New York City 2010!

It's that time of year again! My North Carolina Girls and I took another trip to NYC! We did a couple of the same things and lots of new things! Heather's long time friend, Laura, also joined us and we all had a fabulous time. Here are some highlights. There is so much that I left out, like the Donald Trump spotting, the Dakota house where John Lenon lived, and the beautiful flowers by Rockefeller Center. Lenette said it best when she said, "It's not about what we do, just being with friends and having fun is what's fun!" (something like that anyways) Enjoy the pictures!

Thursday Night

The tradition stands that after the temple session, we head over to Serendipity for a LARGE frozen hot chocolate. Last year I was too cold to get it frozen, but this year I was fine. I split mine with Laura, then finished off Lenette's leftovers. I think I'll get my own next year!

It was just so much fun to be there again. Too, too fun.

Friday Morning

We had to catch the ferry at 9:00 to go to the Statue of Liberty. That meant waking up early so 5 ladies could get ready. Heather was a trooper and was the first one up everyday. That made her "MAD". Ha Ha. Anyways, the statue was better than I thought. Ellis Island was after the statue and was so interesting. We walked thru the very building and halls that the immigrants were inspected in and shuffled thru. I wish I had done more research and knew some of the names of my ancestors to check if they were ever there.

This took most of the morning and then we had to get going. We had a reservation!

Friday Afternoon

Lenette made reservations for us at this place, Lady Mendl's. We had Tea at 3:00. It was the most favorite part of the trip for me. I loved the building and the decor and the quiet, fanciful atmosphere.
We were served 5 courses of small quiche and sandwiches and scones and cake and got surprisingly full! The endless refills of tea probably didn't help. I liked to pretend we were in England. Maybe I'll throw my own tea party.
We each had our favorite flavors and some of us bought a package or two, for a small fee. Wink, wink on the small fee!
The night was topped off with the Lion King. As awesome and elaborate as the costumes were, we all nodded off several times. We just had such a fun day and it was almost like a bedtime story that we were all familiar with. Somehow we mustered the strength to go out to eat afterwards and ended up in a very gay restaurant. Yummy food, late night, silly times. Heather said she was drunk on food.

Saturday in New York

Here's Heather taking pictures. I can't believe I didn't take more pictures of this day. We slept in a little from our late night previous and got breakfast at Europa Cafe. Then we walked around, shopped a little and had lunch at a Brazilian Steakhouse. Luckily the rain stayed away and after meeting with Heather's friend, Justin, we walked thru part of Central Park. A really cool part of the park where a scene from Serendipity was filmed, actually. After using the bathrooms at The Plaza, we went back to the hotel, split our cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery and went out again looking for Garrett's Popcorn. Later back at the hotel we watched the movie, Serendipity. Couldn't have gotten any better.

Heading Out

Sunday was a travel day. We stopped at a couple bakeries on the way out of the city looking for "black and white" cookies. As we were driving around, Heather spotted this corner restaurant. Look familiar?

Easter Clothes

The kids got these clothes for Easter last Sunday, but were fashioned with them for the first time this Sunday. I've never been a real fancy, lacy, pouffy dress kind of person. I wish I had Elli's dress for me.

Setting Up The Trampoline

For weeks the kids have begged to set up the trampoline. Rainy weather and cold temperatures have pushed back the big event, but it looks like Spring is here to stay. Even Sandy got booted outside. Easter weekend was the perfect time with lots of sun and the kids' break from school. Everyone had to help get it ready.