New York City!

Chad had some work in New York City on Tuesday. As neither of us had ever been to NYC before we decided to take the opportunity for a get-a-way without the kids. We were gone for 5 nights, which was the longest I had ever been away from Matthew and the first night away from Anna. By the 5th night I was pretty anxious to get back to the kids, but we had a fabulous time and look forward to visiting the city again! We stayed at Hotel Pennsylvania (above), which was a great location, but the rooms could use a renovation. Oh well, it's not like you spend much time in hotel rooms anyways!

We did lots of stuff in a short time: 2 shows, walked Central Park, did an NBC Studio tour, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, bus tour, boat tour, saw Ground Zero, and a little shopping and good eating :-) Highlights are below

On our first night we ran into Elmo - I had to take a pic to show Matthew.

Chad in Times Square

Our first night we saw the Little Mermaid - it was awesome! The singing, costumes, and the set were amazing. A must see for any Disney fans!

Me at the disney store - how I escaped without making a purchase is beyond me!

Times Square Saturday night - very happening place!

After seeing the Little Mermaid we went around to all the theatres to see which show we could see for the least amount of money. This was challenging because many theatres do not have Sunday or Monday night shows. Anyways, we lucked in with Phantom of the Opera and even though we were at the back of the theatre, we really enjoyed the show.

Chad in Central Park eating a pretzel - very New York!

At Ripley's...Chad standing next to the tallest man ever...he looks pretty short :-)

Us at Times Square again

You can't go to NYC and not see the Statue of Liberty. We cruised by it on our boat tour - very impressive!

NYC from the water

On Monday afternoon we went on a tour of the NBC Studios. We saw the news studio, SNL set, and Conan O'Brien set. It was pretty neat.