New York!

I am back! This trip was awesome, I couldn't have asked for it to go better. Seven girls, New York City, food galore, laughs, shopping (a little too much for some...) and a lot more, makes for a perfect trip!

.....Warning....there are a lot of pictures, there were too many fun ones to not post, and if you are anything like me, the pictures are the funniest to see:)

On Wednesday night we caught the red eye and we were off...Goodbye husbands and goodbye kids. We landed in New York about 5:30 am and we were ready to have some fun!

We were able to go to our hotel and leave our bags with them and freshen up a little so we could go to the Today Show. We loved the Today Show! It was so much fun. It was Lou lou's 30th birthday and we made T-shirts to celebrate and to maybe get us on TV...it worked! It was so fun to see Ann, Meredith, Al and Matt...they all were so nice, I mean really nice. We actually had a conversation with Meredith and Ann. I was very impressed! It was the perfect thing to start our trip out right:)

Next we headed to "The top of the Rock." The view was incredible! We had a clear day and were able to see all of New York City.

We did a little more sight seeing, shopping and then headed back to our hotel to check in. We then had to get ready for the David Letterman show! So exciting! We got VIP tickets and we were so excited because U2 was performing:)


The Late show was awesome! It was fun to see how everything is taped and having to laugh when really it isn't that funny at all and just seeing how they do everything. The best part of it was that we got to be 15 feet away from BONO!! Yes BONO, and the Edge and all of the group. It was amazing! They first played a song for the show, what I loved was that it was a song that I knew...not one of their new ones, but one that the whole audience knew (Beautiful day). Then after the show was over, they stayed on and sung "Vertigo"....it was unreal! So much fun!

We then went to find something to eat, and headed back to our hotel for a little shut eye...we were all a little tired and had to wake up early to get a start on the next day.

The next day we ventured out and enjoyed the subway. We rode it to the famous Canal Street and spent quite a bit of time there...maybe too much for some:) I thought it was pretty fun to bargain, I got sick of hearing "what you want??? Chanel, Prada...Tiffany?? We pretty much did the shopping and eating...what we love!

This night we went and saw "Shrek." It was really good...hilarious! We had a blast seeing it. The props, costumes & stage were amazing!

After Shrek we headed to Serendipity...yummm! We had a blast here! I think this is probably when we laughed the hardest on the trip. Maybe it was because we all had a sugar high from all of the dessert we were eating. It was delicious! It was so good we had to go back again the next night:)

Now, check out our waiter...this is the reason we had to go back the second night...wouldn't you??

Actually we were kind of embarrassed to go back knowing we would run into him again, but we couldn't resist the dessert and being out at 1:30 in the morning 2 nights in a row...that doesn't happen at home:)

The next day we went and did some more touring...went to Ground Zero, shopping and Century 21 and hop on hop off bus tour. We finished it off with a bike tour in Central Park. Central park is so awesome! People everywhere. I can't imagine it in the summer when everything is green, I bet it is packed. After Central park we headed back to get ready for dinner and The Little Mermaid.

Sunday was our last day:( We spent the day trying to eat everything that we didn't have a change too (there is so much to try in New York) and doing the rest of the bus tour. It was a great way to see New York.

It was time to say goodbye...so sad, but we were ready to see our families. It was a trip that had a perfect length. Everything worked out so well. Our hotel was great, it wasn't a 5 star hotel, but affordable and in a AWESOME location and it was huge! We got a suite to fit the 7 of us and that it did...we all fit. It kind of was a little crazy when we wanted to shower, but we managed.

Thanks for the awesome time friends...love you all! I am so glad we did it!

I can't wait to go back with Collin (he served his mission there) I would love for him to show me around....until next time:)