Thanksgiving and New York, New York Continued...

The three MGs...

We had a wonderful time that day as a big family. Someday we will hopefully all be able to spend a holiday in Missouri!

Here is our adorable nephew. He is the oldest and too cute to handle!

To sum up our Thanksgiving holiday was very special with family.

Daniel started his leave the week of Thanksgiving so we planned a trip during the second week of leave. We ended up using free plane tickets to fly to New York City and stay in some friend's apartment in uptown Manhattan. We were so blessed!

Oscar, the newest addition to our family, is trying to be a stow-away. He looks like he doesn't want us to leave him behind. "Maybe I can fit in this suitcase with your clothes Momma."

We had an amazing time. We went to two shows, Phantom of the Opera and Chicago. We took a bus tour at night that showed us around the city and hit all the Christmas decorated sections. It was cold and windy but we loved every bit of it.

The apartment we stayed at was amazing and it was on the same street as Carnegie Hall so we were located close to many sites to explore and enjoy. We walked through Central Park, explored the Metropolitan Art Museum, paid our respects to the World Trade Center site and took the subway everywhere. I am proud of how well we did in manuevering the city. We felt pretty confident when we went out each day because we would look over maps and subway guides before we left. We had such a great time.

Here we are at the Majestic Theatre where Phantom of the Opera ran:

This is downtown during the Christmas Lights Tour . This was taken in a courtyard next to Central Park. Every tree had been wrapped with lights. It was beautiful.


This is the Rockfeller Center Christmas Tree. It is not all its cracked up to be unfortunately. When you get up close you can see that several if not most of the braches were cut off and reattached with tape and zipties. It is much better from afar. It is kinda sad, but I guess it is a large tree to move into a very busy city.

We were so thankful that it did not snow in NY and delay our return home. Everything went relatively smooth. We did have to run like mad through Dulles airport to get to our
flight to NC. That was not fun, but it was still part of memory making when you travel.

We were so blessed during Daniel's leave time in December!