrived we met up with my brother Dave and his wife Jessica. We went to the Empire State building first and then met up with their friend who is a local. He took us to China town for dinner. We then went to a great dessert place. Kind of a short day.

Here are some pics.

Kelly and I getting ready to ride the subway.

The four of us at the top of the Empire State Building.

The cutest picture ever of Dave and Jessica!

DAY 2

We had a lot more going on today. We stopped by St. Patricks Cathedral and then walked down 5th ave. We then walked through the Rockafellar Center Plaza then we went and stood in line for two hours to get in to the taping of the Daily show. We were so excited because we were the last ones in line that they gave tickets too. Then we get inside and they tell us that only 3 of us can go in and we had to make a decision immediately as to who was going to go. Dave and Jess were nice enough to let us Kelly and I go. However, we felt guilty the whole time. After the show we headed to the Yankees game. Busy busy day.

More pics. Sorry its a long post. I'm in New York would you expect anything different?

What's NYC without the Naked Cowboy

Enjoying the Yankees game.

In front of the new Yankees Stadium.

So happy to get our tickets to the Daily Show only to be disappointed that only three of us could get in.

Great seats at the game!!

Philly!!

We had a great couple of days in PA staying with Kelly's brother Ronald and his family. It was wonderful. Good food, great company and free massages from the girls. What more can you ask for. Pennsylvania was beautiful. The freeways however are crazy!! Kelly and I kept getting lost. Note to all readers, an iphone does not replace your GPS system. I don't think I have ever seen Kelly so mad. Haha. Good times.

Here are some pics from PA.

I told the girls we could go shopping for some sunglasses. We ran out of time so I couldn't take them but Kelly and I stopped on the way home from Philly and picked some out for them. How cute are they!
Posing with Rocky in front of the famous art museum where he runs up the stairs. We all ran up the stairs.

The girls and I in Philly.
Kelly enjoying an actual Philly cheese steak sandwich. He is also making his Philly face. Silly boy.
Thanks Ron and Annette for being such great hosts and letting us stay with you. It was so fun to see you guys and we can't wait until next month when you come and visit us.

Washington DC

Well we finally made it to DC. It was a bumpy flight. I tried to sleep but instead I used my new neck pillow to breath into. Someone on the plane had a serious case of nervous gas. It was HORRIBLE!!! But we made it anyways and so far we have had a great time. We spent all day Saturday in DC with Kelly's parents and his brother Ron's family. We had a great day.

Jenna, Megan and I at he WWII memorial.

Kelly, Jenna and Mega at the Lincoln Memorial.
Walking down the Vietnam memorial.
Washington Memorial
I love this picture. It was raining so we all had our umbrellas while walking dowtown DC.

That is the Lincoln Memorial behind us.
In front of a building next to the White House. We can't remember what it was. We saw so much that day.
The most beautiful Cathedral I have ever seen....Also the only Cathedral I have seen. Still amazing!

And that was my Saturday. CRAZY. I need a nap. Today we are in Pennsylvania at Ron and Annettes house. Tomorrow we are off to Philadelphia. I'm going to try and keep updating so keep checking back.

Down with the old, in with the new!

As some of you know we are finishing our basement...still. Its a process. We have decided to put most of our appliances from upstairs, downstairs into the basement kitchen and upgrade our main kitchen. Its so exciting.

Our first replacement was the microwave, followed soon after by a new gas stove top. I cooked with the stove for the first time today and I loved. Doesn't it look pretty. I'm still debating on the microwave. It looks nice and it cooks fine, but I miss the kitchen timer on my other microwave. This one is so quiet I can never hear it go off. Which mean over cooked cookies. My new specialty.



I also had to take some pictures of our trees. I love them in the spring time. So green, mostly, and they have blossoms. Every year they get a little bigger. I can't wait until they get big enough to block the wind.

It was a beautiful day!