Well…my post typically have lots of pictures with my kids..not this time:) My husband I and vowed years ago to spend our 10th in New York City.
My sweet family volunteered to keep our kids for us…and when I say family that includes my mom, dad, brother and sister in law and Baby Colton! All joined forces to keep our kids loved, fed, played with, and bathed!
Travels can cause stress at time, years ago one of our mentor couples gave us the advice to always agree ahead of time, that no matter what happens, you are not going to argue…just make the best of it. This advice is especially helpful with toddlers are in tow…but also proved helpful during this adventure.
We arrived in NYC as planned…with one minor problem. No baggage. We had nothing but the shirts on our backs. Gordon did have his winter coast on his person, mine was packed. As we are filing our missing baggage paperwork, we also discovered that I had booked our hotel at the wrong location. (First opportunity for my husband to apply the rule! )
We leave the airport and go on into the teen degree NYC weather…again no coat! (First time for me to apply the rule)
The next 3 days were simply magical……no need to apply the rules! We had fun shopping at Macy’s for new clothes,dined at some of the NYC’s best restaurants including the famous Tavern on the Green,and just enjoyed being together walking up and down the streets wandering into stores and “places” that interested us. We had no schedule and no agendas. Our last night in the city….it snowed! We went to see the Tree at Rockefeller Center…and it was just like we were walking through the scene of a Movie….Christmas in New York in the Snow….there is nothing like it:)
This morning, we left our hotel at 4:30 am…and were driven to the airport in blizzard conditions at a high rate of speed in a Taxi…quite an expierence, but also fun! Maybe the Taxi driver had never been prayed for…he was this morning.
Currently…I am making the most of being delayed 4 hours so far at the airport, b.c it snowed so much the airlines are delayed, but I am lucky to be holding a boarding pass in my hand and not waiting standby.
(Continued a few hours later)
4 hours quickly turned into a 6 hour delay in New Jersey. 1.5 hours of that delay was actually on the airplane while we waited for our plane’s turn to be deiced. Ironically, the reason for our heavy delay was not b.c of weather conditions near NYC…but because of a scheduling error on the part of one of the pilots. Gordon has his own theory on the “Pilots Delay.”
Here are a few of our highlights from our trip!
Anniversary Night Dinner
Tavern on the Green
Snowing at Rockefeller Center
Amazing Toystore! Brought out the little girl in me all over again!
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