NYC(day 2)

Our Family in front of the Plaza Hotel. December 3,2010
After day one we were really tired! We decided to take day 2 a little bit easier. We woke up to a wonderful breakfast that Laura made for us and then all got ready for another day in the city. We opted to bring some strollers this time because I don't think our backs could take another day of carrying kids! The only bad thing about day two was the weather. Man, was it cold. It was a whoppin' 26 degrees and the WIND was the worst part! It was Freezing. We started out about lunch time. Our friends took us to a really tasty place to eat called The Shake Shack! The burgers were fresh and had the homemade touch, fries were delicious, and to top it off the shakes were irresistible. The restaurant isn't very large so with a party of our size we had to do some serious maneuvering to get a table. It was worth it. After enjoying every second of our lunch, we set out on foot over to Central Park. We tried not to make too many stops along the way because quite frankly if you stopped at all you would immediately get cold. The kids were in pretty good spirits despite the frigid temps.

We went to the Central Park Zoo. They had advertised that they were going to have some special events for Christmas time. It said that they would have thousands of lights and presents for the animals. Well, the lights were a disappointment. I think that they maybe had a thousand lights total! But the present that they gave to the snow leopard and polar bears were pretty cool to watch. The snow leopard ripped into his box just like a little kid does on Christmas. It was bouncing and pouncing all over the place! The polar bears were neat to watch, but didn't have quite the enthusiasm as the snow leopard. The kids loved it! We enjoyed the indoor exhibits too, and liked getting warm inside of them too. They also had a fire pit and you could buy marshmallows to roast and hot chocolate. It was a really fun time.

I absolutely adore these two boys.

Another one of my new favorite pictures of Brock! It is hard to catch him with a smile so when you do it is awesome! We saw a lot of smiles this trip! After the zoo we enjoyed walking over by the Plaza hotel again to get a family picture. The walk back to our car seemed endless. The wind was picking up and the temperature was dropping fast. This trip was one of the best we have ever had. Once getting back to our car, we said goodbye to our friends and began our drive back home. While we were driving the boys kept making comments about our trip. Pierce said," Thanks for taking us on this vacation, Daddy we are eternally grateful!" Brock said, " Dad, this trip was Sweet!" Trent and I couldn't wipe the smiles off our faces. It was so rewarding to hear! We can't wait to go back again!

Central Park, West

Until next Time NYC... We heart NYC!