This year we spent Thanksgiving in NY, NY. Our kids are at the perfect age to be able to travel someplace like that and actually enjoy it. We had several highlights but here are a few:
Broadway play "Mary Poppins." The kids have never been to a broadway hit and they loved it!
Macy's Day parade. We walked to where the parade was to come through and arrived at 5am. We sat on the COLD cement for 4 hours waiting for the parade to begin. It was awesome. The balloons are so HUGE! We had a great time!
The NY, NY temple
Thanksgiving dinner @ Benoit
The Subway
The Statue of Liberty. There's something extra special about going to the Statue of Liberty in person. She's so majestic and inspiring. Unfortunately it felt like it was 20 degrees outside and it was very windy. None-the-less, we all loved it! Did I mention a seagull pooped on my head waiting for the ferry? YUCK!
Ground Zero
Ellis Island. A few years ago my siblings and I paid to have my dad's name registered at Ellis Island. Even though he didn't come directly to the island he did come in on a boat into NY. They are doing some renovations to some building there and his name was in a flagged off area. The kids and Mark snuck around and took a quick picture. It was fun to find his name. The flag below is so cool! It's a hologram that is made up of pictures of different immigrants and as you move directions it turns into the American flag.
It was an amazing trip and we all came home with some wonderful memories!
2 comments:
That is so cool you found Buppi's name!
I love those pics, especially the ones with the statue of liberty in the background! It brought back good memories of me, you and mom roaming around NY - good times :)
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