New York City

Our ballet school planned a trip to New York City! This is a pic of all the girls that went on the trip at a dance clinic they had with one of the Rockettes. We had a fabulous time exploring the numerous sights. Below are pictures of some of the places that we went.

This is Kevin and I standing in the center of time square.




We didn't get to ride the ferry over to Ellis Island but we did get to see the Statue of Liberty.


We rode on the subway all day Saturday. When we were walking to catch one of the trains we heard the music this man was playing and it was amazing. We wished we had taken the time to take a little video of him playing.



Ground Zero is still under construction this is a pic of the memorial they are building.




F.A.O. Schwarts "the largest toy store in the world" I don't think the girls would have minded getting lost in here.


We were walking back to catch the bus and ran into the Grinch.

Rockefeller Center
The 67 floor elevator ride was awesome and exciting. It was and amazingly short ride up and there was a digital display on the glass ceiling of the elevator that made it look like you were taking a trip into space. Reminded me of the wonkavator a bit with its speed and splendor. When we got to the top we could see enormous buildings in every direction over the city. The buildings that appeared small were only small in comparison to the gigantic ones beside them. There was crisp cold air at the top of the rock. The building was amazing with crystals growing inside it's walls. We could see the Empire State building, the Statue of Liberty, Central Park and so much more. It was truly a remarkable sight.









Here is Valerie shopping at Sax. The entire first floor was cosmetics.


Did you know Santa likes to were blue? He told us it is his other favorite color.


While we were in New York City we got to see the Radio City Rockettes in the Christmas Spectacular. We also saw the Broadway play of the Little Mermaid.






Our trip was incredible and we hope to go back again someday. Valerie thinks she wants to live in the city after she graduates from high school.