New York, New York

 Joseph and I were lucky enough to take a kids-free vacation to New York last summer and it was awesome. I don't have many great pictures, but I sure loved this trip!

Here we are in the airport just before leaving. It was early in the morning and we were both pretty groggy.

We had left the kids to party with Grandma and the cousins. They had such a fun time! It makes me wish we lived closer.

My mom had booked us a super nice hotel room and had flowers and treats waiting for us when we arrived. It was awesome to come to a room that had been prepared just for us!

I had filled our schedule pretty tightly with different things to see. This is us on the High Line, which is a linear park built on an elevated section of an old railroad through Manhattan. It was a really fun walk on a beautiful day. I believe we did this just after leaving the Google campus, where we had breakfast that morning.

The New York Historical Society happened to have a Mo Willems exhibit going on, which we of course stopped in to see. Mo Willems is the author that got Caleb reading and holds a special place in all of our hearts.

We were able to see a Broadway show, which is always a treat. This was Finding Neverland, which quickly became a hit with the kids once we got back home and played the soundtrack of them. This is the show that "We're All Made of Stars" came from that the kids were singing in the parking lot last summer.

We also took a nighttime schooner "city lights" tour which was fun. I might prefer the Staten Island ferry, but it was cool to see the city lights and the Statue of Liberty all lit up.

This was in the Nintendo store, which was one of my favorite places that we visited. I've been trying to convince Joseph to use this as his Google or Linked-In profile picture. :)

We were able to eat tons of really good food, bike through Central Park, and stay out as late as we liked. It was such a fun vacation that it already has me thinking about the next one! I'm so grateful to our parents for helping out so much with this.