Chad, Candace, Grace, Mike, Owen and Henry: November 2011

What a whirlwind of travel! Chad and I have been wanting to head east to visit family and friends for a long time. And going to NYC has always been on my "list" of things to do. We caught the red eye on Wed night and got into NYC on Thursday morning around 6 am. We met up with Taylor and Austin a little after that. We miss them so much. Our little neighborhood isn't the same without them. Taylor is due any day with babe #3 and she was a champ. We walked all day long. It was so surreal to meet up with them and spend the day in New York. Then on Friday night we headed to PA to spend a few days with Chad's brother and his family. We miss them so much and it was so fun to see the sights with them. Our arms felt so empty without our kids so it was so nice to spend some time with their kids. They have a little girl and two boys (just like us) It was a crazy whirlwind of a trip but we loved every second of it. Now that we are home I am refreshed and ready to take on the holidays!!

(my pictures are from my phone and my camera so they are way out of order.)

Grace and Mike with their souvenirs hats from Jamie and Mason and monkeys from mom and dad.

Mason and Davis

This was the best I got when I asked for a smile:)

The fam

Being on this trip really made me want to catch up on my US history. This is Valley Forge. This place is UH-Mazing. So pretty.

Chad found a dollar that you could track where it's been. I think it must have gotten lost right after the first person logged on because it only had one zip code on it.

This thing killed me. For some reason in my mind I pictured it to be this massive statue. When we walked around the corner I couldn't believe how tiny it was! It was still cool to see in real life and to check it off of my sights list.

Museum of Art. Where the famous "Rocky" steps are. This place was huge and so cool.

Maybe Aunt Candace did a little spoiling. (I still couldn't get them to get my name right. I was Aunt Traci the whole time)

Best. Sandwich.Ever.

Liberty Bell

Independence Hall

I saw my kids names everywhere. I think it had something to do with how much I missed them.

Red velvet cupcake. mmm...

All over.

Radio City

They were putting up the tree in Rockefeller Plaza

Oh how I missed them!

On our tour our guide was pointing out some of the sights and he was showing everyone the Apple store, luckily I looked and saw the Angel Maroni peeking over the buildings. The guide didn't even point out the Temple but it was also a big thing on my list to see.

Grand Central Station and the Chrysler building

We went to see How to succeed in business without really trying starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. This show was a bit of a gamble and so were our seats. When we go there we realized we had AMAZING seats and were literally 20 feet away from the stage. The show was SO funny and I'm so glad we went. At the end of the show Daniel Radcliffe auctioned off his bowtie and the winner bid $2300. Crazy.