day 3 was a fun filled day with a trip down to wall street & the statue of liberty. it was chilly but well worth freezing it out for the views & the lovely green lady!
we didn't make it to ellis island because we spent to much time at liberty island...next time.
the boys riding the subway.
we didn't make it to ellis island because we spent to much time at liberty island...next time.
the boys riding the subway.
the stock exchange. talk about a stressful job in this economy!
trinity church sits at the end of the road almost looking down on wall street.
taking the bull by its horns.a good luck item on wall street...hoping for the market will go UP!
i was taking a picture of danny & captured danny taking a picture of me!
the views of manhattan are incredible from liberty island.
this bird flew in the picture right i hit the "take" button. perfect timing buddy!
the green lady.
wait for it. wait for it...
and...JUMP!
this is the original torch that she held.they had to replace it because it was starting to rust.
the photo below is a life size replica of her face. she is really copper but it you don't polish her...she will turn GREEN!kristen & i watched three families with small kids walk up to her face (we were waiting for the boys) and all the kids, that didn't see the kid before them, either picked her nose or put their head in her nose. danny walked up & instantly did the same! we of course ALL joined the fun!
how often do you get to see waves crashing & snow in the same place!
it was REALLY windy up on the terrace of the statue & kristen needed to face the wall for protection. danny gave her a little company.
good-bye for now!
we headed to gramercy park (where a portion of knotting hill was filmed) and we saw this little guy enjoying a winter snack. look at his little feet! so cute.
then we made a pit stop at grand central station.it was rush hour and we watched for awhile, people running, pushing. going crazy.
do you see ALL the black?! new yorkers LOVE their black!
we headed home to make smores! yum.
um. can i have one please? seriously, please!
the tradition is still alive. for the past few years, kristen, lindsey, erica & i have done a $5.00 gift exchange. the rule, we can only spend $5.00 on each gift.it is HARD but so fun to see what we have all come up with.
let's be honest...i usually go slightly over. but, this year i was on the MONEY!
we decided to do it on speaker phone since kristen was with me.
And linds & erica got together that night too!
lindsey got us all fun ornaments with our last name initial!
DB = Diamond Bar!Too bad Lindsey doesn't have an "S" last name! then the four of us would be DBHS!
erica got us adorable picture frames!
kristen got us amazingly cute necklaces.
we are cracking up because we were on speaker phone we had been talking loudly to make sure the girls could hear us. after i opened kristen's present i yelled "THANK YOU KRISTEN!" and then realized...Oops! she is right here! i guess i didn't need to yell it!
i got the girls all scarfs. showing off all our goodies. didn't we do well?
enjoying the ornaments on the tree!
i hope everyone has a joyous & safe celebration.as we start this year i am so excited to cherish the memories & time jason & i have ahead together. i am excited to see what 2010 has in store. i know 2009 was packed with our amazing wedding & big move...i can only imagine what 2010 will bring.
we love you ALL & treasure the blessings we have been given in all of you!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
3 comments:
I'm am still laughing at how you yelled out "Thank you Kristen", its awesome you have pictures of you and Kristen cracking up! I'm bummed Linds and I don't have pictures of that night, the boys were in the office talking as we were opening! I loved all of my gifts from you girls, I have worn the scarf about 5 times now, and Kristen's ADORABLE necklace, twice. I wore it last night and I was calling it my New Years ball... Kristen, if you are reading, I have gotten lots of compliments on it. Thank you girls, and I love our $5 gift exchange, my mom thinks we are crazy, she says "$5", what can you buy with that, well aparentley a lot of cute stuff. And also Megs, I really want that scarf in other colors, do they have only solid colors or multi ones also!
And about the DBHS... thats funny, I used to be "S"... We are DBHF, at least it rhymes right! Thats how some from Diamond Bar sound when they say it... ha ha
there was so much in this post! I'm exhausted after reading everything that you squeezed in during their trip. I guess that's what you do when your in NY! Danny had me cracking up in the picture you took of him while he took one of you. He is so funny. I'm loving the picture of you all jumping in front of the statue of liberty. It's so fun. It looks like you guys had fun during the gift exchange. THat was fun to see the pictures of what was going on while we were on the phone! I love our $5 gift exchange tradition, it is so fun to see what we all come up with. Well, I'm so glad they were able to go out for a visit and hope we get to do the same some time in the near future!
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