Sunday, June 3, 2012

New York

So we had the wonderful opportunity to have Austin’s brother Jordan out to our house for almost a week.  He came out to help Austin put the Vantage system back in our house (which I am so stinkin stoked that we have it again).  Since Jordan has never been to New York, we decided to introduce him to this crazy, fun city.  Our first stop was to the Freedom Tower.  I have to admit, I got a little choked up seeing this building.  It was still hard to imagine that where we were standing was where the attack happened.  This really is such a cool and TALL building.  Did I hear it is going to end up being the tallest building in the world?  Anyway, loved seeing this.

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Love this picture of Kylie and Austin.

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Next we headed over to Trinity church.  It is one of the oldest churches in the US and it was a place of refuge for construction workers, firefighters, police officers and others who were helping to clear up the area after 9/11.  I love this church.  I think it is soo beautiful.

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After Trinity church, we headed to Battery Park.  Here is the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Ventilator Building.  It was used as the entrance to the Men in Black Headquarters :)

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Sierra, Austin, and Kylie with Lady Liberty wayyyy in the background.

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So instead of paying to go on the ferry that takes you to Liberty Island and then Ellis Island, we decided to take the free Staten Island Ferry.  I kind of wanted to go back on Liberty Island again, but we were able to still get some good shots of her.

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Jordan and Kylie

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On the ferry

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Ahh Times Square.  Probably my favorite part of New York.

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These men were screaming hellfire and damnation at us. 

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I’m still amazed at the thousands of people who are consistently here at Times Square.

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Where they drop the ball for New Years Eve.

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Here we are at the Empire State Building.  This place took FOREVER to get to the top.  We went through one line after the other.  And then when we finally got to the top, there were so many stinkin people up there it was hard to see anything.  Oh well. The last time we came here it was during the day, so it was really cool to see the city lit up at night.

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Kylie has some amazing hair in this picture.

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I think we all were pooped by the end of the day.  Thanks Jordan for coming to see us!!!

1 comment:

Dane and Denise said...

that looks like a blast! oh cool! I hope we head that way someday :)